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2 Timothy 2 20-2 Timothy 2 21
Now in a wealthy home there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use.So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
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Daniel 6:1-3
It seemed like a good idea to Darius to appoint over the kingdom 120 satraps who would be in charge of the entire kingdom.Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable to them, so that the king’s interests might not incur damage.Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.
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John 20:21-23
So Jesus said to them again,“ Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”And after he said this, he breathed on them and said,“ Receive the Holy Spirit.If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone’s sins, they are retained.”
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Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came up and said to them,“ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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John 5:22-27
Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.“ I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming– and is now here– when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
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Genesis 41:44-45
Pharaoh also said to Joseph,“ I am Pharaoh, but without your permission no one will move his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 47:11-25
So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“ Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”Then Joseph said,“ If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for their horses, the livestock of their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. He got them through that year by giving them food in exchange for livestock.When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“ We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate.”So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. So the land became Pharaoh’s.Joseph made all the people slaves from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.But he did not purchase the land of the priests because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh and they ate from their allotment that Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.Joseph said to the people,“ Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate the land.When you gather in the crop, give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and the rest will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children.”They replied,“ You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
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Romans 9:22-23
But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory–
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Ezekiel 15:3
Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?