Judges 9:48

48And Abimelech went up to Mount aZalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Abimelech took an axe in his hand and cut down a bundle of brushwood and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do as I have done.”

Matthew 16:24

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

24Then Jesus told his disciples, If anyone would come after me, let him bdeny himself and ctake up his cross and follow me.

1 Corinthians 11:1

1 dBe imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Hebrews 13:7

7Remember eyour leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and fimitate their faith.

1 Peter 5:3

3not gdomineering over those in your charge, but hbeing examples to the flock.
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