Be not
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 25:16
If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you'll get sick from it and vomit.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 6:1-7
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"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
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So whenever you give to the poor, don't sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. I assure you: They've got their reward!
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But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
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so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
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"Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They've got their reward!
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But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
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When you pray, don't babble like the idolaters, since they imagine they'll be heard for their many words.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 9:14
Then John's disciples came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 15:2-9
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"Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat!"
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He answered them, "And why do you break God's commandment because of your tradition?
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For God said: Honor your father and your mother; and, The one who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.
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But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift [committed to the temple]"--
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he does not have to honor his father.' In this way, you have revoked God's word because of your tradition.
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Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said:
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These people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
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They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 23:5
They do everything to be observed by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 23:23
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law-- justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 23:24
Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 23:29
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_42 18:12
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.'
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_45 10:2
I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_50 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_54 4:3
They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.
neither
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_21 12:12
But beyond these, my son, be warned: there is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_1 3:6
Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate [it]; she also gave [some] to her husband, [who was] with her, and he ate [it].
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_18 11:12
But a stupid man will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_18 28:28
He said to mankind, "Look! The fear of the Lord-- that is wisdom, and to turn from evil is understanding."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 23:4
Don't wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_45 11:25
So that you will not be conceited, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery: a partial hardening has come to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_45 12:3
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 3:18
No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 3:20
and again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are futile.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_51 2:18
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm and inflated without cause by his fleshly mind.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_51 2:23
Although these have a reputation of wisdom by promoting ascetic practices, humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value against fleshly indulgence.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_59 3:13-17
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Who is wise and understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom's gentleness.
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But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't brag and lie in defiance of the truth.
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Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
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For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.
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But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.
destroy thyself
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_40 23:38
See, your house is left to you desolate.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_66 18:19
They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning: Woe, woe, the great city, where all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her wealth; because in a single hour she was destroyed.