Colossians 3:23
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23 (A)And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,
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Colossians 3:17
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17 And (A)whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
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Ephesians 6:6-7
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6 (A)not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,
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Romans 14:8
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8 For if we (A)live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
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2 Chronicles 31:21
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21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he (A)prospered.
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Ecclesiastes 9:10
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10 (A)Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your (B)might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
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1 Peter 2:15
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15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—
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1 Peter 2:13
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Submission to Government(A)
13 (B)Therefore submit yourselves to every [a]ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,
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- 1 Peter 2:13 institution
Psalm 119:10
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10 With my whole heart I have (A)sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
1 Peter 1:22
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The Enduring Word
22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
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- 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical
Romans 14:6
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6 He who (A)observes the day, observes it to the Lord; [a]and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for (B)he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
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- Romans 14:6 NU omits the rest of this sentence.
Psalm 119:34
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34 (A)Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Jeremiah 3:10
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10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me (A)with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.
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Psalm 119:145
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ק QOPH
145 I cry out with my whole heart;
Hear me, O Lord!
I will keep Your statutes.
Zechariah 7:5-7
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5 “Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you (A)fasted and mourned in the fifth (B)and seventh months (C)during those seventy years, did you really fast (D)for Me—for Me? 6 (E)When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves? 7 Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the (F)former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and (G)the [a]South and the Lowland were inhabited?’ ”
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- Zechariah 7:7 Heb. Negev
Matthew 6:16
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Fasting to Be Seen Only by God
16 “Moreover, (A)when you fast, do not be like the [a]hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
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- Matthew 6:16 pretenders
Ephesians 5:22
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Marriage—Christ and the Church(A)
22 Wives, (B)submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
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Psalm 103:1
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Praise for the Lord’s Mercies
A Psalm of David.
103 Bless (A)the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Psalm 47:6-7
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6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 (A)For God is the King of all the earth;
(B)Sing praises with understanding.
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