Joshua 9:14
9:14 The men examined
some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the
Lord’s advice.
Proverbs 3:5-6
3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding.
3:6 Acknowledge him in all your ways,
and he will make your paths straight.
Matthew 13:28-30
13:28 He said, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So
the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’
13:29 But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.
13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At
harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then
gather
the wheat into my barn.”’”
Matthew 17:24
The Temple Tax
17:24 After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?”
Matthew 17:26
17:26 After he said, “From foreigners,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons
are free.
Philippians 1:15-18
1:15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.
1:16 The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.
1:17 The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.
1:18 What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.
Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,