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In your mercy you led the people you redeemed; in your strength
you guided them to your holy dwelling. [EX 15:13]
The LORD said to Moses, "Go up here into the Abarim
Mountains and view the land that I am giving to the Israelites.
When you have viewed it, you too shall be taken to your people, as
was your brother Aaron, because in the rebellion of the community
in the desert of Zin you both rebelled against my order to
manifest my sanctity to them by means of the water." (This is
the water of Meribah of Kadesh in the desert of Zin.) Then Moses
said to the LORD, "May the LORD, the God of the spirits of
all mankind, set over the community a man who shall act as their
leader in all things, to guide them in all their actions; that the
LORD'S community may not be like sheep without a shepherd."
And the LORD replied to Moses, "Take Joshua, son of Nun, a
man of spirit, and lay your hand upon him. Have him stand in the
presence of the priest Eleazar and of the whole community, and
commission him before their eyes. Invest him with some of your own
dignity, that the whole Israelite community may obey him. He shall
present himself to the priest Eleazar, to have him seek out for
him the decisions of the Urim in the LORD'S presence; and as he
directs, Joshua, all the Israelites with him, and the community as
a whole shall perform all their actions." Moses did as the
LORD had commanded him. Taking Joshua and having him stand in the
presence of the priest Eleazar and of the whole community, he laid
his hands on him and gave him his commission, as the LORD had
directed through Moses. [NUM 27:12-23]
The following are the stages by which the Israelites journeyed up by companies from the land of Egypt under the guidance of Moses and Aaron.
By the LORD'S command Moses recorded the starting places of the various stages...
[Taken from NUM 33:1-2]
Be careful not to forget the LORD, your God, by neglecting his
commandments and decrees and statutes which I enjoin on you today:
lest, when you have eaten your fill, and have built fine houses
and lived in them, and have increased your herds and flocks, your
silver and gold, and all your property, you then become haughty of
heart and unmindful of the LORD, your God, who brought you out of
the land of Egypt, that place of slavery; who guided you through
the vast and terrible desert with its saraph serpents and
scorpions, its parched and waterless ground; who brought forth
water for you from the flinty rock and fed you in the desert with
manna, a food unknown to your fathers, that he might afflict you
and test you, but also make you prosperous in the end. Otherwise,
you might say to yourselves, 'It is my own power and the strength
of my own hand that has obtained for me this wealth.' Remember
then, it is the LORD, your God, who gives you the power to acquire
wealth, by fulfilling, as he has now done, the covenant which he
swore to your fathers. But if you forget the LORD, your God, and
follow other gods, serving and worshiping them, I forewarn you
this day that you will perish utterly. Like the nations which the
LORD destroys before you, so shall you too perish for not heeding
the voice of the LORD, your God. [DEUT 8:11-20]
David again assembled all the picked men of Israel, thirty
thousand in number. Then David and all the people who were with
him set out for Baala of Judah to bring up from there the ark of
God, which bears the name of the LORD of hosts enthroned above the
cherubim. The ark of God was placed on a new cart and taken away
from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of
Abinadab, guided the cart, with Ahio walking before it, while
David and all the Israelites made merry before the LORD with all
their strength, with singing and with citharas, harps,
tambourines, sistrums and cymbals. When they came to the threshing
floor of Nodan, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God and
steadied it, for the oxen were making it tip. But the LORD was
angry with Uzzah; God struck him on that spot, and he died there
before God. [2SAM 6:1-7]
Joash did what was pleasing to the LORD as long as he lived,
because the priest Jehoiada guided him. [2KGS 12:3]
"Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD: It is
not you who are to build a house for me to dwell in. For I have
never dwelt in a house, from the time when I led Israel onward,
even to this day, but I have been lodging in tent or pavilion as
long as I have wandered about with all of Israel. Did I ever say a
word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to guide my
people, such as, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'
Therefore, tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts: I
took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you
might become ruler over my people Israel. I was with you wherever
you went, and I cut down all your enemies before you. I will make
your name great like that of the greatest on the earth. I will
assign a place for my people Israel and I will plant them in it to
dwell there henceforth undisturbed; nor shall wicked men ever
again oppress them, as they did at first, and during all the time
when I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will subdue
all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that I, the LORD,
will build you a house; so that when your days have been completed
