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Luke 16:8
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Luke 16:8
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8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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Luke 16:8
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Luke 16:8
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8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world(A) are more shrewd(B) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.(C)
1 Thessalonians 5:5
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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1 Thessalonians 5:5
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5 You are all children of the light(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
Ephesians 5:8
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Ephesians 5:8
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8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
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Ephesians 5:8
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Ephesians 5:8
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John 12:36
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John 12:36
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36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
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John 12:36
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John 12:36
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36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(A) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(B)
Luke 16:10
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Luke 16:10
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10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
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Luke 16:10
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Luke 16:10
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10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much,(A) and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Proverbs 6:6-8
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Proverbs 6:6-8
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6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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Proverbs 6:6-8
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Proverbs 6:6-8
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Luke 20:34
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Luke 20:34
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34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
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Luke 20:34
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Luke 20:34
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34 Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
Luke 16:4
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Luke 16:4
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4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
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Luke 16:4
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Luke 16:4
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4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’
Psalm 17:14
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Psalm 17:14
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14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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Psalm 17:14
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Psalm 17:14
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2 Samuel 13:3
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2 Samuel 13:3
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3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
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2 Samuel 13:3
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2 Samuel 13:3
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3 Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah,(A) David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.
Exodus 1:10
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Exodus 1:10
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10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
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Exodus 1:10
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Exodus 1:10
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10 Come, we must deal shrewdly(A) with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.”(B)
Genesis 3:1
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Genesis 3:1
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3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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Genesis 3:1
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Genesis 3:1
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The Fall
3 Now the serpent(A) was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?(B)”
1 John 3:10
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1 John 3:10
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10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
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1 John 3:10
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1 John 3:10
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10 This is how we know who the children of God(A) are and who the children of the devil(B) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(C) their brother and sister.(D)
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