Jeremiah 17:16
English Standard Version
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd,
nor have I desired the day of sickness.
(A)You know (B)what came out of my lips;
it was before your face.
Jeremiah 17:16
New International Version
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
you know I have not desired the day of despair.
What passes my lips(A) is open before you.
Acts 20:27
English Standard Version
27 for (A)I did not shrink from declaring to you (B)the whole counsel of God.
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Acts 20:27
New International Version
27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.(A)
Acts 20:20
English Standard Version
20 how I (A)did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and (B)teaching you in public and from house to house,
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Acts 20:20
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20 You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything(A) that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.
Jeremiah 4:19-20
English Standard Version
Anguish over Judah's Desolation
19 (A)My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.
20 (B)Crash follows hard on crash;
the whole land is laid waste.
(C)Suddenly my tents are laid waste,
my curtains in a moment.
Jeremiah 4:19-20
New International Version
19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!(A)
I writhe in pain.(B)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
My heart pounds(C) within me,
I cannot keep silent.(D)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;(E)
I have heard the battle cry.(F)
20 Disaster follows disaster;(G)
the whole land lies in ruins.(H)
In an instant my tents(I) are destroyed,
my shelter in a moment.
James 3:1
English Standard Version
Taming the Tongue
3 (A)Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
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James 3:1
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Taming the Tongue
3 Not many of you should become teachers,(A) my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged(B) more strictly.(C)
James 1:19
English Standard Version
Hearing and Doing the Word
19 (A)Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person (B)be quick to hear, (C)slow to speak, (D)slow to anger;
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James 1:19
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Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry,
2 Corinthians 2:17
English Standard Version
17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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2 Corinthians 2:17
New International Version
17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit.(A) On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity,(B) as those sent from God.(C)
2 Corinthians 1:12
English Standard Version
Paul's Change of Plans
12 For our boast is this, (A)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[a] and (B)godly sincerity, (C)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness
2 Corinthians 1:12
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Paul’s Change of Plans
12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience(A) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[a](B) and godly sincerity.(C) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom(D) but on God’s grace.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:12 Many manuscripts holiness
Romans 9:1-3
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God's Sovereign Choice
9 (A)I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For (B)I could wish that I myself were (C)accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,[a] my kinsmen (D)according to the flesh.
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- Romans 9:3 Or brothers and sisters
Romans 9:1-3
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Paul’s Anguish Over Israel
9 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying,(A) my conscience confirms(B) it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself(C) were cursed(D) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(E) those of my own race,(F)
Amos 7:14-15
English Standard Version
14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, (A)“I was[a] no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but (B)I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. 15 (C)But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
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- Amos 7:14 Or am; twice in this verse
Amos 7:14-15
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Ezekiel 33:7-9
English Standard Version
7 (A)“So you, (B)son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. (C)Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 (D)If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, (E)and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, (F)that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 (G)But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, (H)that person shall die in his iniquity, (I)but you will have delivered your soul.
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Ezekiel 33:7-9
New International Version
7 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(A) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(B) 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,(C)’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(D) 9 But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so,(E) they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.(F)
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- Ezekiel 33:8 Or in; also in verse 9
Ezekiel 3:14-19
English Standard Version
14 (A)The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the (B)hand of the Lord being strong upon me. 15 (C)And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling (D)by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling.[a] And (E)I sat there (F)overwhelmed among them (G)seven days.
A Watchman for Israel
16 (H)And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me: 17 (I)“Son of man, (J)I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall (K)give them warning from me. 18 (L)If I say to the wicked, (M)‘You shall surely die,’ (N)and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person (O)shall die for[b] his iniquity, (P)but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 (Q)But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, (R)but you (S)will have delivered your soul.
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- Ezekiel 3:15 Or Chebar, and to where they dwelt
- Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also verses 19, 20
Ezekiel 3:14-19
New International Version
14 The Spirit(A) then lifted me up(B) and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the Lord(C) on me. 15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River.(D) And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days(E)—deeply distressed.
Ezekiel’s Task as Watchman
16 At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:(F) 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(G) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(H) 18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,(I)’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(J) 19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn(K) from their wickedness(L) or from their evil ways, they will die(M) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.(N)
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- Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also in verses 19 and 20
Jeremiah 20:9
English Standard Version
9 If I say, “I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,”
(A)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and (B)I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
Jeremiah 20:9
New International Version
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