and you must join your fathers, I will raise up your offspring
after you who will be one of your own sons, and I will establish
his kingdom. He it is who shall build me a house, and I will
establish his throne forever. I will be a father to him, and he
shall be a son to me, and I will not withdraw my favor from him as
I withdrew it from him who preceded you; but I will maintain him
in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be
firmly established forever." All these words and this whole
vision Nathan related exactly to David. [1CHRON 17:4-15]
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah,
sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who sang inspired
songs under the guidance of the king. [1CHRON 25:2]
"As the Lord lives, who has protected me in the path I have
followed, I swear that it was my face that seduced Holofernes to
his ruin, and that he did not sin with me to my defilement or
disgrace." All the people were greatly astonished. They bowed
down and worshiped God, saying with one accord, "Blessed are
you, our God, who today have brought to nought the enemies of your
people." Then Uzziah said to her: "Blessed are you,
daughter, by the Most High God, above all the women on earth; and
blessed be the Lord God, the creator of heaven and earth, who
guided your blow at the head of the chief of our enemies. Your
deed of hope will never be forgotten by those who tell of the
might of God. May God make this redound to your everlasting honor,
rewarding you with blessings, because you risked your life when
your people were being oppressed, and you averted our disaster,
walking uprightly before our God." And all the people
answered, "Amen! Amen!" [JDTH 13:16-20]
When the king heard this news, he was struck with fear and very
much shaken. Sick with grief because his designs had failed, he
took to his bed. There he remained many days, overwhelmed with
sorrow, for he knew he was going to die. So he called in all his
Friends and said to them: "Sleep has departed from my eyes,
for my heart is sinking with anxiety. I said to myself: 'Into what
tribulation have I come, and in what floods of sorrow am I now!
Yet I was kindly and beloved in my rule.' But I now recall the
evils I did in Jerusalem, when I carried away all the vessels of
gold and silver that were in it, and for no cause gave orders that
the inhabitants of Judah be destroyed. I know that this is why
these evils have overtaken me; and now I am dying, in bitter
grief, in a foreign land." Then he summoned Philip, one of
his Friends, and put him in charge of his whole kingdom. He gave
him his crown, his robe, and his signet ring, so that he might
guide the king's son Antiochus and bring him up to be king. King
Antiochus died in Persia in the year one hundred and forty-nine. [1MACC
6:8-16]
When the Jewish people saw Simon's loyalty and the glory he planned to bring to his nation, they made him their leader and high priest because of all he had accomplished and the loyalty and justice he had shown his nation. In every way he sought to exalt his people.
"In his time and under his guidance they succeeded in driving the Gentiles out of their country, especially those in the City of David in Jerusalem, who had built for themselves a citadel from which they used to sally forth to defile the environs of the temple and inflict grave injury on its purity."
[1MACC 14:35-36]
In the space of three days, eighty thousand were lost, forty
thousand meeting a violent death, and the same number being sold
into slavery. Not satisfied with this, the king dared to enter the
holiest temple in the world; Menelaus, that traitor both to the
laws and to his country, served as guide. He laid his impure hands
on the sacred vessels and gathered up with profane hands the
votive offerings made by other kings for the advancement, the
glory, and the honor of the Place. Puffed up in spirit, Antiochus
did not realize that it was because of the sins of the city's
inhabitants that the Lord was angry for a little while and hence
disregarded the holy Place. [2MACC 5:14-17]
Like a father God has reared me from my youth, guiding
me even from my mother's womb [Taken from JOB 31:18]
Can you bring forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or guide the
Bear with its train? [JOB 38:32]
But I can enter your house because of your great love. I can worship in your holy temple because of my reverence for you, LORD. Guide me in your justice because of my foes; make straight your way before me.
[PS 5:8-9]
The LORD is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. In green
pastures you let me graze; to safe waters you lead me; you restore
my strength. You guide me along the right path for the sake of
your name. Even when I walk through a dark valley, I fear no harm
for you are at my side; your rod and staff give me courage. [PS
23:1-4]
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior.
For you I wait all the long day, because of your goodness, LORD.
[PS 25:5]
Good and upright is the LORD, who shows sinners the way, Guides the humble rightly, and teaches the humble the way. All the paths of the LORD are faithful love toward those who honor the covenant demands.
[PS 25:8-10]
Grant me justice, LORD! I have walked without blame. In the LORD I have trusted; I have not faltered. Test me, LORD, and try me; search my heart and mind. Your love is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness.
