Isaiah 51:1
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The Lord Comforts Zion(A)
51 “Listen to Me, (B)you who [a]follow after righteousness,
You who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
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- Isaiah 51:1 pursue
Isaiah 51:7
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7 “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
You people (A)in whose heart is My law:
(B)Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.
Psalm 94:15
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15 But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
Hebrews 12:14
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14 (A)Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, (B)without which no one will see the Lord:
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Romans 14:19
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19 (A)Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which (B)one may [a]edify another.
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- Romans 14:19 build up
Romans 9:30-32
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Present Condition of Israel
30 What shall we say then? (A)That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, (B)even the righteousness of faith; 31 but Israel, (C)pursuing the law of righteousness, (D)has not attained to the law [a]of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, [b]by the works of the law. For (E)they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
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- Romans 9:31 NU omits of righteousness
- Romans 9:32 NU by works, omitting of the law
Isaiah 48:12
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God’s Ancient Plan to Redeem Israel
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2 Timothy 2:22
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22 (A)Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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Ephesians 2:11-12
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Brought Near by His Blood
11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called (A)the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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Matthew 5:6
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Amos 5:6
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6 (A)Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—
Proverbs 21:21
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21 (A)He who follows righteousness and mercy
Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 15:9
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9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But He loves him who (A)follows righteousness.
Psalm 105:3-4
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3 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
4 Seek the Lord and His strength;
(A)Seek His face evermore!
Genesis 17:15-17
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15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but [a]Sarah shall be her name. 16 And I will bless her (A)and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother (B)of nations; (C)kings of peoples shall be from her.”
17 Then Abraham fell on his face (D)and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
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- Genesis 17:15 Lit. Princess
1 Timothy 6:11
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The Good Confession
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
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Philippians 3:13
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13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [a]apprehended; but one thing I do, (A)forgetting those things which are behind and (B)reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
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- Philippians 3:13 laid hold of it
Matthew 6:33
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33 But (A)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
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Isaiah 46:3-4
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3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
(A)Who have been upheld by Me from [a]birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
4 Even to your old age, (B)I am He,
And even to gray hairs (C)I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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- Isaiah 46:3 Lit. the belly
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.
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- Isaiah 45:19 Or in a waste place
Psalm 24:6
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6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who (A)seek Him,
Who seek Your face. Selah
Zephaniah 2:3
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3 (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.
Isaiah 55:6
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Isaiah 55:2-3
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2 Why do you [a]spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and (A)come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
(B)And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The (C)sure mercies of David.
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- Isaiah 55:2 Lit. weigh out silver
Isaiah 51:4
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4 “Listen to Me, My people;
And give ear to Me, O My nation:
(A)For law will proceed from Me,
And I will make My justice rest
(B)As a light of the peoples.
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