Micah 3:8
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8 But as for me, I am filled with power,
with the spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression
and to Israel his sin.(A)
Isaiah 58:1
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58 Shout out; do not hold back!
Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Announce to my people their rebellion,
to the house of Jacob their sins.(A)
1 Corinthians 2:12-13
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12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. 13 And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.[a](A)
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- 2.13 Or interpreting spiritual things spiritually or comparing spiritual things with spiritual
1 Corinthians 2:4
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4 My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom[a] but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,(A)
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- 2.4 Other ancient authorities read the persuasiveness of wisdom
Ezekiel 16:2
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2 Mortal, make known to Jerusalem her abominations(A)
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Acts 7:51-52
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51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.(A) 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.(B)
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Acts 4:19-20
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19 But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;(A) 20 for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”(B)
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Matthew 7:29
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29 for he taught them as one having authority and not as their scribes.
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Ezekiel 43:10
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10 “As for you, mortal, describe the temple to the house of Israel, and let them measure the pattern, and let them be ashamed of their iniquities.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:2
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2 You, mortal, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to it all its abominable deeds.(A)
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Ezekiel 20:4
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4 Will you judge them, mortal; will you judge them? Then let them know the abominations of their ancestors(A)
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Ezekiel 3:14
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14 The spirit lifted me up and bore me away; I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.(A)
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Jeremiah 20:9
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9 If I say, “I will not mention him
or speak any more in his name,”
then within me there is something like a burning fire
shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.(A)
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