Wheat and Tares Among You

Opening Scripture: 1 Timothy 6 2 Peter 1:1-12 1 Peter 2:17-20 1 Peter 3:12-17 Exodus 23:1-2, 7-8 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, Honor all men, endure grief suffering men wrongfully Having a good conscience towards they that speak evil of you Thou shall not raise a false report

Jer 9:4-6 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. Jer 9:8 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. Leviticus 19:11, 15-18 Thou shall not go as a tale bearer Jer 7:8-10 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Jer 22:13 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. 17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. Prov 20:23 23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

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Ephesians 4:25-27, 29-32 Let no corrupt communication proceed Isa 32:7 5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. Ephesians 5:1-13 Proverbs 24:17-34 Proverbs 15:8-14 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way:

Proverbs 6:12-19 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him Psalm 52 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Closing Scripture: 1 Timothy 2