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Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33
18:5
The king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal
gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the
people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders
concerning Absalom.
18:6
So the army went out into the field against Israel; and the
battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.
18:7
The men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David,
and the slaughter there was great on that day, twenty thousand
men.
18:8
The battle spread over the face of all the country; and the
forest claimed more victims that day than the sword.
18:9
Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was
riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches
of a great oak. His head caught fast in the oak, and he was left
hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under
him went on.
18:15
And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and
struck him, and killed him.
18:31
Then the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, "Good tidings
for my lord the king! For the LORD has vindicated you this day,
delivering you from the power of all who rose up against
you."
18:32
The king said to the Cushite, "Is it well with the young
man Absalom?" The Cushite answered, "May the enemies
of my lord the king, and all who rise up to do you harm, be like
that young man."
18:33
The king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the
gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom,
my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O
Absalom, my son, my son!"
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130:1
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.
130:2
Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of
my supplications!
130:3
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
130:4
But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
130:6
my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the
morning, more than those who watch for the morning.
130:7
O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast
love, and with him is great power to redeem.
130:8
It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
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4:25
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth
to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.
4:26
Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your
anger,
4:27
and do not make room for the devil.
4:28
Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work
honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share
with the needy.
4:29
Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is
useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may
give grace to those who hear.
4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were
marked with a seal for the day of redemption.
4:31
Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and
wrangling and slander, together with all malice,
4:32
and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
5:1
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
5:2
and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us,
a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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6:35
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes
to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will
never be thirsty.
6:41
Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said,
"I am the bread that came down from heaven."
6:42
They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have
come down from heaven'?"
6:43
Jesus answered them, "Do not complain among yourselves.
6:44
No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me;
and I will raise that person up on the last day.
6:45
It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by
God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes
to me.
6:46
Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from
God; he has seen the Father.
6:47
Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.
6:48
I am the bread of life.
6:49
Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
6:50
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may
eat of it and not die.
6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats
of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give
for the life of the world is my flesh."
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