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fleece of your sheep, you shall give him. For Psalm 37:37–40
the LORD your God has chosen him out of all 37 Mark the blameless man, and observe
your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the upright;
the LORD, him and his sons forever. For the future of that man is peace.
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“So if a Levite comes from any of your 38 But the transgressors shall be
gates, from where he dwells among all Israel, destroyed together;
and comes with all the desire of his mind to The future of the wicked shall be
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the place which the LORD chooses, then he cut off.
may serve in the name of the LORD his God as
39 But the salvation of the righteous is
all his brethren the Levites do, who stand
there before the LORD. They shall have equal from the LORD;
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portions to eat, besides what comes from the He is their strength in the time of
sale of his inheritance. trouble.
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9 “When you come into the land which the And the LORD shall help them and
LORD your God is giving you, you shall not deliver them;
learn to follow the abominations of those He shall deliver them from the wicked,
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nations. There shall not be found among you And save them,
anyone who makes his son or his daughter Because they trust in Him.
pass through the fire, or one who practices Proverbs 12:20–22
witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who inter-
20 Deceit is in the heart of those who
prets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who con-
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jures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one devise evil,
who calls up the dead. For all who do these But counselors of peace have joy.
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21 No grave trouble will overtake the
things are an abomination to the LORD, and be- righteous,
cause of these abominations the LORD your But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
God drives them out from before you. You
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22 Lying lips are an abomination to the
shall be blameless before the LORD your God.
LORD,
14 For these nations which you will dispossess But those who deal truthfully are His
listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for delight.
you, the LORD your God has not appointed
such for you. Luke 4:1–30
15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a
Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy
Prophet like me from your midst, from your 4 Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was
brethren. Him you shall hear, according to all led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being
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you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in tempted for forty days by the devil. And in
the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not those days He ate nothing, and afterward,
hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor when they had ended, He was hungry.
let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’ 3 And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son
“And the LORD said to me: ‘What they have of God, command this stone to become bread.”
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spoken is good. I will raise up for them a 4 But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is writ-
Prophet like you from among their brethren, ten, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
and will put My words in His mouth, and He every word of God.’ ”
shall speak to them all that I command Him. 5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a high
19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the
words, which He speaks in My name, I will world in a moment of time. And the devil said
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require it of him. But the prophet who pre- to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and
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sumes to speak a word in My name, which I their glory; for this has been delivered to me,
have not commanded him to speak, or who and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if
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speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”
shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How 8 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get
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shall we know the word which the LORD has behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall
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not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the worship the LORD your God, and Him only you
name of the LORD, if the thing does not happen shall serve.’ ”
or come to pass, that is the thing which the 9 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set
LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to
it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself
him. down from here. For it is written:
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