[PS 26:1-3]
In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In
your justice deliver me; incline your ear to me; make haste to
rescue me! Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me. You are
my rock and my fortress; for your name's sake lead and guide me.
Free me from the net they have set for me, for you are my refuge.
Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, LORD,
faithful God. [PS 31:2-6]
Those whose steps are guided by the LORD; whose way God approves,
May stumble, but they will never fall, for the LORD holds their hand.
[PS 37:23-24]
Grant me justice, God; defend me from a faithless people; from
the deceitful and unjust rescue me. You, God, are my strength. Why
then do you spurn me? Why must I go about mourning, with the enemy
oppressing me? Send your light and fidelity, that they may be my
guide And bring me to your holy mountain, to the place of your
dwelling, That I may come to the altar of God, to God, my joy, my
delight. Then I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God. Why
are you downcast, my soul? Why do you groan within me? Wait for
God, whom I shall praise again, my savior and my God. [PS 43:1-5]
May the nations be glad and shout for joy; for you govern
the peoples justly, you guide the nations upon the earth. [Taken
from PS
67:5]
Since my heart was embittered and my soul deeply wounded, I was
stupid and could not understand; I was like a brute beast in your
presence. Yet I am always with you; you take hold of my right
hand. With your counsel you guide me, and at the end receive me
with honor. Whom else have I in the heavens? None beside you
delights me on earth. Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is
the rock of my heart, my portion forever. But those who are far
from you perish; you destroy those unfaithful to you. [PS 73:21-27]
God led forth his people like sheep; he guided them through the
desert like a flock. He led them on secure and unafraid, but the
sea enveloped their enemies. He brought them to his holy land, the
mountain his right hand had won. God drove out the nations before
them, apportioned them a heritage by lot, settled the tribes of
Israel in their tents. [PS 78:52-55]
He chose David his servant, took him from the sheepfold. From tending sheep God brought him, to shepherd Jacob, his people, Israel, his heritage. He shepherded them with a pure heart; with skilled hands he guided them.
[PS 78:70-72]
Shepherd of Israel, listen, guide of the flock of Joseph! From your throne upon the cherubim reveal yourself to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Stir up your power, come to save us. O LORD of hosts, restore us; Let your face shine upon us, that we may be saved.
[PS 80:2-4]
Understand, you stupid people! You fools, when will you be
wise? Does the one who shaped the ear not hear? The one who formed
the eye not see? Does the one who guides nations not rebuke? The
one who teaches humans not have knowledge? The LORD does know
human plans; they are only puffs of air. [PS 94:8-11]
Happy those whom you guide, LORD, whom you teach by your instruction.
You give them rest from evil days, while a pit is being dug for the wicked.
[PS 94:12-13]
Some had lost their way in a barren desert; found no path
toward a city to live in. They were hungry and thirsty; their life
was ebbing away. In their distress they cried to the LORD, who
rescued them in their peril, Guided them by a direct path so they
reached a city to live in. Let them thank the LORD for such
kindness, such wondrous deeds for mere mortals. For he satisfied
the thirsty, filled the hungry with good things. [PS 107:4-9]
Where can I hide from your spirit? From your presence, where
can I flee? If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie
down in Sheol, you are there too. If I fly with the wings of dawn
and alight beyond the sea, Even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand hold me fast. If I say, "Surely darkness
shall hide me, and night shall be my light" - Darkness is
not dark for you, and night shines as the day. Darkness and light
are but one. [PS 139:7-12]
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your kind
spirit guide me on ground that is level. [PS 143:10]
The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: That
men may appreciate wisdom and discipline, may understand words of
intelligence; May receive training in wise conduct, in what is
right, just and honest; That resourcefulness may be imparted to
the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man
by hearing them will advance in learning, an intelligent man will
gain sound guidance, That he may comprehend proverb and parable,
the words of the wise and their riddles. [PROV 1:1-6]
When you lie down (the wife of your youth) will watch over you, and when you wake,
she will share your concerns; wherever you turn, she will guide
you. [Taken from PROV 6:22]
The honesty of the upright guides them; the faithless are
ruined by their duplicity. [PROV 11:3]
For lack of guidance a people falls; security lies in many
counselors. [PROV 11:14]
Plans made after advice succeed; so with wise guidance wage
your war. [PROV 20:18]
My son, if your heart be wise, my own heart also will rejoice;
And my inmost being will exult, when your lips speak what is
right. Let not your heart emulate sinners, but be zealous for the
fear of the LORD always; For you will surely have a future, and
your hope will not be cut off. Hear, my son, and be wise, and
guide your heart in the right way. [PROV 23:15-19]
A wise man is more powerful than a strong man, and a man of knowledge than a man of might;
For it is by wise guidance that you wage your war, and the victory is due to a wealth of counselors.
