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“Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food… Mark 7:18-19

“Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you? Food doesn’t go into your heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.” (By saying this, he declared that every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes.) Mark 7:18-19	He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him, because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?” food body heart
My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. Proverbs 6:20	My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. obedience family listening

Repent, and turn from your sins. Don’t let them destroy you! Ezekiel 18:30b	Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity will not be your ruin. conversion sin punishment
Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33	Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.” evil goodness friendship
But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently. Romans 8:25	But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience. trust hope patience
Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Galatians 6:7	Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. God righteousness harvest
Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back. Luke 6:30	Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. debt giving generosity
I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign Lord. Turn back and live! Ezekiel 18:32	“For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Therefore turn yourselves, and live!” conversion death eternal life
Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword. Matthew 10:34	Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. peace world Jesus
And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. Matthew 6:13	Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. temptation desires evil
So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom. Luke 12:32	Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. fear Father kingdom
My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights. Proverbs 3:11-12	My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction; for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. love Father learning
Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others. 1 Corinthians 10:24	Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good. selfishness love neighbor
But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven. Luke 10:20	Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. joy heaven eternal life
For I hold you by your right hand— I, the Lord your God. And I say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you.’ Isaiah 41:13	For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’ God fear dependence
When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.” Matthew 9:12	When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.” forgiveness healing health
So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. Matthew 6:34	Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient. life worrying dependence
Lord, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me. Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me. Psalm 40:11	Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me. love reliability protection
Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds! Luke 12:24	Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! food life worrying
So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Galatians 6:9	Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up. righteousness reward patience
But the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.” Luke 2:10	The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.” angels joy christmas
So if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,’ don’t bother to go and look. Or, ‘Look, he is hiding here,’ don’t believe it! For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. Matthew 24:26-27	If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; or ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t believe it. For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. second coming Jesus end times
Don’t trap yourself by making a rash promise to God and only later counting the cost. Proverbs 20:25	It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. holiness righteousness
Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all. 1 Corinthians 15:34	Wake up righteously and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. righteousness sin conversion
So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. Galatians 5:1	Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Jesus life redeemer

Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.

Not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.