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Psalms 90:12
Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
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Deuteronomy 32:46
he said to them,“ Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to follow all the words of this law carefully.
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Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would comprehend this; they would understand their fate.
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Malachi 2:2
If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor my name,” says the LORD of Armies,“ I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.
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Haggai 1:5
Now, the LORD of Armies says this:“ Think carefully about your ways:
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Genesis 50:15-17
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said to one another,“ If Joseph is holding a grudge against us, he will certainly repay us for all the suffering we caused him.”So they sent this message to Joseph,“ Before he died your father gave a command:‘ Say this to Joseph: Please forgive your brothers’ transgression and their sin— the suffering they caused you.’ Therefore, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when their message came to him.
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Numbers 23:10
Who has counted the dust of Jacob or numbered even one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright; let the end of my life be like theirs.
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Isaiah 22:12-14
On that day the Lord GOD of Armies called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.But look: joy and gladness, butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep and goats, eating of meat, and drinking of wine—“ Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”The LORD of Armies has directly revealed to me:“ This iniquity will not be wiped out for you people as long as you live.” The Lord GOD of Armies has spoken.
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Amos 6:3-6
You dismiss any thought of the evil day and bring in a reign of violence.They lie on beds inlaid with ivory, sprawled out on their couches, and dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.They improvise songs to the sound of the harp and invent their own musical instruments like David.They drink wine by the bowlful and anoint themselves with the finest oils but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
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Isaiah 5:11-12
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of beer, who linger into the evening, inflamed by wine.At their feasts they have lyre, harp, tambourine, flute, and wine. They do not perceive the LORD’s actions, and they do not see the work of his hands.
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Genesis 48:1-22
Some time after this, Joseph was told,“ Your father is weaker.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.When Jacob was told,“ Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.Jacob said to Joseph,“ God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.He said to me,‘ I will make you fruitful and numerous; I will make many nations come from you, and I will give this land as a permanent possession to your future descendants.’Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.Children born to you after them will be yours and will be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath”( that is, Bethlehem).When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said,“ Who are these?”And Joseph said to his father,“ They are my sons God has given me here.” So Israel said,“ Bring them to me and I will bless them.”Now his eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.Israel said to Joseph,“ I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your offspring.”Then Joseph took them from his father’s knees and bowed with his face to the ground.Then Joseph took them both— with his right hand Ephraim toward Israel’s left, and with his left hand Manasseh toward Israel’s right— and brought them to Israel.But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and crossing his hands, put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.Then he blessed Joseph and said: The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may he bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow to be numerous within the land.When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he thought it was a mistake and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.Joseph said to his father,“ Not that way, my father! This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”But his father refused and said,“ I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”So he blessed them that day, putting Ephraim before Manasseh when he said,“ The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying,‘ May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’”Israel said to Joseph,“ Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
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Hebrews 9:27
And just as it is appointed for people to die once— and after this, judgment—
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Genesis 49:2-33
Come together and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel:Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the firstfruits of my virility, excelling in prominence, excelling in power.Turbulent as water, you will not excel, because you got into your father’s bed and you defiled it— he got into my bed.Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen.Their anger is cursed, for it is strong, and their fury, for it is cruel! I will disperse them throughout Jacob and scatter them throughout Israel.Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the kill. He crouches; he lies down like a lion or a lioness— who dares to rouse him?The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.He ties his donkey to a vine, and the colt of his donkey to the choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes.His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.Zebulun will live by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships, and his territory will be next to Sidon.Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags.He saw that his resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load and became a forced laborer.Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.Dan will be a snake by the road, a viper beside the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.I wait for your salvation, LORD.Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.Asher’s food will be rich, and he will produce royal delicacies.Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine beside a spring; its branches climb over the wall.The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.Yet his bow remained steady, and his strong arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and the womb.The blessings of your father excel the blessings of my ancestors and the bounty of the ancient hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey. In the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the plunder.”These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.Then he commanded them,“ I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hethite.The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hethite as burial property.Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there, Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried there, and I buried Leah there.The field and the cave in it were purchased from the Hethites.”When Jacob had finished giving charges to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, took his last breath, and was gathered to his people.
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Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.
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1 Peter 4 3-1 Peter 4 4
For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living— and they slander you.
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Matthew 14:6-12
When Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’s daughter danced before them and pleased Herod.So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.Prompted by her mother, she answered,“ Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.”Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests.So he sent orders and had John beheaded in the prison.His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.Then his disciples came, removed the corpse, buried it, and went and reported to Jesus.
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Job 1:4-5
His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought,“ Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
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Romans 6:21-22
So what fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification— and the outcome is eternal life!
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Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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Isaiah 47:7
You said,‘ I will be the queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or think about their outcome.
