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The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people.
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“Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
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I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.
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For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome.
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Breaking Covenant Through Injustice
You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?”
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For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
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Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
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But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
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For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
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By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
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And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
