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You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost… Matthew 5:13

You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot.
Matthew 5:13 sin obedience evangelism
He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 creation understanding life

It is honorable to refrain from strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
Proverbs 20:3 speaking peace anger
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father's hand. The Father and I are one.
John 10:28-30 eternal life Jesus Father
Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21 humility worship strength
You may say to yourself, “How can we recognize a word that the Lord has not spoken?” If a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it.
Deuteronomy 18:21-22 prophecy truth speaking
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them.
Ecclesiastes 7:14 joy life dependence
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
James 1:17 reliability Father blameless
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
his greatness is unsearchable.
Psalm 145:3 worship understanding almighty
Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship is there between light and darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14 law righteousness relationships
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?
Psalm 42:2 soul nearness seeking
And those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:8 sin dependence desires
For the customs of the peoples are false:
a tree from the forest is cut down,
and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;
people deck it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
nor is it in them to do good.
Jeremiah 10:3-5 idols fear
How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?
1 John 3:17 money neighbor compassion
No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 reliability temptation addiction
Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Ephesians 6:14-16 truth righteousness evangelism
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9 grace faith salvation
For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
Matthew 16:26 materialism life soul
For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 5:14 law love neighbor
Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.”
Matthew 21:21 faith speaking miracles
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
John 15:13 love sacrifice friendship
For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help.
Ecclesiastes 4:10 relationships friendship neighbor
Of all that live in water you may eat these: whatever has fins and scales you may eat. And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.
Deuteronomy 14:9-10 food
As they came from their mother's womb, so they shall go again, naked as they came; they shall take nothing for their toil, which they may carry away with their hands.
Ecclesiastes 5:15 greed materialism heaven
I will both lie down and sleep in peace;
for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety.
Psalm 4:8 safety rest peace

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.