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Cain and Abel
Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.”
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Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.
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Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
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And when God had me wander from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
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Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”
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Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
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Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
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Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful.
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Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”
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So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
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Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to make love to her.”
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But when evening came, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob made love to her.
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Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.
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Jacob’s Children
When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.
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Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.”
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She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.
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His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.
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When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
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There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and made love to her;
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And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
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In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.
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but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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“But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’
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And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,
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maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”
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“‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
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The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
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‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’
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In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”
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Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,
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but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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Love the Lord Your God
These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
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If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors.
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He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
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Fear the Lord
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.
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He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.
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And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.
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Love and Obey the Lord
Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.
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So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul—
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If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him—
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you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,
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But if your servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,
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because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to walk always in obedience to him—then you are to set aside three more cities.
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The Right of the Firstborn
If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,
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when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love.
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However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.
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Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,
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The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter
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The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.
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For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
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and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction,
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About Benjamin he said: “Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.”
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But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
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So be very careful to love the Lord your God.
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“So may all your enemies perish, Lord! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years.
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Then Samson’s wife threw herself on him, sobbing, “You hate me! You don’t really love me. You’ve given my people a riddle, but you haven’t told me the answer.” “I haven’t even explained it to my father or mother,” he replied, “so why should I explain it to you?”
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Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.
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Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.”
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Naomi Gains a Son
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
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He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
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But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.
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Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
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Saul’s Growing Fear of David
After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.
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And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
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But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.
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Now Saul’s daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased.
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Then Saul ordered his attendants: “Speak to David privately and say, ‘Look, the king likes you, and his attendants all love you; now become his son-in-law.’”
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When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
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And Jonathan had David reaffirm his oath out of love for him, because he loved him as he loved himself.
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Saul and Jonathan— in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
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I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
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But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
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Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”
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Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him;
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and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.
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Amnon and Tamar
In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.
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He asked Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
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Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!”
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Absalom said to Hushai, “So this is the love you show your friend? If he’s your friend, why didn’t you go with him?”
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You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead.
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Solomon showed his love for the Lord by walking according to the instructions given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
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The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, “Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!” But the other said, “Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”
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and said: “Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
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Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness.”
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Solomon’s Wives
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.
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They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.
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Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub.
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Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his family.
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord, “for his love endures forever.”
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I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor.
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Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king.”
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The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang: “He is good; his love endures forever.” Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud,
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He said: “Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
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Lord God, do not reject your anointed one. Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”
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When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “He is good; his love endures forever.”
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The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the Lord’s musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, “His love endures forever.” Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
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Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”
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Rehoboam loved Maakah daughter of Absalom more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
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Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the wrath of the Lord is on you.
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After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.”
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He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.
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With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
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Then I said: “Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
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They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them,
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“Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty and awesome, who keeps his covenant of love, do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
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Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.
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Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.
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to bring before him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at.
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Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.
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For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
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All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.
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He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love.
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How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?
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But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple.
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But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
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Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
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The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.
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For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.
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But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
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Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
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Psalm 18
For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:
I love you, Lord, my strength.
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He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing love to his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.
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For the king trusts in the Lord; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
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Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
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Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
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Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good.
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for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.
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Lord, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory dwells.
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I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
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Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
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Praise be to the Lord, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege.
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Love the Lord, all his faithful people! The Lord preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.
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Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him.
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The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
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But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
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May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.
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Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,
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Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
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Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
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For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish.
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I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.
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Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
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By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
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It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.
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Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.
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You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.
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He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
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Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
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Psalm 51
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
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You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
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You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue!
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But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.
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He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me— God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.
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For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
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But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
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Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.
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May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.
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and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”
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Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
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Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!
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But I pray to you, Lord, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
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Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
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the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
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Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?
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but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
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Psalm 84
For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty!
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Show us your unfailing love, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
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Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
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You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
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For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.
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But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
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The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
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Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?
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Psalm 89
A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
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I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
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My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted.
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I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.
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but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
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Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
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Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
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“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
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proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
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When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
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Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
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He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
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The King is mighty, he loves justice— you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.
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For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
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Psalm 101
Of David. A psalm.
I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
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who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
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The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
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For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
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But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children—
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Psalm 106
Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
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BOOK V
Psalms 107–150
Psalm 107
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
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Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
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Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
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Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
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For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
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Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.
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He loved to pronounce a curse— may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing— may it be far from him.
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But you, Sovereign Lord, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.
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Help me, Lord my God; save me according to your unfailing love.
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Psalm 115
Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
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Psalm 116
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
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For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord.
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Psalm 118
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.”
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Let the house of Aaron say: “His love endures forever.”
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Let those who fear the Lord say: “His love endures forever.”
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Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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ו Waw
May your unfailing love come to me, Lord, your salvation, according to your promise;
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for I delight in your commands because I love them.
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I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
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The earth is filled with your love, Lord; teach me your decrees.
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May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.
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In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.
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מ Mem
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
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ס Samekh
I hate double-minded people, but I love your law.
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All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes.
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Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.
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Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
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Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
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Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
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Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.
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See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, Lord, in accordance with your love.
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I hate and detest falsehood but I love your law.
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Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
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I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly.
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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure.
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In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves.
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Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
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Psalm 136
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.
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Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.
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Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.
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to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.
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who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.
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who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.
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who made the great lights— His love endures forever.
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the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.
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the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.
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to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His love endures forever.
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and brought Israel out from among them His love endures forever.
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with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever.
