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Psalm 119:99
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Psalm 119:99
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99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
(A)For Your testimonies are my meditation.
Psalm 119:99
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Psalm 119:99
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99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
for I meditate on your statutes.(A)
Matthew 13:11
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Matthew 13:11
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11 He answered and said to them, “Because (A)it has been given to you to know the [a]mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
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- Matthew 13:11 secret or hidden truths
Matthew 13:11
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Matthew 13:11
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11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven(A) has been given to you,(B) but not to them.
Psalm 119:24
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Psalm 119:24
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24 Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.
Psalm 119:24
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Psalm 119:24
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24 Your statutes are my delight;
they are my counselors.
Matthew 11:25
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Matthew 11:25
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Jesus Gives True Rest(A)
25 (B)At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that (C)You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent (D)and have revealed them to babes.
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Matthew 11:25
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Matthew 11:25
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The Father Revealed in the Son(A)
25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father,(B) Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.(C)
2 Timothy 3:15-17
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2 Timothy 3:15-17
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15 and that from childhood you have known (A)the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 (B)All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, (C)and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [a]instruction in righteousness, 17 (D)that the man of God may be complete, (E)thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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- 2 Timothy 3:16 training, discipline
2 Timothy 3:15-17
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2 Timothy 3:15-17
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15 and how from infancy(A) you have known the Holy Scriptures,(B) which are able to make you wise(C) for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed(D) and is useful for teaching,(E) rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,(F) 17 so that the servant of God[a](G) may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.(H)
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- 2 Timothy 3:17 Or that you, a man of God,
Matthew 23:24-36
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Matthew 23:24-36
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24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (A)For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and [a]self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (B)For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
29 (C)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and [b]adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
31 “Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that (D)you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (E)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, (F)brood[c] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 (G)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (H)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (I)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 (J)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (K)from the blood of righteous Abel to (L)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
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- Matthew 23:25 M unrighteousness
- Matthew 23:29 decorate
- Matthew 23:33 offspring
Matthew 23:24-36
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Matthew 23:24-36
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24 You blind guides!(A) You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish,(B) but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.(C) 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,(D) which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets(E) and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.(F) 32 Go ahead, then, and complete(G) what your ancestors started!(H)
33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(I) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(J) 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(K) others you will flog in your synagogues(L) and pursue from town to town.(M) 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(N) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(O) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(P) 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.(Q)
Hebrews 5:12
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Hebrews 5:12
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Spiritual Immaturity
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the [a]oracles of God; and you have come to need (A)milk and not solid food.
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- Hebrews 5:12 sayings, Scriptures
Hebrews 5:12
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Hebrews 5:12
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12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths(A) of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!(B)
2 Chronicles 30:22
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2 Chronicles 30:22
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22 And Hezekiah gave encouragement to all the Levites (A)who taught the good knowledge of the Lord; and they ate throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings and (B)making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 30:22
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2 Chronicles 30:22
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22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised[a] the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
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- 2 Chronicles 30:22 Or and confessed their sins to
2 Chronicles 29:15-36
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2 Chronicles 29:15-36
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15 And they gathered their brethren, (A)sanctified[a] themselves, and went according to the commandment of the king, at the words of the Lord, (B)to cleanse the house of the Lord. 16 Then the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and brought out all the debris that they found in the temple of the Lord to the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it out and carried it to the Brook (C)Kidron.
17 Now they began to [b]sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the Lord. So they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.
18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, “We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offerings with all its articles, and the table of the showbread with all its articles. 19 Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had (D)cast aside in his transgression we have prepared and [c]sanctified; and there they are, before the altar of the Lord.”
Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship
20 Then King Hezekiah rose early, gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord. 21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a (E)sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. Then he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and (F)sprinkled it on the altar. Likewise they killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar. 23 Then they brought out the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their (G)hands on them. 24 And the priests killed them; and they presented their blood on the altar as a sin offering (H)to make an atonement for all Israel, for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering be made for all Israel.
