Deut.9.1

Attention, Israel! This very day you are crossing the Jordan to enter the land and dispossess nations that are much bigger and stronger than you are. You're going to find huge cities with sky-high fortress-walls and

Deut.9.1

Hear, O Israel. You are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky.

Deut.9.1

"Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

Deut.9.1

"Hear, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to occupy the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky!

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gigantic people, descendants of the Anakites--you've heard all about them; you've heard the saying, "No one can stand up to an Anakite."

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The people are strong and tall-Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: "Who can stand up against the Anakites?"

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a people great and tall, the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you heard it said, "Who can stand before the descendants of Anak?'

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They are strong and tall--descendants of the famous Anakite giants. You've heard the saying, `Who can stand up to the Anakites?'

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Today know this: GOD, your God, is crossing the river ahead of you--he's a consuming fire. He will destroy the nations, he will put them under your power. You will dispossess them and very quickly wipe them out, just as GOD promised you would.

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But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.

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Therefore understand today that the LORD your God is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and bring them down before you; so you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, as the LORD has said to you.

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But the LORD your God will cross over ahead of you like a devouring fire to destroy them. He will subdue them so that you will quickly conquer them and drive them out, just as the LORD has promised.

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But when GOD pushes them out ahead of you, don't start thinking to yourselves, "It's because of all the good I've done that GOD has brought me in here to dispossess these nations." Actually it's because of all the evil these nations have done.

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After the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The LORD has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness." No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is going to drive them out before you.

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"Do not think in your heart, after the LORD your God has cast them out before you, saying, "Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land'; but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out from before you.

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"After the LORD your God has done this for you, don't say to yourselves, `The LORD has given us this land because we are so righteous!' No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is doing it.

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No, it's nothing good that you've done, no record for decency that you've built up, that got you here; it's because of the vile wickedness of these nations that GOD, your God, is dispossessing them before you so that he can keep his promised word to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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It is not at all because you are such righteous, upright people that you are about to occupy their land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he had sworn to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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Know this and don't ever forget it: It's not because of any good that you've done that GOD is giving you this good land to own. Anything but! You're stubborn as mules.

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Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.

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Therefore understand that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.

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I will say it again: The LORD your God is not giving you this good land because you are righteous, for you are not--you are a stubborn people.

Deut.9.7

Keep in mind and don't ever forget how angry you made GOD, your God, in the wilderness. You've kicked and screamed against GOD from the day you left Egypt until you got to this place, rebels all the way.

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Remember this and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God to anger in the desert. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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"Remember! Do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you departed from the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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"Remember how angry you made the LORD your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have constantly rebelled against him.

Deut.9.8

You made GOD angry at Horeb, made him so angry that he wanted to destroy you.

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At Horeb you aroused the LORD's wrath so that he was angry enough to destroy you.

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Also in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry enough with you to have destroyed you.

Deut.9.8

Remember how angry you made the LORD at Mount Sinai, where he was ready to destroy you.

Deut.9.9

When I climbed the mountain to receive the slabs of stone, the tablets of the covenant that GOD made with you, I stayed there on the mountain forty days and nights: I ate no food; I drank no water.

Deut.9.9

When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.

Deut.9.9

When I went up into the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.

Deut.9.9

That was when I was on the mountain receiving the tablets of stone inscribed with the covenant that the LORD had made with you. I was there for forty days and forty nights, and all that time I ate nothing and drank no water.

Deut.9.10

Then GOD gave me the two slabs of stone, engraved with the finger of God. They contained word for word everything that GOD spoke to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.

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The LORD gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the commandments the LORD proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.

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Then the LORD delivered to me two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words which the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

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The LORD gave me the covenant, the tablets on which God himself had written all the words he had spoken to you from the fire on the mountain.

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It was at the end of the forty days and nights that GOD gave me the two slabs of stone, the tablets of the covenant.

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At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

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And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.

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"At the end of the forty days and nights, the LORD handed me the two stone tablets with the covenant inscribed on them.

Deut.9.12

GOD said to me, "Get going, and quickly. Get down there, because your people whom you led out of Egypt have ruined everything. In almost no time at all they have left the road that I laid out for them and gone off and made for themselves a cast god."

Deut.9.12

Then the LORD told me, "Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away quickly from what I commanded them and have made a cast idol for themselves."

Deut.9.12

"Then the LORD said to me, "Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molded image.'

