Ezra 1:5
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5 Then the heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—got ready to go up and rebuild the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.(A)
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Ezra 1:1
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End of the Babylonian Captivity
1 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, to fulfill the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying:(A)
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James 1:16-17
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16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters. 17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a](A)
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- 1.17 Other ancient authorities read variation due to a shadow of turning
Philippians 2:13
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13 for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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2 Corinthians 8:16
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Commendation of Titus
16 But thanks be to God, who put in the heart of Titus the same eagerness for you that I myself have.
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Proverbs 16:1
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16 The plans of the mind belong to mortals,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
Nehemiah 2:12
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12 Then I got up during the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal I took was the animal I rode.
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2 Chronicles 36:22
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Cyrus Proclaims Liberty for the Exiles
22 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying:(A)
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3 John 11
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11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.(A)
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