Deuteronomy 33:9
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9 (A)Who says of his father and mother,
‘I have not (B)seen them’;
(C)Nor did he acknowledge his brothers,
Or know his own children;
For (D)they have observed Your word
And kept Your covenant.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
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4 But as (A)we have been approved by God (B)to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, (C)not as pleasing men, but God (D)who tests our hearts.
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Galatians 1:10
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10 For (A)do I now (B)persuade men, or God? Or (C)do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 5:16
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16 (A)Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, (B)yet now we know Him thus no longer.
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Luke 14:26
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26 (A)“If anyone comes to Me (B)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
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Matthew 22:16
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16 And they sent to Him their disciples with the (A)Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not [a]regard the person of men.
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- Matthew 22:16 Lit. look at the face of
Matthew 12:48
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48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”
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Matthew 10:37
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37 (A)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
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Malachi 2:5-7
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5 “My(A) covenant was with him, one of life and peace,
And I gave them to him (B)that he might fear Me;
So he feared Me
And was reverent before My name.
6 (C)The[a] law of truth was in his mouth,
And [b]injustice was not found on his lips.
He walked with Me in peace and equity,
And (D)turned many away from iniquity.
7 “For(E) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(F)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
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- Malachi 2:6 Or True instruction
- Malachi 2:6 Or unrighteousness
Jeremiah 18:18
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Jeremiah Persecuted
18 Then they said, (A)“Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
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Job 37:24
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1 Chronicles 17:17
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17 And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the rank of a man of high degree, O Lord God.
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Leviticus 21:11
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11 nor shall he go (A)near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;
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Leviticus 10:6
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6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not [a]uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and (A)wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, [b]bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled.
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- Leviticus 10:6 An act of mourning
- Leviticus 10:6 weep bitterly
Exodus 32:25-29
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25 Now when Moses saw that the people were (A)unrestrained (for Aaron (B)had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies), 26 then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the Lord’s side—come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. 27 And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let every man put his sword on his side, and go in and out from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and (C)let every man kill his brother, every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ” 28 So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day. 29 (D)Then Moses said, [a]“Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, that He may bestow on you a blessing this day, for every man has opposed his son and his brother.”
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- Exodus 32:29 Lit. Fill your hand
Genesis 29:32
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32 So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name [a]Reuben; for she said, “The Lord has surely (A)looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.”
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- Genesis 29:32 Lit. See, a Son
1 Timothy 5:21
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21 I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the [a]elect angels that you observe these things without (A)prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.
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- 1 Timothy 5:21 chosen
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