Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.

Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.

Luke 12:15

¹⁵ Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

Luke 17:3

³ So watch yourselves.

“If your brother or sister^[a] sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. ⁴ Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”

Luke 20:47

⁴⁶ “Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. ⁴⁷ They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

Luke 21:8, 34

⁸ He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

³⁴ “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. ³⁵ For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 

³⁶ Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.

2)    So watch yourselves.  “If your brother or sister^[a] sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them.

3)    Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 

4)    Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.

5)    Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.

Watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way

Watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way

Rom 16:17

¹⁷ I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

1 Cor 10:12

¹² So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! ¹³ No temptation^[c] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted^[d] beyond what you can bear.

2 Cor 8:20

²⁰ We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. ²¹ For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way

2)    So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

3)    No temptation^[c] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted^[d] beyond what you can bear.

4)    We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. ²¹ For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.

If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

Gal 5:15

¹⁵ If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

Gal 6:1

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. ² Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Eph 5:6

⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

Php 3:2

² Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. ³ For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— ⁴ though I myself have reasons for such confidence.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

2)    Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.

3)    Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

4)    Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

5)    Watch out for evil doers and mutilators of the flesh

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

Col 2:8

⁸ See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces^[a] of this world rather than on Christ.

2 The 2:3

³ Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness^[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. ⁴ He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

1 Tim 4:16

¹⁶ Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

2 Tim 4:15

¹⁴ Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done. ¹⁵ You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces^[a] of this world rather than on Christ.

2)    Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way about God

3)    Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

4)    We should be on guard against those who tries to do great deal of harm, if they

                Strongly oppose our message

We need to see to it that we are not turning away from the living God with sinful or unbelieving heart

We need to see to it that we are not turning away from the living God with sinful or unbelieving heart

Heb 3:12

¹² See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

Heb 8:5

⁵ They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

Heb 12:16, 25

¹⁶ See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. ¹⁷ Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.

²⁵ See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

1 Pet 3:17

¹⁷ For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

2 John 1:8

⁸ Watch out that you do not lose what we^[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    We need to see to it that we are not turning away from the living God with sinful or unbelieving heart

2)    Moses was warned to build the tabernacle according to the model that was shown to him on the mountain

3)    See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.

4)    We should listen to the word of God and not to turn away from God

5)    For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

6)    Watch out that you do not lose what we^[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.

Lord gives strength to His people and blesses His people with peace

Lord gives strength to His people and blesses His people with peace

Psalm 29:10, 11

¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
    the Lord is enthroned as King forever.

¹¹ The Lord gives strength to his people;
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.

Psalm 78:5

⁵ He decreed statutes for Jacob
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,

⁶ so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,
    and they in turn would tell their children.

Psalm 89:2

¹ I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever;
    with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known
    through all generations.

² I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
    that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

Psalm 89:4

³ You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant,

⁴ ‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”^[c]

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Lord gives strength to His people and blesses His people with peace

2)    He decreed statutes for Jacob
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children, so the next generation would know them.

3)    I will declare that God’s love stands firm forever,
    that He has established His faithfulness in heaven itself.

The Lord has established His throne in heaven and His kingdom rules over all

The Lord has established His throne in heaven and His kingdom rules over all

Psalm 103:19

¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
    and his kingdom rules over all.

Psalm 104:5

⁵ He set the earth on its foundations;
    it can never be moved.

Psalm 119:152

¹⁵¹ Yet you are near, Lord,
    and all your commands are true.

¹⁵² Long ago I learned from your statutes
    that you established them to last forever.

Pro 3:19

¹⁹ By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations,
    by understanding he set the heavens in place;

²⁰ by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,
    and the clouds let drop the dew.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    The Lord has established His throne in heaven and His kingdom rules over all

2)    Lord has set earth’s foundations so it goes it’s set path

3)    Yet you are near, Lord,
    and all your commands are true.

4)    God’s statues are established for ever

5)    By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations,
    by understanding he set the heavens in place;