Psalm 119:32
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32 I run the way of your commandments,
for you enlarge my understanding.(A)
1 Kings 4:29
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Fame of Solomon’s Wisdom
29 God gave Solomon very great wisdom, discernment, and breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore,(A)
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Hebrews 12:1
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The Example of Jesus
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely,[a] and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,(A)
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- 12.1 Other ancient authorities read sin that easily distracts
2 Corinthians 6:11
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11 We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you.
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2 Corinthians 3:17
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17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:24-26
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24 Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it.(A) 25 Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one.(B) 26 So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air,
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1 Peter 2:16
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16 As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.(A)
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John 8:36
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36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
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John 8:32
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32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”(A)
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Isaiah 61:1
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The Good News of Deliverance
61 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to the prisoners,(A)
Psalm 119:45
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45 I shall walk at liberty,
for I have sought your precepts.
Psalm 18:36
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36 You gave me a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.
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)
Isaiah 60:5
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5 Then you shall see and be radiant;
your heart shall thrill and rejoice,[a]
because the abundance of the sea shall be brought to you;
the wealth of the nations shall come to you.(A)
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- 60.5 Heb be enlarged
Job 36:15-16
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15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction
and opens their ear by adversity.(A)
16 He also allured you out of distress
into a broad place where there was no constraint,
and what was set on your table was full of fatness.(B)
Isaiah 40:31
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31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.(A)
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