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Deuteronomy chapter 30

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"I have now given you a choice between a blessing and a curse. When all these things have happened to you, and you are living among the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you, you will remember the choice I gave you.
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If you and your descendants will turn back to the LORD and with all your heart obey his commands that I am giving you today,
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then the LORD your God will have mercy on you. He will bring you back from the nations where he has scattered you, and he will make you prosperous again.
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Even if you are scattered to the farthest corners of the earth, the LORD your God will gather you together and bring you back,
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so that you may again take possession of the land where your ancestors once lived. And he will make you more prosperous and more numerous than your ancestors ever were.
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The LORD your God will give you and your descendants obedient hearts, so that you will love him with all your heart, and you will continue to live in that land.
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He will turn all these curses against your enemies, who hated you and oppressed you,
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and you will again obey him and keep all his commands that I am giving you today.
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The LORD will make you prosperous in all that you do; you will have many children and a lot of livestock, and your fields will produce abundant crops. He will be as glad to make you prosperous as he was to make your ancestors prosperous,
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but you will have to obey him and keep all his laws that are written in this book of his teachings. You will have to turn to him with all your heart.
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"The command that I am giving you today is not too difficult or beyond your reach.
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It is not up in the sky. You do not have to ask, 'Who will go up and bring it down for us, so that we can hear it and obey it?'
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Nor is it on the other side of the ocean. You do not have to ask, 'Who will go across the ocean and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and obey it?'
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No, it is here with you. You know it and can quote it, so now obey it.
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"Today I am giving you a choice between good and evil, between life and death.
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If you obey the commands of the LORD your God, which I give you today, if you love him, obey him, and keep all his laws, then you will prosper and become a nation of many people. The LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are about to occupy.
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But if you disobey and refuse to listen, and are led away to worship other gods,
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you will be destroyed---I warn you here and now. You will not live long in that land across the Jordan that you are about to occupy.
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I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life.
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Love the LORD your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and your descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

Deuteronomy chapter 31

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Moses continued speaking to the people of Israel,
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and said, "I am now a hundred and twenty years old and am no longer able to be your leader. And besides this, the LORD has told me that I will not cross the Jordan.
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The LORD your God himself will go before you and destroy the nations living there, so that you can occupy their land; and Joshua will be your leader, as the LORD has said.
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The LORD will destroy those people, just as he defeated Sihon and Og, kings of the Amorites, and destroyed their country.
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The LORD will give you victory over them, and you are to treat them exactly as I have told you.
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Be determined and confident. Do not be afraid of them. Your God, the LORD himself, will be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you."
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Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the presence of all the people of Israel, "Be determined and confident; you are the one who will lead these people to occupy the land that the LORD promised to their ancestors.
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The LORD himself will lead you and be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you, so do not lose courage or be afraid."
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So Moses wrote down God's Law and gave it to the levitical priests, who were in charge of the LORD's Covenant Box, and to the leaders of Israel.
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He commanded them, "At the end of every seven years, when the year that debts are canceled comes around, read this aloud at the Festival of Shelters.
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Read it to the people of Israel when they come to worship the LORD your God at the one place of worship.
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Call together all the men, women, and children, and the foreigners who live in your towns, so that everyone may hear it and learn to honor the LORD your God and to obey his teachings faithfully.
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In this way your descendants who have never heard the Law of the LORD your God will hear it. And so they will learn to obey him as long as they live in the land that you are about to occupy across the Jordan."
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "You do not have much longer to live. Call Joshua and bring him to the Tent, so that I may give him his instructions." Moses and Joshua went to the Tent,
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and the LORD appeared to them there in a pillar of cloud that stood by the door of the Tent.
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The LORD said to Moses, "You will soon die, and after your death the people will become unfaithful to me and break the covenant that I made with them. They will abandon me and worship the pagan gods of the land they are about to enter.
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When that happens, I will become angry with them; I will abandon them, and they will be destroyed. Many terrible disasters will come upon them, and then they will realize that these things are happening to them because I, their God, am no longer with them.
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And I will refuse to help them then, because they have done evil and worshiped other gods.
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"Now, write down this song. Teach it to the people of Israel, so that it will stand as evidence against them.
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I will take them into this rich and fertile land, as I promised their ancestors. There they will have all the food they want, and they will live comfortably. But they will turn away and worship other gods. They will reject me and break my covenant,
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and many terrible disasters will come on them. But this song will still be sung, and it will stand as evidence against them. Even now, before I take them into the land that I promised to give them, I know what they are thinking."
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That same day Moses wrote down the song and taught it to the people of Israel.
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Then the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun and told him, "Be confident and determined. You will lead the people of Israel into the land that I promised them, and I will be with you."
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Moses wrote God's Law in a book, taking care not to leave out anything.
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When he finished, he said to the levitical priests, who were in charge of the LORD's Covenant Box,
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"Take this book of God's Law and place it beside the Covenant Box of the LORD your God, so that it will remain there as a witness against his people.
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I know how stubborn and rebellious they are. They have rebelled against the LORD during my lifetime, and they will rebel even more after I am dead.
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Assemble all your tribal leaders and officials before me, so that I can tell them these things; I will call heaven and earth to be my witnesses against them.
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I know that after my death the people will become wicked and reject what I have taught them. And in time to come they will meet with disaster, because they will have made the LORD angry by doing what he has forbidden."
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Then Moses recited the entire song while all the people of Israel listened.