Deut.9.12

Then the LORD said to me, `Go down immediately because the people you led out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have already turned from the way I commanded them to live and have cast an idol for themselves from gold.'

Deut.9.13

GOD said, "I look at this people and all I see are hardheaded, hardhearted rebels.

Deut.9.13

And the LORD said to me, "I have seen this people, and they are a stiff-necked people indeed!

Deut.9.13

"Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, "I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people.

Deut.9.13

"The LORD said to me, `I have been watching this people, and they are extremely stubborn.

Deut.9.14

Get out of my way now so I can destroy them. I'm going to wipe them off the face of the map. Then I'll start over with you to make a nation far better and bigger than they could ever be."

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Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they."

Deut.9.14

Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'

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Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a mighty nation of your descendants, a nation larger and more powerful than they are.'

Deut.9.15

I turned around and started down the mountain--by now the mountain was blazing with fire--carrying the two tablets of the covenant in my two arms.

Deut.9.15

So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

Deut.9.15

"So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

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"So I came down from the fiery mountain, holding in my hands the two stone tablets of the covenant.

Deut.9.16

That's when I saw it: There you were, sinning against GOD, your God--you had made yourselves a cast god in the shape of a calf! So soon you had left the road that GOD had commanded you to walk on.

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When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.

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And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God--had made for yourselves a molded calf! You had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.

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There below me I could see the gold calf you had made in your terrible sin against the LORD your God. How quickly you had turned from the path the LORD had commanded you to follow!

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I held the two stone slabs high and threw them down, smashing them to bits as you watched.

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So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes.

Deut.9.17

Then I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.

Deut.9.17

So I raised the stone tablets and dashed them to the ground. I smashed them before your very eyes.

Deut.9.18

Then I prostrated myself before GOD, just as I had at the beginning of the forty days and nights. I ate no food; I drank no water. I did this because of you, all your sins, sinning against GOD, doing what is evil in GOD's eyes and making him angry.

Deut.9.18

Then once again I fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and so provoking him to anger.

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And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you committed in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.

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Then for forty days and nights I lay prostrate before the LORD, neither eating bread nor drinking water. I did this because you had sinned by doing what the LORD hated, thus making him very angry.

Deut.9.19

I was terrified of GOD's furious anger, his blazing anger. I was sure he would destroy you. But once again GOD listened to me.

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I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me.

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For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was angry with you, to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also.

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How I feared for you, for the LORD was ready to destroy you. But again he listened to me.

Deut.9.20

And Aaron! How furious he was with Aaron--ready to destroy him. But I prayed also for Aaron at that same time.

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And the LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.

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And the LORD was very angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him; so I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

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The LORD was so angry with Aaron that he wanted to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron, and the LORD spared him.

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But that sin-thing that you made, that calf-god, I took and burned in the fire, pounded and ground it until it was crushed into a fine powder, then threw it into the stream that comes down the mountain.

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Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.

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Then I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it and ground it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.

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I took your sin--the calf you had made--and I melted it in the fire and ground it into fine dust. I threw the dust into the stream that cascades down the mountain.

Deut.9.22

And then there was Camp Taberah (Blaze), Massah (Testing-Place), and Camp Kibroth Hattaavah (Graves-of-the-Craving)-more occasions when you made God furious with you.

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You also made the LORD angry at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

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"Also at Taberah and Massah and Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked the LORD to wrath.

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"You also made the LORD angry at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah.

Deut.9.23

The most recent was when GOD sent you out from Kadesh Barnea, ordering you: "Go. Possess the land that I'm giving you." And what did you do? You rebelled. Rebelled against the clear orders of GOD, your God. Refused to trust him. Wouldn't obey him.

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And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh Barnea, he said, "Go up and take possession of the land I have given you." But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You did not trust him or obey him.

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Likewise, when the LORD sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, "Go up and possess the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not believe Him nor obey His voice.

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And at Kadesh-barnea the LORD sent you out with this command: `Go up and take the land I have given you.' But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to trust him or obey him.

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You've been rebels against GOD from the first day I knew you.

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You have been rebellious against the LORD ever since I have known you.

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You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

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Yes, you have been rebelling against the LORD as long as I have known you.

Deut.9.25

When I was on my face, prostrate before GOD those forty days and nights after GOD said he would destroy you,

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I lay prostrate before the LORD those forty days and forty nights because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

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"Thus I prostrated myself before the LORD; forty days and forty nights I kept prostrating myself, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.

