1 Samuel 2:30
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30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: (A)‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ (B)but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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John 12:26
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26 If anyone serves me, he must (A)follow me; and (B)where I am, there will my servant be also. (C)If anyone serves me, (D)the Father will honor him.
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Jeremiah 18:9-10
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9 And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will (A)build and plant it, 10 and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it.
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your (B)barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Malachi 1:6
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The Priests' Polluted Offerings
6 (A)“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am (B)a father, where is my honor? And if I am (C)a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. (D)But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
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2 Chronicles 15:2
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2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: (A)The Lord is with you while you are with him. (B)If you seek him, he will be found by you, (C)but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
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Isaiah 29:13
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13 And the Lord said:
“Because (A)this people (B)draw near with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
Psalm 91:14
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14 “Because he (A)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he (B)knows my name.
Psalm 50:23
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23 The one who (A)offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who (B)orders his way rightly
I will show the (C)salvation of God!”
Exodus 29:9
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9 and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with (A)sashes and bind caps on them. And (B)the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall (C)ordain Aaron and his sons.
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 so that (A)the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes (B)though it is tested by (C)fire—may be found to result in (D)praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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John 5:23
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23 that all may honor the Son, just as they (A)honor the Father. (B)Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
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Psalm 18:20
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20 The Lord dealt with me (A)according to my righteousness;
according to (B)the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
John 13:31-32
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A New Commandment
31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, (A)“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and (B)God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, (C)God will also glorify him in himself, and (D)glorify him at once.
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John 8:49
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49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but (A)I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
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Malachi 2:8-9
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8 But you have turned aside from the way. (A)You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted (B)the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, 9 and so (C)I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but (D)show partiality in your instruction.”
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Daniel 4:34
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Nebuchadnezzar Restored
34 (A)At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and (B)my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored (C)him who lives forever,
(D)for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and (E)his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
2 Samuel 12:9-10
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9 (A)Why have you despised the word of the Lord, (B)to do what is evil in his sight? (C)You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and (D)have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
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Numbers 25:11-13
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11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he (A)was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in (B)my jealousy. 12 Therefore say, (C)‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace, 13 and it shall be to him and to (D)his descendants after him the covenant of (E)a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.’”
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Numbers 11:20
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20 but a whole month, (A)until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before him, saying, (B)“Why did we come out of Egypt?”’”
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1 Corinthians 4:5
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5 Therefore (A)do not pronounce judgment before the time, (B)before the Lord comes, (C)who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. (D)Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
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John 5:44
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44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and (A)do not seek the glory that comes from (B)the only God?
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Numbers 35:34
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34 (A)You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, (B)for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the people of Israel.”
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Judges 9:10
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10 And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and reign over us.’
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