Job 33:23
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23 Then, if there should be for one of them an angel,
a mediator, one of a thousand,
one who declares a person upright,(A)
Malachi 3:1
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The Coming Messenger
3 See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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2 Corinthians 5:20
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20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 7:28
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28 which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.
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Malachi 2:7
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7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Haggai 1:13
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13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, saying, “I am with you, says the Lord.”(A)
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Hebrews 12:5-12
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5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—
“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord
or lose heart when you are punished by him,(A)
6 for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves
and chastises every child whom he accepts.”(B)
7 Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children, for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?(C) 8 If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children.(D) 9 Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness.(E) 11 Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.(F)
12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees(G)
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Daniel 9:14
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14 So the Lord kept watch over this calamity until he brought it upon us. Indeed, the Lord our God is right in all that he has done, for we have disobeyed his voice.(A)
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Ezekiel 18:25-28
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25 Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is unfair.” Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?(A) 26 When the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity, they shall die for it; for the iniquity that they have committed, they shall die. 27 Again, when the wicked turn away from the wickedness they have committed and do what is lawful and right, they shall save their life. 28 Because they considered and turned away from all the transgressions that they had committed, they shall surely live; they shall not die.
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Lamentations 3:39-41
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39 Why should any who draw breath complain
about the punishment of their sins?(A)
40 Let us test and examine our ways
and return to the Lord.(B)
41 Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands
to God in heaven.(C)
Lamentations 3:32
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32 Although he causes grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;(A)
Lamentations 3:22-23
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22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,[a]
his mercies never come to an end;(A)
23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.(B)
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- 3.22 Syr Tg: Heb Lord, we are not cut off
Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Good News of Deliverance
61 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to the prisoners,(A)
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,(B)
3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.(C)
Psalm 119:75
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75 I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right
and that in faithfulness you have humbled me.(A)
Psalm 94:12
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12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,(A)
Job 37:23
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23 The Almighty[a]—we cannot find him;
he is great in power and justice,
and abundant righteousness he will not violate.(A)
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- 37.23 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 36:8-13
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8 And if they are bound in fetters
and caught in the cords of affliction,
9 then he declares to them their work
and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.(A)
10 He opens their ears to instruction
and commands that they return from iniquity.(B)
11 If they listen and serve him,
they complete their days in prosperity
and their years in pleasantness.(C)
12 But if they do not listen, they shall perish by the sword
and die without knowledge.(D)
13 “The godless in heart cherish anger;
they do not cry for help when he binds them.(E)
Job 36:3
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3 I will bring my knowledge from far away
and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.(A)
1 Corinthians 11:30-32
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30 For this reason many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.[a] 31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged.(A) 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined[b] so that we may not be condemned along with the world.(B)
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Job 35:14
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14 How much less when you say that you do not see him,
that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!(A)
Job 34:32
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32 teach me what I do not see;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?(A)
Job 34:12
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- 34.12 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 34:10
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10 “Therefore, hear me, you who have sense;
far be it from God that he should do wickedness
and from the Almighty[a] that he should do wrong.(A)
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- 34.10 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 11:6
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6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For wisdom is many-sided.[a]
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.(A)
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- 11.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 9:3
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3 If one wished to contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand.(A)
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