Jeremiah 6:16
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16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the (A)old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find (B)rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Isaiah 30:21
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21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you (A)turn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.
Jeremiah 18:15
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15 “Because My people have forgotten (A)Me,
They have burned incense to worthless idols.
And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways,
From the (B)ancient paths,
To walk in pathways and not on a highway,
Deuteronomy 32:7
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7 “Remember(A) the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations.
(B)Ask your father, and he will show you;
Your elders, and they will tell you:
Jeremiah 7:23
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23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, (A)‘Obey My voice, and (B)I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’
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Matthew 11:28-29
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28 Come to (A)Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you (B)and learn from Me, for I am [a]gentle and (C)lowly in heart, (D)and you will find rest for your souls.
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- Matthew 11:29 meek
Colossians 2:6
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6 (A)As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
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Isaiah 2:5
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The Day of the Lord
5 O house of Jacob, come and let us (A)walk
In the light of the Lord.
John 12:35
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35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer (A)the light is with you. (B)Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; (C)he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
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Jeremiah 18:12
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God’s Warning Rejected
12 And they said, (A)“That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one [a]obey the (B)dictates[b] of his evil heart.”
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- Jeremiah 18:12 Lit. do
- Jeremiah 18:12 stubbornness or imagination
Jeremiah 22:21
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21 I spoke to you in your prosperity,
But you said, ‘I will not hear.’
(A)This has been your manner from your youth,
That you did not obey My voice.
Hebrews 11:2-12:1
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2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
3 By faith we understand that (A)the [a]worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Faith at the Dawn of History(B)
4 By faith (C)Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still (D)speaks.
5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, (E)“and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
7 By faith (F)Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, (G)prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of (H)the righteousness which is according to faith.
Faithful Abraham(I)
8 By faith (J)Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, (K)dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, (L)the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for (M)the city which has foundations, (N)whose builder and maker is God.
11 By faith (O)Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and (P)she[b] bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him (Q)faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as (R)dead, were born as many as the (S)stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.
The Heavenly Hope
13 These all died in faith, (T)not having received the (U)promises, but (V)having seen them afar off [c]were assured of them, embraced them and (W)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things (X)declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind (Y)that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed (Z)to be called their God, for He has (AA)prepared a city for them.
The Faith of the Patriarchs(AB)
17 By faith Abraham, (AC)when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 [d]of whom it was said, (AD)“In Isaac your seed shall be called,” 19 concluding that God (AE)was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
20 By faith (AF)Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, (AG)blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
22 By faith (AH)Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.
The Faith of Moses(AI)
23 By faith (AJ)Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s (AK)command.
24 By faith (AL)Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the [e]passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming (AM)the [f]reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures [g]in Egypt; for he looked to the (AN)reward.
27 By faith (AO)he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28 By faith (AP)he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith (AQ)they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.
By Faith They Overcame
30 By faith (AR)the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. 31 By faith (AS)the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who [h]did not believe, when (AT)she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of (AU)Gideon and (AV)Barak and (AW)Samson and (AX)Jephthah, also of (AY)David and (AZ)Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, (BA)stopped the mouths of lions, 34 (BB)quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 (BC)Women received their dead raised to life again.
Others were (BD)tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and (BE)of chains and imprisonment. 37 (BF)They were stoned, they were sawn in two, [i]were tempted, were slain with the sword. (BG)They wandered about (BH)in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, (BI)in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And all these, (BJ)having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be (BK)made perfect apart from us.
The Race of Faith
12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, (BL)let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and (BM)let us run (BN)with endurance the race that is set before us,
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- Hebrews 11:3 Or ages, Gr. aiones, aeons
- Hebrews 11:11 NU omits she bore a child
- Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them
- Hebrews 11:18 to
- Hebrews 11:25 temporary
- Hebrews 11:26 reviling because of
- Hebrews 11:26 NU, M of
- Hebrews 11:31 were disobedient
- Hebrews 11:37 NU omits were tempted
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 44:16
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16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, (A)we will not listen to you!
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John 13:17
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17 (A)If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
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Isaiah 8:20
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20 (A)To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because (B)there[a] is no light in them.
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- Isaiah 8:20 Or they have no dawn
Hebrews 6:12
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12 that you do not become [a]sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience (A)inherit the promises.
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- Hebrews 6:12 lazy
Luke 16:29
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29 Abraham said to him, (A)‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
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Matthew 21:28-32
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The Parable of the Two Sons
28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my (A)vineyard.’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?”
They said to Him, “The first.”
Jesus said to them, (B)“Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. 32 For (C)John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; (D)but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward [a]relent and believe him.
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- Matthew 21:32 regret it
Isaiah 28:12
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12 To whom He said, “This is the (A)rest with which
You may cause the weary to rest,”
And, “This is the refreshing”;
Yet they would not hear.
Romans 4:1-6
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Abraham Justified by Faith(A)
4 What then shall we say that (B)Abraham our (C)father[a] has found according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was (D)justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? (E)“Abraham believed God, and it was [b]accounted to him for righteousness.” 4 Now (F)to him who works, the wages are not counted [c]as grace but as debt.
David Celebrates the Same Truth
5 But to him who (G)does not work but believes on Him who justifies (H)the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also (I)describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
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- Romans 4:1 Or (fore)father according to the flesh has found?
- Romans 4:3 imputed, credited, reckoned, counted
- Romans 4:4 according to
John 5:39
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39 (A)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and (B)these are they which testify of Me.
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John 5:46-47
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46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; (A)for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you (B)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
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Romans 4:12
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12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father (A)Abraham had while still uncircumcised.
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