Isaiah 7:10-12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Immanuel Prophecy
10 Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz: 11 “Ask for a sign(A) from the Lord your God—from the depths of Sheol to the heights of heaven.”
12 But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask. I will not test the Lord.”
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Matthew 11:9-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.(A) 10 This is the one it is written about:
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- Matthew 11:10 Lit messenger before Your face
- Matthew 11:10 Mal 3:1
2 Corinthians 1:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 For every one of God’s promises(A) is “Yes” in Him. Therefore, the “Amen”(B) is also spoken through Him by us for God’s glory.(C)
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James 4:1-6
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Proud or Humble
4 What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings(A) that are at war within you?[a] 2 You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.(B)
4 Adulteresses![b][c] Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.(C) 5 Or do you think it’s without reason the Scripture says that the Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously?[d](D)
6 But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says:
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- James 4:1 Lit war in your members
- James 4:4 Other mss read Adulterers and adulteresses
- James 4:4 Or Unfaithful people!
- James 4:5 Or He who caused the Spirit to live in us yearns jealously, or the spirit He caused to live in us yearns jealously, or He jealously yearns for the Spirit He made to live in us
- James 4:6 Pr 3:34
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