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Actions Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

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Actions Romans 12:1, 2

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. / 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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Actions 1 Peter 1:13

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Actions 1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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Actions James 1:22

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

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Actions Colossians 3:23, 24

Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, / because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

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Actions at Law: Duty of Defendant Matthew 5:40

if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

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Distractions 1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

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Distractions Psalm 119:15

I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

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Distractions Philippians 4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

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Distractions Psalm 19:14

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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Distractions Matthew 6:34

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

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Distractions Joshua 1:8

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

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Distractions Genesis 4:7

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

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Distractions Galatians 5:16, 17

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. / For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

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Distractions Isaiah 54:17

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

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Distractions Philippians 4:13

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

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Gates: The Place for the Transaction of Public Business, Announcement of Legal Transactions Genesis 23:10, 16

Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, / Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

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Israel: The Conflict Between the Two Political Factions 2 Samuel 2:12–32

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. / So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of David, marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two camps took up positions on opposite sides of the pool. / Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

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Israel: The Conflict Between the Two Political Factions 2 Samuel 3:1

Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

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Israel: The Two Factions are Distinguished As Israel and Judah During David's Reign 2 Samuel 21:2

At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

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Joseph: Son of Jacob: Exempts the Priests from the Exactions Genesis 47:22, 26

However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land. / So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Isaiah 20:2–4

the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. / Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush, / so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Jeremiah 19:1, 10, 11

This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests, / Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you, / and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Jeremiah 27:2, 3

This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. / Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Jeremiah 43:9

“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Jeremiah 51:63

When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Ezekiel 4:1–13

“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem. / Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides. / Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Ezekiel 5:1–4

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair. / When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them. / But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Ezekiel 7:23

Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Ezekiel 12:3–7

Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. / Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile. / As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Ezekiel 21:6, 7

But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief. / And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Ezekiel 24:1–24

In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem. / Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.

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Prophets: Frequently in Their Actions Were Made Signs to the People Hosea 1:2–9

When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.” / So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. / Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

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Shekel: Fractions of, Used in Currency Exodus 30:13

Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.

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Shekel: Fractions of, Used in Currency 1 Samuel 9:8

The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”

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Shekel: Fractions of, Used in Currency Nehemiah 10:32

We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

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Tact: Paul in Putting the Two Religious Factions of the Jews Against Each Other when he Was in Trouble Acts 23:6–10

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” / As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. / For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

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The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Directing Numbers 10:31

“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

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The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Directing Psalm 32:8

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

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The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Seeing Job 7:8

The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

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The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Seeing Job 28:10

He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

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The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Weeping Job 16:20

My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

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The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Weeping Psalm 88:9

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

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The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Weeping Lamentations 1:16

For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

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The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Winking Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

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The Judgment: Shall be of All: Actions Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

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The Judgment: Shall be of All: Actions Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

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The Judgment: Shall be of All: Actions Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

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The Wisdom of God: Exhibited in Knowing: The Actions Job 34:21

For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

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The Wisdom of God: Exhibited in Knowing: The Actions Psalm 139:2, 3

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. / You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

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