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to him who divided the Red Sea asunder His love endures forever.
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and brought Israel through the midst of it, His love endures forever.
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but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; His love endures forever.
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to him who led his people through the wilderness; His love endures forever.
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to him who struck down great kings, His love endures forever.
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and killed mighty kings— His love endures forever.
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Sihon king of the Amorites His love endures forever.
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and Og king of Bashan— His love endures forever.
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and gave their land as an inheritance, His love endures forever.
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an inheritance to his servant Israel. His love endures forever.
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He remembered us in our low estate His love endures forever.
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and freed us from our enemies. His love endures forever.
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He gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.
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Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.
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I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.
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The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.
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Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.
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In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
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The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.
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The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
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the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.
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the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
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“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
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Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
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Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.
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A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
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Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love!
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I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
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bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
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But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.”
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Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
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Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.
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Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
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Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.
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Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.
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The Lord detests the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.
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Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.
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Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord evil is avoided.
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Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
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Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.
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The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
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The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
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What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.
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Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find?
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Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
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Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.
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Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
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Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.
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One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
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Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
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a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
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Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.
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A Common Destiny for All
So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.
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Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun.
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Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.
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She
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.
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Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!
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Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers.
Friends
We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. She
How right they are to adore you!
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Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon.
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Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends?
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Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
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Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
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He
My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
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All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him.
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I will get up now and go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will search for the one my heart loves. So I looked for him but did not find him.
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The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. “Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
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Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.
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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
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Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple, its interior inlaid with love. Daughters of Jerusalem,
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Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate.
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How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume more than any spice!
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He
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Friends
Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.
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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you— if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.
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His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
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He
You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
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How beautiful you are and how pleasing, my love, with your delights!
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Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, if their blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates are in bloom— there I will give you my love.
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Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
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Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
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Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
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Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them.
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The Song of the Vineyard
I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
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Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
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In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it— one from the house of David— one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.
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Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.
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Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.
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“Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.’
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Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
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Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
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And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant—
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Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.
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Behind your doors and your doorposts you have put your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, you climbed into it and opened it wide; you made a pact with those whose beds you love, and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.
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“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.
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In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
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“Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.
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“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: “This is what the Lord says: “‘I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown.
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Do not run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you said, ‘It’s no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
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How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
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“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers— would you now return to me?” declares the Lord.
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“Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished? By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers, sat like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
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What are you doing, you devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why highlight your eyes with makeup? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you; they want to kill you.
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The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
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They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground.
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“I will forsake my house, abandon my inheritance; I will give the one I love into the hands of her enemies.
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This is what the Lord says about this people: “They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the Lord does not accept them; he will now remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.”
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For this is what the Lord says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal; do not go to mourn or show sympathy, because I have withdrawn my blessing, my love and my pity from this people,” declares the Lord.
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The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
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You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps of their children after them. Great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord Almighty,
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the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying, “Give thanks to the Lord Almighty, for the Lord is good; his love endures forever.” For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,’ says the Lord.
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Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
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Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
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Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.
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“‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
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All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
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This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your naked body in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children’s blood,
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therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.
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Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked.
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They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women. I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer pay your lovers.
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“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
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“Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.
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Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.
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There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
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“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stir up your lovers against you, those you turned away from in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side—
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My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
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Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.
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I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: “Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
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Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them.
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Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God, will save them.”
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“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
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I will not show my love to her children, because they are the children of adultery.
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Their mother has been unfaithful and has conceived them in disgrace. She said, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me my food and my water, my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’
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She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my husband as at first, for then I was better off than now.’
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So now I will expose her lewdness before the eyes of her lovers; no one will take her out of my hands.
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I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.
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I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but me she forgot,” declares the Lord.
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I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion.
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I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.’ I will say to those called ‘Not my people,’ ‘You are my people’; and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
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Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife
The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”
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The Charge Against Israel
Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.
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Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
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“What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
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For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
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Punishment for Israel
Do not rejoice, Israel; do not be jubilant like the other nations. For you have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute at every threshing floor.
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“When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.
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“Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
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Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim, Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground.
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Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.
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God’s Love for Israel
“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
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I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.
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But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
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The merchant uses dishonest scales and loves to defraud.
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“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.
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Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
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Burn leavened bread as a thank offering and brag about your freewill offerings— boast about them, you Israelites, for this is what you love to do,” declares the Sovereign Lord.
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Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
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“In that day “the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of thirst.
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“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.
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He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
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you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
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He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
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You will be faithful to Jacob, and show love to Abraham, as you pledged on oath to our ancestors in days long ago.
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The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
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do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this,” declares the Lord.
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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.”
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Israel Doubts God’s Love
“I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,
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Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god.
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And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
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Love for Enemies
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
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Prayer
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
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“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
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“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
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While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
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honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’”
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Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
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And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
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they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
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they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
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Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
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And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
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Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
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Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
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The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
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To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
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Love for Enemies
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
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“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
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But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
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because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”
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Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
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Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
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He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
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“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.
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“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.
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“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
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The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
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“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’
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“Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
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The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.
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For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.
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but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.
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Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me.
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The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again.
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So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
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Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
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Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
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Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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for they loved human praise more than praise from God.
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Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
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One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him.
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“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
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By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
“If you love me, keep my commands.
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Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
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Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.
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Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
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“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
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but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave.
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“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
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If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
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My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
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Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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This is my command: Love each other.
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If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
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No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
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I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
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“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
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I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
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When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,”
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So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
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Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.
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Jesus Reinstates Peter
When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
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Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”
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The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
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Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”)
