Proverbs 29:18
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18 When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild.
But whoever obeys the law is joyful.
James 1:25
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25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
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Luke 11:28
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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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Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are being destroyed
because they don’t know me.
Since you priests refuse to know me,
I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
I will forget to bless your children.
John 13:17
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17 Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.
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1 Samuel 3:1
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The Lord Speaks to Samuel
3 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the Lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
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Proverbs 19:16
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16 Keep the commandments and keep your life;
despising them leads to death.
Psalm 1:1-2
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Book one (Psalms 1–41)
Psalm 1
1 Oh, the joys of those who do not
follow the advice of the wicked,
or stand around with sinners,
or join in with mockers.
2 But they delight in the law of the Lord,
meditating on it day and night.
Exodus 32:25
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25 Moses saw that Aaron had let the people get completely out of control, much to the amusement of their enemies.[a]
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- 32:25 Or out of control, and they mocked anyone who opposed them. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Matthew 9:36
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36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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Psalm 119:2
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2 Joyful are those who obey his laws
and search for him with all their hearts.
Psalm 74:9
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9 We no longer see your miraculous signs.
All the prophets are gone,
and no one can tell us when it will end.
Amos 8:11-12
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11 “The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread or water
but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from border to border[a]
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.
Footnotes
- 8:12 Hebrew from north to east.
Revelation 22:14
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14 Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.
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Romans 10:13-15
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13 For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”[a]
14 But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? 15 And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”[b]
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John 14:21-23
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21 Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”
22 Judas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, “Lord, why are you going to reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?”
23 Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.
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Psalm 19:11
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11 They are a warning to your servant,
a great reward for those who obey them.
2 Chronicles 28:19
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19 The Lord was humbling Judah because of King Ahaz of Judah,[a] for he had encouraged his people to sin and had been utterly unfaithful to the Lord.
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