Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to (A)the Father of spirits and live?

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Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits(A) and live!(B)

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22 Then they (A)fell[a] on their faces, and said, “O God, (B)the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the (C)congregation?”

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  1. Numbers 16:22 prostrated themselves

22 But Moses and Aaron fell facedown(A) and cried out, “O God, the God who gives breath to all living things,(B) will you be angry with the entire assembly(C) when only one man sins?”(D)

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16 “Let the Lord, (A)the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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16 “May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things,(A) appoint someone over this community

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Thus says God the Lord,
(A)Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it,
(B)Who gives breath to the people on it,
And spirit to those who walk on it:

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This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth(B) with all that springs from it,(C)
    who gives breath(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

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That which is born of the flesh is (A)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A)

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  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

10 (A)In whose hand is the [a]life of every living thing,
And the (B)breath of [b]all mankind?

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  1. Job 12:10 Or soul
  2. Job 12:10 Lit. all flesh of men

10 In his hand is the life(A) of every creature
    and the breath of all mankind.(B)

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The Coming Deliverance of Judah

12 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, (A)who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and (B)forms the spirit of man within him:

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  1. Zechariah 12:1 oracle, prophecy

Jerusalem’s Enemies to Be Destroyed

12 A prophecy:(A) The word of the Lord concerning Israel.

The Lord, who stretches out the heavens,(B) who lays the foundation of the earth,(C) and who forms the human spirit within a person,(D) declares:

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16 O Lord, by these things men live;
And in all these things is the life of my spirit;
So You will restore me and make me live.

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16 Lord, by such things people live;
    and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
    and let me live.(A)

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12 (A)“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be (B)long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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12 “Honor your father and your mother,(A) so that you may live long(B) in the land(C) the Lord your God is giving you.

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Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

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Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.(A)

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Humility Cures Worldliness

Therefore submit to God. (A)Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,(A) and he will flee from you.

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16 (A)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls (B)which I have made.

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16 I will not accuse(A) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,(B)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people(C) I have created.

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(A)‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and (B)keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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“‘Each of you must respect your mother and father,(A) and you must observe my Sabbaths.(B) I am the Lord your God.(C)

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