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"That is why I fell down and lay before the LORD for forty days and nights when he was ready to destroy you.

Deut.9.26

I prayed to GOD for you, "My Master, GOD, don't destroy your people, your inheritance whom, in your immense generosity, you redeemed, using your enormous strength to get them out of Egypt.

Deut.9.26

I prayed to the LORD and said, "O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

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Therefore I prayed to the LORD, and said: "O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people and Your inheritance whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deut.9.26

I prayed to the LORD and said, `O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy your own people. They are your special possession, redeemed from Egypt by your mighty power and glorious strength.

Deut.9.27

"Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; don't make too much of the stubbornness of this people, their evil and their sin,

Deut.9.27

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin.

Deut.9.27

Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look on the stubbornness of this people, or on their wickedness or their sin,

Deut.9.27

Overlook the stubbornness and sin of these people, but remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deut.9.28

lest the Egyptians from whom you rescued them say, "GOD couldn't do it; he got tired and wasn't able to take them to the land he promised them. He ended up hating them and dumped them in the wilderness to die.'

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Otherwise, the country from which you brought us will say, 'Because the LORD was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them, he brought them out to put them to death in the desert.'

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lest the land from which You brought us should say, "Because the LORD was not able to bring them to the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness."

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If you destroy these people, the Egyptians will say, "The LORD destroyed them because he wasn't able to bring them to the land he had sworn to give them." Or they might say, "He destroyed them because he hated them; he brought them into the wilderness to slaughter them."

Deut.9.29

"They are your people still, your inheritance whom you powerfully and sovereignly rescued."

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But they are your people, your inheritance that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm."

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Yet they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your outstretched arm.'

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But they are your people and your special possession, whom you brought from Egypt by your mighty power and glorious strength.'

Deut.10.1

GOD responded. He said, "Shape two slabs of stone similar to the first ones. Climb the mountain and meet me. Also make yourself a wooden chest.

Deut.10.1

At that time the LORD said to me, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden chest.

Deut.10.1

"At that time the LORD said to me, "Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain and make yourself an ark of wood.

Deut.10.1

"At that time the LORD said to me, `Prepare two stone tablets like the first ones, and make a sacred chest of wood to keep them in. Return to me on the mountain,

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I will engrave the stone slabs with the words that were on the first ones, the ones you smashed. Then you will put them in the Chest."

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I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the chest."

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And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you shall put them in the ark.'

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and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in the sacred chest--the Ark of the Covenant.'

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So I made a chest out of acacia wood, shaped two slabs of stone, just like the first ones, and climbed the mountain with the two slabs in my arms.

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So I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.

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"So I made an ark of acacia wood, hewed two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.

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"So I made a chest of acacia wood and cut two stone tablets like the first two, and I took the tablets up the mountain.

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He engraved the stone slabs the same as he had the first ones, the Ten Words that he addressed to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. Then GOD gave them to me.

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The LORD wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me.

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And He wrote on the tablets according to the first writing, the Ten Commandments, which the LORD had spoken to you in the mountain from the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly; and the LORD gave them to me.

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The LORD again wrote the terms of the covenant--the Ten Commandments--on them and gave them to me. They were the same words the LORD had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the mountain as you were assembled below.

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I turned around and came down the mountain. I put the stone slabs in the Chest that I made and they've been there ever since, just as GOD commanded me. [JC]

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Then I came back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD commanded me, and they are there now.

Deut.10.5

Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the LORD commanded me."

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Then I came down and placed the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had made, just as the LORD commanded me. And the tablets are still there in the Ark.

Deut.10.6

The People of Israel went from the wells of the Jaakanites to Moserah. Aaron died there and was buried. His son Eleazar succeeded him as priest.

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(The Israelites traveled from the wells of the Jaakanites to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.

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(Now the children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his stead.

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"The people of Israel set out from the wells of the people of Jaakan and traveled to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried. His son Eleazar became the high priest in his place.

Deut.10.7

From there they went to Gudgodah, and then to Jotbathah, a land of streams of water.

Deut.10.7

From there they traveled to Gudgodah and on to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.

Deut.10.7

From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of rivers of water.

Deut.10.7

Then they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, a land with brooks of water.

Deut.10.8

That's when GOD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry GOD's Covenant Chest, to be on duty in the Presence of GOD, to serve him, and to bless in his name, as they continue to do today.

Deut.10.8

At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.

Deut.10.8

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to Him and to bless in His name, to this day.

