{"query": "The Servant Who Buried the Talent", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_15a8336a6fb0", "title": "The Servant Who Buried the Talent", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Receives one talent; afraid of the master, hides it in the ground; returns exactly what was given; called wicked and slothful; the talent given to the one who already had ten.\n\nFailure mode: Fear-driv"}, {"id": "card_n_04502b1ebf95", "title": "A parable — Fear failure", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A servant was given one talent and feared losing it, so he buried it in the ground. When the master returned, the talent was safe — exactly as it had been given. The master called him wicked, not for "}, {"id": "card_n_20a9445137c0", "title": "Revelation 1", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,\n2. who testifie"}, {"id": "card_n_e7b5f362ea38", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_02: Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth.(1) I am Thy servant; O give me understan...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth.(1) I am Thy servant; O give me understanding that I may know Thy testimonies. Incline my heart unto the words of Thy mouth.(2) Let thy speech distil as the dew. Th"}, {"id": "card_n_9d11f44229d4", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_09_001: O Lord, I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thy handmaid: Thou...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord, I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thy handmaid: Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of praise. Let my heart and my tongue praise Thee; yea,"}, {"id": "card_n_6142314edb98", "title": "Psalm 15 — Psalm 15", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; He who doesn't slander wi"}, {"id": "card_n_4a1031501116", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_032: Far be it, Lord, far be it from the heart of Thy servant who here confesseth ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Far be it, Lord, far be it from the heart of Thy servant who here confesseth unto Thee, far be it, that, be the joy what it may, I should therefore think myself happy. For there is a joy which is not "}, {"id": "card_n_3664c8c8b024", "title": "A parable — Unforgiveness debt", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A servant was forgiven ten thousand talents. He went out and found a fellow servant who owed him a hundred pence, and seized him by the throat. The lord called him back. 'Shouldest not thou also have "}, {"id": "card_n_5f947135be65", "title": "Romans 8", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.\n2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus mad"}, {"id": "card_n_25bba71f200c", "title": "Psalm 135 — Psalm 135", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Praise Yah! Praise the name of Yahweh! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh, you who stand in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of our God's house. Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his n"}, {"id": "card_n_1d4a3d2b0206", "title": "Easton: Chedorlaomer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(= Khudur-Lagamar of the inscriptions), king of Elam. Many centuries before the age of Abraham, Canaan and even the Sinaitic peninsula had been conquered by Babylonian kings, and in the time of Abraha"}, {"id": "card_n_ebf734c6d3cc", "title": "The Nicene Creed", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe in one God, the Father almighty,\nmaker of heaven and earth,\nof all things visible and invisible.\n\nAnd in one Lord Jesus Christ,\nthe only-begotten Son of God,\nbegotten of the Father before a"}, {"id": "card_n_545c586d5e16", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_04_20: Elisha ben Abuyah said: He who learns when a child, to what is he compared?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Elisha ben Abuyah said: He who learns when a child, to what is he compared? To ink written upon a new writing sheet. And he who learns when an old man, to what is he compared? To ink written on a rubb"}, {"id": "card_n_7fe7ddd8da4e", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_07: Vain is the life of that man who putteth his trust in men or in any created T...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Vain is the life of that man who putteth his trust in men or in any created Thing. Be not ashamed to be the servant of others for the love of Jesus Christ, and to be reckoned poor in this life. Rest n"}, {"id": "card_n_67a10b6fda93", "title": "Easton: Deacon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Anglicized form of the Greek word diaconos, meaning a “runner,” “messenger,” “servant.” For a long period a feeling of mutual jealousy had existed between the “Hebrews,” or Jews proper, who spoke the "}, {"id": "card_n_1009fc598ef0", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_10: Now will I speak again, O my Lord, and hold not my peace; I will say in the e...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Now will I speak again, O my Lord, and hold not my peace; I will say in the ears of my God, my Lord, and my King, who is exalted above all, _Oh how plentiful is Thy goodness which Thou hast laid up fo"}, {"id": "card_n_2997c05fc529", "title": "Psalm 146 — Psalm 146", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul. While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. H"}, {"id": "card_n_443289481473", "title": "Psalm 89 — Psalm 89", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.>> I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. I indeed declare, \"Love stands "}, {"id": "card_n_38d24eaf3180", "title": "Colossians 1", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,\n2. to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the L"}, {"id": "card_n_474ba09453b7", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_04_xlii: It is but an ordinary coarse one, yet it is a good effectual remedy against t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "It is but an ordinary coarse one, yet it is a good effectual remedy against the fear of death, for a man to consider in his mind the examples of such, who greedily and covetously (as it were) did for "}]}