Isaiah 45:19
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19 (A)I did not speak in secret,
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
(B)‘Seek me in vain.’[a]
I the Lord speak (C)the truth;
I declare what is right.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:19 Hebrew in emptiness
Isaiah 48:16
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16 (A)Draw near to me, hear this:
from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,
from the time it came to be I have been there.”
And now (B)the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.
Numbers 23:19-20
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19 (A)God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
20 Behold, I received a command to bless:
(B)he has blessed, and (C)I cannot revoke it.
Amos 5:4
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Jeremiah 29:13-14
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13 (A)You will seek me and find me, when you seek me (B)with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, (C)and I will restore your fortunes and (D)gather you from all the nations and all the places (E)where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.
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John 18:20
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20 Jesus answered him, “I have spoken (A)openly (B)to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. (C)I have said nothing in secret.
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Proverbs 30:5
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Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
Psalm 111:7-8
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7 The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are (A)trustworthy;
8 they are (B)established forever and ever,
to be performed with (C)faithfulness and uprightness.
James 4:3
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3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask (A)wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
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John 7:37-39
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Rivers of Living Water
37 (A)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, (B)“If anyone thirsts, let him (C)come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, (D)as[a] the Scripture has said, (E)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of (F)living water.’” 39 Now (G)this he said about the Spirit, (H)whom those who believed in him were to receive, (I)for as yet the Spirit had not been (J)given, (K)because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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- John 7:38 Or let him come to me, and let him who believes in me drink. As
Malachi 3:13-14
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13 (A)“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. (B)But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, (C)‘It is vain to serve God. (D)What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
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Isaiah 8:19
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19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the (A)mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of (B)the dead on behalf of the living?
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you (A)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(B)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(C)your hands are full of blood.
Proverbs 8:1-4
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The Blessings of Wisdom
8 Does not (A)wisdom call?
Does not (B)understanding raise her voice?
2 On (C)the heights beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3 beside (D)the gates in front of (E)the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
4 “To you, O (F)men, I call,
and my cry is to (G)the children of man.
Psalm 119:137-138
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Tsadhe
137 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
and right are your rules.
138 You have appointed your testimonies in (B)righteousness
and in all (C)faithfulness.
Psalm 69:32
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Psalm 69:13
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13 But as for me, my (A)prayer is to you, O Lord.
At (B)an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.
Psalm 24:6
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6 Such is (A)the generation of those who seek him,
who (B)seek the face of the God of Jacob.[a] Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 24:6 Septuagint, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts; Masoretic Text who seek your face, Jacob
Psalm 19:7-10
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect,[a]
(B)reviving the soul;
(C)the testimony of the Lord is (D)sure,
(E)making wise (F)the simple;
8 (G)the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is (H)pure,
(I)enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules[b] of the Lord are (J)true,
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than (K)gold,
even much (L)fine gold;
(M)sweeter also than honey
and drippings of (N)the honeycomb.
Footnotes
- Psalm 19:7 Or blameless
- Psalm 19:9 Or just decrees
Psalm 12:6
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6 (A)The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
Psalm 9:10
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10 And those who (A)know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
1 Chronicles 28:8
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8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
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Acts 2:4-8
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4 And they were all (A)filled with the Holy Spirit and began (B)to speak in other tongues (C)as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And (D)at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. 7 And (E)they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking (F)Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language?
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