Proverbs 11:21
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21 Evil people will surely be punished,
but the children of the godly will go free.
Proverbs 16:5
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5 The Lord detests the proud;
they will surely be punished.
Jeremiah 32:39
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39 And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.
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Psalm 112:1-2
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Psalm 112[a]
1 Praise the Lord!
How joyful are those who fear the Lord
and delight in obeying his commands.
2 Their children will be successful everywhere;
an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.
Footnotes
- 112 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; after the introductory note of praise, each line begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Acts 2:39
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39 This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away[a]—all who have been called by the Lord our God.”
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- 2:39 Or and to people far in the future, or and to the Gentiles.
Proverbs 13:22
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22 Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.
Isaiah 27:4
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4 My anger will be gone.
If I find briers and thorns growing,
I will attack them;
I will burn them up—
Psalm 37:26
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26 The godly always give generous loans to others,
and their children are a blessing.
Exodus 23:2
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2 “You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice.
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Genesis 17:7-8
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7 “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants[a] after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”
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