Proverbs 13:13
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13 He who (A)despises the word will be destroyed,
But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.
Numbers 15:31
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31 Because he has (A)despised the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his [a]guilt shall be upon him.’ ”
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- Numbers 15:31 iniquity
2 Chronicles 36:16
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16 But (A)they mocked the messengers of God, (B)despised His words, and (C)scoffed at His prophets, until the (D)wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
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2 John 8
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8 (A)Look to yourselves, (B)that [a]we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.
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- 2 John 1:8 NU you
Psalm 19:11
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11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.
Ezekiel 20:13
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13 Yet the house of Israel (A)rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they (B)despised My judgments, (C)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly (D)defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the (E)wilderness, to consume them.
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Psalm 119:165
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- Psalm 119:165 Lit. they have no stumbling block
Ezekiel 20:24
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24 (A)because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and (B)their eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.
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Ezekiel 20:16
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16 (A)because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for (B)their heart went after their idols.
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Isaiah 66:2
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2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the Lord.
(A)“But on this one will I look:
(B)On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.
Proverbs 13:21
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21 (A)Evil pursues sinners,
But to the righteous, good shall be repaid.
Proverbs 1:30-31
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30 (A)They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
31 Therefore (B)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
Proverbs 1:25
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25 Because you (A)disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
Luke 16:31
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31 But he said to him, (A)‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, (B)neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ”
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Matthew 5:12
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12 (A)Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for (B)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Psalm 115:13
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13 (A)He will bless those who fear the Lord,
Both small and great.
Hebrews 10:28-29
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28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three (A)witnesses. 29 (B)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, (C)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, (D)and insulted the Spirit of grace?
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Malachi 3:16
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A Book of Remembrance
16 Then those (A)who feared the Lord (B)spoke to one another,
And the Lord listened and heard them;
So (C)a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who [a]meditate on His name.
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- Malachi 3:16 Or esteem
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, (A)we will not listen to you! 17 But we will certainly do (B)whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the (C)queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of [a]food, were well-off, and saw no trouble.
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- Jeremiah 44:17 Lit. bread
Jeremiah 43:2
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2 (A)that Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to dwell there.’
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Ezra 10:3
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3 Now therefore, let us make (A)a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and those who have been born to them, according to the advice of my master and of those who (B)tremble at (C)the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the (D)law.
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2 Samuel 12:9-10
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9 (A)Why have you (B)despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight? (C)You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, (D)the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
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