Ecclesiastes 8:12
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12 (A)Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that (B)it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.
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Psalm 37:11
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11 (A)But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
2 Peter 2:9
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9 then (A)the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,
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Ecclesiastes 7:15
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15 I have seen everything in my days of vanity:
(A)There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness,
And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
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14 I know that whatever God does,
It shall be forever.
(A)Nothing can be added to it,
And nothing taken from it.
God does it, that men should fear before Him.
Psalm 37:18-19
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18 The Lord knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Romans 9:22
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22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering (A)the vessels of wrath (B)prepared for destruction,
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Luke 1:50
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50 And (A)His mercy is on those who fear Him
From generation to generation.
Isaiah 3:10-11
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10 “Say to the righteous (A)that it shall be well with them,
(B)For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11 Woe to the wicked! (C)It shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be [a]given him.
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- Isaiah 3:11 done to him
Proverbs 1:32-33
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32 For the [a]turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell (A)safely,
And (B)will be [b]secure, without fear of evil.”
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- Proverbs 1:32 waywardness
- Proverbs 1:33 at ease
Romans 2:5
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5 But in accordance with your hardness and your [a]impenitent heart (A)you are [b]treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
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- Romans 2:5 unrepentant
- Romans 2:5 storing
Matthew 25:34
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34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, (A)inherit the kingdom (B)prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
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Isaiah 65:20-24
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20 “No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
(A)But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 (B)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and (C)another eat;
For (D)as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And (E)My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain,
(F)Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For (G)they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.
24 “It shall come to pass
That (H)before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will (I)hear.
Matthew 25:41-46
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41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, (A)‘Depart from Me, you cursed, (B)into the everlasting fire prepared for (C)the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
44 “Then they also will answer [a]Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (D)inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And (E)these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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- Matthew 25:44 NU, M omit Him
Isaiah 65:13-14
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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, My servants shall eat,
But you shall be hungry;
Behold, My servants shall drink,
But you shall be thirsty;
Behold, My servants shall rejoice,
But you shall be ashamed;
14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And (A)wail for [a]grief of spirit.
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- Isaiah 65:14 Or a broken spirit
Ecclesiastes 7:18
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18 It is good that you grasp this,
And also not remove your hand from the other;
For he who (A)fears God will [a]escape them all.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:18 Lit. come forth from all of them
Ecclesiastes 5:16
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16 And this also is a severe evil—
Just exactly as he came, so shall he go.
And (A)what profit has he (B)who has labored for the wind?
Proverbs 13:21
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21 (A)Evil pursues sinners,
But to the righteous, good shall be repaid.
Psalm 115:13
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13 (A)He will bless those who fear the Lord,
Both small and great.
Psalm 112:1
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The Blessed State of the Righteous
112 Praise[a] the Lord!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who (A)delights greatly in His commandments.
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- Psalm 112:1 Heb. Hallelujah
Psalm 96:9
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9 Oh, worship the Lord (A)in the beauty of holiness!
Tremble before Him, all the earth.
1 Chronicles 16:30
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30 Tremble before Him, all the earth.
The world also is firmly established,
It shall not be moved.
1 Kings 22:34-35
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34 Now a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”
35 The battle increased that day; and the king was propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrians, and died at evening. The blood ran out from the wound onto the floor of the chariot.
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1 Kings 21:25
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25 But (A)there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do wickedness in the sight of the Lord, (B)because Jezebel his wife [a]stirred him up.
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- 1 Kings 21:25 incited him
1 Kings 2:5-9
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5 “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah (A)did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to (B)Abner the son of Ner and (C)Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet. 6 Therefore do (D)according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.
7 “But show kindness to the sons of (E)Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who (F)eat at your table, for so (G)they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
8 “And see, you have with you (H)Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a malicious curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But (I)he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and (J)I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ 9 Now therefore, (K)do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but (L)bring his gray hair down to the grave with blood.”
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