Jeremiah 17Jeremiah 18John 8.31-47Jeremiah 17
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The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars
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Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
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O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance [and] all thy treasures to the spoil, [and] thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
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And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, [which] shall burn for ever.
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Thus saith the LORD Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
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For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.
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Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
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For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.
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[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.
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O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
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Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.
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Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.
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As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.
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Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.
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Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
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Thus said the LORD unto me Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem
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And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
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Thus saith the LORD Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem
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Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
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But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
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And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein
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Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
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And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
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But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah 18
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
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Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
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And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make [it].
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter's hand, so [are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
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[At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it]
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If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
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And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it]
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If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
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Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
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And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
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Therefore thus saith the LORD Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
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Will [a man] leave the snow of Lebanon [which cometh] from the rock of the field? [or] shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
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Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [from] the ancient paths, to walk in paths, [in] a way not cast up
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To make their land desolate, [and] a perpetual hissing every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
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I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
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Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
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Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
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Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.
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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] widows and let their men be put to death [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle.
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Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay [me]: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee deal [thus] with them in the time of thine anger.
John 8
31-47
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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed
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And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
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Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
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And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth ever.
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If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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I know that ye are Abraham's seed but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
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I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
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They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
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But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
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Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication we have one Father, [even] God.
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Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
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Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.
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Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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And because I tell [you] the truth, ye believe me not.
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Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
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He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
