Luke 16:25
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25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.(A)
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Luke 6:24
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24 “But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your consolation.(A)
1 John 2:15
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15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world,(A)
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Psalm 17:14
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14 from mortals—by your hand, O Lord—
from mortals whose portion in life is in this world.
May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them;
may their children have more than enough;
may they leave something over to their little ones.(A)
Romans 8:7
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7 For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed, it cannot,(A)
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Mark 9:45
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45 And if your foot causes you to sin,[a] cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell.[b][c](A)
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Acts 14:22
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22 There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”(A)
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John 16:33
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33 I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”(A)
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Psalm 37:35-36
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Revelation 7:14
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)
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Hebrews 11:25
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25 choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
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1 Thessalonians 3:3
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3 so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions. Indeed, you yourselves know that this is what we are destined for.(A)
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Philippians 3:19
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19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.(A)
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Luke 16:23
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23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.[a](A)
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- 16.23 Gk in his bosom
Luke 16:20
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20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,(A)
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Daniel 5:30
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30 That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.(A)
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Daniel 5:22-23
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22 And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this!(A) 23 You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven! The vessels of his temple have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose power is your very breath and to whom belong all your ways, you have not honored.(B)
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Lamentations 1:7
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7 Jerusalem remembers[a] all the precious things
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy
and there was no one to help her,
the enemy looked on;
they mocked over her downfall.(A)
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- 1.7 Q ms: MT adds in the days of her affliction and wandering
Psalm 73:12-19
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12 Such are the wicked;
always at ease, they increase in riches.(A)
13 All in vain I have kept my heart clean
and washed my hands in innocence.(B)
14 For all day long I have been plagued
and am punished every morning.(C)
15 If I had said, “I will talk on in this way,”
I would have been untrue to the circle of your children.
16 But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,(D)
17 until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then I perceived their end.(E)
18 Truly you set them in slippery places;
you make them fall to ruin.(F)
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
swept away utterly by terrors!(G)
Psalm 49:11
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11 Their graves[a] are their homes forever,
their dwelling places to all generations,
though they named lands their own.(A)
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- 49.11 Gk Syr Compare Tg: Heb their inward thought
Job 22:18
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18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.(A)
Psalm 73:7
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7 Their eyes swell out with fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.(A)
Job 21:13-14
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13 They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.(A)
14 They say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
We do not desire to know your ways.(B)
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