Job 33:23
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23 “If there is a messenger for him,
A mediator, one among a thousand,
To show man His uprightness,
Malachi 3:1
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The Coming Messenger
3 “Behold, (A)I send My messenger,
And he will (B)prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
(C)Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, (D)He is coming,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
2 Corinthians 5:20
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20 Now then, we are (A)ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
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Ecclesiastes 7:28
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28 Which my soul still seeks but I cannot find:
(A)One man among a thousand I have found,
But a woman among all these I have not found.
Malachi 2:7
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7 “For(A) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(B)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Haggai 1:13
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13 Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, spoke the Lord’s message to the people, saying, (A)“I am with you, says the Lord.”
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Hebrews 12:5-12
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5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:
(A)“My son, do not despise the [a]chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
6 For (B)whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”
7 (C)If[b] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what (D)son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, (E)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to (F)the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, (G)that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no [c]chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields (H)the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Renew Your Spiritual Vitality(I)
12 Therefore (J)strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,
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- Hebrews 12:5 discipline
- Hebrews 12:7 NU, M It is for discipline that you endure; God
- Hebrews 12:11 discipline
Daniel 9:14
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14 Therefore the Lord has (A)kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for (B)the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice.
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Ezekiel 18:25-28
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25 “Yet you say, (A)‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair? 26 (B)When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies. 27 Again, (C)when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive. 28 Because he (D)considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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Lamentations 3:39-41
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40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
41 (C)Let us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur
Lamentations 3:32
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32 Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
Lamentations 3:22-23
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22 (A)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions (B)fail not.
23 They are new (C)every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Good News of Salvation
61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 (E)To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And (F)the day of vengeance of our God;
(G)To comfort all who mourn,
3 To [b]console those who mourn in Zion,
(H)To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
(I)The planting of the Lord, (J)that He may be glorified.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
- Isaiah 61:3 Lit. appoint
Psalm 119:75
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75 I know, O Lord, (A)that Your judgments are [a]right,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:75 Lit. righteous
Psalm 94:12
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12 Blessed is the man whom You (A)instruct, O Lord,
And teach out of Your law,
Job 37:23
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23 As for the Almighty, (A)we cannot find Him;
(B)He is excellent in power,
In judgment and abundant justice;
He does not oppress.
Job 36:8-13
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8 And (A)if they are bound in [a]fetters,
Held in the cords of affliction,
9 Then He tells them their work and their transgressions—
That they have acted [b]defiantly.
10 (B)He also opens their ear to [c]instruction,
And commands that they turn from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve Him,
They shall (C)spend their days in prosperity,
And their years in pleasures.
12 But if they do not obey,
They shall perish by the sword,
And they shall die [d]without (D)knowledge.
13 “But the hypocrites in heart (E)store up wrath;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.
Job 36:3
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3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar;
I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
1 Corinthians 11:30-32
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30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many [a]sleep. 31 For (A)if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, (B)we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
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- 1 Corinthians 11:30 Are dead
Job 35:14
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Job 34:32
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32 Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?
Job 34:12
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12 Surely God will never do wickedly,
Nor will the Almighty (A)pervert justice.
Job 34:10
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10 “Therefore listen to me, you [a]men of understanding:
(A)Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
Footnotes
- Job 34:10 men of heart
Job 11:6
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6 That He would show you the secrets of wisdom!
For they would double your prudence.
Know therefore that (A)God [a]exacts from you
Less than your iniquity deserves.
Footnotes
- Job 11:6 Lit. forgets some of your iniquity for you
Job 9:3
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3 If one wished to [a]contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Footnotes
- Job 9:3 argue
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