Jeremiah 17:5-10

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⁵This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,^(A)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.^(B)
⁶That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places^(C) of the desert,
    in a salt^(D) land where no one lives.

⁷“But blessed^(E) is the one who trusts^(F) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
⁸They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.^(G)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought^(H)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”^(I)

⁹The heart^(J) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?

¹⁰“I the Lord search the heart^(K)
and examine the mind,^(L)
to reward^(M) each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”^(N)

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Galatians 5:16-24

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¹⁶So I say, walk by the Spirit,^(A) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.^(B) ¹⁷For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.^(C) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever^[a] you want.^(D) ¹⁸But if you are led by the Spirit,^(E) you are not under the law.^(F)

¹⁹The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,^(G) impurity and debauchery; ²⁰idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions ²¹and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.^(H) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.^(I)

²²But the fruit^(J) of the Spirit is love,^(K) joy, peace,^(L) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness and self-control.^(M) Against such things there is no law.^(N) ²⁴Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh^(O) with its passions and desires.^(P)