Psalm chapter 40

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I waited patiently for the LORD's help; then he listened to me and heard my cry.
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He pulled me out of a dangerous pit, out of the deadly quicksand. He set me safely on a rock and made me secure.
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He taught me to sing a new song, a song of praise to our God. Many who see this will take warning and will put their trust in the LORD.
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Happy are those who trust the LORD, who do not turn to idols or join those who worship false gods.
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You have done many things for us, O LORD our God; there is no one like you! You have made many wonderful plans for us. I could never speak of them all--- their number is so great!
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You do not want sacrifices and offerings; you do not ask for animals burned whole on the altar or for sacrifices to take away sins. Instead, you have given me ears to hear you,
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and so I answered, "Here I am; your instructions for me are in the book of the Law.
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How I love to do your will, my God! I keep your teaching in my heart."
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In the assembly of all your people, LORD, I told the good news that you save us. You know that I will never stop telling it.
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I have not kept the news of salvation to myself; I have always spoken of your faithfulness and help. In the assembly of all your people I have not been silent about your loyalty and constant love.
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LORD, I know you will never stop being merciful to me. Your love and loyalty will always keep me safe.
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I am surrounded by many troubles--- too many to count! My sins have caught up with me, and I can no longer see; they are more than the hairs of my head, and I have lost my courage.
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Save me, LORD! Help me now!
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May those who try to kill me be completely defeated and confused. May those who are happy because of my troubles be turned back and disgraced.
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May those who make fun of me be dismayed by their defeat.
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May all who come to you be glad and joyful. May all who are thankful for your salvation always say, "How great is the LORD!"
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I am weak and poor, O Lord, but you have not forgotten me. You are my savior and my God--- hurry to my aid!

1 Corinthians chapter 1

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From Paul, who was called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Sosthenes---
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To the church of God which is in Corinth, to all who are called to be God's holy people, who belong to him in union with Christ Jesus, together with all people everywhere who worship our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
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May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
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I always give thanks to my God for you because of the grace he has given you through Christ Jesus.
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For in union with Christ you have become rich in all things, including all speech and all knowledge.
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The message about Christ has become so firmly established in you
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that you have not failed to receive a single blessing, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
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He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be faultless on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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God is to be trusted, the God who called you to have fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my friends, to agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be completely united, with only one thought and one purpose.
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For some people from Chloe's family have told me quite plainly, my friends, that there are quarrels among you.
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Let me put it this way: each one of you says something different. One says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Peter"; and another, "I follow Christ."
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Christ has been divided into groups! Was it Paul who died on the cross for you? Were you baptized as Paul's disciples?
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I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius.
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No one can say, then, that you were baptized as my disciples.
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(Oh yes, I also baptized Stephanas and his family; but I can't remember whether I baptized anyone else.)
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Christ did not send me to baptize. He sent me to tell the Good News, and to tell it without using the language of human wisdom, in order to make sure that Christ's death on the cross is not robbed of its power.
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For the message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God's power.
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The scripture says, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and set aside the understanding of the scholars."
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So then, where does that leave the wise? or the scholars? or the skillful debaters of this world? God has shown that this world's wisdom is foolishness!
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For God in his wisdom made it impossible for people to know him by means of their own wisdom. Instead, by means of the so-called "foolish" message we preach, God decided to save those who believe.
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Jews want miracles for proof, and Greeks look for wisdom.
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As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles;
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but for those whom God has called, both Jews and Gentiles, this message is Christ, who is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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For what seems to be God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and what seems to be God's weakness is stronger than human strength.
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Now remember what you were, my friends, when God called you. From the human point of view few of you were wise or powerful or of high social standing.
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God purposely chose what the world considers nonsense in order to shame the wise, and he chose what the world considers weak in order to shame the powerful.
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He chose what the world looks down on and despises and thinks is nothing, in order to destroy what the world thinks is important.
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This means that no one can boast in God's presence.
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But God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus, and God has made Christ to be our wisdom. By him we are put right with God; we become God's holy people and are set free.
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So then, as the scripture says, "Whoever wants to boast must boast of what the Lord has done."

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