Proverbs 10:25
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25 When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more,
but the righteous are established forever.(A)
Psalm 15:5
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5 who do not lend money at interest
and do not take a bribe against the innocent.
Those who do these things shall never be moved.(A)
Matthew 7:24-27
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Hearers and Doers
24 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.(A) 25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”
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Psalm 58:9
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9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!(A)
Proverbs 12:3
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3 No one finds security by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous will never be moved.(A)
Proverbs 10:30
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30 The righteous will never totter,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.(A)
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”(A)
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1 Timothy 6:19
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19 thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.
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Ephesians 2:20
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20 built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone;[a](A)
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- 2.20 Or keystone (in an arch)
Matthew 16:18
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18 And I tell you, you are Peter,[a] and on this rock[b] I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.(A)
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Isaiah 40:24
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24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows upon them, and they wither,
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.(A)
Proverbs 12:7
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7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
but the house of the righteous will stand.(A)
Proverbs 1:27
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27 when panic strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
Psalm 73:18-20
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Psalm 37:9-10
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9 For the wicked shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.(A)
10 Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look diligently for their place, they will not be there.(B)
Job 27:19-21
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19 They go to bed with wealth but will do so no more;
they open their eyes, and it is gone.(A)
20 Terrors overtake them like a flood;
in the night a whirlwind carries them off.(B)
21 The east wind lifts them up, and they are gone;
it sweeps them out of their place.(C)
Job 21:18
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18 How often are they like straw before the wind
and like chaff that the storm carries away?(A)
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