Jeremiah 29:4-6

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⁴This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried^(A) into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: ⁵“Build^(B) houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. ⁶Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease.^(C)

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Proverbs 25:4-5

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⁴Remove the dross from the silver,
and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
⁵remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,^(A)
and his throne will be established^(B) through righteousness.^(C)

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Matthew 13:23

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²³But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”^(A)

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Matthew 13:23 in all English translations

James 1:2-4

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Trials and Temptations

²Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,^[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,^(A) ³because you know that the testing of your faith^(B) produces perseverance.^(C) ⁴Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature^(D) and complete, not lacking anything.

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Footnotes

James 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.