Jeremiah 35:7
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Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
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But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done exactly as our forefather Jonadab commanded us.
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.