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Luke 15:16
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Luke 15:16
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16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.
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Luke 15:16
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Luke 15:16
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16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
Romans 6:19-21
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Romans 6:19-21
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19 Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.
20 When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right. 21 And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.
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Romans 6:19-21
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Romans 6:19-21
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19 I am using an example from everyday life(A) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness(B) leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin,(C) you were free from the control of righteousness.(D) 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!(E)
Hosea 12:1
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Hosea 12:1
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12 [a]The people of Israel[b] feed on the wind;
they chase after the east wind all day long.
They pile up lies and violence;
they are making an alliance with Assyria
while sending olive oil to buy support from Egypt.
Hosea 12:1
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Hosea 12:1
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Lamentations 4:5
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Lamentations 4:5
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5 The people who once ate the richest foods
now beg in the streets for anything they can get.
Those who once wore the finest clothes
now search the garbage dumps for food.
Lamentations 4:5
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Lamentations 4:5
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Isaiah 44:20
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Isaiah 44:20
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20 The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes.
He trusts something that can’t help him at all.
Yet he cannot bring himself to ask,
“Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”
Isaiah 44:20
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Isaiah 44:20
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Psalm 142:4
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Psalm 142:4
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4 I look for someone to come and help me,
but no one gives me a passing thought!
No one will help me;
no one cares a bit what happens to me.
Psalm 142:4
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Psalm 142:4
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Jonah 2:2-8
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Jonah 2:2-8
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2 He said,
“I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble,
and he answered me.
I called to you from the land of the dead,[a]
and Lord, you heard me!
3 You threw me into the ocean depths,
and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
4 Then I said, ‘O Lord, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’
5 “I sank beneath the waves,
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
6 I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
I was imprisoned in the earth,
whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O Lord my God,
snatched me from the jaws of death!
7 As my life was slipping away,
I remembered the Lord.
And my earnest prayer went out to you
in your holy Temple.
8 Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
Footnotes
- 2:2 Hebrew from Sheol.
Jonah 2:2-8
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Jonah 2:2-8
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2 He said:
“In my distress I called(A) to the Lord,(B)
and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead(C) I called for help,
and you listened to my cry.
3 You hurled me into the depths,(D)
into the very heart of the seas,
and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(E) and breakers
swept over me.(F)
4 I said, ‘I have been banished
from your sight;(G)
yet I will look again
toward your holy temple.’(H)
5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[a]
the deep surrounded me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(I)
6 To the roots of the mountains(J) I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
brought my life up from the pit.(K)
7 “When my life was ebbing away,
I remembered(L) you, Lord,
and my prayer(M) rose to you,
to your holy temple.(N)
8 “Those who cling to worthless idols(O)
turn away from God’s love for them.
Footnotes
- Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat
Isaiah 57:3
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Isaiah 57:3
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Idolatrous Worship Condemned
3 “But you—come here, you witches’ children,
you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
Isaiah 57:3
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Isaiah 57:3
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Isaiah 55:2
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Isaiah 55:2
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2 Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?
Why pay for food that does you no good?
Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.
You will enjoy the finest food.
Isaiah 55:2
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Isaiah 55:2
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Psalm 73:22
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Psalm 73:22
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22 I was so foolish and ignorant—
I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
Psalm 73:22
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Psalm 73:22
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