Isaiah 51:1
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Blessings in Store for God’s People
51 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord.
Look to the rock from which you were hewn
and to the quarry from which you were dug.(A)
Isaiah 51:7
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7 Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
you people who have my teaching in your hearts;
do not fear the reproach of others,
and do not be dismayed when they revile you.(A)
Psalm 94:15
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15 for justice will return to the righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
Hebrews 12:14
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Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace
14 Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
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Romans 14:19
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19 Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.(A)
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Romans 9:30-32
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Israel’s Unbelief
30 What then are we to say? Gentiles, who did not strive for righteousness, have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith,(A) 31 but Israel, who did strive for the law of righteousness, did not attain that law.(B) 32 Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,(C)
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Isaiah 48:12
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12 Listen to me, O Jacob,
and Israel, whom I called:
I am he; I am the first,
and I am the last.(A)
2 Timothy 2:22
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22 Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.(A)
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Ephesians 2:11-12
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One in Christ
11 So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth,[a] called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a circumcision made in the flesh by human hands(A)— 12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.(B)
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- 2.11 Gk in the flesh
Amos 5:6
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6 Seek the Lord and live,
or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire,
and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.(A)
Proverbs 21:21
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- 21.21 Gk: Heb life and righteousness
Proverbs 15:9
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9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but he loves the one who pursues righteousness.(A)
Psalm 105:3-4
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3 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.(A)
4 Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually.(B)
Genesis 17:15-17
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15 God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 I will bless her and also give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”(A) 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”(B)
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1 Timothy 6:11
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The Good Fight of Faith
11 But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.
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Philippians 3:13
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13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have laid hold[a] of it, but one thing I have laid hold of: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,(A)
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- 3.13 Other ancient authorities read yet laid hold
Matthew 6:33
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33 But seek first the kingdom of God[a] and his[b] righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(A)
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Matthew 5:6
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6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.(A)
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Isaiah 46:3-4
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3 Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been borne by me from your birth,
carried from the womb;(A)
4 even to your old age I am he;
even when you turn gray I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
I will carry and will save.(B)
Isaiah 45:19
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19 I did not speak in secret
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
“Seek me in chaos.”
I the Lord speak the truth;
I declare what is right.(A)
Psalm 24:6
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6 Such is the company of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.[a] Selah
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- 24.6 Gk Syr: Heb your face, O Jacob
Zephaniah 2:3
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3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land
who do his commands;
seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you may be hidden
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.(A)
Isaiah 55:6
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6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;(A)
Isaiah 55:2-3
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2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread
and your earnings for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.(A)
3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.(B)
Isaiah 51:4
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4 Listen to me, my people,
and give heed to me, my nation,
for a teaching will go out from me
and my justice for a light to the peoples.(A)
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