Isaiah 55:11
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11 (A)So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me [a]void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall (B)prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:11 empty, without fruit
Matthew 24:35
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35 (A)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
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Isaiah 46:10
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10 (A)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
Romans 10:17
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17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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John 6:63
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63 (A)It is the Spirit who gives life; the (B)flesh profits nothing. The (C)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
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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.
Luke 8:11-16
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The Parable of the Sower Explained(A)
11 (B)“Now the parable is this: The seed is the (C)word of God. 12 Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of [a]temptation fall away. 14 Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, (D)riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with (E)patience.[b]
The Parable of the Revealed Light(F)
16 (G)“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the (H)light.
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1 Corinthians 1:18
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Christ the Power and Wisdom of God(A)
18 For the [a]message of the cross is (B)foolishness to (C)those who are perishing, but to us (D)who are being saved it is the (E)power of God.
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- 1 Corinthians 1:18 Lit. word
1 Thessalonians 2:13
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Their Conversion
13 For this reason we also thank God (A)without ceasing, because when you (B)received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it (C)not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively (D)works in you who believe.
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1 Peter 1:23
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23 (A)having been born again, not of [a]corruptible seed but [b]incorruptible, (B)through the word of God which lives and abides [c]forever,
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- 1 Peter 1:23 perishable
- 1 Peter 1:23 imperishable
- 1 Peter 1:23 NU omits forever
James 1:18
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18 (A)Of His own will He brought us forth by the (B)word of truth, (C)that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
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1 Corinthians 3:6-9
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6 (A)I planted, (B)Apollos watered, (C)but God gave the increase. 7 So then (D)neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, (E)and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
9 For (F)we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are (G)God’s building.
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Hebrews 6:7
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7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, (A)receives blessing from God;
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Ephesians 1:9-11
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9 (A)having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure (B)which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of (C)the fullness of the times (D)He might gather together in one (E)all things in Christ, [a]both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11 (F)In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to (G)the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
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- Ephesians 1:10 NU, M omit both
Isaiah 54:9
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9 “For this is like the waters of (A)Noah to Me;
For as I have sworn
That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth,
So have I sworn
That I would not be angry with (B)you, nor rebuke you.
Deuteronomy 32:2
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2 Let (A)my [a]teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
(B)As raindrops on the tender herb,
And as showers on the grass.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:2 doctrine
Isaiah 44:26-28
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26 (A)Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;
27 (B)Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry!
And I will dry up your rivers’;
28 Who says of (C)Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,
And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, (D)“You shall be built,”
And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’
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