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Proverbs 3:7
Don’t be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
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1 Peter 3 8
Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another, and be compassionate and humble,
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Hebrews 13:5
Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.
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Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who consider themselves wise and judge themselves clever.
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James 3:13-17
Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct he should show that his works are done in the gentleness that comes from wisdom.But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.Such wisdom does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretense.
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Romans 11:25
I don’t want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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Romans 15:5
Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, according to Christ Jesus,
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Philippians 2:2-3
make my joy complete by thinking the same way, having the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
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Matthew 18:1-4
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked,“ So who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”He called a small child and had him stand among them.“ Truly I tell you,” he said,“ unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child— this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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1 Corinthians 8 2
If anyone thinks he knows anything, he does not yet know it as he ought to know it.
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Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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Luke 22:24-27
Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.But he said to them,“ The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them have themselves called‘ Benefactors.’It is not to be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you should become like the youngest, and whoever leads, like the one serving.For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
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Luke 4:6-11
The devil said to him,“ I will give you their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.If you, then, will worship me, all will be yours.”And Jesus answered him,“ It is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”So he took him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him,“ If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.For it is written: He will give his angels orders concerning you, to protect you,and they will support you with their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”
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Jeremiah 45:5
But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on all humanity”— this is the LORD’s declaration—“ but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war wherever you go.”’”
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1 Corinthians 3 18
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so that he can become wise.
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2 Corinthians 13 11
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice. Become mature, be encouraged, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
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Matthew 26:11
You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.
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Matthew 11:5
The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news,
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1 Timothy 6 6-1 Timothy 6 9
But godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out.If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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1 Corinthians 1 10
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.
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Luke 14:13
On the contrary, when you host a banquet, invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind.
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Luke 6:20
Then looking up at his disciples, he said: Blessed are you who are poor, because the kingdom of God is yours.
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Matthew 6:25-26
“ Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?
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1 Corinthians 4 10
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!
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Philippians 4:2
I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to agree in the Lord.
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Philippians 4:11-13
I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself.I know how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content— whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me.
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Philippians 3:16
In any case, we should live up to whatever truth we have attained.
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Job 36:5
Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one; he understands all things.
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Matthew 20:21-28
“ What do you want?” he asked her.“ Promise,” she said to him,“ that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”Jesus answered,“ You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?”“ We are able,” they said to him.He told them,“ You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”When the ten disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers.Jesus called them over and said,“ You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Philippians 1:27
Just one thing: As citizens of heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, in one accord, contending together for the faith of the gospel,
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1 Corinthians 6 5
I say this to your shame! Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between fellow believers?
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Acts 4:32
Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.
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Proverbs 19:22
What is desirable in a person is his fidelity; better to be a poor person than a liar.
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Proverbs 19:17
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and he will give a reward to the lender.
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2 Chronicles 30 12
Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the LORD.
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Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them integrity of heart and action so that they will fear me always, for their good and for the good of their descendants after them.
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Proverbs 19:7
All the brothers of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends keep their distance from him! He may pursue them with words, but they are not there.
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Proverbs 17:5
The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, and one who rejoices over calamity will not go unpunished.
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Psalms 131:1-2
LORD, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I do not get involved with things too great or too wondrous for me.Instead, I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like a weaned child.
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3 John 1 9
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James 2:5-6
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? (niv)
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Romans 6:2
By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? (niv)
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Revelation 13:7-8
It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast— all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. (niv)
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Job 31:13-16
“ If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?“ If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary, (niv)
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1 Peter 5 3
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. (niv)