Amos 5:15
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15 Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.(A)
Romans 12:9
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Marks of the True Christian
9 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good;
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Joel 2:14
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14 Who knows whether he will not turn and relent
and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?(A)
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11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.(A)
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Micah 5:7-8
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The Future Role of the Remnant
7 Then the remnant of Jacob,
surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
which do not depend upon people
or wait for any mortal.(A)
8 And among the nations the remnant of Jacob,
surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like a lion among the animals of the forest,
like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
which, when it goes through, treads down
and tears in pieces, with no one to deliver.(B)
Psalm 97:10
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10 You who love the Lord, hate evil;
he guards the lives of his faithful;
he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.(A)
Romans 8:7
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7 For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed, it cannot,(A)
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Micah 5:3
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3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time
when she who is in labor has brought forth;
then the rest of his kindred shall return
to the people of Israel.(A)
Exodus 32:30
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30 On the next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:21-22
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21 but test everything; hold fast to what is good;(A) 22 abstain from every form of evil.
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1 Kings 20:31
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31 His servants said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”(A)
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Romans 7:22
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22 For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self,(A)
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Romans 7:15-16
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15 I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.(A) 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.
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Micah 2:12
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A Promise for the Remnant of Israel
12 I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob;
I will gather the survivors of Israel;
I will set them together
like sheep in a fold,
like a flock in its pasture;
it will resound with people.(A)
Jonah 3:9
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9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.”(A)
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Amos 6:12
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12 Do horses run on rocky crags?
Does one plow the sea with oxen?[a]
But you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,(A)
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- 6.12 Or Does one plow them with oxen
Amos 5:24
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24 But let justice roll down like water
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.(A)
Amos 5:10
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10 They hate the one who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.(A)
Amos 5:6
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6 Seek the Lord and live,
or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire,
and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.(A)
Jeremiah 31:7
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7 For thus says the Lord:
Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
“Save, O Lord, your people,
the remnant of Israel.”(A)
Jeremiah 7:5-7
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5 For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another,(A) 6 if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,(B) 7 then I will dwell with you[a] in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors forever and ever.
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- 7.7 Or and I will let you dwell
Psalm 119:104
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104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.(A)
Psalm 82:2-4
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2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? Selah(A)
3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.(B)
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(C)
Psalm 37:27
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27 Depart from evil, and do good;
so you shall abide forever.(A)
Psalm 36:4
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4 They plot mischief while on their beds;
they are set on a way that is not good;
they do not reject evil.(A)
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