Jeremiah 11:7
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7 For I earnestly exhorted your fathers in the day I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, until this day, (A)rising early and exhorting, saying, “Obey My voice.”
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2 Chronicles 36:15
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The Fall of Jerusalem(A)
15 (B)And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.
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Ephesians 4:17
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The New Man
17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should (A)no longer walk as [a]the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
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- Ephesians 4:17 NU omits the rest of
1 Samuel 8:9
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9 Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and (A)show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.”
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Exodus 23:21-22
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21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; (A)do not provoke Him, for He will (B)not pardon your transgressions; for (C)My name is in Him. 22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then (D)I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
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Exodus 15:26
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26 and said, (A)“If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the (B)diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord (C)who heals you.”
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2 Thessalonians 3:12
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12 Now those who are such we command and [a]exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ (A)that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.
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- 2 Thessalonians 3:12 encourage
Jeremiah 35:15
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15 I have also sent to you all My (A)servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, (B)‘Turn now everyone from his evil way, amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them; then you will (C)dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed Me.
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Jeremiah 25:4
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4 And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets, (A)rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear.
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Jeremiah 11:4
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4 which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, (A)from the iron furnace, saying, (B)‘Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,’
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Jeremiah 7:23-25
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23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, (A)‘Obey My voice, and (B)I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’ 24 (C)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but (D)followed[a] the counsels and the [b]dictates of their evil hearts, and (E)went[c] backward and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even (F)sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
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- Jeremiah 7:24 walked in
- Jeremiah 7:24 stubbornness or imagination
- Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. they were
Jeremiah 7:13
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13 And now, because you have done all these works,” says the Lord, “and I spoke to you, (A)rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I (B)called you, but you did not answer,
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Deuteronomy 30:20
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20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your (A)life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”
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Deuteronomy 28:1-14
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Blessings on Obedience(A)
28 “Now it shall come to pass, (B)if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God (C)will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and (D)overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
3 (E)“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be (F)in the country.
4 “Blessed shall be (G)the [a]fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 (H)“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
7 “The Lord (I)will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
8 “The Lord will (J)command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you (K)set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
9 (L)“The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are (M)called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be (N)afraid of you. 11 And (O)the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord [b]swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good [c]treasure, the heavens, (P)to give the rain to your land in its season, and (Q)to bless all the work of your hand. (R)You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make (S)you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you [d]heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 (T)So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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- Deuteronomy 28:4 offspring
- Deuteronomy 28:11 promised
- Deuteronomy 28:12 storehouse
- Deuteronomy 28:13 listen to
Deuteronomy 12:32
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32 “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; (A)you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
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Deuteronomy 11:26-28
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26 (A)“Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 (B)the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; 28 and the (C)curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
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Deuteronomy 10:12-13
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The Essence of the Law
12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to (B)love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today (C)for your [a]good?
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- Deuteronomy 10:13 benefit or welfare
Deuteronomy 8:6
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6 “Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, (A)to walk in His ways and to fear Him.
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Deuteronomy 6:2
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2 (A)that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, (B)and that your days may be prolonged.
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Deuteronomy 5:29
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29 (A)Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and (B)always keep all My commandments, (C)that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
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Deuteronomy 4:6
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6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is (A)your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
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