Nehemiah 3:5
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5 Next to them the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their [a]shoulders to (A)the work of their Lord.
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- Nehemiah 3:5 Lit. necks
Nehemiah 3:27
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27 After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.
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2 Samuel 14:2
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2 And Joab sent to (A)Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, (B)and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead.
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1 Timothy 6:17-18
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Instructions to the Rich
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain (A)riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things (B)to enjoy. 18 Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share,
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1 Corinthians 1:26
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Glory Only in the Lord
26 For [a]you see your calling, brethren, (A)that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many [b]noble, are called.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:26 consider
- 1 Corinthians 1:26 well-born
Acts 15:10
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10 Now therefore, why do you test God (A)by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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Matthew 11:29
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29 Take My yoke upon you (A)and learn from Me, for I am [a]gentle and (B)lowly in heart, (C)and you will find rest for your souls.
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- Matthew 11:29 meek
Amos 1:1
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Jeremiah 30:8-9
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8 ‘For it shall come to pass in that day,’
Says the Lord of hosts,
‘That I will break his yoke from your neck,
And will burst your bonds;
Foreigners shall no more enslave them.
9 But they shall serve the Lord their God,
And (A)David their king,
Whom I will (B)raise up for them.
Jeremiah 27:12
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12 I also spoke to (A)Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live!
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Jeremiah 27:8
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8 And it shall be, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish,’ says the Lord, ‘with the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
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Jeremiah 27:2
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2 “Thus says the Lord to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, (A)and put them on your neck,
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Jeremiah 5:4-5
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4 Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor.
They are foolish;
For (A)they do not know the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.
5 I will go to the great men and speak to them,
For (B)they have known the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.”
But these have altogether (C)broken the yoke
And burst the bonds.
Judges 5:23
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23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the [a]angel of the Lord,
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’
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- Judges 5:23 Or Angel
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