Job 8:7
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7 And though your beginning was small,
(A)your latter days will be very great.
1 Corinthians 1:28-29
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28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even (A)things that are not, to (B)bring to nothing things that are, 29 so (C)that no human being[a] might boast in the presence of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:29 Greek no flesh
Matthew 13:31-33
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The Mustard Seed and the Leaven
31 He put another parable before them, saying, (A)“The kingdom of heaven is like (B)a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
33 He told them another parable. (C)“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in (D)three measures of flour, till it was (E)all leavened.”
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Haggai 2:3
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3 (A)‘Who is left among you who saw this house (B)in its former glory? How do you see it now? (C)Is it not as nothing in your eyes?
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2 Chronicles 16:9
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9 (A)For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those (B)whose heart is blameless[a] toward him. (C)You have done foolishly in this, for from now on (D)you will have wars.”
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- 2 Chronicles 16:9 Or whole
Proverbs 15:3
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3 (A)The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Revelation 5:6
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6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw (A)a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with (B)seven eyes, which are (C)the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
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Zechariah 3:9
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9 For behold, on (A)the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with (B)seven eyes,[a] I will (C)engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and (D)I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
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- Zechariah 3:9 Or facets
Proverbs 4:18
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18 But (A)the path of the righteous is like (B)the light of dawn,
which shines (C)brighter and brighter until (D)full day.
Amos 7:7-8
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7 (A)This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with (B)a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, (C)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“Behold, I am setting (D)a plumb line
in the midst of my people Israel;
(E)I will never again pass by them;
Luke 15:5-10
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5 And when he has found it, (A)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for (B)I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who (C)repents than over ninety-nine (D)righteous persons who need no repentance.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before (E)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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- Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius, worth about a day's wage for a laborer
Zechariah 1:10-11
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10 So (A)the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, (B)‘These are they whom the Lord has sent to (C)patrol the earth.’ 11 And they answered (D)the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, (E)‘We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth (F)remains at rest.’
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Isaiah 66:14
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14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
(A)your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and (B)the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.
Isaiah 66:11
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11 that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
from her glorious abundance.”[a]
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- Isaiah 66:11 Or breast
Nehemiah 4:2-4
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2 And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of (A)Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves?[a] Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?” 3 (B)Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Yes, what they are building—(C)if a fox goes up on it he will break down their stone wall!” 4 (D)Hear, O our God, for we are despised. (E)Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.
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- Nehemiah 4:2 Or Will they commit themselves to God?
Revelation 8:2
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2 Then I saw the seven angels (A)who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
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Daniel 2:34-35
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34 As you looked, a stone was cut out (A)by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and (B)broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became (C)like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that (D)not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became (E)a great mountain (F)and filled the whole earth.
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Ezra 3:12-13
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12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, (A)old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy, 13 so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people's weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away.
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Luke 15:32
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32 It was fitting (A)to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother (B)was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
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