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For our servitude shall not be directed to favor, but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonor.
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"Now therefore, O brethren, let us show an example to our brethren, because their hearts depend upon us, and the sanctuary and the house and the altar rest upon us.
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Moreover let us give thanks to the Lord our God, who trieth us even as He did our fathers.
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Remember what things He did to Abraham, and how He tried Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia in Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.
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For He hath not tried us in the fire, as He did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither hath He taken vengeance on us; but the Lord doth scourge those who come near unto Him, to admonish them."
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.