10 “Say to the righteous (A)that it shall be well with them,
(B)For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

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10 Tell the righteous it will be well(A) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(B)

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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.

(B)When you eat the [a]labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be (C)well with you.

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  1. Psalm 128:2 Fruit of the labor

Psalm 128

A song of ascents.

Blessed are all who fear the Lord,(A)
    who walk in obedience to him.(B)
You will eat the fruit of your labor;(C)
    blessings and prosperity(D) will be yours.

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10 For (A)God is not unjust to forget (B)your work and [a]labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have (C)ministered to the saints, and do minister.

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  1. Hebrews 6:10 NU omits labor of

10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.(A)

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Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for (A)whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap (B)everlasting life.

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Do not be deceived:(A) God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.(B) Whoever sows to please their flesh,(C) from the flesh will reap destruction;(D) whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.(E)

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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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12 Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better(A) with those who fear God,(B) who are reverent before him.(C)

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If he has walked in My statutes
And kept My judgments faithfully—
He is just;
He shall surely (A)live!”
Says the Lord God.

10 “If he begets a son who is a robber
Or (B)a shedder of blood,
Who does any of these things
11 And does none of those duties,
But has eaten [a]on the mountains
Or defiled his neighbor’s wife;
12 If he has oppressed the poor and needy,
Robbed by violence,
Not restored the pledge,
Lifted his eyes to the idols,
Or (C)committed abomination;
13 If he has exacted usury
Or taken increase—
Shall he then live?
He shall not live!
If he has done any of these abominations,
He shall surely die;
(D)His blood shall be upon him.

14 If, however, he begets a son
Who sees all the sins which his father has done,
And considers but does not do likewise;
15 (E)Who has not eaten [b]on the mountains,
Nor lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
Nor defiled his neighbor’s wife;
16 Has not oppressed anyone,
Nor withheld a pledge,
Nor robbed by violence,
But has given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with clothing;
17 Who has withdrawn his hand from [c]the poor
And not received usury or increase,
But has executed My judgments
And walked in My statutes—
He shall not die for the iniquity of his father;
He shall surely live!

18 As for his father,
Because he cruelly oppressed,
Robbed his brother by violence,
And did what is not good among his people,
Behold, (F)he shall die for his iniquity.

Turn and Live

19 “Yet you say, ‘Why (G)should the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live.

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  1. Ezekiel 18:11 At the mountain shrines
  2. Ezekiel 18:15 At the mountain shrines
  3. Ezekiel 18:17 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX iniquity (cf. v. 8)

He follows my decrees(A)
    and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous;(B)
    he will surely live,(C)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

10 “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood(D) or does any of these other things[a] 11 (though the father has done none of them):

“He eats at the mountain shrines.(E)
He defiles his neighbor’s wife.
12 He oppresses the poor(F) and needy.
He commits robbery.
He does not return what he took in pledge.(G)
He looks to the idols.
He does detestable things.(H)
13 He lends at interest and takes a profit.(I)

Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.(J)

14 “But suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things:(K)

15 “He does not eat at the mountain shrines(L)
    or look to the idols(M) of Israel.
He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
16 He does not oppress anyone
    or require a pledge for a loan.
He does not commit robbery
    but gives his food to the hungry(N)
    and provides clothing for the naked.(O)
17 He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor
    and takes no interest or profit from them.
He keeps my laws(P) and follows my decrees.

He will not die for his father’s sin; he will surely live. 18 But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.

19 “Yet you ask, ‘Why does the son not share the guilt of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right and has been careful to keep all my decrees, he will surely live.(Q)

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  1. Ezekiel 18:10 Or things to a brother

Blessings on Obedience(A)

28 “Now it shall come to pass, (B)if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God (C)will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and (D)overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:

(E)“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be (F)in the country.

“Blessed shall be (G)the [a]fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

“Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

(H)“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

“The Lord (I)will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

“The Lord will (J)command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you (K)set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

(L)“The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are (M)called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be (N)afraid of you. 11 And (O)the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord [b]swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good [c]treasure, the heavens, (P)to give the rain to your land in its season, and (Q)to bless all the work of your hand. (R)You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make (S)you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you [d]heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 (T)So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:4 offspring
  2. Deuteronomy 28:11 promised
  3. Deuteronomy 28:12 storehouse
  4. Deuteronomy 28:13 listen to

Blessings for Obedience

28 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow(A) all his commands(B) I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.(C) All these blessings will come on you(D) and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:

You will be blessed(E) in the city and blessed in the country.(F)

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(G)

Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.(H)

The Lord will grant that the enemies(I) who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.(J)

The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless(K) you in the land he is giving you.

The Lord will establish you as his holy people,(L) as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands(M) of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name(N) of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(O) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(P)

12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse(Q) of his bounty,(R) to send rain(S) on your land in season and to bless(T) all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.(U) 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow(V) them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.(W) 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left,(X) following other gods and serving them.

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18 (A)Then you shall again discern
Between the righteous and the wicked,
Between one who serves God
And one who does not serve Him.

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18 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous(A) and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.(B)

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(A)Seek the Lord, (B)all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
(C)It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.

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Seek(A) the Lord, all you humble of the land,
    you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness,(B) seek humility;(C)
    perhaps you will be sheltered(D)
    on the day of the Lord’s anger.

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23 I was also blameless [a]before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 (A)Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

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  1. Psalm 18:23 with

23 I have been blameless(A) before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
24 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,(B)
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

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Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment

20 Come, my people, (A)enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, (B)for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord (C)comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her [a]blood,
And will no more cover her slain.

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  1. Isaiah 26:21 Or bloodshed

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(A) behind you;
hide(B) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(C) has passed by.(D)
21 See, the Lord is coming(E) out of his dwelling(F)
    to punish(G) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(H) shed on it;
    the earth will conceal its slain no longer.

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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, who (B)“will render to each one according to his deeds”: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and (C)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew (D)first and also of the [c]Greek; 10 (E)but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For (F)there is no partiality with God.

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  1. Romans 2:5 unrepentant
  2. Romans 2:5 storing
  3. Romans 2:9 Gentile

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed. God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a](C) To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(D) and immortality,(E) he will give eternal life.(F) But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(G) there will be wrath and anger.(H) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:(I) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;(J) 10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.(K) 11 For God does not show favoritism.(L)

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  1. Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12

11 The Lord said:

“Surely it will be well with your remnant;
Surely I will cause (A)the enemy to intercede with you
In the time of adversity and in the time of affliction.

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11 The Lord said,

“Surely I will deliver you(A) for a good purpose;
    surely I will make your enemies plead(B) with you
    in times of disaster and times of distress.

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