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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. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit.Yes, to them you are like a singer of love 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 for a time you were willing to enjoy 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 was in awe of John and was protecting him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very disturbed, yet would hear him gladly.
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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 money 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 these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.
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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 greatly rejoiced.
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Acts 8:13
Then even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he went around constantly with Philip and was astounded as he observed the signs and great miracles that were being performed.
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Matthew 13:5-6
Others fell on rocky ground, where there wasn’t much soil, and they sprang up quickly since the soil wasn’t deep.But when the sun came up they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered.
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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.What happened to this sense of being blessed you had? 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 Jehoiada the priest, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.
