Will the ax boast against the one who hews with it? Will the saw exalt itself above the one who wields it? As if a rod could sway the one who lifts it, or a staff could lift the one who is not wood! Isaiah 10:15 NABRE Isaiah speaks of…
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The king was deeply distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests he did not wish to break his word to her. Mark 6:26 NABRE Mark shares the details of the end of John the Baptist’s life. John spoke out against King Herod because he married his brother’s wife.…
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So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin. James 4:17 NABRE James in this section of the letter with the quoted verse is teaching about God’s will. He makes an argument the reader is deciding what to do, and…
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Pride goes before disaster, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 NABRE Many see pride as the sin leading to many other sins. Pride changed an angel into Satan. (Isaiah 14:12-15) The fallen in these verses is viewed as Satan who challenges the very throne of God, saying,…
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