1 Samuel 2:22-24

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Eli Rebukes His Sons

²²Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who ^(A)were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ²³And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. ²⁴No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad.

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John 5:24-47

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²⁴Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(A)whoever hears my word and ^(B)believes him who sent me has eternal life. He ^(C)does not come into judgment, but ^(D)has passed from death to life.

²⁵“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(E)an hour is coming, and is now here, when ^(F)the dead will hear ^(G)the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear ^(H)will live. ²⁶^(I)For as the Father has life in himself, ^(J)so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. ²⁷And he ^(K)has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. ²⁸Do not marvel at this, for ^(L)an hour is coming when ^(M)all who are in the tombs will hear his voice ²⁹and come out, ^(N)those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Witnesses to Jesus

³⁰^(O)“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and ^(P)my judgment is just, because ^(Q)I seek not my own will ^(R)but the will of him who sent me. ³¹^(S)If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. ³²There is ^(T)another who bears witness about me, and ^(U)I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. ³³^(V)You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴Not that ^(W)the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵He was a burning and ^(X)shining lamp, and ^(Y)you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. ³⁶But ^(Z)the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For ^(AA)the works that the Father has given me ^(AB)to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, ^(AC)bear witness about me that ^(AD)the Father has sent me. ³⁷And the Father who sent me ^(AE)has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, ^(AF)his form you have never seen, ³⁸and ^(AG)you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. ³⁹^(AH)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and ^(AI)it is they that bear witness about me, ⁴⁰yet ^(AJ)you refuse to come to me that you may have life. ⁴¹^(AK)I do not receive glory from people. ⁴²But ^(AL)I know that you do not have ^(AM)the love of God within you. ⁴³I have come ^(AN)in my Father's name, and ^(AO)you do not receive me. ^(AP)If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and ^(AQ)do not seek the glory that comes from ^(AR)the only God? ⁴⁵Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, ^(AS)on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for ^(AT)he wrote of me. ⁴⁷But ^(AU)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

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Psalm 106:1-12

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Give Thanks to the Lord, for He Is Good

106 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
^(B)Oh give thanks to the Lord, ^(C)for he is good,
    ^(D)for his steadfast love endures forever!
²Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord,
    or declare all his praise?
³Blessed are they who observe justice,
    who ^(E)do righteousness at all times!

⁴^(F)Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help me when you save them,^[a]
⁵that I may look upon the prosperity of your ^(G)chosen ones,
    that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
    that I may glory with your inheritance.

⁶^(H)Both we and ^(I)our fathers have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
⁷Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wondrous works;
they ^(J)did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but ^(K)rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
⁸Yet he saved them ^(L)for his name's sake,
    ^(M)that he might make known his mighty power.
⁹He ^(N)rebuked the Red Sea, and it ^(O)became dry,
    and he ^(P)led them through the deep as through a desert.
¹⁰So he ^(Q)saved them from the hand of the foe
    and ^(R)redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
¹¹And ^(S)the waters covered their adversaries;
    not one of them was left.
¹²Then ^(T)they believed his words;
    they ^(U)sang his praise.

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Footnotes

Psalm 106:4 Or Remember me, O Lord, with the favor you show to your people; help me with your salvation

Proverbs 14:30-31

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³⁰A tranquil^[a] heart gives ^(A)life to the flesh,
but ^(B)envy^[b] makes ^(C)the bones rot.
³¹Whoever oppresses a poor man ^(D)insults his ^(E)Maker,
^(F)but he who is generous to the needy honors him.