[PROV 24:5-6]
Now God grant I speak suitably and value these endowments at
their worth: For he is the guide of Wisdom and the director of the
wise. [WISDOM 7:15]
Now with you is Wisdom, who knows your works and was present
when you made the world; Who understands what is pleasing in your
eyes and what is conformable with your commands. Send her forth
from your holy heavens and from your glorious throne dispatch her
That she may be with me and work with me, that I may know what is
your pleasure. For she knows and understands all things, and will
guide me discreetly in my affairs and safeguard me by her glory;
Thus my deeds will be acceptable, and I shall judge your people
justly and be worthy of my father's throne. [WISDOM 9:9-12]
For those who forsook Wisdom first were bereft of knowledge of
the right, And then they left mankind a memorial of their folly - so that they could not even be hidden in their fall. But Wisdom
delivered from tribulations those who served her. She, when the
just man fled from his brother's anger, guided him in direct ways,
Showed him the kingdom of God and gave him knowledge of holy
things; She prospered him in his labors and made abundant the
fruit of his works, Stood by him against the greed of his
defrauders, and enriched him; She preserved him from foes, and
secured him against ambush, And she gave him the prize for his
stern struggle that he might know that devotion to God is mightier
than all else. [WISDOM 10:8-12]
Again, one preparing for a voyage and about to traverse the
wild waves cries out to wood more unsound than the boat that bears
him. For the urge for profits devised this latter, and Wisdom the
artificer produced it. But your providence, O Father! guides it,
for you have furnished even in the sea a road, and through the
waves a steady path, Showing that you can save from any danger, so
that even one without skill may embark. But you will that the
products of your Wisdom be not idle; therefore men trust their
lives even to frailest wood, and have been safe crossing the surge
on a raft. For of old, when the proud giants were being destroyed,
the hope of the universe, who took refuge on a raft, left to the
world a future for his race, under the guidance of your hand. For
blest is the wood through which justice comes about; but the
handmade idol is accursed, and its maker as well: he for having
produced it, and it, because though corruptible, it was termed a
god. [WISDOM 14:1-8]
But your holy ones had very great light; And those others, who
heard their voices but did not see their forms, since now they
themselves had suffered, called them blest; And because they who
formerly had been wronged did not harm them, they thanked them,
and pleaded with them, for the sake of the difference between
them. Instead of this, you furnished the flaming pillar which was
a guide on the unknown way, and the mild sun for an honorable
migration. For those deserved to be deprived of light and
imprisoned by darkness, who had kept your sons confined through
whom the imperishable light of the law was to be given to the
world. [WISDOM 18:1-4]
Man may be merciful to his fellow man, but the LORD'S mercy
reaches all flesh, Reproving, admonishing, teaching, as a shepherd
guides his flock; Merciful to those who accept his guidance, who
are diligent in his precepts. [SIRACH 18:11-13]
The scribe's profession increases his wisdom; whoever is free
from toil can become a wise man. How can he become learned who
guides the plow, who thrills in wielding the goad like a lance,
Who guides the ox and urges on the bullock, and whose every
concern is for cattle? His care is for plowing furrows, and he
keeps a watch on the beasts in the stalls. [SIRACH 38:24-26]
A friend, a neighbor, are timely guides, but better than
either, a prudent wife. [SIRACH 40:23]
When Samuel approached the end of his life, he testified before
the LORD and his anointed prince, "No bribe or secret gift
have I taken from any man!" and no one dared gainsay him.
Even when he lay buried, his guidance was sought; he made known to
the king his fate, And from the grave he raised his voice as a
prophet, to put an end to wickedness. [SIRACH 46:19-20]
But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his
roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon
him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, A spirit of counsel
and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD,
and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD. Not by appearance
shall he judge, nor by hearsay shall he decide, But he shall judge
the poor with justice, and decide aright for the land's afflicted.
