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Matthew 6:24
“ No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.
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2 Kings 17 28-2 Kings 17 41
So one of the priests they had deported came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should fear Yahweh.But the people of each nation were still making their own gods in the cities where they lived and putting them in the shrines of the high places that the people of Samaria had made.The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim.They feared the Lord, but they also appointed from their number priests to serve them in the shrines of the high places.They feared the Lord, but they also worshiped their own gods according to the custom of the nations where they had been deported from.They are still practicing the former customs to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe their statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments the Lord commanded the descendants of Jacob. He had renamed him Israel.The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them,“ Do not fear other gods; do not bow down to them; do not serve them; do not sacrifice to them.Instead fear the Lord, who brought you from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him, and you are to sacrifice to Him.You are to be careful always to observe the statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandments He wrote for you; do not fear other gods.Do not forget the covenant that I have made with you. Do not fear other gods,but fear the Lord your God, and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”However, they would not listen but continued practicing their former customs.These nations feared the Lord but also served their idols. Their children and grandchildren continue doing as their fathers did until today.
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Leviticus 11:27
All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
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Psalms 17:14
With Your hand, Lord, save me from men, from men of the world whose portion is in this life: You fill their bellies with what You have in store; their sons are satisfied, and they leave their surplus to their children.
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Jude 1:10
But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals— they destroy themselves with these things.
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Jude 1:19
These people create divisions and are unbelievers, not having the Spirit.
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Philippians 3:18-19
For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things,
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Leviticus 11:23
All other winged insects that have four feet are to be detestable to you.
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1John 2:15-17
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Deuteronomy 14:19
All winged insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
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2 Timothy 4 10
for Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.