Quotes from The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version

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“15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world. 17And the world passes away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides for ever.”
― quote from The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version


“119[118] * Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD!  2Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,  3who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!  4You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.  5O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!  6Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.  7I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous ordinances.  8I will observe your statutes; O forsake me not utterly!  9How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.”
― quote from The New Oxford Annotated Bible: New Revised Standard Version


“A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh,
but passion makes the bones rot.”
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“Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.”
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“The wicked flee when no one pursues,       but the righteous are bold as a lion.”
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“ for he says one must get money however one can, even by base means.”
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“when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men.”
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“15I will put enmity between you and the woman,      and between your seed and her seed;   he shall bruise your head, *      and you shall bruise his heel.”
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“4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them into hellf and committed them to pits of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment; 5if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven other persons, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomor'rah to ashes he condemned them to extinction and made them an example to those who were to be ungodly; 7and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the wicked 8(for by what that righteous man saw and heard as he lived among them, he was vexed in his righteous soul day after day with their lawless deeds), 9then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority.”
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“5For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8For if these things are yours and abound, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.”
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“27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”
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“17 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the deepest gloom of darkness has been reserved. 18For, uttering loud boasts of folly, they entice with licentious passions of the flesh men who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved. 20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.”
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“17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God;”
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“Take, eat; this is my body.” 27And he took a chalice, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you; 28for this is my blood of the  g covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
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“God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it,”
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“21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD,      and he watches v all his paths.”
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“42Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. 44Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
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“In the beginning God created a the heavens and the earth. 2The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit b of God was moving over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light”;”
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“let not God speak to us, lest we die.”
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“15Woe to those who hide deep from the LORD their counsel,      whose deeds are in the dark,      and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” 16You turn things upside down!      Shall the potter be regarded as the clay;  that the thing made should say of its maker,      “He did not make me”;  or the thing formed say of him who formed it,      “He has no understanding”?”
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“8Prayer is good when accompanied by fasting, almsgiving, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with wrongdoing.”
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“9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. 10And then many will fall away, y and betray one another, and hate one another. 11And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12And because wickedness is multiplied, most men’s love will grow cold. 13But he who endures to the end will be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, as a testimony to all nations; and then the end will come.”
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“indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, to do so more and more, 11to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you; * 12so that you may command the respect of outsiders, and be dependent on nobody.”
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“3More than that, weh rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”
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“3For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, 4and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.”
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“7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
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“11 “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment; * 12and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ 14For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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“Concerning Treasures 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust o consume and where thieves break in and steal, 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust o consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
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“16Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;      remove the evil of your doings      from before my eyes;  cease to do evil,”
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