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for multitude.” And the Angel of the LORD He is a shield to those who walk
said to her: uprightly;
8 He guards the paths of justice,
“Behold, you are with child, And preserves the way of His saints.
And you shall bear a son. 9 Then you will understand
You shall call his name Ishmael, righteousness and justice,
Because the LORD has heard your Equity and every good path.
affliction.
12 He shall be a wild man; Matthew 6:19–34
His hand shall be against every man, 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on
And every man’s hand against him. earth, where moth and rust destroy and
And he shall dwell in the presence of where thieves break in and steal; but lay up
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all his brethren.” for yourselves treasures in heaven, where nei-
13 Then she called the name of the LORD who ther moth nor rust destroys and where
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spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for thieves do not break in and steal. For where
she said, “Have I also here seen Him who sees your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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me?” Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai “The lamp of the body is the eye. If there-
Roi; observe, it is between Kadesh and Bered. fore your eye is good, your whole body will be
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15 So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole
named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. body will be full of darkness. If therefore the
16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar light that is in you is darkness, how great is
bore Ishmael to Abram. that darkness!
Psalm 5:1–7
To the Chief Musician. With flutes.
A Psalm of David.
6:22,23 This is an argument from the lesser to
ive ear to my words, O LORD, the greater.The analogy is simple.If your eye is
G Consider my meditation. bad,no light can come in and you are left with
Give heed to the voice of my cry,
2 darkness because of that malady. How much
My King and my God, worse when the problem is not merely related
For to You I will pray. to external perception, but an internal corrup-
My voice You shall hear in the
3 tion of one’s whole nature,so that the darkness
morning, O LORD; actually emanates from within and affects
In the morning I will direct it to You, one’s whole being. He was indicting them for
And I will look up. their superficial earthly religion that left their
hearts dark.
For You are not a God
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who takes pleasure in wickedness,
Nor shall evil dwell with You. 24 “No one can serve two masters; for either
5 The boastful shall not stand in Your he will hate the one and love the other, or else
sight; he will be loyal to the one and despise the
You hate all workers of iniquity. other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
6 You shall destroy those who speak 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry
falsehood; about your life, what you will eat or what you
The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and will drink; nor about your body, what you will
deceitful man. put on. Is not life more than food and the body
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7 more than clothing? Look at the birds of the
But as for me, I will come into Your
house in the multitude of Your air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather
mercy; into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds
In fear of You I will worship toward them. Are you not of more value than they?
Your holy temple. 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit
to his stature?
Proverbs 2:6–9 28 “So why do you worry about clothing?
6 For the LORD gives wisdom; Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:
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From His mouth come knowledge and they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to
understanding; you that even Solomon in all his glory was not
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the arrayed like one of these. Now if God so
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upright; clothes the grass of the field, which today is,
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