Psalm 19:9
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9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
1 Samuel 12:24
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24 (A)Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for (B)consider what (C)great things He has done for you.
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Psalm 119:142
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142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And Your law is (A)truth.
Psalm 119:137-138
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צ TSADDE
137 (A)Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.
138 (B)Your testimonies, which You have commanded,
Are righteous and very faithful.
Psalm 119:1
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Meditations on the Excellencies of the Word of God
א ALEPH
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- Psalm 119:1 blameless
Psalm 34:11-14
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11 Come, you children, listen to me;
(A)I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 (B)Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking (C)deceit.
14 (D)Depart from evil and do good;
(E)Seek peace and pursue it.
Deuteronomy 4:8
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8 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?
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Revelation 15:3
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3 They sing (A)the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the (B)Lamb, saying:
(C)“Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
(D)Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the [a]saints!
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- Revelation 15:3 NU, M nations
Psalm 115:13
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13 (A)He will bless those who fear the Lord,
Both small and great.
Psalm 111:10-112:6
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10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
His praise endures forever.
The Blessed State of the Righteous
112 Praise[a] the Lord!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who (B)delights greatly in His commandments.
2 (C)His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
3 (D)Wealth and riches will be in his house,
And his righteousness [b]endures forever.
4 (E)Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness;
He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
5 (F)A good man deals graciously and lends;
He will guide his affairs (G)with discretion.
6 Surely he will never be shaken;
(H)The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance.
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- Psalm 112:1 Heb. Hallelujah
- Psalm 112:3 stands
1 Kings 18:12
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12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that (A)the Spirit of the Lord will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.
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Genesis 42:18
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18 Then Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this and live, (A)for I fear God:
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Revelation 19:2
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2 For (A)true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He (B)has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”
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Revelation 16:7
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7 And I heard [a]another from the altar saying, “Even so, (A)Lord God Almighty, (B)true and righteous are Your judgments.”
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- Revelation 16:7 NU, M omit another from
Romans 2:2
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2 But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
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Isaiah 26:8
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8 Yes, (A)in the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have (B)waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
Psalm 119:106
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106 (A)I have sworn and confirmed
That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
Psalm 119:7
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7 I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
Psalm 72:1-2
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Glory and Universality of the Messiah’s Reign
A Psalm (A)of Solomon.
72 Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
2 (B)He will judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your poor with justice.
Psalm 36:6
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6 Your righteousness is like the [a]great mountains;
(A)Your judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
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- Psalm 36:6 Lit. mountains of God
Psalm 36:1
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Man’s Wickedness and God’s Perfections
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.
36 An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked:
(A)There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Psalm 10:5
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5 His ways [a]are always prospering;
Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
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- Psalm 10:5 Lit. are strong
Nehemiah 5:15
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15 But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but (A)I did not do so, because of the (B)fear of God.
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1 Kings 18:3-4
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3 And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was [a]in charge of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly. 4 For so it was, while Jezebel [b]massacred the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.)
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- 1 Kings 18:3 Lit. over the house
- 1 Kings 18:4 Lit. cut off
Exodus 21:1
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The Law Concerning Servants(A)
21 “Now these are the [a]judgments which you shall (B)set before them:
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- Exodus 21:1 ordinances
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