1 Chronicles 29:20
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20 Then David said to all the assembly, (A)“Bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, (B)and bowed their heads and paid homage to the Lord and to the king.
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Exodus 4:31
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31 And the people (A)believed; and when they heard that the Lord had (B)visited the people of Israel and that he had (C)seen their affliction, (D)they bowed their heads and worshiped.
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1 Peter 2:17
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17 (A)Honor everyone. (B)Love the brotherhood. (C)Fear God. Honor the emperor.
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Proverbs 24:21
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21 My son, (A)fear the Lord and the king,
and do not join with those who do otherwise,
Psalm 148:13-14
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Psalm 145
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Great Is the Lord
[a] A Song of Praise. Of David.
145 (A)I will extol you, my God and (B)King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless you
(C)and praise your name forever and ever.
3 (D)Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and his (E)greatness is unsearchable.
4 (F)One generation shall commend your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.
5 On (G)the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6 They shall speak of (H)the might of your awesome deeds,
and I will declare your greatness.
7 They shall pour forth the fame of your (I)abundant goodness
and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
8 The Lord is (J)gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 The Lord is (K)good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made.
10 (L)All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
and all your (M)saints shall bless you!
11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
and tell of your power,
12 to (N)make known to the children of man your[b] (O)mighty deeds,
and (P)the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13 (Q)Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
[The Lord is faithful in all his words
and kind in all his works.][c]
14 The Lord (R)upholds all who are falling
and (S)raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all (T)look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.
16 You (U)open your hand;
you (V)satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The Lord is (W)righteous in all his ways
and (X)kind in all his works.
18 The Lord is (Y)near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him (Z)in truth.
19 He (AA)fulfills the desire of those who fear him;
he also (AB)hears their cry and saves them.
20 The Lord (AC)preserves all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.
21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and (AD)let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
- Psalm 145:12 Hebrew his; also next line
- Psalm 145:13 These two lines are supplied by one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac (compare Dead Sea Scroll)
Psalm 135:19-21
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19 (A)O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
20 O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
21 Blessed be the Lord (B)from Zion,
he who (C)dwells in Jerusalem!
(D)Praise the Lord!
Psalm 134:2
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Psalm 95:6
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2 Chronicles 20:21
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21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him (A)in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say,
(B)“Give thanks to the Lord,
for his steadfast love endures forever.”
1 Chronicles 16:36
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36 (A)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!”
(B)Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord.
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1 Samuel 12:18
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18 So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, (A)and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
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Genesis 24:48
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48 (A)Then I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, (B)the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way[a] to take (C)the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son.
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- Genesis 24:48 Or faithfully
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