For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.

Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.

Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number.

Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives forever and ever,

May his blood whirl over the head of Joab and the entire house of his father! May the males of Joab’s house never cease to have someone with a running sore or a skin disease or one who works at the spindle or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks food!”

For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

“What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’

How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,

The Lord said, ‘Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that.

Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days.

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

For you have taken refuge in the Lord, my shelter, the sovereign One.

It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.