Ezekiel 33:7
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7 So you, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.(A)
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Ezekiel 3:17-21
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17 Mortal, I have made you a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.(A) 18 When I say to the wicked, “You shall surely die,” and you give them no warning and do not speak to warn the wicked from their wicked way in order to save their lives, those wicked persons shall die for their iniquity, but their blood I will require at your hand.(B) 19 But if you warn the wicked and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their wicked way, they shall die for their iniquity, but you will have saved your life.(C) 20 Again, if the righteous turn from their righteousness and commit iniquity and I lay a stumbling block before them, they shall die; because you have not warned them, they shall die for their sin, and their righteous deeds that they have done shall not be remembered, but their blood I will require at your hand.(D) 21 If, however, you warn the righteous not to sin and they do not sin, they shall surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved your life.(E)
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Jeremiah 26:2
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2 Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the Lord’s house and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord; speak to them all the words that I command you; do not hold back a word.(A)
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Acts 5:20
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20 “Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.”(A)
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Hebrews 13:17
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17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with sighing, for that would be harmful to you.(A)
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Ezekiel 2:7-8
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7 You shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.(A)
8 “But you, mortal, hear what I say to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”(B)
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Jeremiah 1:17
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17 But you, gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not break down before them, or I will break you before them.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
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A Life Pleasing to God
4 Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.(A) 2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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Isaiah 62:6
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6 Upon your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have posted sentinels;
all day and all night
they shall never be silent.
You who remind the Lord,
take no rest,(A)
Colossians 1:28-29
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28 It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.[a](A) 29 For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.(B)
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- 1.28 Other ancient authorities add Jesus
Ephesians 4:11
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11 He himself granted that some are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:3
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3 For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures(A)
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1 Corinthians 11:23
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The Institution of the Lord’s Supper
23 For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread,(A)
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Acts 20:26-27
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26 Therefore I declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,(A) 27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.(B)
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Acts 20:20
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20 I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house,(A)
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Micah 7:4
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4 The best of them is like a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of their[a] sentinels, of their[b] punishment, has come;
now their confusion is at hand.(A)
Jeremiah 31:6
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6 For there shall be a day when sentinels will call
in the hill country of Ephraim:
“Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.”(A)
Jeremiah 23:28
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28 Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let the one who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? says the Lord.(A)
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Jeremiah 6:27
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27 I have made you a tester and a refiner[a] among my people
so that you may know and test their ways.
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2 Chronicles 19:10
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10 whenever a case comes to you from your kindred who live in their cities concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or ordinances, then you shall instruct them, so that they may not incur guilt before the Lord and wrath may not come on you and your kindred. Do so, and you will not incur guilt.(A)
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1 Kings 22:16-28
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16 But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?” 17 Then Micaiah[a] said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd, and the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each one go home in peace.’ ”(A) 18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy anything favorable about me but only disaster?”(B)
19 Then Micaiah[b] said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the host of heaven standing beside him to the right and to the left of him.(C) 20 And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, so that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ Then one said one thing, and another said another, 21 until a certain spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 ‘How?’ the Lord asked him. He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then the Lord[c] said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do it.’(D) 23 So you see, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has decreed disaster for you.”(E)
24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah, slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”(F) 25 Micaiah replied, “You will find out on that day when you go in to hide in an inner chamber.”(G) 26 The king of Israel then ordered, “Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son, 27 and say: Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison, and feed him on reduced rations of bread and water until I come in peace.”(H) 28 Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, you peoples, all of you!”(I)
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1 Kings 22:14
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14 But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”(A)
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