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You, however, must be altogether sincere toward
the LORD, your God. [DEUT 18:13]
"Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve
him completely and sincerely. Cast out the gods your fathers
served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD." [JOSH
24:14]
And the LORD requited me according to my
justice, according to my innocence in his sight. "Toward the
faithful you are faithful; toward the wholehearted you are
wholehearted; Toward the sincere you are sincere; but toward the
crooked you are astute." [2SAM 22:25-27]
The LORD said to [Solomon]: "I have heard
the prayer of petition which you offered in my presence. I have
consecrated this temple which you have built; I confer my name
upon it forever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there always.
As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David lived,
sincerely and uprightly, doing just as I have commanded you,
keeping my statutes and decrees, I will establish your throne of
sovereignty over Israel forever, as I promised your father David
when I said, 'You shall always have someone from your line on the
throne of Israel.' But if you and your descendants ever withdraw
from me, fail to keep the commandments and statutes which I set
before you, and proceed to venerate and worship strange gods, I
will cut off Israel from the land I gave them and repudiate the
temple I have consecrated to my honor. Israel shall become a
proverb and a byword among all nations, and this temple shall
become a heap of ruins. Every passerby shall catch his breath in
amazement, and ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to the land and to
this temple?' Men will answer: 'They forsook the LORD, their God,
who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they adopted
strange gods which they worshiped and served. That is why the LORD
has brought down upon them all this evil.'" [Taken from 1KGS
9:3-9]
When he had left there, Jehu met Jehonadab, son
of Rechab, on the road. He greeted him and asked, "Are you
sincerely disposed toward me, as I am toward you?"
"Yes," replied Jehonadab. "If you are,"
continued Jehu, "give me your hand." Jehonadab gave him
his hand, and Jehu drew him up into his chariot. [2KGS 10:15]
I know, O my God, that you put hearts to the test and that you take pleasure in uprightness. With a sincere heart I have willingly given all these things, and now with joy I have seen your people here present also giving to you generously.
O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep such thoughts in the hearts and minds of your people forever, and direct their hearts toward you. [Taken from 1CHRON 29:17-18]
The table was set for me, and when many
different dishes were placed before me, I said to my son Tobiah:
"My son, go out and try to find a poor man from among our
kinsmen exiled here in Nineveh. If he is a sincere worshiper of
God, bring him back with you, so that he can share this meal with
me. Indeed, son, I shall wait for you to come back." [TOBIT
2:2]
But God will again have mercy on them and bring
them back to the land of Israel. They shall rebuild the temple,
but it will not be like the first one, until the era when the
appointed times shall be completed. Afterward all of them shall
return from their exile, and they shall rebuild Jerusalem with
splendor. In her the temple of God shall also be rebuilt; yes, it
will be rebuilt for all generations to come, just as the prophets
of Israel said of her. All the nations of the world shall be
converted and shall offer God true worship; all shall abandon
their idols which have deceitfully led them into error, and shall
bless the God of the ages in righteousness. Because all the
Israelites who are to be saved in those days will truly be mindful
of God, they shall be gathered together and go to Jerusalem; in
security shall they dwell forever in the land of Abraham, which
will be given over to them. Those who sincerely love God shall
rejoice, but those who become guilty of sin shall completely
disappear from the land. [TOBIT 14:5-7]
"Now, children, I give you this command:
serve God faithfully and do what is right before him; you must
tell your children to do what is upright and to give alms, to be
mindful of God and at all times to bless his name sincerely and
with all their strength." [TOBIT 14:9]
"Often, too, the fair speech of friends entrusted with the administration of affairs has induced many placed in authority to become accomplices in the shedding of innocent blood, and has involved them in irreparable calamities
by deceiving with malicious slander the sincere good will of rulers." [Taken from ESTH E:5-6]
My face is inflamed with weeping and there is darkness over my eyes,
Although my hands are free from violence, and my prayer is sincere. [JOB 16:16-17]
Therefore, O Job, hear my discourse, and hearken
to all my words. Behold, now I open my mouth; my tongue and my
voice form words. I will state directly what is in my mind, my
