29 (A)Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and (B)always keep all My commandments, (C)that it might be well with them and with their children forever!

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29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me(A) and keep all my commands(B) always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!(C)

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18 (A)Oh, that you had heeded My commandments!
(B)Then your peace would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

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18 If only you had paid attention(A) to my commands,
    your peace(B) would have been like a river,(C)
    your well-being(D) like the waves of the sea.

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31 So (A)they come to you as people do, they (B)sit before you as My people, and they (C)hear your words, but they do not do them; (D)for with their mouth they show much love, but (E)their hearts pursue their own gain. 32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do (F)not do them.

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31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before(A) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy(B) for unjust gain.(C) 32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs(D) with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.(E)

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Love and Obedience Rewarded

11 “Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.

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Love and Obey the Lord

11 Love(A) the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.(B)

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42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this (A)your day, the things that (B)make for your (C)peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

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42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)

37 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets (C)and stones those who are sent to her! How often (D)I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks (E)under her wings, but you were not willing!

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37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(B) and you were not willing.

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40 (A)You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that [a]it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may [b]prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:40 you may prosper
  2. Deuteronomy 4:40 live long

40 Keep(A) his decrees and commands,(B) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well(C) with you and your children after you and that you may live long(D) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

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16 (A)‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, (B)that your days may be long, and that it may be well with (C)you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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16 “Honor your father(A) and your mother,(B) as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long(C) and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

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29 (A)Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their (B)latter end!
30 How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock (C)had sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?

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29 If only they were wise and would understand this(A)
    and discern what their end will be!(B)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,(C)
unless their Rock had sold them,(D)
    unless the Lord had given them up?(E)

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Meditations on the Excellencies of the Word of God

א ALEPH

119 Blessed are the [a]undefiled in the way,
(A)Who walk in the law of the Lord!
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the (B)whole heart!
(C)They also do no iniquity;
They walk in His ways.
You have commanded us
To keep Your precepts diligently.
Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!

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  1. Psalm 119:1 blameless

Psalm 119[a]

א Aleph

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,(A)
    who walk(B) according to the law of the Lord.(C)
Blessed(D) are those who keep his statutes(E)
    and seek him(F) with all their heart—(G)
they do no wrong(H)
    but follow his ways.(I)
You have laid down precepts(J)
    that are to be fully obeyed.(K)
Oh, that my ways were steadfast
    in obeying your decrees!(L)

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  1. Psalm 119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet; moreover, the verses of each stanza begin with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

13 “Oh,(A) that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
14 I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 (B)The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him,
But their [a]fate would endure forever.

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  1. Psalm 81:15 Lit. time

13 “If my people would only listen to me,(A)
    if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 how quickly I would subdue(B) their enemies
    and turn my hand against(C) their foes!
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe(D) before him,
    and their punishment would last forever.

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14 (A)Blessed are those who [a]do His commandments, that they may have the right (B)to the tree of life, (C)and may enter through the gates into the city.

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  1. Revelation 22:14 NU wash their robes,

14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes,(A) that they may have the right to the tree of life(B) and may go through the gates(C) into the city.(D)

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25 But (A)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (B)this one will be blessed in what he does.

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25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,(A) and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.(B)

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