25 (I)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, (J)according to the commandment of David, of (K)Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; (L)for thus was the commandment of the Lord by His prophets. 26 The Levites stood with the instruments (M)of David, and the priests with (N)the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, (O)the song of the Lord also began, with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 So all the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 And when they had finished offering, (P)the king and all who were present with him bowed and worshiped. 30 Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord, come near, and bring sacrifices and (Q)thank offerings into the house of the Lord.” So the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a (R)willing heart brought burnt offerings. 32 And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. 33 The consecrated things were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings; therefore (S)their brethren the Levites helped them until the work was ended and until the other priests had [d]sanctified themselves, (T)for the Levites were (U)more diligent in (V)sanctifying themselves than the priests. 35 Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with (W)the fat of the peace offerings and with (X)the drink offerings for every burnt offering.
So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order. 36 Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced that God had prepared the people, since the events took place so suddenly.
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- 2 Chronicles 29:15 consecrated
- 2 Chronicles 29:17 consecrate
- 2 Chronicles 29:19 consecrated
- 2 Chronicles 29:34 consecrated
2 Chronicles 29:15-36
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2 Chronicles 29:15-36
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15 When they had assembled their fellow Levites and consecrated themselves, they went in to purify(A) the temple of the Lord, as the king had ordered, following the word of the Lord. 16 The priests went into the sanctuary of the Lord to purify it. They brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple everything unclean that they found in the temple of the Lord. The Levites took it and carried it out to the Kidron Valley.(B) 17 They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the Lord. For eight more days they consecrated the temple of the Lord itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.
18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for setting out the consecrated bread, with all its articles. 19 We have prepared and consecrated all the articles(C) that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the Lord’s altar.”
20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the Lord. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven male goats(D) as a sin offering[a](E) for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it against the altar; next they slaughtered the rams and splashed their blood against the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and splashed their blood(F) against the altar. 23 The goats(G) for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands(H) on them. 24 The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone(I) for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.(J)
25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David(K) and Gad(L) the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments,(M) and the priests with their trumpets.(N)
27 Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments(O) of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the musicians played and the trumpets sounded. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering(P) was completed.
29 When the offerings were finished, the king and everyone present with him knelt down and worshiped.(Q) 30 King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
31 Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices(R) and thank offerings to the temple of the Lord.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing(S) brought burnt offerings.
32 The number of burnt offerings(T) the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams and two hundred male lambs—all of them for burnt offerings to the Lord. 33 The animals consecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats. 34 The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings;(U) so their relatives the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated,(V) for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been. 35 There were burnt offerings in abundance, together with the fat(W) of the fellowship offerings(X) and the drink offerings(Y) that accompanied the burnt offerings.
So the service of the temple of the Lord was reestablished. 36 Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.(Z)
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- 2 Chronicles 29:21 Or purification offering; also in verses 23 and 24
1 Chronicles 15:11-13
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1 Chronicles 15:11-13
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11 And David called for (A)Zadok and (B)Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. 12 He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; [a]sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. 13 For (C)because you did not do it the first time, (D)the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him [b]about the proper order.”
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1 Chronicles 15:11-13
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1 Chronicles 15:11-13
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11 Then David summoned Zadok(A) and Abiathar(B) the priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab the Levites. 12 He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate(C) yourselves and bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. 13 It was because you, the Levites,(D) did not bring it up the first time that the Lord our God broke out in anger against us.(E) We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.(F)”
Jeremiah 8:8-9
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Jeremiah 8:8-9
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8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
(A)And the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9 (B)The wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So (C)what wisdom do they have?
Jeremiah 8:8-9
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Jeremiah 8:8-9
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Jeremiah 2:8
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Jeremiah 2:8
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8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
And those who handle the (A)law did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
(B)The prophets prophesied by Baal,
And walked after things that do not profit.
Jeremiah 2:8
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Jeremiah 2:8
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2 Samuel 15:24-26
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2 Samuel 15:24-26
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24 There was (A)Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, bearing the (B)ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and (C)Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city. 25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, He (D)will bring me back and show me both it and (E)His dwelling place. 26 But if He says thus: ‘I have no (F)delight in you,’ here I am, (G)let Him do to me as seems good to Him.”
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2 Samuel 15:24-26
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2 Samuel 15:24-26
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24 Zadok(A) was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark(B) of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar(C) offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.
25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place(D) again. 26 But if he says, ‘I am not pleased with you,’ then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him.(E)”
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