Isaiah 56:1
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Salvation for the Gentiles
56 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
(A)For My salvation is about to come,
And My righteousness to be revealed.
Romans 13:11-14
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Put on Christ
11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time (A)to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. (B)Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and (C)let us put on the armor of light. 13 (D)Let us walk [a]properly, as in the day, (E)not in revelry and drunkenness, (F)not in lewdness and lust, (G)not in strife and envy. 14 But (H)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and (I)make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
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- Romans 13:13 decently
Psalm 85:9
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Romans 1:17
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17 For (A)in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, (B)“The just shall live by faith.”
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Matthew 3:2
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2 and saying, “Repent, for (A)the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
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Isaiah 1:16-19
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16 “Wash(A) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
(B)Cease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke [a]the oppressor;
[b]Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.
18 “Come now, and let us (C)reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
(D)They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
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- Isaiah 1:17 Some ancient vss. the oppressed
- Isaiah 1:17 Vindicate
Romans 10:6-10
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6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, (A)“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) 7 or, (B)“ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? (C)“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that (D)if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
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Isaiah 55:7
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7 (A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
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- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
Psalm 24:4-6
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4 He who has (A)clean hands and (B)a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,
Nor (C)sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who (D)seek Him,
Who seek Your face. Selah
Luke 3:3-9
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3 (A)And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance (B)for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
(C)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
6 And (D)all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”
John Preaches to the People(E)
7 Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, (F)“Brood[a] of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits (G)worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 9 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore (H)every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
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- Luke 3:7 Offspring
Matthew 4:17
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17 (A)From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, (B)“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven [a]is at hand.”
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- Matthew 4:17 has drawn near
Isaiah 51:5
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5 (A)My righteousness is near,
My salvation has gone forth,
(B)And My arms will judge the peoples;
(C)The coastlands will wait upon Me,
And (D)on My arm they will trust.
Isaiah 46:13
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13 (A)I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation (B)shall not [a]linger.
And I will place (C)salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.
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- Isaiah 46:13 delay
Isaiah 26:7-8
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7 The way of the just is uprightness;
(A)O Most Upright,
You [a]weigh the path of the just.
8 Yes, (B)in the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have (C)waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
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- Isaiah 26:7 Or make level
John 7:17
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17 (A)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.
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Mark 1:15
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15 and saying, (A)“The time is fulfilled, and (B)the kingdom of God [a]is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
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- Mark 1:15 has drawn near
Malachi 4:4
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4 “Remember the (A)Law of Moses, My servant,
Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel,
With (B)the statutes and judgments.
Jeremiah 7:3-11
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3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)“Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 (B)Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’
5 “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly (C)execute [a]judgment between a man and his neighbor, 6 if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, (D)or walk after other gods to your hurt, 7 (E)then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in (F)the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
8 “Behold, you trust in (G)lying words that cannot profit. 9 (H)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and (I)walk after other gods whom you do not know, 10 (J)and then come and stand before Me in this house (K)which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’? 11 Has (L)this house, which is called by My name, become a (M)den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 7:5 justice
Psalm 50:23
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23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And (A)to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”
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