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Ability Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

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Ability 2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

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Ability Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

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Ability Ephesians 3:20

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,

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Ability Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

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Ability Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Ability Isaiah 43:18, 19

“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old. / Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

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Ability Ezra 10:4

Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

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Accountability James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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Accountability 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

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Accountability Proverbs 27:17

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

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Accountability Matthew 12:36, 37

But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. / For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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Accountability Luke 17:3

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

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Accountability Hebrews 4:13

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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Accountability Jeremiah 17:10

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

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Accountability Luke 12:47, 48

That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. / But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

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Accountability Matthew 7:3–5

Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? / How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? / You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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Accountability Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

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Adaptability Philippians 4:11–13

I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. / I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need. / I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

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Adaptability Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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Adaptability 2 Timothy 2:25

He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

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Adaptability 2 Timothy 2:24

And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

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Age of Accountability Deuteronomy 1:39

And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.

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Age of Accountability James 4:17

Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

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Age of Accountability Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

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Age of Accountability Romans 14:12

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

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Age of Accountability Ezekiel 18:20

The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.

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Age of Accountability Isaiah 7:16

For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

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Age of Accountability Proverbs 20:11

Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.

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Age of Accountability Matthew 18:3

“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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Age of Accountability Psalm 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

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Age of Accountability Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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Availability Isaiah 6:8

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

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Availability Romans 14:12

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

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Availability Mark 1:17, 18

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” / And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

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Availability Luke 10:27

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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Availability John 14:26

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

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Availability John 14:15

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

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Availability Luke 22:36

“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

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Availability Deuteronomy 28:47, 48

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, / you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

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Availability 1 Peter 3:15

But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,

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Availability Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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Character: Instability of Proverbs 24:21, 22

My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious. / For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

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Character: Instability of Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

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Character: Instability of Jeremiah 2:36

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

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Character: Instability of Hosea 6:4

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

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Character: Instability of Hosea 7:8

Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

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Character: Instability of Hosea 10:2

Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

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Character: Instability of Matthew 8:19–22

And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” / Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” / Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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Character: Instability of Matthew 13:19–22

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. / The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. / But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

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Character: Instability of Mark 4:15–19

Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. / Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy. / But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

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Character: Instability of Luke 8:5–15

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. / Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture. / Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.

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Character: Instability of Luke 9:59–62

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” / But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” / Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”

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Character: Instability of Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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Character: Instability of James 1:6–8

But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. / That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. / He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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Character: Instability of James 4:8

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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Character: Instability of 2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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Character: Instability: Israelites Exodus 32:8

How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”

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Character: Instability: Israelites Judges 2:17, 19

Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done. / But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

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Character: Instability: Israelites 2 Chronicles 11:17

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.

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Character: Instability: Israelites 2 Chronicles 12:1

After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.

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Character: Instability: Israelites 1 Samuel 18:19

So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

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Character: Instability: Pharaoh Exodus 8:15, 32

When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said. / But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.

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Character: Instability: Pharaoh Exodus 9:34

When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

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Character: Instability: Pharaoh Exodus 14:5

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

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Character: Instability: Reuben Genesis 49:3, 4

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. / Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

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Character: Instability: Solomon 1 Kings 11:4–8

For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been. / Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. / So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.

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Faith: Trial of by Their Inability to Cast out the Evil Spirit from the Epileptic Boy Matthew 17:14–21

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him. / “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. / I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

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Faith: Trial of by Their Inability to Cast out the Evil Spirit from the Epileptic Boy Mark 9:14–29

When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. / As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him. / “What are you disputing with them?” He asked.

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Faith: Trial of by Their Inability to Cast out the Evil Spirit from the Epileptic Boy Luke 9:37–42

The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd. / Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child. / A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.

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Instability: David, in Yielding to Lust 2 Samuel 11:2–9

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. / So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” / Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

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Instability: Ephraim and Judah Hosea 6:4

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Genesis 49:3, 4

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. / Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 8:15, 32

When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said. / But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 9:34

When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 10:8–11, 16–20

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?” / “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.” / Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 14:5

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 32:8–10

How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’” / The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. / Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 19:8

And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 24:3, 7

When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” / Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Judges 2:17

Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Kings 18:21

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 106:12, 13

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. / Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 24:21, 22

My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious. / For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Jeremiah 2:36

How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Hosea 6:4, 5

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes. / Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 6:24

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 8:19, 20

And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” / Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 12:25

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 13:20, 21

The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. / But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Mark 4:14–19

The farmer sows the word. / Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. / Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 8:13, 14

The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away. / The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 9:57–62

As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.” / Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” / Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 17:32

Remember Lot’s wife!

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning John 5:35

John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Galatians 1:6

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Galatians 4:9–11

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? / You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! / I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

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