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Malachi 3:14-15
You have said,“ It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping his requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Armies?So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”
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Jude 1:15
to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly concerning all the ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against him.”
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Job 21:14-15
Yet they say to God,“ Leave us alone! We don’t want to know your ways.Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him, and what will we gain by pleading with him?”
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Ezekiel 18:25-29
“ But you say,‘ The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly, he will die for this. He will die because of the injustice he has committed.But if a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.He will certainly live because he thought it over and turned from all the transgressions he had committed; he will not die.But the house of Israel says,‘ The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Is it my ways that are unfair, house of Israel? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?
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Exodus 20:19-20
“ You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses,“ but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”Moses responded to the people,“ Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear him and will not sin.”
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2 Samuel 6 9-2 Samuel 6 11
David feared the LORD that day and said,“ How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”So he was not willing to bring the ark of the LORD to the city of David; instead, he diverted it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.The ark of the LORD remained in his house three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his whole family.
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James 2:10
For whoever keeps the entire law, and yet stumbles at one point, is guilty of breaking it all.
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Matthew 25:24-25
“ The man who had received one talent also approached and said,‘ Master, I know you. You’re a harsh man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’
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1 Samuel 12 20
Samuel replied,“ Don’t be afraid. Even though you have committed all this evil, don’t turn away from following the LORD. Instead, worship the LORD with all your heart.
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Romans 8:7
The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it is unable to do so.
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2 Timothy 1 7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.
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1 John 4 18
There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears is not complete in love.
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Romans 8:15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out,“ Abba, Father!”
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1 Samuel 6 19-1 Samuel 6 21
God struck down the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy persons. The people mourned because the LORD struck them with a great slaughter.The people of Beth-shemesh asked,“ Who is able to stand in the presence of the LORD this holy God? To whom should the ark go from here?”They sent messengers to the residents of Kiriath-jearim, saying,“ The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and get it.”