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Ezekiel 33:31-32
So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.Yes, to them you are like a singer of passionate songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.
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Psalms 106:12-13
Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.They soon forgot his works and would not wait for his counsel.
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John 5:35
John was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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Isaiah 58:2
They seek me day after day and delight to know my ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not abandon the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
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Mark 6:20
because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.
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Psalms 78:34-37
When he killed some of them, the rest began to seek him; they repented and searched for God.They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their Redeemer.But they deceived him with their mouths, they lied to him with their tongues,their hearts were insincere toward him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.
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2 Chronicles 24 14
When they finished, they presented the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada, who made articles for the LORD’s temple with it— articles for ministry and for making burnt offerings, and ladles and articles of gold and silver. They regularly offered burnt offerings in the LORD’s temple throughout Jehoiada’s life.
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2 Chronicles 24 6
So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said,“ Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by the LORD’s servant Moses and the assembly of Israel for the tent of the testimony?
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Mark 4:16-17
And others are like seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.But they have no root; they are short-lived. When distress or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away.
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1 Samuel 11 13-1 Samuel 11 15
But Saul ordered,“ No one will be executed this day, for today the LORD has provided deliverance in Israel.”Then Samuel said to the people,“ Come, let’s go to Gilgal, so we can renew the kingship there.”So all the people went to Gilgal, and there in the LORD’s presence they made Saul king. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings in the LORD’s presence, and Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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Acts 8:13
Even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he followed Philip everywhere and was amazed as he observed the signs and great miracles that were being performed.
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Matthew 13:5-6
Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it grew up quickly since the soil wasn’t deep.But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.
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Galatians 4:14-15
You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you. On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself.Where, then, is your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
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2 Chronicles 24 2
Throughout the time of the priest Jehoiada, Joash did what was right in the LORD’s sight.
