Isaiah 45:19
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19 I have not spoken in (A)secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me [a]in vain’;
(B)I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:19 Or in a waste place
Isaiah 48:16
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16 “Come near to Me, hear this:
(A)I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
From the time that it was, I was there.
And now (B)the Lord God and His Spirit
[a]Have sent Me.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:16 Heb. verb is sing.; or Has sent Me and His Spirit
Numbers 23:19-20
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19 “God(A) is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He (B)said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
(C)He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Amos 5:4
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Jeremiah 29:13-14
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13 And (A)you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me (B)with all your heart. 14 (C)I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; (D)I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
John 18:20
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20 Jesus answered him, (A)“I spoke openly to the world. I always taught (B)in synagogues and (C)in the temple, where [a]the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing.
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- John 18:20 NU all the Jews meet
Proverbs 30:5
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- Proverbs 30:5 tested, refined, found pure
James 4:3
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3 (A)You ask and do not receive, (B)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
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John 7:37-39
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The Promise of the Holy Spirit
37 (A)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, (B)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 (C)He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, (D)out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 (E)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those [a]believing in Him would receive; for the [b]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet (F)glorified.
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Malachi 3:13-14
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The People Complain Harshly
13 “Your(A) words have been [a]harsh against Me,”
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 (B)You have said,
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:13 Lit. strong
Isaiah 8:19
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19 And when they say to you, (A)“Seek those who are mediums and wizards, (B)who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they (C)seek the dead on behalf of the living?
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:15 Pray
- Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed
Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 8:1-4
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The Excellence of Wisdom
8 Does not (A)wisdom cry out,
And understanding lift up her voice?
2 She takes her stand on the top of the [a]high hill,
Beside the way, where the paths meet.
3 She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the entrance of the doors:
4 “To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:2 Lit. heights
Psalm 119:137-138
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צ TSADDE
137 (A)Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.
138 (B)Your testimonies, which You have commanded,
Are righteous and very faithful.
Psalm 111:7-8
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7 The works of His hands are (A)verity[a] and justice;
All His precepts are sure.
8 (B)They stand fast forever and ever,
And are (C)done in truth and uprightness.
Footnotes
- Psalm 111:7 truth
Psalm 24:6
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6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who (A)seek Him,
Who seek Your face. Selah
Psalm 19:7-10
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect, [a]converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making (B)wise the simple;
8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than (C)gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the [b]honeycomb.
Footnotes
- Psalm 19:7 restoring
- Psalm 19:10 honey in the combs
Psalm 12:6
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6 The words of the Lord are (A)pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.
Acts 2:4-8
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4 And (A)they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began (B)to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
The Crowd’s Response
5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, (C)devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the (D)multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. 7 Then they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who speak (E)Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each in our own [a]language in which we were born?
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- Acts 2:8 dialect
John 7:28
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28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, (A)“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and (B)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me (C)is true, (D)whom you do not know.
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John 7:26
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26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. (A)Do the rulers know indeed that this is [a]truly the Christ?
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- John 7:26 NU omits truly
Isaiah 63:1
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The Lord in Judgment and Salvation
63 Who is this who comes from Edom,
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
This One who is [a]glorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength?—
“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 63:1 Or adorned
Isaiah 58:1-3
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Fasting that Pleases God
58 “Cry aloud, [a]spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(A)Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek Me daily,
And delight to know My ways,
As a nation that did righteousness,
And did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of Me the ordinances of justice;
They take delight in approaching God.
3 ‘Why(B) have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen?
Why have we (C)afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’
“In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And [b]exploit all your laborers.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:1 do not hold back
- Isaiah 58:3 Lit. drive hard
Isaiah 45:23
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23 (A)I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every (B)knee shall bow,
(C)Every tongue shall take an oath.
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