Isaiah 62:6
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6 (A)I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall [a]never hold their peace day or night.
You who [b]make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
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- Isaiah 62:6 not be silent
- Isaiah 62:6 remember
Isaiah 52:8
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8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When the Lord brings back Zion.
Isaiah 56:10
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10 His watchmen are (A)blind,
They are all ignorant;
(B)They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
[a]Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:10 Or Dreaming
1 Thessalonians 5:17
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17 (A)pray without ceasing,
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Ezekiel 3:17-21
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17 (A)“Son of man, I have made you (B)a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them (C)warning from Me: 18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man (D)shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; (E)but you have delivered your soul.
20 “Again, when a (F)righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; also you will have delivered your soul.”
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Jeremiah 6:17
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17 Also, I set (A)watchmen over you, saying,
(B)‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
Luke 11:5-13
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A Friend Comes at Midnight
5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I say to you, (A)though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking(B)
9 (C)“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; (D)seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 (E)If a son asks for [a]bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give (F)good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
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- Luke 11:11 NU omits bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for
Ezekiel 33:2-9
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2 “Son of man, speak to (A)the children of your people, and say to them: (B)‘When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their (C)watchman, 3 when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, 4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does (D)not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, (E)his blood shall be on his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will [a]save his life. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, (F)he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’
7 (G)“So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have [b]delivered your soul.
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- Ezekiel 33:5 Or deliver his soul
- Ezekiel 33:9 Or saved your life
Psalm 134:1-2
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Praising the Lord in His House at Night
A Song of Ascents.
134 Behold, bless the Lord,
All you servants of the Lord,
Who by night stand in the house of the Lord!
2 (A)Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
And bless the Lord.
Psalm 74:2
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2 Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed—
This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.
2 Chronicles 8:14
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14 And, according to the [a]order of David his father, he appointed the (A)divisions of the priests for their service, (B)the Levites for their duties (to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the (C)gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.
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- 2 Chronicles 8:14 ordinance
Genesis 32:26
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26 And (A)He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.”
But he said, (B)“I will not let You go unless You bless me!”
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Hebrews 13:17
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17 (A)Obey those who [a]rule over you, and be submissive, for (B)they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
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- Hebrews 13:17 lead
Isaiah 62:1
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Assurance of Zion’s Salvation
62 For Zion’s sake I will not [a]hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.
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- Isaiah 62:1 keep silent
Psalm 74:18
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18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Lord,
And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.
Genesis 32:12
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12 For (A)You said, ‘I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the (B)sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”
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Revelation 6:10
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10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, (A)“How long, O Lord, (B)holy and true, (C)until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
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Revelation 4:6-8
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6 Before the throne there [a]was (A)a sea of glass, like crystal. (B)And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 (C)The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 The four living creatures, each having (D)six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
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- Revelation 4:6 NU, M add something like
- Revelation 4:8 M has holy nine times.
Ephesians 4:11-12
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11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, (A)for the [a]edifying of (B)the body of Christ,
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- Ephesians 4:12 building up
Acts 10:31
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31 and said, ‘Cornelius, (A)your prayer has been heard, and (B)your [a]alms are remembered in the sight of God.
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- Acts 10:31 charitable gifts
Acts 10:4
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4 And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, lord?”
So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.
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Luke 18:39
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39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
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Isaiah 43:26
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26 Put Me in remembrance;
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be [a]acquitted.
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- Isaiah 43:26 justified
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