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JUNE 30
Proverbs 20:3
It is honorable for a man to stop
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striving,
78:41 limited the Holy One.The Israelites did Since any fool can start a quarrel.
this by doubting God’s power.
Acts 9:22–43
78:42 did not remember His power. The
generations of Israelites which left Egypt and 22 But Saul increased all the more in strength,
eventually died in the wilderness were charac- and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damas-
terized by ignoring God’s previous acts of cus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
power and faithfulness.The following verses (vv. 23 Now after many days were past, the Jews
42–55) rehearse the plagues and miracles of the plotted to kill him. But their plot became
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Exodus from Egypt, which marvelously demon- known to Saul. And they watched the gates
strated God’s omnipotence and covenant love.
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day and night, to kill him. Then the disciples
took him by night and let him down through
the wall in a large basket.
And His wonders in the field of Zoan;
26 And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he
44 Turned their rivers into blood,
And their streams, that they could tried to join the disciples; but they were all
afraid of him, and did not believe that he was
not drink.
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He sent swarms of flies among them, brought him to the apostles. And he declared
45 a disciple. But Barnabas took him and
which devoured them,
And frogs, which destroyed them. to them how he had seen the Lord on the
He also gave their crops to the
46 road, and that He had spoken to him, and how
caterpillar, he had preached boldly at Damascus in the
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And their labor to the locust. name of Jesus. So he was with them at Jeru-
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47 He destroyed their vines with hail, salem, coming in and going out. And he
And their sycamore trees with frost. spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus
48 He also gave up their cattle to the hail, and disputed against the Hellenists, but they
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And their flocks to fiery lightning. attempted to kill him. When the brethren
He cast on them the fierceness of
49 found out, they brought him down to
His anger, Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus.
31 Then the churches throughout all Judea,
Wrath, indignation, and trouble,
By sending angels of destruction Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edi-
among them. fied. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in
50 He made a path for His anger; the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were mul-
He did not spare their soul from death, tiplied.
32 Now it came to pass, as Peter went
But gave their life over to the plague,
51 And destroyed all the firstborn in through all parts of the country, that he also
Egypt, came down to the saints who dwelt in Lydda.
33 There he found a certain man named Aeneas,
The first of their strength in the tents
of Ham. who had been bedridden eight years and was
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52 But He made His own people go forth paralyzed. And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Je-
like sheep, sus the Christ heals you. Arise and make your
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And guided them in the wilderness like bed.” Then he arose immediately. So all who
a flock; dwelt at Lydda and Sharon saw him and
53 And He led them on safely, so that they turned to the Lord.
did not fear; 36 At Joppa there was a certain disciple
But the sea overwhelmed their named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas.
enemies. This woman was full of good works and
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And He brought them to His holy
54 charitable deeds which she did. But it hap-
border, pened in those days that she became sick and
This mountain which His right hand died. When they had washed her, they laid her
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had acquired. in an upper room. And since Lydda was near
He also drove out the nations before
55 Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter
them, was there, they sent two men to him, implor-
Allotted them an inheritance by survey, ing him not to delay in coming to them. Then
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And made the tribes of Israel dwell in Peter arose and went with them. When he had
their tents. come, they brought him to the upper room.
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