PROBATION

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• Genesis 2:15

  Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

• Genesis 2:16

  Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

• Genesis 2:17

  but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

• Genesis 3:3

  but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’”

• Genesis 15:16

  In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”

• 1 Kings 3:14

  If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”

• 1 Kings 9:4

  As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;

• 1 Kings 9:5

  then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail from you a man on the throne of Israel.’

• 1 Kings 9:6

  But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them;

• 1 Kings 9:7

  then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and I will cast this house, which I have made holy for my name, out of my sight; and Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

• 1 Kings 9:8

  Though this house is so high, yet everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss; and they will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land, and to this house?’

• 1 Kings 9:9

  and they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned Yahweh their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold of other gods, and worshiped them, and served them. Therefore Yahweh has brought all this evil on them.’”

• 1 Kings 11:9

  Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

• 1 Kings 11:10

  and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he didn’t keep that which Yahweh commanded.

• 1 Kings 11:11

  Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, “Because this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

• 1 Kings 11:12

  Nevertheless, I will not do it in your days, for David your father’s sake; but I will tear it out of your son’s hand.

• Matthew 12:32

  Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

• Matthew 25:10

  While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

• Matthew 25:11

  Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’

• Matthew 25:12

  But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

• Matthew 25:13

  Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

• Matthew 25:14

  “For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

• Matthew 25:15

  To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

• Matthew 25:16

  Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

• Matthew 25:17

  In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.

• Matthew 25:18

  But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

• Matthew 25:19

  “Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

• Matthew 25:20

  He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’

• Matthew 25:21

  “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

• Matthew 25:22

  “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’

• Matthew 25:23

  “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

• Matthew 25:24

  “He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

• Matthew 25:25

  I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’

• Matthew 25:26

  “But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

• Matthew 25:27

  You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

• Matthew 25:28

  Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

• Matthew 25:29

  For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away.

• Matthew 25:30

  Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

• Matthew 26:24

  The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”

• Luke 13:6

  He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

• Luke 13:7

  He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’

• Luke 13:8

  He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.

• Luke 13:9

  If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”

• Luke 16:1

  He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

• Luke 16:2

  He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

• Luke 16:3

  “The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

• Luke 16:4

  I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

• Luke 16:5

  Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’

• Luke 16:6

  He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

• Luke 16:7

  Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

• Luke 16:8

  “His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

• Luke 16:9

  I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

• Luke 16:10

  He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

• Luke 16:11

  If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

• Luke 16:12

  If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

• Luke 19:12

  He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

• Luke 19:13

  He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’

• Luke 19:14

  But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

• Luke 19:15

  “When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

• Luke 19:16

  The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’

• Luke 19:17

  “He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

• Luke 19:18

  “The second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.’

• Luke 19:19

  “So he said to him, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

• Luke 19:20

  Another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

• Luke 19:21

  for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’

• Luke 19:22

  “He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.

• Luke 19:23

  Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’

• Luke 19:24

  He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.’

• Luke 19:25

  “They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’

• Luke 19:26

  ‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

• Luke 19:27

  But bring those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.’”

• Romans 5:4

  and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: