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So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God… Genesis 1:27

So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27 creation God beauty
If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Galatians 6:8 sin eternal life Spirit

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9 evangelism salvation holiness
Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.
Acts 4:32 materialism community
Then Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.”
John 7:16 Jesus Word of God learning
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication;
that each one of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor,
not with lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 holiness sexuality body
And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Timothy 5:8 family relationships children
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
Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
be wise enough to desist.
Proverbs 23:4 money greed planning
You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:44 devil desires truth
They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as parents spare their children who serve them.
Malachi 3:17 serving reward salvation
“Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You did not lie to us but to God!”
Acts 5:3-4 lying money honesty
Words spoken by the wise bring them favor,
but the lips of fools consume them.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 speaking wisdom
Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior.
Ephesians 5:22-23 marriage Jesus salvation
For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever.
Jeremiah 7:5-7 conversion widows orphans
And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
Exodus 1:21 awe blessing
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.
Romans 12:16 humility community dependence
For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God's except the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:11 Spirit Holy Spirit thoughts
So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord your God and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being.
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 law awe blessing
For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?
Mark 8:36 greed materialism life
The wealth of the rich is their strong city;
in their imagination it is like a high wall.
Proverbs 18:11 money materialism
Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage.
Psalm 33:12 God reward blessing
Keep his statutes and his commandments, which I am commanding you today for your own well-being and that of your descendants after you, so that you may long remain in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
Deuteronomy 4:40 law obedience blessing
Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine.
Exodus 19:5 obedience covenant valuable
The human mind plans the way,
but the Lord directs the steps.
Proverbs 16:9 planning marriage dependence