lips shall utter knowledge sincerely; For the spirit of God has
made me, the breath of the Almighty keeps me alive. [JOB 33:1-4]
For there is no sincerity in their mouths; their
hearts are corrupt. Their throats are open graves; on their
tongues are subtle lies. Declare them guilty, God; make them fall
by their own devices. Drive them out for their many sins; they
have rebelled against you. [PS 5:10-11]
So the LORD rewarded my righteousness, the
cleanness of my hands in his sight. Toward the faithful you are
faithful; to the honest you are honest; Toward the sincere,
sincere; but to the perverse you are devious. [PS 18:25-27]
Once I prayed, "LORD, have mercy on me;
heal me, I have sinned against you. My enemies say the worst of
me: 'When will that one die and be forgotten?' When people come to
visit me, they speak without sincerity. Their hearts store up
malice; they leave and spread their vicious lies. My foes all
whisper against me; they imagine the worst about me: I have a
deadly disease, they say; I will never rise from my sickbed. Even
the friend who had my trust, who shared my table, has scorned me."
[Taken from PS 41:5-10]
True, I was born guilty, a sinner, even as my
mother conceived me. Still, you insist on sincerity of heart; in
my inmost being teach me wisdom. Cleanse me with hyssop, that I
may be pure; wash me, make me whiter than snow. Let me hear sounds
of joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. [PS
51:7-10]
I will praise you with sincere heart as I study
your just edicts. [PS 119:7]
Does not Wisdom call, and Understanding raise
her voice? On the top of the heights along the road, at the
crossroads she takes her stand; By the gates at the approaches of
the city, in the entryways she cries aloud: "To you, O men, I
call; my appeal is to the children of men. You simple ones, gain
resource, you fools, gain sense. Give heed! for noble things I
speak; honesty opens my lips. Yes, the truth my mouth recounts,
but the wickedness my lips abhor. Sincere are all the words of my
mouth, no one of them is wily or crooked; All of them are plain to
the man of intelligence, and right to those who attain knowledge.
Receive my instruction in preference to silver, and knowledge
rather than choice gold." [PROV 8:1-10]
My son, when you come to serve the LORD, prepare
yourself for trials. Be sincere of heart and steadfast,
undisturbed in time of adversity. Cling to him, forsake him not;
thus will your future be great. Accept whatever befalls you, in
crushing misfortune be patient; For in fire gold is tested, and
worthy men in the crucible of humiliation. Trust God and he will
help you; make straight your ways and hope in him. [SIRACH 2:1-6]
Hear this, O house of Jacob called by the name
Israel, sprung from the stock of Judah, You who swear by the name
of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel without sincerity or
justice, Though you are named after the holy city and rely on the
God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of hosts. Things of the past
I foretold long ago, they went forth from my mouth, I let you hear
of them; then suddenly I took action and they came to be. [ISA
48:1-3]
The just man perishes, but no one takes it to
heart; Devout men are swept away, with no one giving it a thought.
Though he is taken away from the presence of evil, the just man
enters into peace; There is rest on his couch for the sincere,
straightforward man. [ISA 57:1-2]
They devoted themselves to the teaching of the
apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread
and to the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and
signs were done through the apostles. All who believed were
together and had all things in common; they would sell their
property and possessions and divide them among all according to
each one's need. Every day they devoted themselves to meeting
together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes.
They ate their meals with exultation and sincerity of heart,
praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day
the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. [ACTS
2:42-47]
Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor.
[ROM 12:9-10]
It is widely reported that there is immorality
among you, and immorality of a kind not found even among pagans -
a man living with his father's wife. And you are inflated with
pride. Should you not rather have been sorrowful? The one who did
this deed should be expelled from your midst. I, for my part,
although absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as if
present, pronounced judgment on the one who has committed this
deed, in the name of (our) Lord Jesus: when you have gathered
together and I am with you in spirit with the power of the Lord
Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of
his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
Your boasting is not appropriate. Do you not know that a little
yeast leavens all the dough? Clear out the old yeast, so that you
may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened...
