Proverbs 21:4
21:4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart –
the agricultural product of the wicked is sin.
Haggai 2:13
2:13 Then Haggai asked, “If a person who is ritually unclean because of touching a dead body
comes in contact with one of these items, will it become unclean?” The priests answered, “It will be unclean.”
Zechariah 7:5-6
7:5 “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh
months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me – for me, indeed?
7:6 And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?’”
Matthew 15:18
15:18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.
Romans 14:20
14:20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean,
it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.
Romans 14:23
14:23 But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.
Romans 14:1
Exhortation to Mutual Forbearance
14:1 Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.
Colossians 1:27-29
1:27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious
riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
1:28 We proclaim him by instructing
and teaching
all people
with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature
in Christ.
1:29 Toward this goal
I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully
works in me.