Daily Wisdom: James 1:27

Monday, October 15, 2007

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Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
— James 1:27

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— Psalm 34:8 —
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— Proverbs 29:11 —
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— Proverbs 19:15 —
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— Psalm 84:12 —

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