Joshua 6:17
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17 Jericho and everything in it must be completely destroyed[a] as an offering to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies.
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Deuteronomy 20:17
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17 You must completely destroy[a] the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.
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- 20:17 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
James 2:25
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25 Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road.
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Micah 4:13
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13 “Rise up and crush the nations, O Jerusalem!”[a]
says the Lord.
“For I will give you iron horns and bronze hooves,
so you can trample many nations to pieces.
You will present their stolen riches to the Lord,
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.”
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- 4:13 Hebrew “Rise up and thresh, O daughter of Zion.”
Hebrews 11:31
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31 It was by faith that Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed with the people in her city who refused to obey God. For she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.
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Hebrews 6:10
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10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers,[a] as you still do.
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- 6:10 Greek for God’s holy people.
Galatians 3:12
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12 This way of faith is very different from the way of law, which says, “It is through obeying the law that a person has life.”[a]
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Galatians 3:10
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10 But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God’s Book of the Law.”[a]
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1 Corinthians 2:7
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7 No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God[a]—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.
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- 2:7 Greek But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery.
Matthew 25:40
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40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters,[a] you were doing it to me!’
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- 25:40 Greek my brothers.
Genesis 12:3
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3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
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1 Corinthians 16:22
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22 If anyone does not love the Lord, that person is cursed. Our Lord, come![a]
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- 16:22 From Aramaic, Marana tha. Some manuscripts read Maran atha, “Our Lord has come.”
Matthew 10:41-42
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41 If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for God,[a] you will be given the same reward as a prophet. And if you receive righteous people because of their righteousness, you will be given a reward like theirs. 42 And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”
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- 10:41 Greek receive a prophet in the name of a prophet.
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