James 1:8
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7,8 For the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
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1 Kings 18:21
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21 Elijah then came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him.” The people did not answer him a word.(A)
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1 Kings 18:21
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21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver(A) between two opinions? If the Lord(B) is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”
But the people said nothing.
James 4:8
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8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.(A)
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8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.(A) Wash your hands,(B) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(C) you double-minded.(D)
Matthew 6:24
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Serving Two Masters
24 “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.[a](A)
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- 6.24 Gk mammon
Matthew 6:24
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24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(A)
2 Peter 2:14
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14 They have eyes full of adultery,[a] insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
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- 2.14 Gk adulteress; or longing for an adulteress
2 Peter 2:14
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14 With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce(A) the unstable;(B) they are experts in greed(C)—an accursed brood!(D)
Isaiah 29:13
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13 The Lord said:
Because these people draw near with their mouths
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me
and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,(A)
Isaiah 29:13
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13 The Lord says:
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- Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules
2 Kings 17:41
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41 So these nations worshiped the Lord but also served their carved images; to this day their children and their children’s children continue to do as their ancestors did.(A)
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2 Kings 17:41
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41 Even while these people were worshiping the Lord,(A) they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.
2 Peter 3:16
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16 speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist[a] to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures.
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2 Peter 3:16
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16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable(A) people distort,(B) as they do the other Scriptures,(C) to their own destruction.
2 Kings 17:33
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33 So they worshiped the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.(A)
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33 They worshiped the Lord, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.
Hosea 7:8-11
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8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 Foreigners devour his strength,
but he does not know it;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
but he does not know it.(A)
10 Israel’s pride testifies against[a] him;
yet they do not return to the Lord their God
or seek him, for all this.(B)
Futile Reliance on the Nations
11 Ephraim has become like a dove,
silly and without sense;
they call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.(C)
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- 7.10 Or humbles
Hosea 7:8-11
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8 “Ephraim mixes(A) with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9 Foreigners sap his strength,(B)
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against him,(C)
but despite all this
he does not return(D) to the Lord his God
or search(E) for him.
Hosea 10:2
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2 Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord[a] will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.(A)
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- 10.2 Heb he
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Matthew 6:22
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The Eye
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,(A)
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22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[a] your whole body will be full of light.
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- Matthew 6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
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