28 For the Lord loves justice,
And does not forsake His saints;
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

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22 But the wicked will be [a]cut off from the [b]earth,
And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.

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  1. Proverbs 2:22 destroyed
  2. Proverbs 2:22 land

For the Lord is righteous,
He (A)loves righteousness;
[a]His countenance beholds the upright.

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  1. Psalm 11:7 Or The upright beholds His countenance

21 “As(A) for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”

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10 Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth,
And their [a]descendants from among the sons of men.

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  1. Psalm 21:10 Lit. seed

Greeting to the Called

Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and (A)brother of James,

To those who are (B)called, [a]sanctified by God the Father, and (C)preserved in Jesus Christ:

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  1. Jude 1:1 NU beloved

(A)who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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20 You will not be joined with them in burial,
Because you have destroyed your land
And slain your people.
(A)The brood of evildoers shall never be named.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children
(B)Because of the iniquity of their fathers,
Lest they rise up and possess the land,
And fill the face of the world with cities.”

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14 (A)If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out (C)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

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Love and Joy Perfected

“As the Father (A)loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

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“For (A)I, the Lord, love justice;
(B)I hate robbery [a]for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
(C)And will make with them an everlasting covenant.

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  1. Isaiah 61:8 Or in

(A)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A (B)scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (C)anointed You
With the oil of (D)gladness more than Your companions.

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40 And (A)the Lord shall help them and deliver them;
He shall deliver them from the wicked,
And save them,
(B)Because they trust in Him.

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39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, (A)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, (B)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

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Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, (A)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (B)but has passed from death into life.

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28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 (A)My Father, (B)who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 (C)I and My Father are one.”

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40 And (A)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (B)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. 41 Yes, (C)I will rejoice over them to do them good, and (D)I will [a]assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’

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  1. Jeremiah 32:41 truly

24 But (A)let him who glories glory in this,
That he understands and knows Me,
That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, [a]judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
(B)For in these I delight,” says the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:24 justice

God Will Be Gracious

18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be (A)gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
(B)Blessed are all those who (C)wait for Him.

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The King’s strength also loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

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13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be [a]fresh and [b]flourishing,
15 To declare that the Lord is upright;
(A)He is my rock, and (B)there is no unrighteousness in Him.

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  1. Psalm 92:14 Full of oil or sap, lit. fat
  2. Psalm 92:14 green

25 I have been young, and now am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his descendants begging bread.

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19 (A)He has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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(A)you shall not bow down to them nor [a]serve them. (B)For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (C)visiting[b] the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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  1. Exodus 20:5 worship
  2. Exodus 20:5 punishing

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