Hosea 8:12
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12 I have written for him (A)the great things of My law,
But they were considered a strange thing.
Deuteronomy 4:6-8
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6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is (A)your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
7 “For (B)what great nation is there that has (C)God[a] so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? 8 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?
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- Deuteronomy 4:7 Or a god
Romans 7:12
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12 Therefore (A)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
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Romans 3:1
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God’s Judgment Defended
3 What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?
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Hosea 4:6
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6 (A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being priest for Me;
(B)Because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
Ezekiel 20:11
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11 (A)And I gave them My statutes and [a]showed them My judgments, (B)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.’
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- Ezekiel 20:11 Lit. made known to
Jeremiah 6:16-17
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16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the (A)old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find (B)rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 Also, I set (C)watchmen over you, saying,
(D)‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
Isaiah 30:9
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9 That (A)this is a rebellious people,
Lying children,
Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
Proverbs 22:20
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20 Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
Psalm 147:19-20
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19 (A)He declares His word to Jacob,
(B)His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
20 (C)He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have not known them.
[a]Praise the Lord!
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- Psalm 147:20 Heb. Hallelujah
Psalm 119:18
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18 Open my eyes, that I may see
Wondrous things from Your law.
Psalm 50:17
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17 (A)Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
Nehemiah 9:26
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26 “Nevertheless they (A)were disobedient
And rebelled against You,
(B)Cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your (C)prophets, who [a]testified against them
To turn them to Yourself;
And they worked great provocations.
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- Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them
Nehemiah 9:13-14
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13 “You(A) came down also on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven,
And gave them (B)just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
14 You made known to them Your (C)holy Sabbath,
And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws,
By the hand of Moses Your servant.
2 Kings 17:15-16
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15 And they (A)rejected His statutes (B)and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed (C)idols, (D)became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should (E)not do like them. 16 So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, (F)made for themselves a molded image and two calves, (G)made a wooden image and worshiped all the (H)host of heaven, (I)and served Baal.
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