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God’s justice and grace

1 O great man, why dost thou boast of thy wicked deeds? You are a disgrace to God. You plan to do bad things all day long.
Psalm 52: 1

2 You make foolish plans, and your tongue is like a sharp razor. You lie all the time. You try to deceive people.
Psalm 52: 2

3 You love evil more than good. You love lies more than telling the truth.
Psalm 52: 3

4 You and your false tongue love to hurt people.
Psalm 52: 4

5 So God will destroy you forever. He will seize you and pull you out of your houses, just as a man pulls a plant out of the ground with its roots.
Psalm 52: 5

6 The righteous will see it and learn to fear and honor God. They will laugh at you and say,
Psalm 52: 6

7 See what happened to the man who did not trust in God. The man thought that his wealth and his lies would protect him.
Psalm 52: 7

8 But I am like a green olive tree that grows in the temple of God.
Psalm 52: 8

9 I praise thee, O God, for the works which thou hast done. I will pronounce your name before your followers because it is so good.
Psalm 52: 9

The light shines in the jug

12 Now, my beloved ones, keep my commandments. When I am not with you, then when I am with you. Keep working to complete your salvation with great honor and fear of God.
Philippians 2:12

13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:13

14 Continue to do all the work without complaint or argument.
Philippians 2:14

15 Then you will be clean and innocent. You will be children of God without any guilt from the wicked and the people of this generation. Shine like a star in this world.
Philippians 2:15

16 Hold fast to the message of life. Do this until the coming of Christ. Then I will be proud of you because all my work and efforts were not in vain.
Philippians 2:16

17 Your faith and your service to God are like the sacrifices you make. I may even have to shed my blood for your sacrifice. Then I will be very happy and you will share my happiness too.
Philippians 2:17

18 All of you should be happy and joyful with me.
Philippians 2:18

Causing stumbling

1 Jesus said to his disciples, “Surely there will be things that will cause people to sin. But it will be terrible for the person who caused these things.
Luke 17: 1

2 For it is better for a man to have a millstone tied around his neck, and to be cast into the sea, than to have them fall into sin.
Luke 17: 2

3 Beware! If your brother sins, tell him that he is wrong. ‘If he asks for forgiveness, forgive him.
Luke 17: 3

4 And if thy brother trespass against thee seven times in a day, and when he cometh again and forgave thee, forgive him.
Luke 17: 4