Deut.10.8

At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the LORD's covenant, to minister before the LORD, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are still their duties.

Deut.10.9

And that's why Levites don't have a piece of inherited land as their kinsmen do. GOD is their inheritance, as GOD, your God, promised them.

Deut.10.9

That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the LORD is their inheritance, as the LORD your God told them.)

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Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised him.)

Deut.10.9

That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance reserved for them among the other Israelite tribes. The LORD himself is their inheritance, as the LORD your God told them.

Deut.10.10

I stayed there on the mountain forty days and nights, just as I did the first time. And GOD listened to me, just as he did the first time: GOD decided not to destroy you.

Deut.10.10

Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and nights, as I did the first time, and the LORD listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you.

Deut.10.10

"As at the first time, I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights; the LORD also heard me at that time, and the LORD chose not to destroy you.

Deut.10.10

"As I said before, I stayed on the mountain in the LORD's presence for forty days and nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the LORD yielded to my pleas and didn't destroy you.

Deut.10.11

GOD told me, "Now get going. Lead your people as they resume the journey to take possession of the land that I promised their ancestors that I'd give to them."

Deut.10.11

"Go," the LORD said to me, "and lead the people on their way, so that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them."

Deut.10.11

Then the LORD said to me, "Arise, begin your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.'

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But the LORD said to me, `Get up and lead the people into the land I swore to give their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.'

Deut.10.12

So now Israel, what do you think GOD expects from you? Just this: Live in his presence in holy reverence, follow the road he sets out for you, love him, serve GOD, your God, with everything you have in you,

Deut.10.12

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deut.10.12

"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deut.10.12

"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires you to fear him, to live according to his will, to love and worship him with all your heart and soul,

Deut.10.13

obey the commandments and regulations of GOD that I'm commanding you today--live a good life.

Deut.10.13

and to observe the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?

Deut.10.13

and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good?

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and to obey the LORD's commands and laws that I am giving you today for your own good.

Deut.10.14

Look around you: Everything you see is GOD's--the heavens above and beyond, the Earth, and everything on it.

Deut.10.14

To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.

Deut.10.14

Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it.

Deut.10.14

The highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the LORD your God.

Deut.10.15

But it was your ancestors that GOD fell in love with; he picked their children--that's you!-out of all the other peoples. That's where we are right now.

Deut.10.15

Yet the LORD set his affection on your forefathers and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations, as it is today.

Deut.10.15

The LORD delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.

Deut.10.15

Yet the LORD chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above every other nation, as is evident today.

Deut.10.16

So cut away the thick calluses from your heart and stop being so willfully hardheaded.

Deut.10.16

Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.

Deut.10.16

Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.

Deut.10.16

Therefore, cleanse your sinful hearts and stop being stubborn.

Deut.10.17

GOD, your God, is the God of all gods, he's the Master of all masters, a God immense and powerful and awesome. He doesn't play favorites, takes no bribes,

Deut.10.17

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.

Deut.10.17

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.

Deut.10.17

"The LORD your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and takes no bribes.

Deut.10.18

makes sure orphans and widows are treated fairly, takes loving care of foreigners by seeing that they get food and clothing.

Deut.10.18

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.

Deut.10.18

He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.

Deut.10.18

He gives justice to orphans and widows. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.

Deut.10.19

You must treat foreigners with the same loving care--remember, you were once foreigners in Egypt.

Deut.10.19

And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt.

Deut.10.19

Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deut.10.19

You, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Deut.10.20

Reverently respect GOD, your God, serve him, hold tight to him, back up your promises with the authority of his name.

Deut.10.20

Fear the LORD your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.

Deut.10.20

You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.

Deut.10.20

You must fear the LORD your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.

Deut.10.21

He's your praise! He's your God! He did all these tremendous, these staggering things that you saw with your own eyes.

Deut.10.21

He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.

Deut.10.21

He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.

Deut.10.21

He is your God, the one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done mighty miracles that you yourselves have seen.

Deut.10.22

When your ancestors entered Egypt, they numbered a mere seventy souls. And now look at you--you look more like the stars in the night skies in number. And your GOD did it. [JC]

Deut.10.22

Your forefathers who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deut.10.22

Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude.

Deut.10.22

When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!

Luke.12.1

By this time the crowd, unwieldy and stepping on each other's toes, numbered into the thousands. But Jesus' primary concern was his disciples. He said to them, "Watch yourselves carefully so you don't get contaminated with Pharisee yeast, Pharisee phoniness.

