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Do not envy a violent man or choose to emulate any of… Proverbs 3:31-32

Do not envy a violent man
or choose to emulate any of his ways.
For the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord
whose friendship is bestowed only upon the upright.
Proverbs 3:31-32 trust righteousness planning
But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that the fact that you are fasting will not be obvious to others but only to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:17-18 fasting Father reward

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and indeed to the farthest ends of the earth.
Acts 1:8 evangelism Spirit strength
Who indeed conquers the world
except the one who believes
that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:5 faith Jesus overcoming
Oh, that they would have fear of me in their hearts and they would observe all of my commandments always. Then things would go well with them and their children forever.
Deuteronomy 5:29 law obedience blessing
He brought you low, allowing you to suffer from hunger. He then fed you with manna, something with which your fathers were not familiar, so that you might come to know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 8:3 suffering Word of God life
Take heed to follow the commandments and the laws that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you: to love the Lord, your God, and to walk in his ways and to observe his commandments, holding fast to him and serving him with all your heart and all your soul.
Joshua 22:5 law heart soul
If in speaking I use human tongues
and angelic as well,
but do not have love,
I am nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1 love speaking angels
Keep falsehood and lying far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but simply provide me with the food that I need.
Proverbs 30:8 materialism food money
Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and those who find it are few in number.
Matthew 7:13-14 eternal life salvation
But who am I, and what are your people,
that we should be able to do this?
All things belong to you,
and everything that we have given you is from your hand.
1 Chronicles 29:14 money giving dependence
He gives a home to those who are forsaken
and leads out prisoners amid chants of exultation,
while rebels are forced to live in an arid land.
Psalm 68:7 freedom obedience friendship
One day, as Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the Sabbath, his disciples began to pick some heads of grain as they walked along. The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are your disciples doing what is forbidden on the Sabbath?”

He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread that only the priests were permitted to eat, and he shared it with his companions.” Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Mark 2:23-28 sabbath bread
But the one who did not know those wishes, and who acted in such a manner as to deserve a beating, will be beaten less severely. Much will be demanded of a person to whom much has been given, and even more will be asked of a person to whom more has been entrusted.
Luke 12:48 righteousness obedience punishment
It is honorable to avoid strife,
but every fool is quarrelsome.
Proverbs 20:3 speaking peace anger
For light produces all goodness and righteousness and truth.
Ephesians 5:9 light goodness righteousness
However, if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you are upright in your dealings with your neighbor; if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow; if you do not shed innocent blood in this place; and if you do not follow other gods and thereby cause your own destruction, then I will allow you to live in this place, in the land that I gave as a permanent gift to your fathers long ago.
Jeremiah 7:5-7 conversion widows orphans
For us there is
one God, the Father,
from whom all things are
and for whom we exist,
and one Lord, Jesus Christ,
through whom all things are
and through whom we exist.
1 Corinthians 8:6 Father life Jesus
What I commanded them was this: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. If you follow all the ways that I command you, then you will prosper.
Jeremiah 7:23 obedience blessing
A fool spurns his father’s correction,
but whoever heeds admonition is prudent.
Proverbs 15:5 Father wisdom children
What is born of the flesh is flesh,
and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:6 rebirth Spirit
Jesus replied,
“This is the work of God:
to believe in the one whom he has sent.”
John 6:29 faith God Jesus
With our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, ignoring its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2 faith Savior Jesus
If you heed the voice of the Lord, your God, and you carefully observe all of the commandments that I have given you today, then the Lord, your God, will lift you up above all the other nations upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:1 law obedience blessing
For much wisdom can result in much sorrow,
and those who increase their knowledge also increase their grief.
Ecclesiastes 1:18 wisdom sadness mind

And so now, O Israel, what does the Lord, your God, require of you but to fear the Lord, your God, to walk in all of his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord, your God, with all your heart and all your soul, and to observe the commandments and the statutes that I am giving you today for your own good.