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Animals: Nature of Job 39:1

“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

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Animals: Nature of Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

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Animals: Nature of Psalm 49:12

But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

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Animals: Nature of Ecclesiastes 3:18–21

I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.” / For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. / All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Matthew 8:25–27

The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” / “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. / The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Matthew 15:23

But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Matthew 16:8–12, 21, 22

Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread? / Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? / Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Matthew 19:25

When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Mark 4:13

Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Mark 6:51, 52

Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded, / for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Mark 8:17, 18

Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts? / ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Mark 9:9, 10, 31, 32

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. / So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead. / because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Mark 10:13, 14

Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them. / But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Luke 9:44, 45

“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.” / But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Luke 18:34

But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Luke 24:19, 21

“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people. / But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus John 4:32, 33

But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” / So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus John 10:6

Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus John 11:12, 13

His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.” / They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus John 12:16

At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus John 13:6–8

He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?” / Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” / “Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus John 14:5–9, 22

“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?” / Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. / If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus John 16:6, 17, 18, 32

Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things. / Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” / They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus John 20:9

For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus John 21:12

“Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew it was the Lord.

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Apostles: Fail to Comprehend the Nature and Mission of Jesus Acts 1:6

So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

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Beasts by Nature Wild Psalm 50:11

I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

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Beasts by Nature Wild Mark 1:13

and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.

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Beasts: Man by Nature No Better Than Ecclesiastes 3:18, 19

I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.” / For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

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Botany: Laws of Nature in the Vegetable Kingdom Uniform in Action Matthew 7:16–18, 20

By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

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Botany: Laws of Nature in the Vegetable Kingdom Uniform in Action Luke 6:43, 44

No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. / For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.

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Botany: Laws of Nature in the Vegetable Kingdom Uniform in Action 1 Corinthians 15:36–38

You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. / And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else. / But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

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Botany: Laws of Nature in the Vegetable Kingdom Uniform in Action Galatians 6:7

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

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Cities: Often Fortified by Nature Psalm 125:2

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

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Cities: Often Fortified by Nature Isaiah 33:16

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

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Cities: Perishable Nature of Hebrews 13:14

For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

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Darkness: Inexplicable Nature of Job 38:19, 20

Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides, / so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

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Design in Nature, Evidence of Job 12:7–11

But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. / Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. / Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

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Design in Nature, Evidence of Proverbs 16:4

The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

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Fortresses: Places Strong by Nature Numbers 24:21

Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.

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Glorifying God: All, by Nature, Fail In Romans 3:23

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

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Human Nature Romans 2:14–16

Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. / So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them / on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

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Human Nature Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

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Human Nature Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

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Human Nature 1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Human Nature Mark 7:21–23

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

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Human Nature Isaiah 55:8

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

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Human Nature 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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Human Nature 1 John 1:8–10

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

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Human Nature Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

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Human Nature Proverbs 19:3

A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

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Instruction: from Nature Proverbs 24:30–34

I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. / Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. / I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

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Instruction: from Nature Ecclesiastes 1:13–18

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them! / I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. / What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Instruction: from Nature Ecclesiastes 3:1

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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Instruction: from Nature Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

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Instruction: from Nature Matthew 6:25–30

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? / Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? / Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 3:1

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 9:1

So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 10:1

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

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Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”

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Jesus, the Christ: Kingdom of Its Nature Matthew 13:24–51

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. / But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away. / When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

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Jesus, the Christ: Kingdom of Its Nature Matthew 18:3, 4

“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. / Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

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Jesus, the Christ: Kingdom of Its Nature Luke 17:21

Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

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Jesus, the Christ: Kingdom of Its Nature John 8:23

Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

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Jesus, the Christ: Kingdom of Its Nature John 18:36, 37

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.” / “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

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Jesus, the Christ: Kingdom of Its Nature 2 Corinthians 5:16, 17

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. / Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

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Jesus, the Christ: Kingdom of Its Nature 2 Corinthians 10:3–5

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. / The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. / We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

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Leviathan: Nature and Habits of Job 41:1–34

“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope? / Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? / Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

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Man: Christ: Took on Him Nature of John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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Man: Christ: Took on Him Nature of Hebrews 2:14, 16

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, / For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.

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Man: Nature and Constitution of, Different from Other Creatures 1 Corinthians 15:39

Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

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Miracles: Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Temporary Nature of 1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

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Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Temporary Nature of 1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

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Nature Psalm 145:5

the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.

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Nature Psalm 96:11, 12

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it. / Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

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Nature Isaiah 55:12

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

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Nature Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

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Nature Psalm 69:34

Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

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Nature Nehemiah 9:6

You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

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Nature Psalm 8:3, 4

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place— / what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

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Nature Psalm 102:25

In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

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Nature Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

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Nature Genesis 1:10

God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

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Persecution: Men by Nature Addicted To Galatians 4:29

At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.

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Philosophy: The Nature of Things Ecclesiastes 1:1

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

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Philosophy: The Nature of Things Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

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Philosophy: The Nature of Things Ecclesiastes 3:1

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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Philosophy: The Nature of Things Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

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Philosophy: The Nature of Things Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

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Philosophy: The Nature of Things Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

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Philosophy: The Nature of Things Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

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Privileges of Saints: Partaking of the Divine Nature 2 Peter 1:4

Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

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Prophecies Concerning Israel: Ahaz Changes the Nature of the Altar in the Temple 2 Kings 16:10–18

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction. / And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, and he completed it by the time King Ahaz had returned. / When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings on it.

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Righteousness: None, by Nature Have Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

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