Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
And to those who are upright in their hearts.

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Lord, do good(A) to those who are good,
    to those who are upright in heart.(B)

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10 [a]My defense is of God,
Who saves the (A)upright in heart.

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  1. Psalm 7:10 Lit. My shield is upon God

10 My shield[a](A) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.(B)

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  1. Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign

68 You are (A)good, and do good;
Teach me Your statutes.

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68 You are good,(A) and what you do is good;
    teach me your decrees.(B)

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11 For the Lord God is (A)a sun and (B)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
(C)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

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18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

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18 May it please you to prosper Zion,(A)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.(B)

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And (A)in their mouth was found no [a]deceit, for (B)they are without fault [b]before the throne of God.

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  1. Revelation 14:5 NU, M falsehood
  2. Revelation 14:5 NU, M omit the rest of v. 5.

No lie was found in their mouths;(A) they are blameless.(B)

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17 But (A)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

18 My little children, (B)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we [a]know (C)that we are of the truth, and shall [b]assure our hearts before Him. 20 (D)For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, (E)we have confidence toward God. 22 And (F)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments (G)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ (H)and love one another, as He gave [c]us commandment.

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

24 Now (I)he who keeps His commandments (J)abides in Him, and He in him. And (K)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

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  1. 1 John 3:19 NU shall know
  2. 1 John 3:19 persuade, set at rest
  3. 1 John 3:23 M omits us

17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(A) how can the love of God be in that person?(B) 18 Dear children,(C) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(D)

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(E) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(F) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(G) because we keep his commands(H) and do what pleases him.(I) 23 And this is his command: to believe(J) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(K) and to love one another as he commanded us.(L) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(M) lives in him,(N) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(O)

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10 For (A)God is not unjust to forget (B)your work and [a]labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have (C)ministered to the saints, and do minister.

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  1. Hebrews 6:10 NU omits labor of

10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.(A)

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47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, (A)an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

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47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(A) in whom there is no deceit.”(B)

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25 The Lord is good to those who (A)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.

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25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;(A)

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10 If you extend your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,
And your [a]darkness shall be as the noonday.
11 The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

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  1. Isaiah 58:10 Or gloom

10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,(A)
then your light(B) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.(C)
11 The Lord will guide(D) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs(E) in a sun-scorched land(F)
    and will strengthen(G) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(H)
    like a spring(I) whose waters never fail.

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80 Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes,
That I may not be ashamed.

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80 May I wholeheartedly follow(A) your decrees,(B)
    that I may not be put to shame.(C)

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15 But judgment will return to righteousness,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.

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15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,(A)
    and all the upright in heart(B) will follow it.

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