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• 1 Corinthians 15:10

  [Bible Verses]

  In this verse the apostle Paul confesses that his becoming an apostle, and his having labored more than anyone else, are entirely owing to the grace of God. It is frequently cited and discussed as a text that shows how divine grace relates to human labor.

• Kadesh-barnea

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  Kadesh-barnea was a place where the Israelites stayed for an extended period in the wilderness after the Exodus. It is known as the site of the twelve spies' report, the people's unbelief, and the incident of the waters of Meribah.

• Luke 6:27–36

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  In this passage from the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus teaches his hearers to love their enemies, to do good to those who hate them, and to be merciful as God the Father is merciful. It is a principal text on love of enemies and on the "Golden Rule." How literally its teaching on nonviolence and nonresistance should be followed has long been debated.

• Alphaeus

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  Alphaeus is a New Testament figure named only as the father of James, one of the twelve disciples, and as the father of Levi the tax collector. None of his own deeds are recorded.

• Paran

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  Paran is a wilderness region generally thought to have lain in the northeastern Sinai Peninsula. Ishmael grew up there, and after the Exodus Israel encamped there and sent out the twelve spies from it.

• Eliasaph

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  Eliasaph is a name found in the Book of Numbers that refers to two men of the wilderness period: the chief of the tribe of Gad (son of Deuel) and the chief of the Gershonite clan of the tribe of Levi (son of Lael).

• Bezer

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  Bezer was a Reubenite city on the plain east of the Jordan River. It was one of the three cities of refuge that Moses set apart and was also a city given to the Levites.

• 1 Chronicles 27

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  1 Chronicles 27 is a register of the military and administrative organization of David's kingdom. It lists, in turn, the commanders of the twelve army divisions that served in monthly rotation, the leaders of the tribes, the stewards of the king's property, and the king's closest officials.

• Paul

  [People]

  Paul was an apostle of the early church. A Jewish Pharisee who had persecuted the church, he was converted and devoted himself to mission among the Gentiles. Thirteen letters bearing his name are included in the New Testament.

• Zebul

  [People]

  Zebul is a figure in Judges 9 who was the ruler of the city of Shechem during Abimelech's reign. He secretly informed Abimelech of Gaal's rebellion and drove Gaal out of the city.

• Dan (Son of Jacob)

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  Dan was a son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, and the ancestor of the tribe of Dan, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. His name is understood to mean "to judge" or "to vindicate."

• Susanna

  [People]

  Susanna is a woman named once in Scripture, in Luke 8:3. She was one of the women who accompanied Jesus and the Twelve and ministered to them out of their own substance.

• James 1:12–14

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  James 1:12–14 promises that the one who endures trials will receive "the crown of life" and states that the temptation leading to sin comes not from God but from a person's own desire. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of perseverance in suffering and of responsibility for sin.

• James 1:6–7

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  James 1:6–7 instructs believers to ask God for wisdom in faith, without doubting, and compares the one who doubts to a wave of the sea driven by the wind. The passage is frequently cited in sermons on prayer, and interpreters debate whether unanswered prayer can be attributed to a lack of faith.

• Nebaioth

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  Nebaioth was the firstborn son of Ishmael, the son of Abraham. His sister became the wife of Esau, and in the Book of Isaiah his name designates the tribe descended from him.

• Ecclesiastes 5

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  Ecclesiastes 5 opens with counsel to guard one's words in the house of God and to keep one's vows, goes on to speak of the vanity of loving wealth, and closes with the conclusion that enjoying the portion God gives is a gift.

• Ecclesiastes 11

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  Ecclesiastes 11 urges generous giving and diligent sowing in a life whose future cannot be known. It then tells the young to rejoice in their youth while remembering God's judgment.

• Ecclesiastes 4

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  Ecclesiastes 4 records the Preacher's reflections on the oppression and envy he has seen under the sun, on solitary toil, and on the fleeting nature of power, and teaches that two are better than one.

• Micah

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  The sixth book of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament, containing the message of Micah, a prophet of Judah in the eighth century BC. It is known for its proclamation of judgment on social injustice, its promise of restoration, and its prophecy of a ruler who would come forth from Bethlehem.

• Zechariah

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  Zechariah is the thirty-eighth book of the Old Testament. This prophetic book encourages the people of Judah who had returned from the Babylonian exile to rebuild the Temple, and it prophesies concerning the Messiah and the restoration of the kingdom of God.