Proverbs 13:13
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13 Those who despise a word bring destruction on themselves,
but those who respect a command will be rewarded.(A)
Numbers 15:31
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31 Because of having despised the word of the Lord and broken his commandment, such a person shall be utterly cut off and bear the guilt.”(A)
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2 Chronicles 36:16
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16 but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord against his people became so great that there was no remedy.(A)
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2 John 8
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8 Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for but may receive a full reward.(A)
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Ezekiel 20:13
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13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not observe my statutes but rejected my ordinances, by whose observance everyone shall live, and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned.
Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make an end of them.(A)
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Psalm 19:11
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11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.(A)
Ezekiel 20:16
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16 because they rejected my ordinances and did not observe my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, for their heart went after their idols.(A)
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Psalm 119:165
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165 Great peace have those who love your law;
nothing can make them stumble.(A)
Ezekiel 20:24
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24 because they had not executed my ordinances but had rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their ancestors’ idols.
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Proverbs 1:30-31
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30 would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,(A)
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
and be sated with their own devices.(B)
Proverbs 1:25
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25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,(A)
Isaiah 66:2
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2 All these things my hand has made,
so all these things are mine,[a]
says the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look,
to the humble and contrite in spirit
who trembles at my word.(A)
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- 66.2 Gk Syr: Heb these things came to be
Proverbs 13:21
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21 Misfortune pursues sinners,
but prosperity rewards the righteous.(A)
Hebrews 10:28-29
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28 Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”(A) 29 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace?(B)
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Luke 16:31
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31 He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”
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Matthew 5:12
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12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.(A)
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Malachi 3:16
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The Reward of the Faithful
16 Then those who revered the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the Lord and thought on his name.(A)
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Jeremiah 44:16-17
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16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.(A) 17 Instead, we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials, used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. We used to have plenty of food and prospered and saw no misfortune.(B)
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Jeremiah 43:2
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2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to settle there,’(A)
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Psalm 115:13
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13 he will bless those who fear the Lord,
both small and great.
2 Samuel 12:9-10
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9 Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.(A) 10 Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, for you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.(B)
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Ezra 10:3
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3 So now let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the law.(A)
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