Psalm 119:1
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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
Aleph
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- Psalm 119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter
Ezekiel 11:20
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20 (A)that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. (B)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
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Luke 11:28
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28 But he said, (A)“Blessed rather are those (B)who hear the word of God and (C)keep it!”
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James 1:25
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25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, (A)the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, (B)he will be blessed in his doing.
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Psalm 128:1
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John 13:17
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17 If you know these things, (A)blessed are you if you do them.
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Luke 1:6
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6 And they were both (A)righteous before God, walking (B)blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
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Psalm 1:1-3
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Book One
The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked
1 Blessed is the man[a]
who (A)walks not in (B)the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in (C)the way of sinners,
nor (D)sits in (E)the seat of (F)scoffers;
2 but his (G)delight is in the law[b] of the Lord,
and on his (H)law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like (I)a tree
planted by (J)streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its (K)leaf does not wither.
(L)In all that he does, he prospers.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-2
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A Life Pleasing to God
4 Finally, then, brothers,[a] we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you (A)received from us (B)how you ought to walk and (C)to please God, just as you are doing, that you (D)do so more and more. 2 For (E)you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13
Proverbs 11:20
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20 Those of (A)crooked heart are (B)an abomination to the Lord,
but those of (C)blameless ways are (D)his delight.
Psalm 112:1
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The Righteous Will Never Be Moved
112 [a] (A)Praise the Lord!
(B)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who (C)greatly delights in his commandments!
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- Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Acts 24:16
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16 So I always (A)take pains to have a (B)clear conscience toward both God and man.
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Hosea 14:9
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9 (A)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
and (B)the upright walk in them,
(C)but transgressors stumble in them.
Psalm 32:1-2
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Blessed Are the Forgiven
A Maskil[a] of David.
32 (A)Blessed is the one whose (B)transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord (C)counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit (D)there is no deceit.
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- Psalm 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Revelation 22:14
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14 Blessed are those who (A)wash their robes,[a] so that they may have the right to (B)the tree of life and that (C)they may enter the city by the gates.
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- Revelation 22:14 Some manuscripts do his commandments
Matthew 5:3-12
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3 (A)“Blessed are (B)the poor in spirit, for (C)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 “Blessed are (D)those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the (E)meek, for they (F)shall inherit the earth.
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and (G)thirst (H)for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 “Blessed are (I)the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 “Blessed are (J)the pure in heart, for (K)they shall see God.
9 “Blessed are (L)the peacemakers, for (M)they shall be called (N)sons[a] of God.
10 (O)“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for (P)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 (Q)“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely (R)on my account. 12 (S)Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for (T)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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- Matthew 5:9 Greek huioi; see Preface
Psalm 101:6
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6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in (A)the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.
2 Corinthians 1:12
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Paul's Change of Plans
12 For our boast is this, (A)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[a] and (B)godly sincerity, (C)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness
2 Chronicles 31:20-21
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20 Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, (A)and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 21 And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
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John 1:47
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47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, (A)an Israelite indeed, (B)in whom there is no deceit!”
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Job 1:8
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8 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you (A)considered my (B)servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, (C)a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”
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2 Kings 20:3
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3 “Now, O Lord, (A)please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and (B)with a whole heart, (C)and have done what is good in your sight.” (D)And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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