47 For it is no empty word for you, (A)but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

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47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.(A) By them you will live long(B) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

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22 For they are (A)life to those who find them,
    and healing to all their[a] flesh.

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  1. Proverbs 4:22 Hebrew his

22 for they are life to those who find them
    and health to one’s whole body.(A)

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Christ's Glory and the Prophetic Word

16 For we did not follow (A)cleverly devised (B)myths when we made known to you (C)the power and (D)coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but (E)we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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16 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power,(A) but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.(B)

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(A)You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; (B)if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

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Keep my decrees and laws,(A) for the person who obeys them will live by them.(B) I am the Lord.

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10 For

(A)“Whoever desires to love life
    and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
    and his lips from speaking deceit;
11 let him turn away from evil and do good;
    let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
    and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

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10 For,

“Whoever would love life
    and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
    and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;
    they must seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
    and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”[a](A)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:12 Psalm 34:12-16

Confirm Your Calling and Election

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him (A)who called us to[a] his own glory and excellence,[b]

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  1. 2 Peter 1:3 Or by
  2. 2 Peter 1:3 Or virtue

Confirming One’s Calling and Election

His divine power(A) has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him(B) who called us(C) by his own glory and goodness.

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22 and they will be (A)life for your soul
    and (B)adornment for your neck.

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22 they will be life for you,(A)
    an ornament to grace your neck.(B)

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18 She is (A)a tree of life to those who (B)lay hold of her;
    those who hold her fast are called blessed.

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18 She is a tree of life(A) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.(B)

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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

(A)My son, do not forget my teaching,
    (B)but let your heart keep my commandments,
for (C)length of days and years of life
    and (D)peace they will add to you.

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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,
for they will prolong your life many years(C)
    and bring you peace and prosperity.(D)

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The Message of Salvation to All

For (A)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that (B)the person who does the commandments shall live by them. But (C)the righteousness based on faith says, (D)“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)

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Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a](A) But the righteousness that is by faith(B) says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”[b](C) (that is, to bring Christ down)

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  1. Romans 10:5 Lev. 18:5
  2. Romans 10:6 Deut. 30:12

33 But (A)seek first (B)the kingdom of God and his righteousness, (C)and all these things will be added to you.

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33 But seek first his kingdom(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(B)

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19 (A)I did not speak in secret,
    in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
    (B)‘Seek me in vain.’[a]
I the Lord speak (C)the truth;
    I declare what is right.

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  1. Isaiah 45:19 Hebrew in emptiness

19 I have not spoken in secret,(A)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(B)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(C)
    ‘Seek(D) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(E)

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19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, (A)blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice (B)and holding fast to him, for (C)he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in (D)the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

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19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you(A) that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.(B) Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love(C) the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life,(D) and he will give(E) you many years in the land(F) he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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