Isaiah 35:8
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Matthew 7:13-14
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The Narrow and Wide Gates
13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Isaiah 42:16
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Hebrews 10:20-23
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20 by a new and living way(A) opened for us through the curtain,(B) that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest(C) over the house of God,(D) 22 let us draw near to God(E) with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings,(F) having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience(G) and having our bodies washed with pure water.(H) 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope(I) we profess,(J) for he who promised is faithful.(K)
Revelation 21:27
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27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,(A) but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(B)
1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(F) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 1:14-15
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14 As obedient(A) children, do not conform(B) to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.(C) 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;(D)
2 Timothy 1:9
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9 He has saved(A) us and called(B) us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done(C) but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
Hebrews 12:14
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Warning and Encouragement
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone(A) and to be holy;(B) without holiness no one will see the Lord.(C)
Titus 2:11-14
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11 For the grace(A) of God has appeared(B) that offers salvation to all people.(C) 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions,(D) and to live self-controlled,(E) upright and godly lives(F) in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing(G) of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,(H) 14 who gave himself for us(I) to redeem us from all wickedness(J) and to purify(K) for himself a people that are his very own,(L) eager to do what is good.(M)
Jeremiah 31:21
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Isaiah 30:21
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21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice(A) behind you, saying, “This is the way;(B) walk in it.”
Ezekiel 44:9
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9 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.(A)
1 Thessalonians 4:7
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7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.(A)
Jeremiah 32:39-40
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39 I will give them singleness(A) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(B) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant(C) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire(D) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.(E)
Proverbs 4:18
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Isaiah 60:21
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Psalm 25:8-9
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Ephesians 2:10
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10 For we are God’s handiwork,(A) created(B) in Christ Jesus to do good works,(C) which God prepared in advance for us to do.
John 7:17
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17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(A) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
Isaiah 62:10
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Isaiah 57:14
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Comfort for the Contrite
14 And it will be said:
Isaiah 49:10-12
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10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(A)
nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(B)
He who has compassion(C) on them will guide(D) them
and lead them beside springs(E) of water.
11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
and my highways(F) will be raised up.(G)
12 See, they will come from afar(H)—
some from the north, some from the west,(I)
some from the region of Aswan.[a]”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text Sinim
Isaiah 40:3-4
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
- Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
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