Judges 21:25
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25 In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes.(A)
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1 Samuel 2:12
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12 Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord(A)
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1 Corinthians 1:26-29
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26 Consider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards,[a] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.(A) 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;(B) 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to abolish things that are, 29 so that no one[b] might boast in the presence of God.(C)
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1 Samuel 3:1-10
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Samuel’s Calling and Prophetic Activity
3 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.(A)
2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room;(B) 3 the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.(C) 4 Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!”[a] and he said, “Here I am!”(D) 5 and ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down. 6 The Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.(E) 8 The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
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Jeremiah 6:16
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16 Thus says the Lord:
Stand at the crossroads and look,
and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way lies; and walk in it,
and find rest for your souls.
But they said, “We will not walk in it.”(A)
Isaiah 43:18-21
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18 Do not remember the former things
or consider the things of old.(A)
19 I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.(B)
20 The wild animals will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches,
for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,(C)
21 the people whom I formed for myself
so that they might declare my praise.(D)
1 Corinthians 1:28-31
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28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to abolish things that are, 29 so that no one[a] might boast in the presence of God.(A) 30 In contrast, God is why you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,(B) 31 in order that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in[b] the Lord.”(C)
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