Proverbs 29:18
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18 Where there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint,
but happy are those who keep the law.(A)
James 1:25
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25 But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.(A)
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Luke 11:28
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28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”(A)
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Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge!
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you from being a priest to me;
and since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.(A)
John 13:17
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17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
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Psalm 1:1-2
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Book I
(Psalms 1–41)
Psalm 1
The Two Ways
1 Happy are those
who do not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path that sinners tread
or sit in the seat of scoffers,(A)
2 but their delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law they meditate day and night.(B)
Proverbs 19:16
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16 Those who keep the commandment will live;
those who are heedless of their ways will die.(A)
Psalm 119:2
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2 Happy are those who keep his decrees,
who seek him with their whole heart,
1 Samuel 3:1
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Samuel’s Calling and Prophetic Activity
3 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.(A)
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Matthew 9:36
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36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.(A)
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Amos 8:11-12
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11 The time is surely coming, says the Lord God,
when I will send a famine on the land,
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.(A)
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 they shall not find it.(B)
Exodus 32:25
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25 When Moses saw that the people were out of control (for Aaron had lost control of them, prompting derision among their enemies),
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Psalm 74:9
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9 We do not see our emblems;
there is no longer any prophet,
and there is no one among us who knows how long.(A)
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