Deuteronomy 10:12
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The Essence of the Law
12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to (B)love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has (A)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (B)to do justly,
To love [a]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness
Deuteronomy 6:5
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5 (A)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, (B)with all your soul, and with all your strength.
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Deuteronomy 5:33
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33 You shall walk in (A)all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live (B)and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
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Luke 10:27
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27 So he answered and said, (A)“ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and (B)‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
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Deuteronomy 11:13
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13 ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly [a]obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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- Deuteronomy 11:13 Lit. listen to
Mark 12:29-33
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29 Jesus answered him, “The [a]first of all the commandments is: (A)‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall (B)love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ [b]This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: (C)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than (D)these.”
32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, (E)and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, [c]with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, (F)is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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- Mark 12:29 foremost
- Mark 12:30 NU omits the rest of v. 30.
- Mark 12:33 NU omits with all the soul
Matthew 22:37
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37 Jesus said to him, (A)“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
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1 John 4:19-20
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19 (A)We love [a]Him because He first loved us.
Obedience by Faith
20 (B)If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, [b]how can he love God (C)whom he has not seen?
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- 1 John 4:19 NU omits Him
- 1 John 4:20 NU he cannot
Hebrews 12:28
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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we [a]may (A)serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
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- Hebrews 12:28 M omits may
Titus 2:11-12
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Trained by Saving Grace
11 For (A)the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,
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Zephaniah 3:9
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9 “For then I will restore to the peoples (A)a pure [a]language,
That they all may call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him with one accord.
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- Zephaniah 3:9 Lit. lip
Jeremiah 32:39-40
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39 then I will (A)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And (B)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (C)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.
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Deuteronomy 4:29
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29 (A)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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1 Peter 1:15-17
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15 (A)but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, (B)“Be holy, for I am holy.”
17 And if you call on the Father, who (C)without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your [a]stay here in fear;
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- 1 Peter 1:17 sojourning, dwelling as resident aliens
Ezekiel 11:20
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20 (A)that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; (B)and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
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Psalm 145:20
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20 (A)The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
Psalm 128:1
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Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
128 Blessed (A)is every one who fears the Lord,
Who walks in His ways.
Psalm 81:13
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13 “Oh,(A) that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
Psalm 34:9
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9 Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no [a]want to those who fear Him.
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- Psalm 34:9 lack
Joshua 22:5
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5 But (A)take[a] careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, (B)to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
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- Joshua 22:5 be very careful to do
Deuteronomy 30:20
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20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your (A)life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”
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1 John 5:5
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5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but (A)he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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1 John 2:15
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Do Not Love the World
15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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Romans 8:28
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28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those (A)who are the called according to His purpose.
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