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Psalms 107:43
Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.
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Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity, but it destroys the wicked.
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John 8:47
Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God. But you don’t listen because you don’t belong to God.”
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Zephaniah 3:5
But the Lord is still there in the city, and he does no wrong. Day by day he hands down justice, and he does not fail. But the wicked know no shame.
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Jeremiah 9:12
Who is wise enough to understand all this? Who has been instructed by the Lord and can explain it to others? Why has the land been so ruined that no one dares to travel through it?
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Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means.
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Proverbs 1:5-6
Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidanceby exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles.
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Psalms 119:75
I know, O Lord, that your regulations are fair; you disciplined me because I needed it.
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Psalms 119:128
Each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way. Pe
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Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
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Psalms 19:7-8
The instructions of the Lord are perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.The commandments of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are clear, giving insight for living.
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Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them, and he said to Mary, the baby’s mother,“ This child is destined to cause many in Israel to fall, and many others to rise. He has been sent as a sign from God, but many will oppose him.
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John 18:37
Pilate said,“ So you are a king?” Jesus responded,“ You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”
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Romans 9:32-33
Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said,“ I am placing a stone in Jerusalem that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. But anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.”
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Ezekiel 18:25
“ Yet you say,‘ The Lord isn’t doing what’s right!’ Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one not doing what’s right, or is it you?
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2 Corinthians 2 15-2 Corinthians 2 16
Our lives are a Christ like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?
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Romans 7:12
But still, the law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good.
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John 15:24
If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father.
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Genesis 18:25
Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
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Psalms 111:7-8
All he does is just and good, and all his commandments are trustworthy.They are forever true, to be obeyed faithfully and with integrity.
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Proverbs 4:18
The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
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Ezekiel 33:17-20
“ Your people are saying,‘ The Lord isn’t doing what’s right,’ but it is they who are not doing what’s right.For again I say, when righteous people turn away from their righteous behavior and turn to evil, they will die.But if wicked people turn from their wickedness and do what is just and right, they will live.O people of Israel, you are saying,‘ The Lord isn’t doing what’s right.’ But I judge each of you according to your deeds.”
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Matthew 13:11-12
He replied,“ You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.
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2 Thessalonians 2 9-2 Thessalonians 2 12
This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth.
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John 9:39
Then Jesus told him,“ I entered this world to render judgment— to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
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Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say,‘ He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.”
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Isaiah 26:7
But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them.
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John 3:19-20
And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.
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Luke 7:23
And he added,“ God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.”
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Luke 4:28-29
When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious.Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,
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Job 17:9
The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.
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Isaiah 8:13-15
Make the Lord of Heaven’s Armies holy in your life. He is the one you should fear. He is the one who should make you tremble.He will keep you safe. But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.Many will stumble and fall, never to rise again. They will be snared and captured.”
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Psalms 84:7
They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 1:28
But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed, and those who desert the Lord will be consumed.
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Job 34:10-12
“ Listen to me, you who have understanding. Everyone knows that God doesn’t sin! The Almighty can do no wrong.He repays people according to their deeds. He treats people as they deserve.Truly, God will not do wrong. The Almighty will not twist justice.
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Job 34:18-19
For he says to kings,‘ You are wicked,’ and to nobles,‘ You are unjust.’He doesn’t care how great a person may be, and he pays no more attention to the rich than to the poor. He made them all.
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1 Peter 2 7-1 Peter 2 8
Yes, you who trust him recognize the honor God has given him. But for those who reject him,“ The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.”And,“ He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.
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Psalms 84:5
What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.