[For Christ] has been sacrificed. Therefore let
us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of
malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity
and truth. I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral
people, not at all referring to the immoral of this world or the
greedy and robbers or idolaters; for you would then have to leave
the world. But I now write to you not to associate with anyone
named a brother, if he is immoral, greedy, an idolater, a
slanderer, a drunkard, or a robber, not even to eat with such a
person. For why should I be judging outsiders? Is it not your
business to judge those within? God will judge those outside.
"Purge the evil person from your midst." [1COR 5:1-13]
For our boast is this, the testimony of our
conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and
especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God,
(and) not by human wisdom but by the grace of God. For we write
you nothing but what you can read and understand, and I hope that
you will understand completely, as you have come to understand us
partially, that we are your boast as you also are ours, on the day
of (our) Lord Jesus. [2COR 1:12-14]
For we are not like the many who trade on the
word of God; but as out of sincerity, indeed as from God and in
the presence of God, we speak in Christ. [2COR 2:17]
But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived
Eve by his cunning, your thoughts may be corrupted from a sincere
(and pure) commitment to Christ. For if someone comes and preaches
another Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a
different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel
from the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough. [2COR
11:3-4]
I repeat the request I made of you when I was on
my way to Macedonia, that you stay in Ephesus to instruct certain
people not to teach false doctrines or to concern themselves with
myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather
than the plan of God that is to be received by faith. The aim of
this instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and
a sincere faith. Some people have deviated from these and turned
to meaningless talk, wanting to be teachers of the law, but
without understanding either what they are saying or what they
assert with such assurance. [1TM 1:3-7]
I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a
clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly
in my prayers, night and day. I yearn to see you again, recalling
your tears, so that I may be filled with joy, as I recall your
sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in
your mother Eunice and that I am confident lives also in you. [2TM
1:3-5]
Therefore, brothers, since through the blood of
Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary by the new
and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his
flesh, and since we have "a great priest over the house of
God," let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute
trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and
our bodies washed in pure water. Let us hold unwaveringly to our
confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is
trustworthy. We must consider how to rouse one another to love and
good works. We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the
custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more
as you see the day drawing near. If we sin deliberately after
receiving knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains
sacrifice for sins but a fearful prospect of judgment and a
flaming fire that is going to consume the adversaries. Anyone who
rejects the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the
testimony of two or three witnesses. Do you not think that a much
worse punishment is due the one who has contempt for the Son of
God, considers unclean the covenant-blood by which he was
consecrated, and insults the spirit of grace? We know the one who
said: "Vengeance is mine; I will repay," and again:
"The Lord will judge his people." It is a fearful thing
to fall into the hands of the living God. [HEB 10:19-31]
Since you have purified yourselves by obedience
to the truth for sincere mutual love, love one another intensely
from a (pure) heart. [1PT 1:22]
This is now, beloved, the second letter I am
writing to you; through them by way of reminder I am trying to
stir up your sincere disposition, to recall the words previously
spoken by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and
savior through your apostles. Know this first of all, that in the
last days scoffers will come (to) scoff, living according to their
own desires and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming?
From the time when our ancestors fell asleep, everything has
remained as it was from the beginning of creation." They
deliberately ignore the fact that the heavens existed of old and
earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of
God; through these the world that then existed was destroyed,
deluged with water. The present heavens and earth have been
reserved by the same word for fire, kept for the day of judgment
and of destruction of the godless. But do not ignore this one
fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years
and a thousand years like one day. The Lord does not delay his
promise, as some regard "delay," but he is patient with
you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come
to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and
then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the
elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything
done on it will be found out. [2PT 3:1-10]
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