Deuteronomy 32:29
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29 If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would discern what their end would be.(A)
Psalm 81:13
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13 O that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!(A)
Deuteronomy 5:29
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29 If only they had such a mind as this, to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!(A)
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Luke 19:41-42
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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
41 As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it,(A) 42 saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
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Luke 12:20
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20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’(A)
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Hosea 14:9
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9 Those who are wise understand these things;
those who are discerning know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.(A)
Psalm 107:43
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43 Let those who are wise pay attention to these things
and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.(A)
Luke 16:19-25
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,(A) 21 who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. 22 The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham.[a] The rich man also died and was buried.(B) 23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.[b](C) 24 He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’(D) 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.(E)
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Isaiah 48:18-19
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18 O that you had paid attention to my commandments!
Then your prosperity would have been like a river
and your success like the waves of the sea;(A)
19 your offspring would have been like the sand
and your descendants like its grains;
their name would never be cut off
or destroyed from before me.(B)
Isaiah 47:7
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7 You said, “I shall be mistress forever,”
so that you did not lay these things to heart
or remember their end.(A)
Isaiah 10:3
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3 What will you do on the day of punishment,
in the calamity that will come from far away?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth,(A)
Lamentations 1:9
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9 Her uncleanness was in her skirts;
she took no thought of her future;
her downfall was appalling,
with none to comfort her.
Look, O Lord, at my affliction,
for the enemy has triumphed!(A)
Jeremiah 17:11
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11 Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay,
so are all who amass wealth unjustly;
in midlife it will leave them,
and at their end they will prove to be fools.
Jeremiah 5:31
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31 the prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule as the prophets direct;[a]
my people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?(A)
Footnotes
- 5.31 Or rule by their own authority
Psalm 107:15
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15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wonderful works to humankind.(A)
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