Micah 6:8
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8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and (A)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[a]
and to (B)walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or steadfast love
Deuteronomy 10:12-13
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Circumcise Your Heart
12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but (B)to fear the Lord your God, (C)to walk in all his ways, (D)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and (E)to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today (F)for your good?
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Proverbs 21:3
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3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Jeremiah 22:3
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1 Samuel 15:22
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22 And Samuel said,
(A)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (B)to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
Hosea 6:6
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6 For (A)I desire steadfast love[a] and not sacrifice,
(B)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Footnotes
- Hosea 6:6 Septuagint mercy
Isaiah 66:2
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2 (A)All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
(B)But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
1 Peter 3:8
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Suffering for Righteousness' Sake
8 Finally, all of you, (A)have unity of mind, sympathy, (B)brotherly love, (C)a tender heart, and (D)a humble mind.
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1 Peter 5:5-6
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5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. (A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for (B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
6 (C)Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
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Luke 6:36
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36 (A)Be merciful, even as (B)your Father is merciful.
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Amos 5:24
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24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Isaiah 1:16-19
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16 (A)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(B)cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
(C)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(D)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
18 “Come now, (E)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (F)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 (G)If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
Matthew 5:7
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7 “Blessed are (A)the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
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Isaiah 58:6-11
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6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
(A)to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps (B)of the yoke,
to let the oppressed[a] go free,
and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not (C)to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
(D)and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 (E)Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
(F)and your healing shall spring up speedily;
(G)your righteousness shall go before you;
(H)the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away (I)the yoke from your midst,
(J)the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 (K)if you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
(L)then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
11 And the Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your desire in scorched places
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be (M)like a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:6 Or bruised
Genesis 18:19
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19 For I have (A)chosen[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
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- Genesis 18:19 Hebrew known
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. (A)Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind
Ephesians 4:32
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32 (A)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, (B)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
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Hosea 12:6
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6 “So you, (A)by the help of your God, return,
(B)hold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.”
Daniel 4:37
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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, (A)praise and extol and honor the (B)King of heaven, (C)for all his works are right and his ways are just; and (D)those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
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2 Peter 1:5-8
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5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith (A)with virtue,[a] and virtue (B)with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control (C)with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness (D)with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection (E)with love. 8 For if these qualities[b] are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or (F)unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 2 Peter 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse
- 2 Peter 1:8 Greek these things; also verses 9, 10, 12
Luke 18:13-17
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13 But the tax collector, (A)standing far off, (B)would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but (C)beat his breast, saying, ‘God, (D)be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For (E)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Let the Children Come to Me
15 (F)Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they (G)rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, (H)“Let the children come to me, and (I)do not hinder them, (J)for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 17 (K)Truly, I say to you, whoever does not (L)receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
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Isaiah 57:15
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Mark 12:30-34
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30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 (A)The second is this: (B)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment (C)greater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that (D)he is one, and (E)there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all (F)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, (G)is much more than all (H)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” (I)And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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