Genesis 1: 27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male
and female he created them.
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Psalm 8: 5
You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory
and honor.
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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, who came from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
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Matthew 19: 14
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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Romans 12: 2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's
will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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Matthew 13: 3-9
3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went
out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along
the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places,
where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was
shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they
withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which
grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil,
where it produced a crop--a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
9 He who has ears, let him hear."
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Galatians 5: 20
idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish
ambition, dissensions, factions
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Revelation 21: 8
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually
immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their
place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second
death."
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Exodus 20: 13
"You shall not murder.
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1 Kings 18: 16-40
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet
Elijah. 17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, you
troubler of Israel?" 18 "I have not made trouble for
Israel," Elijah replied. "But you and your father's family have. You
have abandoned the LORD's commands and have followed the Baals. 19 Now
summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring
the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of
Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table." 20 So Ahab sent word
throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. 21
Elijah went before 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 said nothing. 22 Then Elijah said to them,
"I am the only one of the LORD's prophets left, but Baal has four hundred
and fifty prophets. 23 Get two bulls for us. Let them choose one for
themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set
fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set
fire to it. 24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on
the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire--he is God." Then all
the people said, "What you say is good." 25 Elijah said to the
prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since
there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the
fire." 26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then
they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. "O Baal, answer
us!" they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they
danced around the altar they had made. 27 At noon Elijah began to taunt
them. "Shout louder!" he said. "Surely he is a god! Perhaps he
is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be
awakened." 28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with
swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. 29
Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for
the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid
attention. 30 Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come here to
me." They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which was in
ruins. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes
descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Your
name shall be Israel." 32 With the stones he built an altar in the
name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs
of seed. 33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it
on the wood. Then he said to them, "Fill four large jars with water and
pour it on the offering and on the wood." 34 "Do it
again," he said, and they did it again. "Do it a third time," he
ordered, and they did it the third time. 35 The water ran down around
the altar and even filled the trench. 36 At the time of sacrifice, the
prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac
and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your
servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, O
LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, and that
you are turning their hearts back again." 38 Then the fire of the
LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and
also licked up the water in the trench. 39 When all the people saw this,
they fell prostrate and cried, "The LORD--he is God! The LORD--he is
God!" 40 Then Elijah commanded them, "Seize the prophets of
Baal. Don't let anyone get away!" They seized them, and Elijah had them
brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.
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2 Kings 16: 3
He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the
fire, following the detestable ways of the nations the LORD had driven out
before the Israelites.
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2 Kings 21: 6
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and
consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD,
provoking him to anger.
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Jeremiah 7: 31
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn
their sons and daughters in the fire--something I did not command, nor did it
enter my mind.
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Job 1:21
and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be
praised."
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Genesis 3: 19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the
ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will
return."
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John 5: 28-29
28 "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are
in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out--those who have done
good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
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