Matthew 19:17
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17 So He said to him, [a]“Why do you call Me good? [b]No one is (A)good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, (B)keep the commandments.”
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- Matthew 19:17 NU Why do you ask Me about what is good?
- Matthew 19:17 NU There is One who is good. But
Leviticus 18:5
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5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
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Galatians 3:11-13
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11 But that no one is [a]justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for (A)“the just shall live by faith.” 12 Yet (B)the law is not of faith, but (C)“the man who does them shall live by them.”
13 (D)Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, (E)“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
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- Galatians 3:11 declared righteous
Luke 10:26-28
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26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?”
27 So he answered and said, (A)“ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and (B)‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and (C)you will live.”
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Romans 10:5
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5 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, (A)“The man who does those things shall live by them.”
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1 Samuel 2:2
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2 “No(A) one is holy like the Lord,
For there is (B)none besides You,
Nor is there any (C)rock like our God.
1 John 4:16
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16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and (A)he who abides in love abides in God, and God (B)in him.
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Ezekiel 20:21
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21 “Notwithstanding, (A)the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, (B)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness.
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Ezekiel 20:11-12
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11 (A)And I gave them My statutes and [a]showed them My judgments, (B)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.’ 12 Moreover I also gave them My (C)Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
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- Ezekiel 20:11 Lit. made known to
Nehemiah 9:29
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29 And [a]testified against them,
That You might bring them back to Your law.
Yet they acted [b]proudly,
And did not heed Your commandments,
But sinned against Your judgments,
(A)‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’
And they shrugged their shoulders,
[c]Stiffened their necks,
And would not hear.
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- Nehemiah 9:29 admonished them
- Nehemiah 9:29 presumptuously
- Nehemiah 9:29 Became stubborn
1 John 4:8-10
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8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 (A)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten (B)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, (C)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son (D)to be the propitiation for our sins.
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James 1:17
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17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, (B)with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
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Psalm 145:7-9
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7 They shall [a]utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.
8 (A)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
9 (B)The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.
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- Psalm 145:7 eagerly utter, lit. bubble forth
Psalm 52:1
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The End of the Wicked and the Peace of the Godly
To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of David (A)when Doeg the Edomite went and (B)told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endures continually.
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- Psalm 52:1 Heb. Maschil
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