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• Gen. 2:18-24 Not good for man to be alone.

• Ps. 1:1 Counsel of the ungodly not sound.

• Mt. 5:20 Be concerned about proper attitudes.

• Be the person who wants to go to heaven more than anything else.

• Marry someone who wants to go to heaven more than anything else.

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• Do Not Murder. Mt. 5:21-22Do Not Murder. Mt. 5:21-22– Attitude. 2 Cor. 10:5; 1 Jno. 3:15

– Soft answer. Prov. 15:1

– Be kind. Eph. 4:31-32

– Guard your anger. Eph. 4:26; Jms. 1:19ff

– Do not be bitter. Col. 3:18-19

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• Do Not Commit Adultery. Mt. 5:27-28Do Not Commit Adultery. Mt. 5:27-28– Attitude. Mt. 5:29-30

– Keep your mind pure. Prov. 23:7; 4:23; Mt. 15:18-20

– Learn to flee. 1 Cor. 6:18; Gen. 39:12; 1 Thess. 5:22

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• Do Not Divorce. Mt. 5:31-32Do Not Divorce. Mt. 5:31-32– Mt. 19:6 Do not put asunder.

– ONE EXCEPTION. “Except for fornication.”• Mt. 18:1-3; Jno. 3:2ff; Lk. 13:3

– Eccl. 5:2-7 Remember your vow.

– Mal. 2:14-16 God hates divorce.

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• Avoid Deception. Mt. 5:33-37Avoid Deception. Mt. 5:33-37– Do not lie. Col. 3:9; Eph. 4:25

– Maintain your integrity. Ps. 15

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• Avoid Retaliation. Mt. 5:38-39Avoid Retaliation. Mt. 5:38-39– Vindictive attitudes must not be

allowed. Rom. 12:17ff

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• Avoid Conditional Love. Mt. 5:43-48Avoid Conditional Love. Mt. 5:43-48– Husbands love your wives. Eph. 5:25

– Wives love your husbands. Tit. 2:3-5

– Characteristics of love. 1 Cor. 13:4-8

– “Let love be without hypocrisy.” Rom. 12:9

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• Avoid Hypocrisy. Mt. 6:1,2,5,16Avoid Hypocrisy. Mt. 6:1,2,5,16– “Let love be without hypocrisy.” Rom. 12:9

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• Avoid Materialism. Mt. 6:19-34Avoid Materialism. Mt. 6:19-34– Misplaced values. Lk. 12:15ff; cf. Col. 3:2– Respectable worldliness. Lk. 14:15ff

• Money can buy cosmetics, but not real beauty.

• Money can buy a house, but not a home.

Price of the soul worth more than all. Price of the soul worth more than all. Mt. 16:26Mt. 16:26

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• Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5“In the multitude of words there wanteth not

transgression; but he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely” Prov. 10:19

“The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver” Prov. 10:20

“Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips” Ps. 141:3

“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles” Prov. 21:23

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• Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5“He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life;

but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction” Prov. 13:3

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in network of silver” Prov. 25:11

“Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him” Prov. 29:20

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• Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5Avoid petty criticism. Mt. 7:1-5Prov 21:9 25:24 “It is better to dwell in the

corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.”

Prov 21:19 “It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.”

Prov 26:21 “(As) coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

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• Apply the golden rule. Mt. 7:12Apply the golden rule. Mt. 7:12

• Treat your companion like you would like them to treat you!!!

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Do not murderDo not commit adultery

Do not divorceAvoid deception

Avoid retaliationAvoid conditional love

Avoid hypocrisy

Avoid materialism

Avoid petty criticism

Practice golden rule