Genesis 1:26-27
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26 Then God said, (A)“Let us make man[a] in our image, (B)after our likeness. And (C)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
(D)male and female he created them.
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- Genesis 1:26 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
Genesis 9:4-6
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4 But you shall not eat flesh with its (A)life, that is, its blood. 5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: (B)from every beast I will require it and (C)from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
6 (D)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
(E)for God made man in his own image.
Exodus 20:13
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13 (A)“You shall not murder.[a]
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- Exodus 20:13 The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
Exodus 23:7
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7 (A)Keep far from a false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (C)I will not acquit the wicked.
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Deuteronomy 5:17
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17 (A)“‘You shall not murder.[a]
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- Deuteronomy 5:17 The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
Deuteronomy 30:19
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19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, (A)blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
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Jeremiah 1:5
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5 (A)“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born (B)I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet (C)to the nations.”
Psalm 100:3
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3 Know that (A)the Lord, he is God!
It is he who (B)made us, and (C)we are his;[a]
we are his (D)people, and (E)the sheep of his pasture.
Footnotes
- Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves
Isaiah 49:1
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The Servant of the Lord
49 Listen to me, (A)O coastlands,
and give attention, you peoples (B)from afar.
(C)The Lord called me from the womb,
from the body of my mother he named my name.
Luke 12:6-7
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6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?[a] And (A)not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 Why, (B)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; (C)you are of more value than many sparrows.
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- Luke 12:6 Greek two assaria; an assarion was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)
John 3:16-17
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For God So Loved the World
16 “For (A)God so loved (B)the world,[a] (C)that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not (D)perish but have eternal life. 17 For (E)God did not send his Son into the world (F)to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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- John 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
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16 (A)Do you not know that you[a] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For (B)God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:16 The Greek for you is plural in verses 16 and 17
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