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The naive believe everything, but the shrewd watch their steps.
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Chapter 12
Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them, and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, Lord!
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That your children whom you loved might learn, O Lord, that it is not the various kinds of fruits that nourish, but your word that preserves those who believe you!
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Admonish your friend—often it may be slander; do not believe every story.
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Like one grasping at shadows or chasing the wind, so anyone who believes in dreams.
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You are my witnesses—oracle of the Lord— my servant whom I have chosen To know and believe in me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, and after me there shall be none.
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Chapter 53
Who would believe what we have heard? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
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Your kindred and your father’s house, even they betray you; they have recruited a force against you. Do not believe them, even when they speak fair words to you.
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and said to him, “Surely you are aware that Baalis, the Ammonite king, has sent Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, to assassinate you?” But Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, would not believe them.
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The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any of the world’s inhabitants, That foe or enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
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but she refused to tell us. We testify to this.” The assembly believed them, since they were elders and judges of the people, and they condemned her to death.
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the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.
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God’s Response
Look over the nations and see! Be utterly amazed! For a work is being done in your days that you would not believe, were it told.