Ezra 8:22
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22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and cavalry to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king that the hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him.(A)
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1 Peter 3:12
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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.”
Psalm 33:18-19
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18 Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,(A)
19 to deliver their soul from death
and to keep them alive in famine.(B)
2 Chronicles 16:9
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9 For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth to strengthen those whose heart is true to him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”(A)
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Psalm 34:15-16
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15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.(A)
16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.(B)
Lamentations 3:25
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25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.(A)
2 Chronicles 15:2
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2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.(A)
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Psalm 34:22
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22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.(A)
Romans 8:28
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28 We know that all things work together[a] for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.(A)
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- 8.28 Other ancient authorities read God makes all things work together or in all things God works
1 Chronicles 28:9
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9 “And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.(A)
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Hebrews 10:38
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38 but my righteous one will live by faith.
My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.”(A)
Ezra 7:6
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6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses that the Lord the God of Israel had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.(A)
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Ezra 7:28
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28 and who extended to me steadfast love before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.(A)
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Isaiah 3:10-11
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10 Tell the innocent how fortunate they are,
for they shall eat the fruit of their labors.(A)
11 Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are,
for what their hands have done shall be done to them.(B)
Joshua 23:16
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16 If you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he enjoined on you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from the good land that he has given to you.”
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Zephaniah 1:2-6
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The Coming Judgment on Judah
2 I will utterly sweep away everything
from the face of the earth, says the Lord.(A)
3 I will sweep away humans and animals;
I will sweep away the birds of the air
and the fish of the sea.
I will make the wicked stumble.[a]
I will cut off humanity
from the face of the earth, says the Lord.(B)
4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah
and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal
and the name of the idolatrous priests,[b](C)
5 those who bow down on the roofs
to the host of the heavens,
those who bow down and swear to the Lord
but also swear by Milcom,[c](D)
6 those who have turned back from following the Lord,
who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.(E)
Psalm 21:8-9
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8 Your hand will find out all your enemies;
your right hand will find out those who hate you.(A)
9 You will make them like a fiery furnace
when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
and fire will consume them.(B)
Ezra 7:9
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9 On the first day of the first month the journey up from Babylon was begun, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.(A)
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2 Corinthians 7:14
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14 For if I have been somewhat boastful about you to him, I was not put to shame, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved true as well.(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:15
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15 But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing this so that they may be applied in my case. Indeed, I would rather die than that—no one will deprive me of my ground for boasting!
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Psalm 90:11
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11 Who considers the power of your anger?
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.(A)
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