Psalm 32:8-9
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8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.(A)
9 Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.(B)
Genesis 4:6-9
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6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.”[a] And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.(A) 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”
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- 4.8 Sam Gk Syr Vg: MT lacks Let us go out to the field
Hebrews 4:14-5:10
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Jesus the Great High Priest
14 Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.(A) 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested[a] as we are, yet without sin.(B) 16 Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
5 Every high priest chosen from among mortals is put in charge of things pertaining to God on their behalf, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is subject to weakness,(C) 3 and because of this he must offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. 4 And one does not presume to take this honor but takes it only when called by God, just as Aaron was.(D)
5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest but was appointed by[b] the one who said to him,
“You are my Son;
today I have begotten you”;(E)
6 as he says also in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
according to the order of Melchizedek.”(F)
7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus[c] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.(G) 8 Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered,(H) 9 and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,(I) 10 having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
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