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Revelation 3:17-18
You say,“ I am rich. I’ve become wealthy and don’t need anything.” But you don’t realize how pitiful and miserable you have become. You are poor, blind and naked.So here’s my advice. Buy from me gold made pure by fire. Then you will become rich. Buy from me white clothes to wear. Then you will be able to cover the shame of your naked bodies. And buy from me healing lotion to put on your eyes. Then you will be able to see.
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Ephesians 2:1-2
You were living in your sins and lawless ways. But in fact you were dead.You used to live as sinners when you followed the ways of this world. You served the one who rules over the spiritual forces of evil. He is the spirit who is now at work in those who don’t obey God.
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Romans 7:18
I know there is nothing good in my desires controlled by sin. I want to do what is good, but I can’t.
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Romans 7:24
What a terrible failure I am! Who will save me from this sin that brings death to my body?
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Job 25:4
How can human beings be right with God? How can mere people really be pure?
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Job 14:4
Who can bring what is pure from something that isn’t pure? No one!
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Psalms 90:5-6
Yet you sweep people away, and they die. They are like new grass that grows in the morning.In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it’s all dried up.
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Zechariah 3:3
Joshua stood in front of the angel. He was wearing clothes that were very dirty.
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Job 42:5-6
My ears had heard about you. But now my own eyes have seen you.So I hate myself. I’m really sorry for what I said about you. That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”
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Isaiah 53:6
All of us are like sheep. We have wandered away from God. All of us have turned to our own way. And the Lord has placed on his servant the sins of all of us.
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Titus 3:3
At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.
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Philippians 3:9
I want to be joined to him. Being right with God does not come from my obeying the law. It comes because I believe in Christ. It comes from God because of faith.
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Isaiah 40:6-8
Another messenger says,“ Cry out.” And I said,“ What should I cry?”“ Cry out,‘ All people are like grass. They don’t stay faithful to me any longer than wildflowers last.The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground. That happens when the Lord makes his wind blow on them. So people are just like grass.The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground. But what our God says will stand forever.’ ”
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Revelation 7:13
Then one of the elders spoke to me.“ Who are these people dressed in white robes?” he asked.“ Where did they come from?”
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Isaiah 46:12
Listen to me, you stubborn people. Pay attention, you who now refuse to do what I have said is right.
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Isaiah 6:5
“ How terrible it is for me!” I cried out.“ I’m about to be destroyed! My mouth speaks sinful words. And I live among people who speak sinful words. Now I have seen the King with my own eyes. He is the Lord who rules over all.”
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Psalms 51:5
I know I’ve been a sinner ever since I was born. I’ve been a sinner ever since my mother became pregnant with me.
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Job 15:14-16
“ Can human beings really be pure? Can those who are born really be right with God?God doesn’t trust his holy angels. Even the heavens aren’t pure in his sight.So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are evil and sinful. They drink up evil as if it were water.
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Jeremiah 4:11-12
At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be warned. They will be told,“ A hot and dry wind is coming, my people. It is blowing toward you from the bare hilltops in the desert. But it does not separate straw from grain.It is much too strong for that. The wind is coming from me. I am making my decision against you.”
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Zechariah 5:8-11
The angel said,“ She stands for everything that is evil.” Then he pushed her down into the basket. He put the lead cover back over it.I looked up and saw two other women. They had wings like the wings of a stork. A wind sent by the Lord carried them along. They lifted the basket up between heaven and earth.“ Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel.He replied,“ To the country of Babylon. A temple will be built for it. When the temple is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”
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Hosea 4:19
A windstorm will blow all of them away. And their sacrifices will bring shame on them.
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Job 40:4
“ I’m not worthy. How can I reply to you? I’m putting my hand over my mouth. I’ll stop talking.
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Isaiah 48:1
People of Jacob, listen to me. You are called by the name of Israel. You come from the family line of Judah. You make promises in the name of the Lord. You pray to Israel’s God. But you aren’t honest. You don’t mean what you say.
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Psalms 1:4
Sinful people are not like that at all. They are like straw that the wind blows away.
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Isaiah 57:12-13
You have not done what is right or good. I will let everyone know about it. And that will not be of any benefit to you.Go ahead and cry out for help to all the statues of your gods. See if they can save you! The wind will carry them off. Just a puff of air will blow them away. But anyone who comes to me for safety will receive the land. They will possess my holy mountain of Zion.”
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James 1:10-11
But rich people should take pride in their low positions. That’s because they will fade away like wild flowers.The sun rises. Its burning heat dries up the plants. Their blossoms fall. Their beauty is destroyed. In the same way, rich people will fade away. They fade away even as they go about their business.
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1 Peter 1 24-1 Peter 1 25
It is written,“ All people are like grass. All their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.But the word of the Lord lasts forever.”( Isaiah 40:6–8) And this is the word that was preached to you.