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Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. [Matt 5:4] ↗

— Anonymous

#beatitudes #bible-quotes #bible-verse #mourning #scripture

Because it strikes me there is something greater than judgement. I think it is called mercy. ↗

— Sebastian Barry

#mercy #scripture

I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure! [Psalm 119:162] ↗

— Anonymous

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Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you [Matthew 7:1-2] ↗

— Anonymous

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I knew immediately something was terribly wrong, but you can know that and not allow the thought in your head, at the front of your head. It dances around at the back, where it can't be controlled. But the front of the head is where the pain begins. ↗

— Sebastian Barry

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How easy it is to read the Scriptures and give a kind of nominal assent to the truth and yet never to appropriate what it tells us! ↗

— D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author. ↗

— Martin Luther

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You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free ↗

— John

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One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121) ↗

— Edward Conze

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Krishna taught in the Bhadavad Gita: ‘karmanyeva-adhikaraste ma phalesu kadachana’, which means, ‘Be active, never be inactive, and don’t react to the outcome of the work. ↗

— Anonymous

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