Nehemiah 13:22
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22 And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.(A)
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Nehemiah 12:30
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30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.(A)
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Nehemiah 13:14
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14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service.(A)
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Nehemiah 13:31
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31 and I provided for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.(A)
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Isaiah 49:23
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23 Kings shall be your foster fathers
and their queens your nursing mothers.
With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you
and lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.(A)
Isaiah 38:3
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3 “Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.(A)
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Psalm 143:1-2
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Psalm 143
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
A Psalm of David.
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord;
give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness;
answer me in your righteousness.(A)
2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.(B)
Psalm 132:1-5
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Psalm 132
The Eternal Dwelling of God in Zion
A Song of Ascents.
1 O Lord, remember in David’s favor
all the hardships he endured;
2 how he swore to the Lord
and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,(A)
3 “I will not enter my house
or get into my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”(B)
Psalm 130:7
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7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is great power to redeem.(A)
Psalm 130:3-4
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3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?(A)
4 But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.(B)
Psalm 51:1
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Psalm 51
Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon
To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy,
blot out my transgressions.(A)
Psalm 25:6-7
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6 Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.(A)
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!(B)
Psalm 5:7
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7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house;
I will bow down toward your holy temple
in awe of you.(A)
Nehemiah 12:10
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10 Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,
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Nehemiah 7:64-65
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64 These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean; 65 the governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should come.(A)
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Nehemiah 5:19
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19 Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.(A)
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2 Chronicles 29:30
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30 King Hezekiah and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of the seer Asaph. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
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2 Chronicles 29:27
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27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of King David of Israel.(A)
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2 Chronicles 29:24
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24 and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood at the altar, to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.(A)
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2 Chronicles 29:4-5
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4 He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east. 5 He said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and carry out the filth from the holy place.(A)
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1 Chronicles 15:12-14
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12 He said to them, “You are the heads of families of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your kindred, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.(A) 13 Because you did not carry it[a] the first time,[b] the Lord our God burst out against us because we did not give it proper care.”(B) 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.(C)
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2 Kings 23:4
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4 The king commanded the high priest Hilkiah, the priests of the second order, and the guardians of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.(A)
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Deuteronomy 5:12
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12 “ ‘Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.
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2 Timothy 4:7-8
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7 I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.(A) 8 From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.(B)
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2 Corinthians 1:12
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The Postponement of Paul’s Visit
12 Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.(A)
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- 1.12 Other ancient authorities read simplicity
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