Luke.12.1

Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke.12.1

In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke.12.1

Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and crushing each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees--beware of their hypocrisy.

Luke.12.2

You can't keep your true self hidden forever; before long you'll be exposed. You can't hide behind a religious mask forever; sooner or later the mask will slip and your true face will be known.

Luke.12.2

There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.

Luke.12.2

For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.

Luke.12.2

The time is coming when everything will be revealed; all that is secret will be made public.

Luke.12.3

You can't whisper one thing in private and preach the opposite in public; the day's coming when those whispers will be repeated all over town.

Luke.12.3

What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

Luke.12.3

Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

Luke.12.3

Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!

Luke.12.4

"I'm speaking to you as dear friends. Don't be bluffed into silence or insincerity by the threats of religious bullies. True, they can kill you, but then what can they do? There's nothing they can do to your soul, your core being.

Luke.12.4

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

Luke.12.4

"And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Luke.12.4

"Dear friends, don't be afraid of those who want to kill you. They can only kill the body; they cannot do any more to you.

Luke.12.5

Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life--body and soul--in his hands.

Luke.12.5

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

Luke.12.5

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

Luke.12.5

But I'll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill people and then throw them into hell.

Luke.12.6

"What's the price of two or three pet canaries? Some loose change, right? But God never overlooks a single one.

Luke.12.6

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Luke.12.6

"Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.

Luke.12.6

"What is the price of five sparrows? A couple of pennies? Yet God does not forget a single one of them.

Luke.12.7

And he pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail--even numbering the hairs on your head! So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries.

Luke.12.7

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Luke.12.7

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Luke.12.7

And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to him than a whole flock of sparrows.

Luke.12.8

"Stand up for me among the people you meet and the Son of Man will stand up for you before all God's angels.

Luke.12.8

"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God.

Luke.12.8

"Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.

Luke.12.8

"And I assure you of this: If anyone acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I, the Son of Man, will openly acknowledge that person in the presence of God's angels.

Luke.12.9

But if you pretend you don't know me, do you think I'll defend you before God's angels?

Luke.12.9

But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.

Luke.12.9

But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Luke.12.9

But if anyone denies me here on earth, I will deny that person before God's angels.

Luke.12.10

"If you bad-mouth the Son of Man out of misunderstanding or ignorance, that can be overlooked. But if you're knowingly attacking God himself, taking aim at the Holy Spirit, that won't be overlooked.

Luke.12.10

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Luke.12.10

"And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

Luke.12.10

Yet those who speak against the Son of Man may be forgiven, but anyone who speaks blasphemies against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven.

Luke.12.11

"When they drag you into their meeting places, or into police courts and before judges, don't worry about defending yourselves--what you'll say or how you'll say it.

Luke.12.11

"When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

Luke.12.11

"Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say.

Luke.12.11

"And when you are brought to trial in the synagogues and before rulers and authorities, don't worry about what to say in your defense,

Luke.12.12

The right words will be there. The Holy Spirit will give you the right words when the time comes."

Luke.12.12

for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say."

Luke.12.12

For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

Luke.12.12

for the Holy Spirit will teach you what needs to be said even as you are standing there."

Luke.12.13

Someone out of the crowd said, "Teacher, order my brother to give me a fair share of the family inheritance."

Luke.12.13

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

Luke.12.13

Then one from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

Luke.12.13

Then someone called from the crowd, "Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father's estate with me."

Luke.12.14

He replied, "Mister, what makes you think it's any of my business to be a judge or mediator for you?"

Luke.12.14

Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?"

Luke.12.14

But He said to him, "Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"

Luke.12.14

Jesus replied, "Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that?"

Luke.12.15

Speaking to the people, he went on, "Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot."

Luke.12.15

Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

Luke.12.15

And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."

Luke.12.15

Then he said, "Beware! Don't be greedy for what you don't have. Real life is not measured by how much we own."

Luke.12.16

Then he told them this story: "The farm of a certain rich man produced a terrific crop.

Luke.12.16

And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop.

Luke.12.16

Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

Luke.12.16

And he gave an illustration: "A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.

Luke.12.17

He talked to himself: "What can I do? My barn isn't big enough for this harvest.'

Luke.12.17

He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'

Luke.12.17

And he thought within himself, saying, "What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?'

Luke.12.17

In fact, his barns were full to overflowing.

