18 (A)Where there is no [a]revelation, the people cast off restraint;
But (B)happy is he who keeps the law.

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  1. Proverbs 29:18 prophetic vision

25 But (A)he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, (B)this one will be blessed in what he does.

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28 But He said, (A)“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

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(A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being priest for Me;
(B)Because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.

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17 (A)If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

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BOOK ONE

Psalms 1–41

The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly

Blessed (A)is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
(B)Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But (C)his delight is in the law of the Lord,
(D)And in His law he [b]meditates day and night.

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  1. Psalm 1:1 wicked
  2. Psalm 1:2 ponders by talking to himself

16 (A)He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
But he who [a]is careless of his ways will die.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:16 Is reckless, lit. despises

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the (A)whole heart!

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Samuel’s First Prophecy

Now (A)the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And (B)the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.

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25 Now when Moses saw that the people were (A)unrestrained (for Aaron (B)had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies),

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36 (A)But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were [a]weary and scattered, (B)like sheep having no shepherd.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:36 NU, M harassed

11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But (A)of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall (B)not find it.

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We do not see our signs;
(A)There is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

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13 For (A)“whoever calls (B)on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Israel Rejects the Gospel

14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear (C)without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:

(D)“How beautiful are the feet of those who [a]preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!”

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  1. Romans 10:15 NU omits preach the gospel of peace, Who

11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.

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14 (A)Blessed are those who [a]do His commandments, that they may have the right (B)to the tree of life, (C)and may enter through the gates into the city.

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  1. Revelation 22:14 NU wash their robes,

21 (A)He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and [a]manifest Myself to him.”

22 (B)Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, (C)and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

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  1. John 14:21 reveal

19 For the Lord [a]brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of (A)Israel, for he had (B)encouraged moral decline in Judah and had been continually unfaithful to the Lord.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 28:19 humbled Judah

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