1 John 5:3
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3 (A)For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And (B)His commandments are not burdensome.
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John 14:15
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Jesus Promises Another Helper
15 (A)“If you love Me, [a]keep My commandments.
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- John 14:15 NU you will keep
John 15:10
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10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
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1 John 2:3
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The Test of Knowing Him
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
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John 14:21-24
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21 (A)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and [a]manifest Myself to him.”
22 (B)Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, (C)and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and (D)the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
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- John 14:21 reveal
2 John 6
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6 (A)This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that (B)as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.
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Deuteronomy 7:9
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9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, (A)the faithful God (B)who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has (A)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (B)to do justly,
To love [a]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness
Romans 7:22
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22 For I (A)delight in the law of God according to (B)the inward man.
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John 15:14
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14 (A)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
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Hebrews 8:10
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10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the (A)Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and (B)I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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Matthew 11:28-30
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28 Come to (A)Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you (B)and learn from Me, for I am [a]gentle and (C)lowly in heart, (D)and you will find rest for your souls. 30 (E)For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
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- Matthew 11:29 meek
Daniel 9:4
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4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O (A)Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
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Deuteronomy 10:12-13
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The Essence of the Law
12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to (B)love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today (C)for your [a]good?
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- Deuteronomy 10:13 benefit or welfare
Romans 7:12
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12 Therefore (A)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
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Matthew 12:46-50
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Jesus’ Mother and Brothers Send for Him(A)
46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, (B)behold, His mother and (C)brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 Then one said to Him, “Look, (D)Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.”
48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My (E)brothers! 50 For (F)whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
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Psalm 119:47-48
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47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments,
Which I love.
48 My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments,
Which I love,
And I will meditate on Your statutes.
Psalm 19:7-11
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect, [a]converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making (B)wise the simple;
8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than (C)gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the [b]honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.
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- Psalm 19:7 restoring
- Psalm 19:10 honey in the combs
Proverbs 3:17
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17 (A)Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
Psalm 119:103-104
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103 (A)How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.
Psalm 119:140
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- Psalm 119:140 Lit. refined or tried
Psalm 119:45
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- Psalm 119:45 Lit. in a wide place
Deuteronomy 5:10
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- Deuteronomy 5:10 observe
Exodus 20:6
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6 but (A)showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Psalm 119:127-128
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127 (A)Therefore I love Your commandments
More than gold, yes, than fine gold!
128 Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things
I consider to be right;
I hate every false way.
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