Proverbs 3:32
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32 for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are in his confidence.(A)
Psalm 25:14
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14 The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
and he makes his covenant known to them.(A)
Proverbs 11:20
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20 Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord,
but those of blameless ways are his delight.(A)
John 15:15
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15 I do not call you servants[a] any longer, because the servant[b] does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.
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Matthew 13:11
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11 He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets[a] of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.(A)
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- 13.11 Or mysteries
John 14:21-24
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21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”(A) 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(B) 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.(C)
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Proverbs 17:15
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15 One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the Lord.(A)
Proverbs 8:13
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13 The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.(A)
Matthew 11:25
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Jesus Thanks His Father
25 At that time Jesus said, “I thank[a] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;(A)
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- 11.25 Or praise
Psalm 18:26
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26 with the pure you show yourself pure;
and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.(A)
Job 29:4
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4 when I was in my prime,
when the friendship of God was upon my tent,(A)
Revelation 2:17
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17 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.(A)
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Luke 16:15
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15 So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.(A)
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Proverbs 6:6-19
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6 Go to the ant, you lazybones;
consider its ways and be wise.(A)
7 Without having any chief
or officer or ruler,
8 it prepares its food in summer
and gathers its sustenance in harvest.(B)
9 How long will you lie there, O lazybones?
When will you rise from your sleep?(C)
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want, like an armed warrior.(D)
12 A scoundrel and a villain
goes around with crooked speech,(E)
13 winking the eyes, shuffling the feet,
pointing the fingers,(F)
14 with perverted mind devising evil,
continually sowing discord;(G)
15 on such a one calamity will descend suddenly,
in a moment, damage beyond repair.(H)
16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,(I)
18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that hurry to run to evil,(J)
19 a lying witness who testifies falsely,
and one who sows discord in a family.(K)
Proverbs 14:10
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10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no stranger shares its joy.
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