1 John 5:3
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3 For (A)this is the love of God, that we (B)keep his commandments. And (C)his commandments are not burdensome.
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John 14:15
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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 (A)“If you love me, you will (B)keep my commandments.
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1 John 2:3
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3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we (A)keep his commandments.
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2 John 6
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6 And (A)this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just (B)as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
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John 15:10
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10 (A)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as (B)I have kept (C)my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
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John 14:21-24
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21 (A)Whoever has my commandments and (B)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And (C)he who loves me (D)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and (E)manifest myself to him.” 22 (F)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it (G)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, (H)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and (I)we will come to him and (J)make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And (K)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
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Deuteronomy 7:9
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9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, (A)the faithful God (B)who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
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Romans 7:22
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22 For (A)I delight in the law of God, (B)in my inner being,
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and (A)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[a]
and to (B)walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or steadfast love
Hebrews 8:10
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10 (A)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
and (B)write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
Matthew 11:28-30
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Romans 7:12
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12 So (A)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
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John 15:14
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14 You are (A)my friends (B)if you do what I command you.
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Daniel 9:4
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4 I prayed to the Lord my God and (A)made confession, saying, (B)“O Lord, the (C)great and awesome God, who (D)keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
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Deuteronomy 10:12-13
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Circumcise Your Heart
12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but (B)to fear the Lord your God, (C)to walk in all his ways, (D)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and (E)to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today (F)for your good?
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Matthew 12:46-50
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Jesus' Mother and Brothers
46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, (A)his mother and his (B)brothers[a] stood outside, asking to speak to him.[b] 48 But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For (C)whoever (D)does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
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- Matthew 12:46 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 48, 49
- Matthew 12:46 Some manuscripts insert verse 47: Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you”
Proverbs 3:17
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17 Her (A)ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
Psalm 119:47-48
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47 for I (A)find my delight in your commandments,
which I love.
48 I will (B)lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love,
and I will (C)meditate on your statutes.
Psalm 119:45
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Psalm 19:7-11
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect,[a]
(B)reviving the soul;
(C)the testimony of the Lord is (D)sure,
(E)making wise (F)the simple;
8 (G)the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is (H)pure,
(I)enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules[b] of the Lord are (J)true,
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than (K)gold,
even much (L)fine gold;
(M)sweeter also than honey
and drippings of (N)the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
(O)in keeping them there is great reward.
Footnotes
- Psalm 19:7 Or blameless
- Psalm 19:9 Or just decrees
Deuteronomy 5:10
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10 but showing steadfast love to (A)thousands[a] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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- Deuteronomy 5:10 Or to the thousandth generation
Exodus 20:6
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6 but showing steadfast love to thousands[a] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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- Exodus 20:6 Or to the thousandth generation
Psalm 119:140
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Psalm 119:127-128
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127 Therefore I (A)love your commandments
above gold, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right;
I hate every (B)false way.
Psalm 119:103-104
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103 How (A)sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore (B)I hate every false way.
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