Hebrews 12:9
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9 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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Numbers 16:22
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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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- Numbers 16:22 prostrated themselves
Numbers 27:16
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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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Isaiah 42:5
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5 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:
John 3:6
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6 That which is born of the flesh is (A)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Job 12:10
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Zechariah 12:1
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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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- Zechariah 12:1 oracle, prophecy
Isaiah 38:16
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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.
Exodus 20:12
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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.
1 Peter 5:6
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6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
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James 4:7
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Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. (A)Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
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Isaiah 57:16
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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.
Leviticus 19:3
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3 (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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Ephesians 6:1-4
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Children and Parents(A)
6 Children, (B)obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 (C)“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
4 And (D)you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but (E)bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
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Romans 9:5
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5 (A)of whom are the fathers and from (B)whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, (C)who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
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7 (A)Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
(B)And the spirit will return to God (C)who gave it.
Proverbs 30:17
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17 (A)The eye that mocks his father,
And scorns obedience to his mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.
Deuteronomy 27:16
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16 (A)‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
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Deuteronomy 21:18-21
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The Rebellious Son
18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city. 20 And they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; (A)so you shall put away the evil from among you, (B)and all Israel shall hear and fear.
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James 4:10
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10 (A)Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
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Malachi 1:6
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Polluted Offerings
6 “A son (A)honors his father,
And a servant his master.
(B)If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
(C)Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
Ezekiel 22:7
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7 In you they have (A)made light of father and mother; in your midst they have (B)oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the [a]fatherless and the widow.
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- Ezekiel 22:7 Lit. orphan
Romans 9:3
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3 For (A)I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my [a]countrymen according to the flesh,
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- Romans 9:3 Or relatives
Romans 1:3
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3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who [a]was (A)born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
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- Romans 1:3 came
Acts 2:30
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30 Therefore, being a prophet, (A)and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, [a]according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,
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- Acts 2:30 NU He would seat one on his throne,
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