He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth, and with
the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. Justice shall be
the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips.
Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid; The calf and the young lion shall browse
together, with a little child to guide them. The cow and the bear
shall be neighbors, together their young shall rest; the lion
shall eat hay like the ox. The baby shall play by the cobra's den,
and the child lay his hand on the adder's lair. There shall be no
harm or ruin on all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be
filled with knowledge of the LORD, as water covers the sea. [ISA
11:1-9]
The LORD goes forth like a hero, like a warrior he stirs up his
ardor; He shouts out his battle cry, against his enemies he shows
his might: I have looked away, and kept silence, I have said
nothing, holding myself in; But now, I cry out as a woman in
labor, gasping and panting. I will lay waste mountains and hills,
all their herbage I will dry up; I will turn the rivers into
marshes, and the marshes I will dry up. I will lead the blind on
their journey; by paths unknown I will guide them. I will turn
darkness into light before them, and make crooked ways straight.
These things I do for them, and I will not forsake them. They
shall be turned back in utter shame who trust in idols; Who say to
molten images, "You are our gods." [ISA 42:13-17]
Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day
of salvation I help you, To restore the land and allot the
desolate heritages, Saying to the prisoners: Come out! To those in
darkness: Show yourselves! Along the ways they shall find pasture,
on every bare height shall their pastures be. They shall not
hunger or thirst, nor shall the scorching wind or the sun strike
them; For he who pities them leads them and guides them beside
springs of water. I will cut a road through all my mountains, and
make my highways level. See, some shall come from afar, others
from the north and the west, and some from the land of Syene. Sing
out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, break forth into song, you
mountains. For the LORD comforts his people and shows mercy to his
afflicted. [ISA 49:8-13]
Awake, awake! Arise, O Jerusalem, You who drank at the LORD'S
hand the cup of his wrath; Who drained to the dregs the bowl of
staggering! She has no one to guide her of all the sons she bore;
She has no one to grasp her by the hand, of all the sons she
reared! - Your misfortunes are double; who is there to condole
with you? Desolation and destruction, famine and sword! Who is
there to comfort you? But now, hear this, O afflicted one, drunk,
but not with wine, Thus says the LORD, your Master, your God, who
defends his people: See, I am taking from your hand the cup of
staggering; The bowl of my wrath you shall no longer drink. I will
put it into the hands of your tormentors, those who ordered you to
bow down, that they might walk over you, While you offered your
back like the ground, like the street for them to walk on. [ISA
51:17-19,21-23]
This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound
unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the
oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with the
hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; Clothing the
naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own.
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound
shall quickly be healed; Your vindication shall go before you, and
the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall
call, and the LORD will answer, you shall cry for help, and he
will say: Here I am! If you remove from your midst oppression,
false accusation and malicious speech; If you bestow your bread on
the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; Then light shall rise for
you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like
midday; Then the LORD will guide you always and give you plenty
even on the parched land. He will renew your strength, and you
shall be like a watered garden, like a spring whose water never
fails. [ISA 58:6-11]
Then they remembered the days of old and Moses, his servant;
Where is he who brought up out of the sea the shepherd of his
flock? Where is he who put his holy spirit in their midst; Whose
glorious arm was the guide at Moses' right; Who divided the waters
before them, winning for himself eternal renown; Who led them
without stumbling through the depths like horses in the open
country, Like cattle going down into the plain, the spirit of the
LORD guiding them? Thus you led your people, bringing glory to
your name. [ISA 63:11-14]
For thus says the LORD: Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the
head of the nations; proclaim your praise and say: The LORD has
delivered his people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring
them back from the land of the north; I will gather them from the
ends of the world, with the blind and the lame in their midst, The
mothers and those with child; they shall return as an immense
throng. They departed in tears, but I will console them and guide
them; I will lead them to brooks of water, on a level road, so
that none shall stumble. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is
my first-born. [JER 31:7-9]
Set up road markers, put up guideposts; Turn your attention to
the highway, the road by which you went. Turn back, O virgin
Israel, turn back to these your cities. [JER 31:21]
He summoned the crowd and said to them, "Hear and
understand. It is not what enters one's mouth that defiles that
person; but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one."
