There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

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Proverbs 14:12

Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor.

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Romans 12:10

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

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Matthew 5:44

Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe destroys the mind.

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Ecclesiastes 7:7

Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again.

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James 5:18-18

Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

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Ephesians 5:11

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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Galatians 6:9

You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.

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John 8:32

Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy, share tears when they’re down. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody.

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Romans 12:15 MSG

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.

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Psalm 23:5

As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to Him, ‘Follow me!’ So he got up and followed him.

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Matthew 9:9

So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he’ll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it’s the only way you’ll get on your feet.

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James 4:9 MSG

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding, In all your ways submit to him, And he will make your paths straight.

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Proverbs 3:5-6

But they set an ambush for themselves; they attack their own lives. Such are the paths of all who profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.

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Proverbs 1:18

Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.

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1 Corinthians 1:28 MSG

But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do. Go and learn what this means.”

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Matthew 9:12-13

Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope in steadfast love.

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Jonah 2:8

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one officials protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

The purity of silver and gold is tested by putting them in the fire; the purity of human hearts is tested by giving them a little flame.

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Proverbs 27:21

If you love me you will keep my commandments.

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John 14:15