Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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James 1:27

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

See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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Psalm 139:24

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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Matthew 5:3-10

If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn’t much to you in the first place.

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Proverbs 24:10

Remember the words of our Lord Jesus for he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive.

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Acts 20:35

Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.

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Proverbs 13:20 MSG

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

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

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

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John 8:32

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

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Matthew 5:44

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

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

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

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Proverbs 11:2

Put God in charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place.

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Proverbs 16:3 MSG

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

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Romans 12:10

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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Isaiah 53:6

Better a poor man who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

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Proverbs 19:1

For man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.

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Matthew 4:4

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