Then his disciples approached and said to him, "Do you know
that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you
said?" He said in reply, "Every plant that my heavenly
Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are
blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind
person, both will fall into a pit." [MT 15:10-14]
"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If one swears by the
temple, it means nothing, but if one swears by the gold of the
temple, one is obligated.' Blind fools, which is greater, the
gold, or the temple that made the gold sacred? And you say, 'If
one swears by the altar, it means nothing, but if one swears by
the gift on the altar, one is obligated.' You blind ones, which is
greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? One
who swears by the altar swears by it and all that is upon it; one
who swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it;
one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him
who is seated on it. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you
hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cumin, and have
neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and
fidelity. (But) these you should have done, without neglecting the
others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the
camel!" [MT 23:16-24]
[Zechariah said,] "And you, child, will be called prophet
of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his
ways, to give his people knowledge of salvation through the
forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God
by which the daybreak from on high will visit us to shine on those
who sit in darkness and death's shadow, to guide our feet into the
path of peace." [Taken from LK 1:76-79]
And he told them a parable, "Can a blind person guide a
blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is
superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple
will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your
brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?
How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove that
splinter in your eye,' when you do not even notice the wooden beam
in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your
eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in
your brother's eye." [LK 6:39-42]
[Jesus said,] "I have much more to tell you, but you
cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he
will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he
will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that
are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is
mine and declare it to you." [Taken from JN 16:12-14]
During those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers
(there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the
one place). He said, "My brothers, the scripture had to be
fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth
of David, concerning Judas, who was the guide for those who
arrested Jesus. He was numbered among us and was allotted a share
in this ministry. He bought a parcel of land with the wages of his
iniquity... This became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem,
so that the parcel of land was called in their language 'Akeldama,'
that is, Field of Blood. For it is written in the Book of Psalms:
'Let his encampment become desolate, and may no one dwell in it.'
And: 'May another take his office.' Therefore, it is necessary
that one of the men who accompanied us the whole time the Lord
Jesus came and went among us, beginning from the baptism of John
until the day on which he was taken up from us, become with us a
witness to his resurrection." So they proposed two, Joseph
called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias. Then
they prayed, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show
which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this
apostolic ministry from which Judas turned away to go to his own
place." Then they gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon
Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles. [Taken from
ACTS 1:15-26]
Now if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of
God and know his will and are able to discern what is important
since you are instructed from the law, and if you are confident
that you are a guide for the blind and a light for those in
darkness, that you are a trainer of the foolish and teacher of the
simple, because in the law you have the formulation of knowledge
and truth - then you who teach another, are you failing to teach
yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who
forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do
you rob temples? You who boast of the law, do you dishonor God by
breaking the law? For, as it is written, "Because of you the
name of God is reviled among the Gentiles." Circumcision, to
be sure, has value if you observe the law; but if you break the
law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. Again, if an
uncircumcised man keeps the precepts of the law, will he not be
considered circumcised? Indeed, those who are physically
uncircumcised but carry out the law will pass judgment on you,
with your written law and circumcision, who break the law. One is
not a Jew outwardly. True circumcision is not outward, in the
flesh. Rather, one is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is of the
heart, in the spirit, not the letter; his praise is not from human
beings but from God. [ROM 2:17-29]
I am writing you this not to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved
children. Even if you should have countless guides to Christ, yet you do not have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Therefore, I urge you, be imitators of me. [1COR 4:14-16]
But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
[GAL 5:18]
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you
realize that we will be judged more strictly, for we all fall
short in many respects. If anyone does not fall short in speech,
he is a perfect man, able to bridle his whole body also. If we put
bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide
their whole bodies. It is the same with ships: even though they
are so large and driven by fierce winds, they are steered by a
very small rudder wherever the pilot's inclination wishes. In the
same way the tongue is a small member and yet has great
pretensions. Consider how small a fire can set a huge forest
ablaze. The tongue is also a fire. It exists among our members as
a world of malice, defiling the whole body and setting the entire
course of our lives on fire, itself set on fire by Gehenna. For
every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be
tamed and has been tamed by the human species, but no human being
can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse human
beings who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth
come blessing and cursing. This need not be so, my brothers. Does
a spring gush forth from the same opening both pure and brackish
water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a grapevine
figs? Neither can salt water yield fresh. [JMS 3:1-12]
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teach
/ teacher / taught [T1a]
aid
/ assist / avail [H11a]
discipline
[D9]
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