James 1:14-15

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¹⁴but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own^(A) evil desire and enticed. ¹⁵Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;^(B) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.^(C)

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Matthew 5:22

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²²But I tell you that anyone who is angry^(A) with a brother or sister^[a]^[b] will be subject to judgment.^(B) Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’^[c] is answerable to the court.^(C) And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.^(D)

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Footnotes

Matthew 5:22 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verse 23.
Matthew 5:22 Some manuscripts brother or sister without cause
Matthew 5:22 An Aramaic term of contempt

Matthew 5:22 in all English translations

Micah 2:1

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Human Plans and God’s Plans

2 Woe to those who plan iniquity,
to those who plot evil^(A) on their beds!^(B)
At morning’s light they carry it out
because it is in their power to do it.