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34 Joyful are those who listen to me,
    watching for me daily at my gates,
    waiting for me outside my home!

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34 Blessed are those who listen(A) to me,
    watching daily at my doors,
    waiting at my doorway.

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28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”

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28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God(A) and obey it.”(B)

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Building on a Solid Foundation

24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.

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The Wise and Foolish Builders(A)

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice(B) is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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13 Joyful is the person who finds wisdom,
    the one who gains understanding.

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13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
    those who gain understanding,

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The Believers Form a Community

42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper[a]), and to prayer.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:42 Greek the breaking of bread; also in 2:46.

The Fellowship of the Believers

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching(A) and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread(B) and to prayer.(C)

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39 Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught.

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39 She had a sister called Mary,(A) who sat at the Lord’s feet(B) listening to what he said.

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11 And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. 12 As a result, many Jews believed, as did many of the prominent Greek women and men.

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11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.(C) 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.(D)

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18 Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
    happy are those who hold her tightly.

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18 She is a tree of life(A) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.(B)

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Cry out for insight,
    and ask for understanding.
Search for them as you would for silver;
    seek them like hidden treasures.

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indeed, if you call out for insight(A)
    and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(B)

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10 A single day in your courts
    is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
    than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

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10 Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper(A) in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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The one thing I ask of the Lord
    the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
    delighting in the Lord’s perfections
    and meditating in his Temple.

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One thing(A) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,(B)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.

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Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations.

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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A)

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21 She calls to the crowds along the main street,
    to those gathered in front of the city gate:

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21 on top of the wall[a] she cries out,
    at the city gate she makes her speech:

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners