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Job 7:17
“ What are people, that you should make so much of us, that you should think of us so often?
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Psalms 62:10
Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life.
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Malachi 2:2
Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,“ or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
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Proverbs 22:17
Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instruction.
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Proverbs 29:1
Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be destroyed beyond recovery.
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Isaiah 26:11
O Lord, they pay no attention to your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Then they will be ashamed. Let your fire consume your enemies.
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Ezekiel 40:4
He said to me,“ Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”
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Proverbs 24:32
Then, as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson:
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Jeremiah 5:3
Lord, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.
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Jeremiah 36:24
Neither the king nor his attendants showed any signs of fear or repentance at what they heard.
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Exodus 9:21
But those who paid no attention to the word of the Lord left theirs out in the open.
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Habakkuk 1:5
The Lord replied,“ Look around at the nations; look and be amazed! For I am doing something in your own day, something you wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it.
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Amos 4:7-12
“ I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it the most. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.People staggered from town to town looking for water, but there was never enough. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.“ I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.“ I sent plagues on you like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago. I killed your young men in war and led all your horses away. The stench of death filled the air! But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.“ I destroyed some of your cities, as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Those of you who survived were like charred sticks pulled from a fire. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.“ Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced. Prepare to meet your God in judgment, you people of Israel!”
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1 Samuel 4 20
She died in childbirth, but before she passed away the midwives tried to encourage her.“ Don’t be afraid,” they said.“ You have a baby boy!” But she did not answer or pay attention to them.
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Deuteronomy 32:46
he added:“ Take to heart all the words of warning I have given you today. Pass them on as a command to your children so they will obey every word of these instructions.