Psalm 2:12
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12 kiss his feet,[a]
or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Happy are all who take refuge in him.(A)
Psalm 40:4
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4 Happy are those who make
the Lord their trust,
who do not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after false gods.(A)
John 5:23
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23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.(A)
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Psalm 84:12
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12 O Lord of hosts,
happy is everyone who trusts in you.(A)
Psalm 34:8
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8 O taste and see that the Lord is good;
happy are those who take refuge in him.(A)
Jeremiah 17:7
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7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 30:18
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God’s Promise to Zion
18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.(A)
Revelation 6:16-17
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16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,(A) 17 for the great day of their[a] wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”(B)
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- 6.17 Other ancient authorities read his
Proverbs 16:20
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20 Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper,
and happy are those who trust in the Lord.(A)
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
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8 in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(A) 9 These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,(B)
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Psalm 146:3-5
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3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortals, in whom there is no help.(A)
4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.(B)
5 Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,(C)
1 Peter 2:6
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6 For it stands in scripture:
“See, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”(A)
Ephesians 1:12
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12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.
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Isaiah 26:3-4
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3 Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace,
in peace because they trust in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
for in the Lord God[a]
you have an everlasting rock.(A)
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- 26.4 Heb in Yah, the Lord
Psalm 2:5
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5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath
and terrify them in his fury, saying,(A)
Psalm 1:6
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6 for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.(A)
1 Kings 19:18
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18 Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”(A)
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1 Samuel 10:1
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10 1
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- 10.1 Gk: Heb lacks over his people Israel. You shall . . . anointed you ruler
Romans 9:33
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33 as it is written,
“See, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall,
and whoever trusts in him[a] will not be put to shame.”(A)
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- 9.33 Or it
Hosea 13:2
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2 And now they keep on sinning
and make a cast image for themselves,
idols of silver made according to their understanding,
all of them the work of artisans.
“Sacrifice to these,” they say.[a]
People are kissing calves!(A)
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- 13.2 Cn Compare Gk: Heb To these they say sacrifices of people
Psalm 2:7
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7 I will tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have begotten you.(A)
Revelation 14:9-11
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9 Then another angel, a third, followed them, crying with a loud voice, “Those who worship the beast and its image and receive the brand on their foreheads or on their hands,(A) 10 they will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and they will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.(B) 11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image and for anyone who receives the brand of its name.”(C)
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Romans 10:11
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11 The scripture says, “No one who believes[a] in him will be put to shame.”(A)
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- 10.11 Or trusts
John 14:6
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6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.(A)
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1 Peter 1:21
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21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.
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