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He rises up, but no man is sure of life. It shall not be moved;
23 He gives them security, and they rely He shall judge the peoples
on it; righteously.”
Yet His eyes are on their ways.
24 Proverbs 23:9
They are exalted for a little while,
Then they are gone. 9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
They are brought low; For he will despise the wisdom of your
They are taken out of the way like all words.
others;
They dry out like the heads of grain. Romans 15:1–24
We then who are strong ought to bear
25 “Now if it is not so, who will prove me a
liar, 15 with the scruples of the weak, and not to
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And make my speech worth nothing?” please ourselves. Let each of us please his
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and
25 said:
“Dominion and fear belong to Him; 15:1 to bear. The word means “to pick up and
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He makes peace in His high places. carry a weight.”It is used of carrying a pitcher
3 Is there any number to His armies? of water (Mark 14:13), of carrying a man (Acts
Upon whom does His light not rise? 21:35), and figuratively of bearing an obliga-
4 How then can man be righteous before tion (Acts 15:10).The strong are not to simply
God? tolerate the weaknesses of their weaker
Or how can he be pure who is born of a brothers; they are to help the weak shoulder
woman? their burdens by showing loving and practical
5 consideration for them (Gal.6:2;1 Cor.9:19–22;
If even the moon does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His sight, Phil. 2:2–4).
How much less man, who is a maggot,
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And a son of man, who is a worm?”
Psalm 96:7–10 neighbor for his good, leading to edification.
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7 Give to the LORD, O families of the For even Christ did not please Himself; but as
peoples, it is written, “The reproaches of those who re-
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Give to the LORD glory and strength. proached You fell on Me.” For whatever
8 Give to the LORD the glory due His things were written before were written for our
name; learning, that we through the patience and
Bring an offering, and come into His comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
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Now may the God of patience and comfort
courts.
9 Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of grant you to be like-minded toward one anoth-
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holiness! er, according to Christ Jesus, that you may
Tremble before Him, all the earth. with one mind and one mouth glorify the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
10 7 Therefore receive one another, just as
Say among the nations, “The LORD
reigns; Christ also received us, to the glory of God.
The world also is firmly established, 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a ser-
vant to the circumcision for the truth of God,
to confirm the promises made to the fathers,
9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for
His mercy, as it is written:
96:10 firmly established. Instead of the con-
tinuance of international chaos in human his- “For this reason I will confess to You
tory, the world will be settled and efficiently among the Gentiles,
managed by the Messiah in the millennial And sing to Your name.”
kingdom (Ps.2;Mic.4:1–5).judge the peoples 10 And again he says:
righteously. Not only will the Lord establish
international peace and stability in the future “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”
messianic kingdom, but He will also rule the 11 And again:
world with impeccable justice (v.13;Is.11:1–5).
“Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles!
Laud Him, all you peoples!”

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