Sometimes we face challenges in our lives that leave us searching for
answers. The following is a short list of common items that you or
someone you know may be
dealing with and searching for help regarding these issues. Click on
the challenge and read the selected Bible verses for your reference.

ALCOHOL
Proverbs
20:1 Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 23:29‑30 Who
hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who
hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry
long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Proverbs
23:31‑32 Look not thou
upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when
it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and
stingeth like an adder.
Galatians 5:21 Envyings,
murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you
before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 5:18 And be not
drumk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.
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ANGER
James 1:19 Wherefore, my
beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to
wrath.
Ephesians 4:26 Be ye
angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in the spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom
of fools.
Psalms 37:8 Cease from
anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in
transgression.
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ARROGANCE
1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye
younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject
one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the
proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1Samuel
2:3
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your
mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are
weighed.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil
way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Isaiah
13:11
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their
iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will
lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Jeremiah 48:29
We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness,
and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
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BITTERNESS
Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of god; lest any root
of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.
Ephesians
4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil
speaking, be put away from you, with all malice.
Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians
4:26
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the
sun go down upon your wrath.
1 Peter
2:1‑2
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and
envies, and all evil speakings as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk
of the word, that ye may grow thereby.
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BLASPHEMY
Psalms 74:18
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the
foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Colossians
3:8 But now ye also put
off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out
of your mouth.
1
Timothy 6:1 Let as many
servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all
honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
Titus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own
husbands, that the Word of God be not blasphemed.
Revelation
13:6 And he opened his
mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his
tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
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BOASTING
Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Ephesians
2:8-9 For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
James
3:5 Even so the tongue is
a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a
little fire kindleth!
Proverbs
25:14 Whoso boasteth
himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
2 Timothy 3:2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.
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CHEATING
Leviticus
19:11 Ye shall not steal,
neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Proverbs
13:5 A righteous man
hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Isaiah 30:9
That this is a rebellious people,
lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD.
1Timothy
4:2 Speaking lies in
hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.
1
Thessalonians 4:11-12 And
that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with
your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward
them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
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COMPLAINING
Numbers 11:1
And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD
heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt
among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the
camp.
John 6:43
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among
yourselves.
1 Corinthians
10:10 Neither murmur ye,
as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Philippians
2:14 Do all things
without murmurings and disputings.
Jude 1:16
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and
their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in
admiration because of advantage.
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COVETING
Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a
man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he
possesseth.
Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox,
nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Proverbs
21:25‑26 The desire of
the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. He coveteth
greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Ephesians 5:5
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous
man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ
and of God.
2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that
cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have
exercised with covetous practices; cursed children.
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DISCOURAGEMENT
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a
tree of life.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap,
if we faint not.
Joshua 1:9
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on ever side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but
not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not
destroyed.
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for
the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee.
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DISOBEDIENCE
Ephesians 2:2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience.
Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being
abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Ephesians
6:1-2 Children, obey your
parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother;
which is the first commandment with promise.
Ephesians
6:5-6 Servants, be
obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear
and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ. Not with
eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the
will of God from the heart.
Colossians
3:20 Children obey your
parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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EVIL
THOUGHTS
Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my
mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O
LORD, my strength, and my Redeemer.
2
Corinthians 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every thing that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ.
Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee:
because he trusteth in Thee.
Psalms 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.
Philippians
4:8 Finally, brethren,
whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise, think on these things.
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FEAR
Psalms 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is
the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid.
1 John 4:15
Thee is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear
hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Isaiah 41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I
will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee
with the right hand of my righteousness.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love,
and of a sound mind.
Psalms 118:6
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
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FIGHTING
James 4:1
From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even
of your lusts that war in your members?
1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient,
not a brawler, not covetous.
2 Timothy
2:24-25 And the servant
of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach,
patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God
peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the
truth.
Titus 3:2
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all
meekness unto all men.
Proverbs
25:24 It is better to
dwell in the comer of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a
wide house.
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GLUTTONY
1 Corinthians
9:27 But I keep under my
body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have
preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Deuteronomy
21:20 And they shall say
unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he
will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Proverbs
23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness
shall clothe a man with rags.
Philippians
3:19 Whose end is
destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their
shame, who mind earthly things.
Proverbs
23:2
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
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GOSSIPING
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the
innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs
11:13
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit
concealeth the matter.
Proverbs
25:9
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret
to another.
Proverbs
26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no
talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
2 Timothy 5:13
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house;
and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things
which they ought not.
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HATRED
Leviticus
19:17 Thou shalt not hate
thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour,
and not suffer sin upon him.
1 John 3:15
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer
hath eternal life abiding in him.
Galatians
5:15 But if ye bite and
devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
1 John 2:9-11
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness
even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and
there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his
brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither
he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Proverbs
10:12 Hatred stirreth up
strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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HYPOCRISY
Matthew 23:28
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are
full of hypocisy and iniquity.
1 Peter 1:22
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the
Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently.
1 John 3:18 My
little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed
and in truth.
Matthew 6:5
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they
love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the comers of the
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have
their reward.
Mark 7:6
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you
hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
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IMMATURITY
Ephesians
4:14-15 That we
henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about
with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth
in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even
Christ.
1 Corinthians
3:1-2 And I, brethren
could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as
unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for
hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
1 Corinthians
14:20 Brethren, be not
children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in
understanding be men.
