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Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem.Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in aShechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I will go."Then he said to him, "Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me." So he sent him from the valley of aHebron, and he came to Shechem.A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock."Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to aDothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they aplotted against him to put him to death.They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer!"Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and awe will say, 'A wild beast devoured him.' Then let us see what will become of his dreams!"

Mar 16

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highlighted Proverbs 22:1-6 NASB

A agood name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.The rich and the poor have a common bond, The Lord is the amaker of them all.The aprudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the naive go on, and are punished for it.The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches, honor and life.aThorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards himself will be far from them.aTrain up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Mar 9

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highlighted James 5:1-20 NASB

As an example, abrethren, of suffering and patience, take bthe prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.We count those ablessed who endured. You have heard of bthe endurance of Job and have seen cthe outcome of the Lord's dealings, that dthe Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.But above all, amy brethren, bdo not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.Is anyone among you asuffering? bThen he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to csing praises.Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for athe elders of the church and they are to pray over him, banointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;and the aprayer offered in faith will brestore the one who is sick, and the Lord will craise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.Therefore, aconfess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be bhealed. cThe effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.Elijah was aa man with a nature like ours, and bhe prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for cthree years and six months.Then he aprayed again, and bthe sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.My brethren, aif any among you strays from bthe truth and one turns him back,aCome now, byou rich, cweep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will asave his soul from death and will bcover a multitude of sins.aYour riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is ain the last days that you have stored up your treasure!Behold, athe pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and bthe outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of cthe Lord of Sabaoth.You have alived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in ba day of slaughter.You have condemned and aput to death bthe righteous man; he does not resist you.Therefore be patient, abrethren, buntil the coming of the Lord. cThe farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets dthe early and late rains.aYou too be patient; bstrengthen your hearts, for cthe coming of the Lord is dnear.aDo not complain, bbrethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, cthe Judge is standing dright at the door.

Mar 4

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highlighted James 4:1-17 NASB

aHumble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.aDo not speak against one another, bbrethren. He who speaks against a brother or cjudges his brother, speaks against dthe law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not ea doer of the law but a judge of it.There is only one aLawgiver and Judge, the One who is bable to save and to destroy; but cwho are you who judge your neighbor?aCome now, you who say, "bToday or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit."Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. aYou are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.Instead, you ought to say, "aIf the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that."But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; aall such boasting is evil.Therefore, ato one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.What is the source of quarrels and aconflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage bwar in your members?You lust and do not have; so you acommit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.You ask and ado not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.You aadulteresses, do you not know that friendship with bthe world is chostility toward God? dTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.Or do you think that the Scripture aspeaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires bthe Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"?But aHe gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "bGOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE."aSubmit therefore to God. bResist the devil and he will flee from you.aDraw near to God and He will draw near to you. bCleanse your hands, you sinners; and cpurify your hearts, you ddouble-minded.aBe miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

Mar 4

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highlighted James 3:1-18 NASB

from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?aCan a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.Who among you is wise and understanding? aLet him show by his bgood behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.But if you have bitter ajealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against bthe truth.This wisdom is not that which comes down afrom above, but is bearthly, cnatural, ddemonic.For where ajealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.But the wisdom afrom above is first bpure, then cpeaceable, dgentle, reasonable, efull of mercy and good fruits, funwavering, without hypocrisy.And the aseed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.aLet not many of you become teachers, bmy brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.For we all astumble in many ways. bIf anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a cperfect man, able to dbridle the whole body as well.Now aif we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it aboasts of great things.And athe tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which bdefiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by chell.For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of adeadly poison.With it we bless aour Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, bwho have been made in the likeness of God;

Mar 4

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highlighted James 1:25 NLT

But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

Mar 2

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highlighted James 1:24 NLT

You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.

Mar 2

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highlighted James 1:23 NLT

For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.

Mar 2

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highlighted James 1:22 NLT

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

Mar 2

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highlighted James 1:21 NLT

So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.

Mar 2

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highlighted James 1:20 NLT

Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.

Mar 2

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highlighted James 1:19 NLT

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

Feb 26

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highlighted James 1:1 NLT

This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad. Greetings!

Feb 26

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