1 Samuel 2:30
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30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: (A)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: (B)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and (C)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
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John 12:26
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26 If anyone serves Me, let him (A)follow Me; and (B)where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
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Jeremiah 18:9-10
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9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.
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Proverbs 3:9-10
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9 (A)Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 (B)So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
Malachi 1:6
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Polluted Offerings
6 “A son (A)honors his father,
And a servant his master.
(B)If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
(C)Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
Exodus 29:9
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9 And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. (A)The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall (B)consecrate Aaron and his sons.
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Isaiah 29:13
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13 Therefore the Lord said:
(A)“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me (B)with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
John 17:4-5
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Psalm 50:23
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23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And (A)to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”
1 Peter 1:7
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7 that (A)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (B)it is tested by fire, (C)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
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2 Chronicles 15:2
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2 And he went out [a]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; but (C)if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
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- 2 Chronicles 15:2 Lit. before
Numbers 11:20
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20 (A)but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have (B)despised the Lord who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, (C)“Why did we ever come up out of Egypt?” ’ ”
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John 13:31-32
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The New Commandment
31 So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, (A)“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and (B)God is glorified in Him. 32 If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and (C)glorify Him immediately.
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John 8:49
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49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and (A)you dishonor Me.
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John 5:23
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23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. (A)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
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Malachi 2:8-9
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8 But you have departed from the way;
You (A)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(B)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
9 “Therefore (C)I also have made you contemptible and base
Before all the people,
Because you have not kept My ways
But have shown (D)partiality in the law.”
Daniel 4:34
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Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
34 And (A)at the end of the [a]time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him (B)who lives forever:
For His dominion is (C)an everlasting dominion,
And His kingdom is from generation to generation.
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- Daniel 4:34 Lit. days
Psalm 91:14
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14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will [a]set him on high, because he has (A)known My name.
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- Psalm 91:14 exalt him
2 Samuel 12:9-10
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9 (A)Why have you (B)despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight? (C)You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, (D)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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John 5:44
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44 (A)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek (B)the honor that comes from the only God?
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Psalm 18:20
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20 (A)The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
Judges 9:10
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10 “Then the trees said to the fig tree,
‘You come and reign over us!’
Numbers 35:34
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34 Therefore (A)do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for (B)I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.’ ”
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Numbers 25:11-13
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11 (A)“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in (B)My zeal. 12 Therefore say, (C)‘Behold, I give to him My (D)covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be to him and (E)his descendants after him a covenant of (F)an everlasting priesthood, because he was (G)zealous for his God, and (H)made [a]atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”
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- Numbers 25:13 Lit. covering
1 Corinthians 4:5
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5 (A)Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to (B)light the hidden things of darkness and (C)reveal the [a]counsels of the hearts. (D)Then each one’s praise will come from God.
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- 1 Corinthians 4:5 motives
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