1 Timothy 5:6
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6 but the widow[a] who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.(A)
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- 5.6 Gk she
James 5:5
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5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.(A)
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Revelation 18:7
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7 As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,
so give her a like measure of torment and grief.
Since in her heart she says,
‘I rule as a queen;
I am no widow,
and I will never see grief,’(A)
Revelation 3:1
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The Message to Sardis
3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars:
“I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.(A)
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Luke 15:24
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24 for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.(A)
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Luke 15:32
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32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”(A)
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Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
Ephesians 2:1
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Luke 15:13
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13 A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living.
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Matthew 8:22
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22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”(A)
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Psalm 73:5-7
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5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not plagued like other people.(A)
6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them like a garment.(B)
7 Their eyes swell out with fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.(C)
Colossians 2:13
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13 And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God[a] made you[b] alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,(A)
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Ephesians 2:5
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5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved—
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- 2.5 Other ancient authorities read in Christ
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.(A) 15 And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for the one who for their sake died and was raised.
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Luke 12:19
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19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’(A)
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Luke 7:25
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25 What, then, did you go out to see? Someone[a] dressed in soft robes? Look, those who put on fine clothing and live in luxury are in royal palaces.
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- 7.25 Or Why, then, did you go out? To see someone
Amos 6:5-6
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5 who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David improvise on instruments of music,(A)
6 who drink wine from bowls
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!(B)
Lamentations 4:5
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5 Those who feasted on delicacies
perish in the streets;
those who were brought up in purple
cling to ash heaps.
Jeremiah 6:2
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- 6.2 Or I will destroy daughter Zion, the loveliest pasture
Isaiah 47:1
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The Humiliation of Babylon
47 Come down and sit in the dust,
virgin daughter Babylon!
Sit on the ground without a throne,
daughter Chaldea!
For you shall no more be called
tender and delicate.(A)
Isaiah 22:13
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13 but instead there was joy and festivity,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating meat and drinking wine.
“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”(A)
Proverbs 29:21
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21 A slave pampered from childhood
will come to a bad end.[a]
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- 29.21 Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 21:11-15
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11 They send out their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance around.
12 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.(A)
13 They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.(B)
14 They say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
We do not desire to know your ways.(C)
15 What is the Almighty,[a] that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’(D)
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- 21.15 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
1 Samuel 25:6
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6 Thus you shall salute him, ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.(A)
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1 Samuel 15:32
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32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” And Agag came to him haltingly.[a] Agag said, “Surely death is bitter.”[b]
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