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1 Corinthians 1 10-1 Corinthians 1 13
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction.For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers and sisters, by members of Chloe’s people, that there is rivalry among you.What I am saying is this: One of you says,“ I belong to Paul,” or“ I belong to Apollos,” or“ I belong to Cephas,” or“ I belong to Christ.”Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul’s name?
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Ephesians 4:3-6
making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.There is one body and one Spirit— just as you were called to one hope at your calling—one Lord, one faith, one baptism,one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
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Zechariah 11:14
Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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2 Samuel 20 6
So David said to Abishai,“ Sheba son of Bichri will do more harm to us than Absalom. Take your lord’s soldiers and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
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Judges 12:1-6
The men of Ephraim were called together and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah,“ Why have you crossed over to fight against the Ammonites but didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house with you in it!”Then Jephthah said to them,“ My people and I had a bitter conflict with the Ammonites. So I called for you, but you didn’t deliver me from their power.When I saw that you weren’t going to deliver me, I took my life in my own hands and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”Then Jephthah gathered all of the men of Gilead. They fought and defeated Ephraim, because Ephraim had said,“ You Gileadites are Ephraimite fugitives in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim. Whenever a fugitive from Ephraim said,“ Let me cross over,” the Gileadites asked him,“ Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered,“ No,”they told him,“ Please say Shibboleth.” If he said,“ Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and executed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time forty-two thousand from Ephraim died.
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John 17:21
May they all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us, so that the world may believe you sent me.
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1 Kings 12 16-1 Kings 12 20
When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him: What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Israel, return to your tents; David, now look after your own house! So Israel went to their tents,but Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to get into the chariot and flee to Jerusalem.Israel is still in rebellion against the house of David today.When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.
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2 Samuel 20 1
Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent, Israel!
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Judges 9:23-57
God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem. They treated Abimelech deceitfully,so that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood would be avenged on their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him kill his brothers.The citizens of Shechem rebelled against him by putting men in ambush on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed everyone who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the citizens of Shechem trusted him.So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration. Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.Gaal son of Ebed said,“ Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal, and isn’t Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?If only these people were in my power, I would remove Abimelech.” So he said to Abimelech,“ Gather your army and come out.”When Zebul, the ruler of the city, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was angry.So he secretly sent messengers to Abimelech, saying,“ Beware! Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are turning the city against you.Now tonight, you and the troops with you, come and wait in ambush in the countryside.Then get up early, and at sunrise attack the city. When he and the troops who are with him come out against you, do to him whatever you can.”So Abimelech and all the troops with him got up at night and waited in ambush for Shechem in four units.Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate. Then Abimelech and the troops who were with him got up from their ambush.When Gaal saw the troops, he said to Zebul,“ Look, troops are coming down from the mountaintops!” But Zebul said to him,“ The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”Then Gaal spoke again,“ Look, troops are coming down from the central part of the land, and one unit is coming from the direction of the Diviners’ Oak.”Zebul replied,“ What do you have to say now? You said,‘ Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Aren’t these the troops you despised? Now go and fight them!”So Gaal went out leading the citizens of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. Numerous bodies were strewn as far as the entrance of the city gate.Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers from Shechem.The next day when the people of Shechem went into the countryside, this was reported to Abimelech.He took the troops, divided them into three companies, and waited in ambush in the countryside. He looked, and the people were coming out of the city, so he arose against them and struck them down.Then Abimelech and the units that were with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two units rushed against all who were in the countryside and struck them down.So Abimelech fought against the city that entire day, captured it, and killed the people who were in it. Then he tore down the city and sowed it with salt.When all the citizens of the Tower of Shechem heard, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.Then it was reported to Abimelech that all the citizens of the Tower of Shechem had gathered.So Abimelech and all the troops who were with him went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his ax in his hand and cut a branch from the trees. He picked up the branch, put it on his shoulder, and said to the troops who were with him,“ Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”Each of the troops also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire; about a thousand men and women died, including all the men of the Tower of Shechem.Abimelech went to Thebez, camped against it, and captured it.There was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and citizens of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.But a woman threw the upper portion of a millstone on Abimelech’s head and fractured his skull.He quickly called his armor-bearer and said to him,“ Draw your sword and kill me, or they’ll say about me,‘ A woman killed him.’” So his armor-bearer ran him through, and he died.When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.In this way, God brought back Abimelech’s evil— the evil that Abimelech had done to his father when he killed his seventy brothers.God also brought back to the men of Shechem all their evil. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
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Isaiah 19:2-3
I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; each will fight against his brother and each against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it, and I will frustrate its plans. Then they will inquire of worthless idols, ghosts, mediums, and spiritists.
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Ezekiel 37:22
I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. They will no longer be two nations and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
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Isaiah 9:20-21
They carve meat on the right, but they are still hungry; they have eaten on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one eats the flesh of his arm.Manasseh eats Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh; together, both are against Judah. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
