Do not trust a neighbor put any confidence in a friend.

Do not trust a neighbor put any confidence in a friend.

Micah 7:5

⁵ Do not trust a neighbor;
    put no confidence in a friend.
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
    guard the words of your lips.

Eze 33:5

⁵ Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head. If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves.

Mal 2:15, 16

¹⁵ Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.^[d] So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

¹⁶ “The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”^[e] says the Lord Almighty.

So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Do not trust a neighbor put any confidence in a friend.

2)    Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
    guard the words of your lips.

3)    Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.^[d] So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

4)    “The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”^[e] says the Lord Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate His rule with trembling

Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate His rule with trembling

Psalm 2:10

¹⁰ Therefore, you kings, be wise;
    be warned, you rulers of the earth.

¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear
    and celebrate his rule with trembling.

Jer 9:4

⁴ “Beware of your friends;
    do not trust anyone in your clan.

For every one of them is a deceiver,^[c]
    and every friend a slanderer.

⁵ Friend deceives friend,
    and no one speaks the truth.

They have taught their tongues to lie;
    they weary themselves with sinning.

Hez 18:14

¹⁴ “But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do and guard against such things:

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate His rule with trembling

2)    Beware of your friends;
    do not trust anyone in your clan.

3)    Friend deceives friend,
    and no one speaks the truth.

4)    They have taught their tongues to lie;
    they weary themselves with sinning.

5)    Guard yourself against sins

Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.

Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.

1 Chr 28:10

¹⁰ Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”

2 Chr 19:6, 7

⁶ He told them, “Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals but for the Lord, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. ⁷ Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

Job 36:21

²¹ Beware of turning to evil,
    which you seem to prefer to affliction.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.

2)    Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals but for the Lord, who is with you whenever you give a verdict.

3)    Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.

4)    Beware of turning to evil,
    which you seem to prefer to affliction.

Because the Lord your God fights for you as He promised, So be careful to love the Lord your God

Because the Lord your God fights for you as He promised, So be careful to love the Lord your God

Jos 23:11

⁹ “The Lord has driven out before you great and powerful nations; to this day no one has been able to withstand you. ¹⁰ One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised. ¹¹ So be very careful to love the Lord your God.

Jud 13:4, 13

² A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth. 

³ The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. 

⁴ Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean. 

⁵ You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb.

² A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth. ³ The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. ⁴ Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean. ⁵ You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb.

1 Sam 19:2

Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David ² and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Because the Lord your God fights for you as He promised, So be careful to love the Lord your God

2)    Manoah and his wife were instructed by the angel of the Lord on how to bring up the child God gives them

3)    Jonathan warned David to be on guard against his father, as he was trying to kill him 

Be careful not to harbor wicked thought in your mind

Be careful not to harbor wicked thought in your mind

Deut 15:9

⁹ Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will toward the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.

Deut 24:8

⁸ In cases of defiling skin diseases,^[a] be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them.

Jos 6:18

¹⁸ But keep away from the defiled things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it.

Jos 23:7

⁶ “Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left. ⁷ Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them. ⁸ But you are to hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have until now.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Be careful not to harbor wicked thought in your mind

2)    In cases of defiling skin diseases,^[a] be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you.

3)    But keep away from the defiled things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it.

4)    Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.

5)    But you are to hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have until now.

Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.

Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.

Deut 11:16

¹⁶ Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. ¹⁷ Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and he will shut up the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the Lord is giving you.

Deut 12:13, 19, 23, 30

¹³ Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please. ¹⁴ Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

¹⁹ Be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

²³ But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat. ²⁴ You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water. ²⁵ Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.

2)    Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please. ¹⁴ Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

3)    Be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

4)    But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat. ²⁴ You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water. ²⁵ Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

5)    Be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.”

Watch yourself carefully and do not become corrupt and make yourself idol

Watch yourself carefully and do not become corrupt and make yourself idol

Deut 4:15

¹⁵ You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, ¹⁶ so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, ¹⁷ or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air, ¹⁸ or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below.

Deut 4:23

²³ Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. ²⁴ For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deut 6:12

¹⁰ When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, ¹¹ houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, ¹² be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Deut 8:11, 17

¹¹ Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.

¹⁷ You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” ¹⁸ But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Watch yourself carefully and do not become corrupt and make yourself idol

2)    Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden.  For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

3)    Be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

4)    Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.

5)    But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.