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Words of Wisdom
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Reference
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And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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Genesis 4
:13
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And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
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Genesis 13
:16
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And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
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Genesis 31
:43
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There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
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Genesis 39
:9
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
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Genesis 41
:15
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And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
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Genesis 44
:1
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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
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Exodus 4
:14
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Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
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Exodus 5
:11
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And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
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Leviticus 14
:30
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Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
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Numbers 23
:10
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How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
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Deuteronomy 1
:12
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O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
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Deuteronomy 3
:24
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If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
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Deuteronomy 7
:17
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A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
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Deuteronomy 9
:2
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And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
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Deuteronomy 31
:2
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See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
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Deuteronomy 32
:39
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And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
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Judges 14
:12
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And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honorable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should go.
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1 Samuel 9
:6
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And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
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1 Samuel 16
:2
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And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
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1 Samuel 18
:8
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And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
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1 Samuel 26
:9
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And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
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1 Samuel 28
:2
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And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
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2 Samuel 7
:20
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And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
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2 Samuel 12
:22, 23
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And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
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2 Samuel 14
:19
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Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
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2 Samuel 15
:36
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I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
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2 Samuel 19
:35
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Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
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1 Kings 5
:6
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What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
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1 Chronicles 17
:18
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Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
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2 Chronicles 1
:10
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Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
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2 Chronicles 2
:7, 8
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For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
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Esther 8
:6
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Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
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Job 3
:22
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If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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Job 4
:2
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Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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Job 6
:6
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Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
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Job 8
:11
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Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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Job 9
:12
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Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
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Job 10
:7
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If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
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Job 11
:10
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Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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Job 12
:14
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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Job 14
:4
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Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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Job 15
:3
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Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
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Job 22
:2
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But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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Job 23
:13
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How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
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Job 25
:4
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Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
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Job 26
:14
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When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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Job 34
:29
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Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
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Job 36
:23
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Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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Job 38
:37
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Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
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Job 40
:14
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Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
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Job 41
:13, 14
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I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
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Job 42
:2
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If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
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Psalms 11
:3
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Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
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Psalms 19
:12
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All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
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Psalms 22
:29
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Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
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Psalms 40
:5
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None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
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Psalms 49
:7
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In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
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Psalms 56
:4
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
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Psalms 58
:9
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Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
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Psalms 78
:19, 20
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For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
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Psalms 89
:6
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Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
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Psalms 106
:2
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The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
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Psalms 118
:6
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He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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Psalms 147
:17
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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Proverbs 6
:27, 28
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The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
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Proverbs 18
:14
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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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Proverbs 20
:6
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The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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Proverbs 26
:16
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Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
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Proverbs 31
:10
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
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Ecclesiastes 2
:12
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He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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Ecclesiastes 3
:11
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Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
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Ecclesiastes 4
:11
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For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 6
:12
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Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
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Ecclesiastes 7
:13
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For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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Ecclesiastes 8
:7
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A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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Ecclesiastes 10
:14
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Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
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Song of Solomon 8
:7
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For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
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Isaiah 28
:20
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For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
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Isaiah 38
:18
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Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
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Isaiah 43
:9
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They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
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Isaiah 46
:7
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Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
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Isaiah 49
:15
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Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
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Isaiah 56
:11
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For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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Jeremiah 2
:13
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Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
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Jeremiah 4
:4
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Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
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Jeremiah 5
:1
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For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
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Jeremiah 9
:10
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Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
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Jeremiah 13
:23
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Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
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Jeremiah 14
:22
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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Jeremiah 17
:9
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O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
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Jeremiah 21
:12
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Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 23
:24
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Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 31
:37
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Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
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Jeremiah 33
:20
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Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
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Jeremiah 38
:5
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How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
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Jeremiah 47
:7
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What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
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Lamentations 2
:13
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Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
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Ezekiel 22
:14
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Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
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Ezekiel 28
:3
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And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
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Ezekiel 33
:32
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And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
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Ezekiel 37
:3
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But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
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Daniel 2
:9-11
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Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
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Daniel 3
:29
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And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
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Daniel 4
:35
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For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
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Daniel 10
:17
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And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
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Joel 2
:11
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Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
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Amos 3
:3
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Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
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Jonah 3
:9
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The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
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Micah 3
:11
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And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
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Micah 5
:8
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Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
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Nahum 1
:6
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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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Matthew 6
:24
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A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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Matthew 7
:18
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And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
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Matthew 9
:15
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Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
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Matthew 12
:29
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And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
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Matthew 16
:3
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When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
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Matthew 19
:25
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Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
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Matthew 23
:33
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Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
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Matthew 27
:65
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Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
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Mark 2
:7
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And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
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Mark 3
:23
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There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
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Mark 7
:15
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And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
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Mark 8
:4
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And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
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Mark 9
:3
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And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
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Mark 10
:26
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And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
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Luke 5
:21
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And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
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Luke 6
:39
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And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
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Luke 12
:4
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No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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Luke 16
:13
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And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
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Luke 18
:26
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Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
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Luke 20
:36
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And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
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John 1
:46
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The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
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John 3
:2
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Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
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John 5
:19
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No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
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John 6
:44
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I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
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John 9
:4
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Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
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John 10
:21
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Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
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John 14
:5
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Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
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John 15
:4, 5
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And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
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Acts 8
:31
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Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
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Acts 10
:47
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Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
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Acts 24
:13
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Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
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Romans 8
:7
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But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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1 Corinthians 2
:14
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For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 3
:11
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Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
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1 Corinthians 12
:3
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For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
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2 Corinthians 13
:8
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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Philippians 4
:13
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For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
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1 Thessalonians 3
:9
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For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
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1 Timothy 6
:7
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Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
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Hebrews 5
:2
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For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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Hebrews 10
:1
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What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
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James 2
:14
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But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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James 3
:8
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If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
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1 John 4
:20
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I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
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Revelation 3
:8
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And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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Revelation 9
:20
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