Isaiah 65:16
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16 (A)So that he who blesses himself in the earth
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And (B)he who swears in the earth
Shall swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My eyes.
Jeremiah 4:2
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2 (A)And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’
(B)In truth, in [a]judgment, and in righteousness;
(C)The nations shall bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they shall (D)glory.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:2 justice
Isaiah 19:18
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Egypt, Assyria, and Israel Blessed
18 In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will (A)speak the language of Canaan and (B)swear by the Lord of hosts; one will be called the City of [a]Destruction.
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- Isaiah 19:18 Some Heb. mss., Arab., DSS, Tg., Vg. Sun; LXX Asedek, lit. Righteousness
Hebrews 6:17-18
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17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to (A)the heirs of promise (B)the [a]immutability of His counsel, [b]confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two [c]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to (C)lie, we [d]might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope (D)set before us.
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- Hebrews 6:17 unchangeableness of His purpose
- Hebrews 6:17 guaranteed
- Hebrews 6:18 unchangeable
- Hebrews 6:18 M omits might
Psalm 31:5
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Isaiah 65:19
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19 (A)I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
And joy in My people;
The (B)voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.
Isaiah 45:23-25
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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.
24 He shall say,
[a]‘Surely in the Lord I have (D)righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And (E)all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.
25 (F)In the Lord all the descendants of Israel
Shall be justified, and (G)shall glory.’ ”
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- Isaiah 45:24 Or Only in the Lord are all righteousness and strength
Deuteronomy 32:4
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4 He is (A)the Rock, (B)His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
(C)A God of truth and (D)without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
Revelation 20:4
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The Saints Reign with Christ 1,000 Years
4 And I saw (A)thrones, and they sat on them, and (B)judgment was committed to them. Then I saw (C)the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, (D)who had not worshiped the beast (E)or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they (F)lived and (G)reigned with Christ for [a]a thousand years.
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- Revelation 20:4 M the
Philippians 2:11
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11 and (A)that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Romans 14:11
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11 For it is written:
(A)“As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall confess to God.”
John 1:17
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17 For (A)the law was given through Moses, but (B)grace and (C)truth came through Jesus Christ.
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Zephaniah 3:14-20
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Joy in God’s Faithfulness
14 (A)Sing, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O Israel!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away your judgments,
He has cast out your enemy.
(B)The King of Israel, the Lord, (C)is in your midst;
You shall [a]see disaster no more.
16 In that day (D)it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not fear;
Zion, (E)let not your hands be weak.
17 The Lord your God (F)in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
(G)He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”
18 “I will gather those who (H)sorrow over the appointed assembly,
Who are among you,
To whom its reproach is a burden.
19 Behold, at that time
I will deal with all who afflict you;
I will save the (I)lame,
And gather those who were driven out;
I will appoint them for praise and fame
In every land where they were put to shame.
20 At that time (J)I will bring you back,
Even at the time I gather you;
For I will give you [b]fame and praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I return your captives before your eyes,”
Says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:15 So with Heb. mss., LXX, Bg.; MT, Vg. fear
- Zephaniah 3:20 Lit. a name
Zephaniah 1:5
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5 Those (A)who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;
Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,
But who also swear (B)by [a]Milcom;
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:5 Or Malcam, an Ammonite god, 1 Kin. 11:5; Jer. 49:1; Molech, Lev. 18:21
Daniel 12:11
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11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.
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Daniel 12:1
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Prophecy of the End Time
12 “At that time Michael shall stand up,
The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people;
(A)And there shall be a time of trouble,
Such as never was since there was a nation,
Even to that time.
And at that time your people (B)shall be delivered,
Every one who is found (C)written in the book.
Ezekiel 36:25-27
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25 (A)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you (B)from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a (C)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My (D)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
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Jeremiah 31:12
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12 Therefore they shall come and sing in (A)the height of Zion,
Streaming to (B)the goodness of the Lord—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a (C)well-watered garden,
(D)And they shall sorrow no more at all.
Jeremiah 12:16
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16 And it shall be, if they will learn carefully the ways of My people, (A)to swear by My name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be (B)established in the midst of My people.
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Jeremiah 10:10
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10 But the Lord is the true God;
He is (A)the living God and the (B)everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth will tremble,
And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
Isaiah 54:4
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4 “Do(A) not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
Isaiah 48:1
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Israel Refined for God’s Glory
48 “Hear this, O house of Jacob,
Who are called by the name of Israel,
And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah;
Who swear by the name of the Lord,
And make mention of the God of Israel,
But (A)not in truth or in righteousness;
Isaiah 35:10
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10 And the (A)ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And (B)sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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