Psalm 101:6
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6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
so that they may live with me;
whoever walks in the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.(A)
Psalm 119:63
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63 I am a companion of all who fear you,
of those who keep your precepts.(A)
Romans 13:1-4
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Being Subject to Authorities
13 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.(A) 2 Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct but to bad. Do you wish to have no fear of the authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive its approval,(B) 4 for it is God’s agent for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for the authority[a] does not bear the sword in vain! It is the agent of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer.
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Luke 12:43-44
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43 Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. 44 Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions.
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Philippians 3:12-15
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Pressing toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal,[a] but I press on to lay hold of that for which Christ[b] has laid hold of me.(A) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have laid hold[c] of it, but one thing I have laid hold of: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,(B) 14 I press on toward the goal, toward the prize of the heavenly[d] call of God in Christ Jesus.(C) 15 Let those of us, then, who are mature[e] think this way, and if you think differently about anything, this, too, God will reveal to you.(D)
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John 17:24
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24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.(A)
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John 12:26
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26 Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.(A)
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Matthew 24:45
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The Faithful or the Unfaithful Slave
45 “Who, then, is the faithful and wise slave whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves[a] their allowance of food at the proper time?(A)
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Proverbs 29:2
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2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, the people groan.(A)
Proverbs 28:28
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28 When the wicked prevail, people go into hiding,
but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Psalm 119:1-3
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Psalm 119
The Glories of God’s Law
1 Happy are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord.(A)
2 Happy are those who keep his decrees,
who seek him with their whole heart,
3 who also do no wrong
but walk in his ways.(B)
Psalm 34:15
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15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.(A)
Psalm 15:4
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4 in whose eyes the wicked are despised
but who honor those who fear the Lord;
who stand by their oath even to their hurt;(A)
Revelation 3:20-21
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20 Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you with me.(A) 21 To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.(B)
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John 14:3
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3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.(A)
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