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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

hate ev ery wrong path. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a
light for my path. I have tak en an oath and con firmed it, that

I will fol low Your right eous laws. (Psalms, 119:100-106)

The Lord de tests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They
will not go un pun ished. (Proverbs, 16:5)

... I said, "Obey Me and do ev ery thing I com mand you... But
they did not lis ten or pay at ten tion; in stead, they fol lowed the
stub born ness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the
curs es of the cov e nant I had com mand ed them to fol low but
that they did not keep." (Jeremiah, 11:4, 8)

Because you have burned in cense and have sinned against the
Lord and have not obeyed Him or fol lowed His law or His de -
crees or His stip u la tions, this dis as ter has come up on you, as
you now see." (Jeremiah, 44:23)

And if you re ject My de crees and ab hor My laws and fail to
car ry out all My com mands and so vi o late My cov e nant,

then I will do this to you: I will bring up on you sud den ter -
ror, wast ing dis eas es and fe ver that will de stroy your sight
and drain away your life. You will plant seed in vain, be cause
your en e mies will eat it. (Leviticus, 26:15-16)

"If you re main hos tile to ward Me and refuse to lis ten to Me,
I will mul ti ply your af flic tions sev en times over, as your
sins de serve... If in spite of these things you do not ac cept My
cor rec tion but con tin ue to be hos tile to ward Me, I my self will
be hos tile to ward you and will af flict you for your sins sev en
times over... If in spite of this you still do not lis ten to Me but
con tin ue to be hos tile to ward Me... I my self will pun ish you
for your sins sev en times over." (Leviticus, 26:21-28)

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