John 13:17
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17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
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Luke 11:28
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28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”(A)
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James 4:17
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17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it commits sin.(A)
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James 1:25
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25 But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.(A)
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Matthew 7:24-25
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Hearers and Doers
24 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.(A) 25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock.
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Revelation 22:14
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14 Blessed are those who wash their robes,[a] so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.
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- 22.14 Other ancient authorities read do his commandments
Ezekiel 36:27
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27 I will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.(A)
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Luke 12:47-48
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47 That slave who knew what his master wanted but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.(A) 48 But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required, and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.(B)
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Psalm 19:11
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11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.(A)
James 2:20-24
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20 Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is worthless?[a] 21 Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?(A) 22 You see that faith was active along with his works, and by works faith was brought to completion.(B) 23 Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,”[b] and he was called the friend of God.(C) 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
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Hebrews 11:7-8
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7 By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in accordance with faith.(A)
The Faith of Abraham
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he set out, not knowing where he was going.(B)
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Galatians 5:6
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6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working[a] through love.(A)
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Psalm 119:1-5
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Psalm 119
The Glories of God’s Law
1 Happy are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord.(A)
2 Happy are those who keep his decrees,
who seek him with their whole heart,
3 who also do no wrong
but walk in his ways.(B)
4 You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.
5 O that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!
Exodus 40:16
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16 Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded him.
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Genesis 6:22
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22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.(A)
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John 15:14
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14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.(A)
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Matthew 12:50
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50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”(A)
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.(A) 15 And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for the one who for their sake died and was raised.
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Matthew 22:38-41
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38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’(A) 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”(B)
The Question about David’s Son
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question:
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