Micah 4:5
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5 Though the nations around us follow their idols,
we will follow the Lord our God forever and ever.
Zechariah 10:12
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12 By my power[a] I will make my people strong,
and by my authority they will go wherever they wish.
I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Footnotes
- 10:12 Hebrew In the Lord.
2 Kings 17:29
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29 But these various groups of foreigners also continued to worship their own gods. In town after town where they lived, they placed their idols at the pagan shrines that the people of Samaria had built.
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Isaiah 26:8
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8 Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws;
our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
Isaiah 2:5
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A Warning of Judgment
5 Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord!
Colossians 3:17
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17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
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Colossians 2:6
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Freedom from Rules and New Life in Christ
6 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.
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Jeremiah 2:10-11
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10 “Go west and look in the land of Cyprus[a];
go east and search through the land of Kedar.
Has anyone ever heard of anything
as strange as this?
11 Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones,
even though they are not gods at all?
Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God[b]
for worthless idols!
Psalm 145:1-2
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Psalm 145[a]
A psalm of praise of David.
1 I will exalt you, my God and King,
and praise your name forever and ever.
2 I will praise you every day;
yes, I will praise you forever.
Footnotes
- 145 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse (including 13b) begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 71:16
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16 I will praise your mighty deeds, O Sovereign Lord.
I will tell everyone that you alone are just.
Psalm 48:14
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14 For that is what God is like.
He is our God forever and ever,
and he will guide us until we die.
2 Kings 17:34
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34 And this is still going on today. They continue to follow their former practices instead of truly worshiping the Lord and obeying the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands he gave the descendants of Jacob, whose name he changed to Israel.
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Joshua 24:15
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15 But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”
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Exodus 3:14-15
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14 God replied to Moses, “I am who i am.[a] Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh,[b] the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.
This is my eternal name,
my name to remember for all generations.
Genesis 17:1
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Abram Is Named Abraham
17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.
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