Psalm 37:28
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28 For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his faithful ones.
The righteous shall be kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.(A)
Proverbs 2:22
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22 but the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.(A)
Psalm 11:7
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7 For the Lord is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds;
the upright shall behold his face.(A)
Isaiah 59:21
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21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: my spirit that is upon you and my words that I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth or out of the mouths of your children or out of the mouths of your children’s children, says the Lord, from now on and forever.(A)
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Psalm 21:10
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10 You will destroy their offspring from the earth
and their children from among humankind.(A)
1 Peter 1:5
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5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(A)
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Isaiah 14:20-21
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20 You will not be joined with them in burial
because you have destroyed your land;
you have killed your people.
May the descendants of evildoers
nevermore be named!(A)
21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons
because of the guilt of their father.[a]
Let them never rise to possess the earth
or cover the face of the world with cities.(B)
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- 14.21 Syr Compare Gk: Heb fathers
Job 27:14
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14 If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and their offspring have not enough to eat.(A)
1 John 2:19
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19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us, for if they had belonged to us they would have remained[a] with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.(A)
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- 2.19 Or abided
John 15:9
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9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.
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Isaiah 61:8
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8 For I, the Lord, love justice,
I hate robbery and wrongdoing;[a]
I will faithfully give them their recompense,
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.(A)
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- 61.8 Or robbery with a burnt offering
Psalm 45:6-7
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6 Your throne, O God,[a] endures forever and ever.
Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;(A)
7 you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;(B)
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- 45.6 Or Your throne is a throne of God, it
Psalm 37:40
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40 The Lord helps them and rescues them;
he rescues them from the wicked and saves them
because they take refuge in him.(A)
John 6:39-40
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39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me but raise it up on the last day.(A) 40 This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”(B)
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John 5:24
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24 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.(A)
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John 10:28-30
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28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.(A) 29 My Father, in regard to what he has given me, is greater than all,[a] and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand.(B) 30 The Father and I are one.”
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- 10.29 Other ancient authorities read What my Father has given me is greater than all else or My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all
Jeremiah 32:40-41
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40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to draw back from doing good to them, and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they may not turn from me. 41 I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.(A)
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Jeremiah 9:24
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24 but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.(A)
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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)
Psalm 99:4
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4 Mighty King,[a] lover of justice,
you have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.(A)
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- 99.4 Cn: Heb And a king’s strength
Psalm 92:13-15
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13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;
they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 In old age they still produce fruit;
they are always green and full of sap,(A)
15 showing that the Lord is upright;
he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.(B)
Psalm 37:25
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25 I have been young and now am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
or their children begging bread.(A)
Job 18:19
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19 They have no offspring or descendant among their people
and no survivor where they used to live.(A)
Exodus 20:5
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5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me(A)
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