Psalm 106:3
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3 Happy are those who observe justice,
who do righteousness at all times.(A)
Psalm 15:2
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2 Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right
and speak the truth from their heart;(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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Galatians 6:9
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9 So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.(A)
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John 15:14
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14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.(A)
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John 13:17
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17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
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Revelation 22:14
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14 Blessed are those who wash their robes,[a] so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.
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- 22.14 Other ancient authorities read do his commandments
Romans 2:7
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7 to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,
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Mark 3:35
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35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
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Psalm 119:112
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112 I incline my heart to perform your statutes
forever, to the end.(A)
Psalm 119:106
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106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to observe your righteous ordinances.(A)
Psalm 119:44
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44 I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever.
Psalm 119:20
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20 My soul is consumed with longing
for your ordinances at all times.(A)
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)
Deuteronomy 11:1
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Rewards for Obedience
11 “You shall love the Lord your God, therefore, and keep his charge, his decrees, his ordinances, and his commandments always.(A)
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Revelation 7:15
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15 For this reason they are before the throne of God
and worship him day and night within his temple,
and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.(A)
Acts 24:16
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16 Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people.(A)
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John 14:21-23
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21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”(A) 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(B)
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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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Luke 6:47-49
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47 I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them.(A) 48 That one is like a man building a house who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when a flood arose, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built.[a] 49 But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it quickly collapsed, and great was the ruin of that house.”
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- 6.48 Other ancient authorities read founded upon the rock
Luke 1:74-75
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74 that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,(A) 75 in holiness and righteousness
in his presence all our days.(B)
Ezekiel 18:21-22
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21 But if the wicked turn away from all their sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is lawful and right, they shall surely live; they shall not die.(A) 22 None of the transgressions that they have committed shall be remembered against them, for the righteousness that they have done they shall live.(B)
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Jeremiah 22:15-16
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15 Are you a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.(A)
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
says the Lord.(B)
Isaiah 64:5
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5 You meet those who gladly do right,
those who remember you in your ways.
But you were angry, and we sinned;
because you hid yourself we transgressed.[a](A)
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- 64.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 56:1-2
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The Covenant Extended to All Who Obey
56 Thus says the Lord:
Maintain justice, and do what is right,
for soon my salvation will come
and my deliverance be revealed.(A)
2 Happy is the mortal who does this,
the one who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,
and refrains from doing any evil.(B)
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