Matthew 19:17
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17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. (A)If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”
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Leviticus 18:5
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5 (A)You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; (B)if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
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Galatians 3:11-13
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11 Now it is evident that (A)no one is justified before God by the law, for (B)“The righteous shall live by faith.”[a] 12 But the law is not of faith, rather (C)“The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ (D)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (E)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (F)on a tree”—
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- Galatians 3:11 Or The one who by faith is righteous will live
Luke 10:26-28
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26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, (A)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and (B)your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; (C)do this, and you will live.”
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Romans 10:5
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The Message of Salvation to All
5 For (A)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that (B)the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
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1 Samuel 2:2
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2 (A)“There is none holy like the Lord:
for there is none besides you;
there is (B)no rock like our God.
1 John 4:16
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16 So (A)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. (B)God is love, and (C)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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Ezekiel 20:21
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21 (A)But the children (B)rebelled against me. (C)They did not walk in my statutes and were not careful to obey my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; they profaned my Sabbaths.
(D)“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.
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Ezekiel 20:11-12
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11 (A)I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, (B)by which, if a person does them, he shall live. 12 Moreover, I gave them (C)my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, (D)that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
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Nehemiah 9:29
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29 (A)And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet (B)they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, (C)which if a person does them, he shall live by them, (D)and they turned a stubborn shoulder (E)and stiffened their neck and would not obey.
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1 John 4:8-10
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8 (A)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (B)God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (C)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (D)not that we have loved God (E)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (F)the propitiation for our sins.
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James 1:17
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17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a]
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- James 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning
Psalm 145:7-9
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7 They shall pour forth the fame of your (A)abundant goodness
and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
8 The Lord is (B)gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 The Lord is (C)good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made.
Psalm 52:1
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The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of David, when (A)Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
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- Psalm 52:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
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