Hebrews 5:12
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one
teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and
are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Hebrews
5:13-14 For every one
that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a
babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those
who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good
and evil.
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IMPATIENCE
James 1:3-4
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let
patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing.
1 Peter 2:20
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall
take it patiently? But if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take
it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
1
Thessalonians 5:14 Now we
exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the
feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
James 5:7-8
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the
husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long
patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also
patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Romans 5:3-4
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience,
hope.
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IMPURITY
Matthew
5:27-28 Ye have heard
that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
1 Thessalonians
4:3-4 For this is the will of
God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in
sanctification and honour.
1 Corinthians
6:18-20 Flee fornication.
Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth
fornication sinneth against his own body. What? Know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of
God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Ephesians 5:3-4
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be
once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor
foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather
giving of thanks.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers
and adulterers God will judge.
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INDIFFERENCE
Revelation 3:15
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor not: I would thou wert
cold or hot.
Philippians 1:27
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that
whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your
affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving
together for the faith of the gospel
Philippians
3:13-14 Brethren, I count
not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting
those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things
which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Colossians
3:23-24 And whatsoever ye
do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of
the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve
the Lord Christ.
Matthew 24:12
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
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JEALOUSY
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the
day of vengeance.
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before
envy?
1 Corinthians
3:3 For ye are yet
carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and
divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Galatians
5:26 Let us not be
desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
James 3:14-16
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and
lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from
above, but is earthly, sensual,
devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every
evil work.
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LAZINESS
Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.
2
Thessalonians 3:10 For
even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not
work, neither should he eat.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg
in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs
6:6-8 Go to the ant, thou
sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide,
overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her
food in the harvest.
Proverbs
6:9-11 How long wilt thou
sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little
sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so
shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed
man.
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LYING
Proverbs
12:22 Lying lips are
abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are His delight.
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of
his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall
perish.
Ephesians
4:25 Wherefore putting
away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members
one of another.
Colossians
3:9 Lie not one to
another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.
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MATERIALISM
Proverbs 23:4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Matthew
6:19-21 Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing
into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
1 Timothy 6:9
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into
many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and
perdition.
1 Timothy
6:10 For the love of
money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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PEER
PRESSURE
Exodus
23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak
in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment.
1 Corinthians
15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Proverbs
9:6
Forsake the foolish, and life; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs
13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools
shall be destroyed.
Proverbs
22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt
not go.
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PRE‑MARITAL SEX
1 Thessalonians
4:3 For this is the
will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from
fornication.
Ephesians 5:3
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be
once named among you, as becometh saints.
Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness,
which is idolatry.
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he
that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? Know ye
not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a
price: therefore glority God in your body, and in your spirit, which are
God's.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers,
and adulterers God will judge.
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PRIDE
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Galatians 6:14
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
James 4:6
But He giveth more grace. Wherefore He saith, God resisteth the proud,
but giveth grace unto the humble.
1 Peter 5:5-6
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you
be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God
resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves
therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due
time.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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REBELLION
1
Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD,
He hath also rejected thee from being king.
Romans 6:13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto
sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the
dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but
not of Me; and that cover with a covering, but not of My spirit, That
they may add sin to sin.
Nehemiah
9:16-17 But they and our
fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to
thy commandments, and refused to obey, neither were mindful of Thy
wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in
their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but Thou
art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness, and forsookest them not.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee
from you.
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STEALING
Exodus 20:15
Thou shalt not steal.
Ephesians
4:28 Let him that stole
steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the
thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Leviticus
19:11 Ye shall not steal,
neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein have we
robbed Thee? In tithes and offerings.
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of
my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man
by false accusation, I restore him
fourfold.
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STUBBORNNESS
1 Samuel
15:23 For rebellion is as
the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected
thee from being king.
Psalms 78:8
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation;
a generation that wet not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not
stedfast with God.
Proverbs 8:33
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Proverbs
1:24-26 Because I have
called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man
regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my
reproof. I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear
cometh.
Proverbs
1:29-31 For that they
hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would
none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof Therefore shall they
eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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Psalm 101:3
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I have the work of them
that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
1 Peter
1:13-15 Wherefore gird up
the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that
is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as
obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former
lusts in your ignorance: but as He which hath called you is holy, so be
ye holy in all manner of conversation.
Romans 1:28,
32 And even as they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things
which are not convenient; who knowing the judgment of God, that they
which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but
have pleasure in them that do them.
Ephesians
5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
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WICKED
TONGUE
Psalm 34:13 Keep thy tongue
from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Job 6:24
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein
I have erred.
Psalm 39:1
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I
will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools
poureth out foolishness.
James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue,
but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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WORLDLY
MUSIC
Psalms 40:3
And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many
shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Psalms 95:1
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the
rock of our salvation.
1 Corinthians 14:15
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with
the understanding also.
Ephesians 5:19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord.
Colossians 3:16 Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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WORRY
Psalms 37:3-5
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and He shall
give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD;
trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.
Philippians
4:6-7 Be careful for
nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which
passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus.
Matthew 6:25-26
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put
on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold
the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather
into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much
better than they?
Matthew
6:33-34 But seek ye first
the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow
shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof.
1 Peter 5:6-7
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may
exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for
you.
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The above verse lists have been taken
from Five Smooth Stones Scripture Memory Plan: Learning to Conquer
Sin's Champions By Arming Yourself With The Proper Ammunition
Volumes I & II by Rand Hummel.