• James 3:13-16
  Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
   

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• Philippians 4:8
  Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
   
• Proverbs 23:7
  For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
  " Eat and drink!" he says to you,
  But his heart is not with you.
  
   
• Ephesians 2:1-3
  And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
   
• 2 Corinthians 10:4
  For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
   
• 1 John 2:15-16
  Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
   
• Matthew 4:4-11
  But He answered and said, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."" Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
  " He shall give His angels charge over you," and,
  " In their hands they shall bear you up,
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• John 6:28-29
  Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."
   
• John 8:31-32
  Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
   
• John 8:44-45
  You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.
   
• James 3:17
  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
   
• Genesis 3:6
  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
   
• Psalm 10:4
  The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
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• Jeremiah 6:10
  To whom shall I speak and give warning,
  That they may hear?
  Indeed their ear is uncircumcised,
  And they cannot give heed.
  Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them;
  They have no delight in it.
  
   
• Romans 8:6
  For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
   
• Psalm 90:12
  So teach us to number our days,
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• Matthew 6:22-24
  “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
   
• Matthew 15:11
  Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
   
• Romans 6:16
  Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
   
• Galatians 5:19-21
  Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
   
• James 1:21
  Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
   
• Revelation 3:16
  So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
   
• Exodus 32:4
  And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, "This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!"
   
• Psalm 34:11
  Come, you children, listen to me;
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• Psalm 51:17
  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
  A broken and a contrite heart—
  These, O God, You will not despise.
   
• Proverbs 1:2-6
  To know wisdom and instruction,
  To perceive the words of understanding,
  To receive the instruction of wisdom,
  Justice, judgment, and equity;
  To give prudence to the simple,
  To the young man knowledge and discretion—
  A wise man will hear and increase learning,
  And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
  To understand a proverb and an enigma,
  The words of the wise and their riddles.