“Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come.
‘Tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.”
“Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.”
“But those desiring to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge men into ruin and destruction.”
“The love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
“God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
“A foolish woman is boisterous;
She says to him who lacks understanding,
‘Stolen water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.’
But he does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of hell.”
“Keep your path far from her;
do not go near the door of her house.”
“You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood, in striving against sin.”
“A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.”
The Lord knows how to deliver those who are His—a Bible passage starting with “If . . .”
“If [then five verses listing dramatic punishments and deliverances, continues] then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations.”
“The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and He will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom.”
Jesus told us to pray, “Our Father, . . . deliver us from evil.”
We must pray that prayer.
“Ask, and it will be given to you.”
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