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    Proverbs 28




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    28 The wicked flee though no one pursues,
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

    2 When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,
    but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.

    3 A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

    4 Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who heed it resist them.

    5 Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

    6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.

    7 A discerning son heeds instruction,
    but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

    8 Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor
    amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.

    9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
    even their prayers are detestable.

    10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

    11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

    12 When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;
    but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding.

    13 Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,
    but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

    14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,
    but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.

    15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
    is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

    16 A tyrannical ruler practices extortion,
    but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.

    17 Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder
    will seek refuge in the grave;
    let no one hold them back.

    18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.[b]

    19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.

    20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

    21 To show partiality is not good—
    yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.

    22 The stingy are eager to get rich
    and are unaware that poverty awaits them.

    23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
    rather than one who has a flattering tongue.

    24 Whoever robs their father or mother
    and says, “It’s not wrong,”
    is partner to one who destroys.

    25 The greedy stir up conflict,
    but those who trust in the Lord will prosper.

    26 Those who trust in themselves are fools,
    but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.

    27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,
    but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.

    28 When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;
    but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.

    see how the LORD repeats. That's worth noting.


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    Psalm 140




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    Psalm 140[a]

    For the director of music. A psalm of David.

    1 Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers;
    protect me from the violent,
    2 who devise evil plans in their hearts
    and stir up war every day.
    3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers is on their lips.[b]

    4 Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
    protect me from the violent,
    who devise ways to trip my feet.
    5 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;
    they have spread out the cords of their net
    and have set traps for me along my path.

    6 I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
    Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
    7 Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.
    8 Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

    9 Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
    10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,
    into miry pits, never to rise.
    11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.

    12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor
    and upholds the cause of the needy.
    13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,
    and the upright will live in your presence.


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    This is not scripture but i'm sure i can find scripture that will support this statement.

    The difficulty(for people) in applying the bible (to our lives, to the times) is not with the bible itself but with the reader's inability to bridge the gap between the past and the present, the conceptual and the practical. When we don't or can't do this, spiritual dryness, shallowness and indifference is the result.

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    Romans 1:19-32 NIV

    ...since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.


    For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

    For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

    Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

    Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.

    They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

    Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another.

    Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

    Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

    They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.

    They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice.

    They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.

    Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
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    So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
    --2 Corinthians 4:18
    Power always thinks it has a great soul, and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak. And that it is doing God service when it is violating all His laws.
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    John 8:1–11

    but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go and from now on sin no more.”
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    John 8:1–11

    but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go and from now on sin no more.”
    Jesus' final comment is often forgotten by those who like to bring this passage to mind.
    Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.


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    As relevant today as it was in the day that God inspired his prophets to write it down.


    Psalm 55

    For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[b] of David.

    1 Listen to my prayer, O God,
    do not ignore my plea;
    2 hear me and answer me.
    My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
    3 because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
    for they bring down suffering on me
    and assail me in their anger.



    4 My heart is in anguish within me;
    the terrors of death have fallen on me.
    5 Fear and trembling have beset me;
    horror has overwhelmed me.
    6 I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
    7 I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;[c]
    8 I would hurry to my place of shelter,
    far from the tempest and storm.”



    9 Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,
    for I see violence and strife in the city.
    10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.
    11 Destructive forces are at work in the city;
    threats and lies never leave its streets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calypso Jones View Post
    The rich think their wealth as a strong defense. They imagine it to be a high wall of safety. Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor. Proverbs 18:11
    It helps to be prepared.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


    I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
    --2 Corinthians 4:18

    This is what separates the sheep from the goats.

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