Proverbs 29:18
New Living Translation
18 When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild.
But whoever obeys the law is joyful.
James 1:25
New Living Translation
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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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.
Proverbs 19:16
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16 Keep the commandments and keep your life;
despising them leads to death.
Psalm 119:2
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2 Joyful are those who obey his laws
and search for him with all their hearts.
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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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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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.
Psalm 74:9
New Living Translation
9 We no longer see your miraculous signs.
All the prophets are gone,
and no one can tell us when it will end.
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