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JANUARY 6
You have relieved me in my distress;
Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
2 How long, O you sons of men,
Will you turn my glory to shame? 5:31 it has been said.The rabbis wrongly under-
How long will you love worthlessness stood Deuteronomy 24:1–4 to mean that divorce
And seek falsehood? Selah only required regulated paperwork and could be
3 But know that the LORD has set apart granted for anything that displeased a man.
Moses provided this as a concession to protect
for Himself him who is godly; the woman who was divorced, not to justify or
The LORD will hear when I call to Him. legalize divorce under all circumstances.
Proverbs 1:28–33
“Then they will call on me,
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but I will not answer; and whoever marries a woman who is
They will seek me diligently, but they divorced commits adultery.
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will not find me. “Again you have heard that it was said to
29 Because they hated knowledge those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but
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And did not choose the fear of the LORD, shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ But I
They would have none of my counsel
30 say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heav-
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And despised my every rebuke. en, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for
Therefore they shall eat the fruit of
31 it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the
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their own way, city of the great King. Nor shall you swear by
And be filled to the full with their own your head, because you cannot make one hair
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fancies. white or black. But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and
32 For the turning away of the simple will your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than
slay them, these is from the evil one.
And the complacency of fools will 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for
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destroy them; an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I tell you not
But whoever listens to me will dwell
33 to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you
safely, on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
And will be secure, without fear of evil.” 40 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your
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tunic, let him have your cloak also. And whoever
Matthew 5:27–48
compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
27 42 Give to him who asks you, and from him who
“You have heard that it was said to those of
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old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say wants to borrow from you do not turn away.
to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall
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for her has already committed adultery with love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But
her in his heart. If your right eye causes you I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who
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to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is curse you, do good to those who hate you, and
more profitable for you that one of your mem- pray for those who spitefully use you and perse-
bers perish, than for your whole body to be cute you, that you may be sons of your Father
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cast into hell. And if your right hand causes in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the
you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it evil and on the good, and sends rain on the
is more profitable for you that one of your just and on the unjust. For if you love those
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members perish, than for your whole body to who love you, what reward have you? Do not
be cast into hell. even the tax collectors do the same? And if
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31 you greet your brethren only, what do you do
“Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever
divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate more than others? Do not even the tax collec-
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of divorce.’ But I say to you that whoever tors do so? Therefore you shall be perfect,
divorces his wife for any reason except sexual just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
DAY 6:Why did God cause the multiplication of languages and the dispersion of peoples?
After the Flood,human civilization again began to spread across the earth.Those who traveled
east under Nimrod (10:8–10) settled for a while in a place called Shinar.Later,they decided to estab-
lish a city as a tribute to themselves and as a way to keep from spreading across the earth (11:4).
This was a double prideful rebellion against God. First, their city, with its proposed tower, was to be
a monument to their self-reliance. Second, the permanence of their settlement represented an
effort to disobey God’s direct command to inhabit the whole earth.
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