Isaiah 51:4
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4 (A)“Give attention to me, my people,
and give ear to me, my nation;
(B)for a law[a] will go out from me,
and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:4 Or for teaching; also verse 7
Isaiah 2:3
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3 and (A)many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For (B)out of Zion shall go forth the law,[a]
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 2:3 Or teaching
Isaiah 49:6
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6 he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
(A)I will make you (B)as a light for the nations,
that (C)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Isaiah 42:6
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6 “I am the Lord; (A)I have called you[a] in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you (B)as a covenant for the people,
(C)a light for the nations,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse
1 Corinthians 9:21
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21 To (A)those outside the law I became (B)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but (C)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
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Micah 4:2
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2 and many nations shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,[a]
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Micah 4:2 Or teaching
Romans 8:2-4
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2 For the law of (A)the Spirit of life (B)has set you[a] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For (C)God has done what the law, (D)weakened by the flesh, (E)could not do. (F)By sending his own Son (G)in the likeness of sinful flesh and (H)for sin,[b] he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that (I)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, (J)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
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- Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me
- Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering
John 16:8-11
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8 (A)And when he comes, he will (B)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, (C)because they do not believe in me; 10 (D)concerning righteousness, (E)because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 (F)concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world (G)is judged.
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Luke 2:32
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Matthew 12:18-20
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18 (A)“Behold, my (B)servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased.
(C)I will put my Spirit upon him,
and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
19 He will not quarrel or cry aloud,
nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets;
20 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not quench,
until he brings justice to victory;
Isaiah 42:1-4
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The Lord's Chosen Servant
42 (A)Behold (B)my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, (C)in whom my soul delights;
(D)I have put my Spirit upon him;
(E)he will bring forth justice to the nations.
2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
3 (F)a bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
(G)he will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged[a]
till he has established justice in the earth;
and (H)the coastlands wait for his law.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:4 Or bruised
Isaiah 26:2
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2 (A)Open the gates,
that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
Proverbs 6:23
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23 For the commandment is (A)a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the (B)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
Psalm 147:20
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20 He (A)has not dealt thus with any other nation;
they do not know his rules.[a]
(B)Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:20 Or his just decrees
Psalm 106:5
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5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your (A)chosen ones,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.
Psalm 78:1
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Tell the Coming Generation
A Maskil[a] of (A)Asaph.
78 (B)Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 50:7
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7 (A)“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you.
(B)I am God, your God.
Psalm 33:12
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12 (A)Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has (B)chosen as his heritage!
Exodus 33:13
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13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please (A)show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is (B)your people.”
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Exodus 19:6
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6 and you shall be to me a (A)kingdom of priests and (B)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
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