Luke.12.18

Then he said, "Here's what I'll do: I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I'll gather in all my grain and goods,

Luke.12.18

"Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

Luke.12.18

So he said, "I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

Luke.12.18

So he said, 'I know! I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I'll have room enough to store everything.

Luke.12.19

and I'll say to myself, Self, you've done well! You've got it made and can now retire. Take it easy and have the time of your life!'

Luke.12.19

And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."'

Luke.12.19

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'

Luke.12.19

And I'll sit back and say to myself, My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!'

Luke.12.20

"Just then God showed up and said, "Fool! Tonight you die. And your barnful of goods--who gets it?'

Luke.12.20

"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

Luke.12.20

But God said to him, "Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?'

Luke.12.20

"But God said to him, 'You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get it all?'

Luke.12.21

"That's what happens when you fill your barn with Self and not with God."

Luke.12.21

"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."

Luke.12.21

"So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

Luke.12.21

"Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God."

Luke.12.22

He continued this subject with his disciples. "Don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes or if the clothes in your closet are in fashion.

Luke.12.22

Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.

Luke.12.22

Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.

Luke.12.22

Then turning to his disciples, Jesus said, "So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life--whether you have enough food to eat or clothes to wear.

Luke.12.23

There is far more to your inner life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body.

Luke.12.23

Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

Luke.12.23

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

Luke.12.23

For life consists of far more than food and clothing.

Luke.12.24

Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more.

Luke.12.24

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!

Luke.12.24

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?

Luke.12.24

Look at the ravens. They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!

Luke.12.25

"Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch?

Luke.12.25

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Luke.12.25

And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

Luke.12.25

Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not!

Luke.12.26

If fussing can't even do that, why fuss at all?

Luke.12.26

Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

Luke.12.26

If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

Luke.12.26

And if worry can't do little things like that, what's the use of worrying over bigger things?

Luke.12.27

Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don't fuss with their appearance--but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them.

Luke.12.27

"Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

Luke.12.27

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Luke.12.27

"Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.

Luke.12.28

If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?

Luke.12.28

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

Luke.12.28

If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?

Luke.12.28

And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won't he more surely care for you? You have so little faith!

Luke.12.29

"What I'm trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God's giving.

Luke.12.29

And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.

Luke.12.29

"And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.

Luke.12.29

And don't worry about food--what to eat and drink. Don't worry whether God will provide it for you.

Luke.12.30

People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works.

Luke.12.30

For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.

Luke.12.30

For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things.

Luke.12.30

These things dominate the thoughts of most people, but your Father already knows your needs.

Luke.12.31

Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

Luke.12.31

But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Luke.12.31

But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

Luke.12.31

He will give you all you need from day to day if you make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.

Luke.12.32

Don't be afraid of missing out. You're my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself.

Luke.12.32

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

Luke.12.32

"Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Luke.12.32

"So don't be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.

Luke.12.33

"Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can't go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bankrobbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on.

Luke.12.33

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Luke.12.33

Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.

Luke.12.33

"Sell what you have and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven have no holes in them. Your treasure will be safe--no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.

Luke.12.34

It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.

Luke.12.34

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Luke.12.34

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Luke.12.34

Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will also be.

Ps.42.7

Chaos calls to chaos, to the tune of whitewater rapids. Your breaking surf, your thundering breakers crash and crush me.

Ps.42.7

Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

Ps.42.7

Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me.

Ps.42.7

I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.

Ps.42.8

Then GOD promises to love me all day, sing songs all through the night! My life is God's prayer.

Ps.42.8

By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me- a prayer to the God of my life.

Ps.42.8

The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me-- A prayer to the God of my life.

Ps.42.8

Through each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life.

Ps.42.9

Sometimes I ask God, my rock-solid God, "Why did you let me down? Why am I walking around in tears, harassed by enemies?"

Ps.42.9

I say to God my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?"

Ps.42.9

I will say to God my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"

Ps.42.9

"O God my rock," I cry, "Why have you forsaken me? Why must I wander in darkness, oppressed by my enemies?"

Ps.42.10

They're out for the kill, these tormentors with their obscenities, Taunting day after day, "Where is this God of yours?"

Ps.42.10

My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Ps.42.10

As with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Ps.42.10

Their taunts pierce me like a fatal wound. They scoff, "Where is this God of yours?"

Ps.42.11

Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? Fix my eyes on God--soon I'll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He's my God.

Ps.42.11

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

Ps.42.11

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

Ps.42.11

Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again--my Savior and my God!