
Psalm 147:1-11 New International Version (NIV)Psalm 1471 Praise the Lord.[a] How good it is to sing praises to our God, 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; 7 Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; 8 He covers the sky with clouds; 10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, Footnotes:
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Psalm 147:20 New International Version (NIV)20 He has done this for no other nation; Praise the Lord. Footnotes:
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Job 36:1-23 New International Version (NIV)36 Elihu continued: 2 “Bear with me a little longer and I will show you 5 “God is mighty, but despises no one; 13 “The godless in heart harbor resentment; 16 “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress 22 “God is exalted in his power. Footnotes:Cross references:
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1 Corinthians 9:1-16 New International Version (NIV)Paul’s Rights as an Apostle9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? 2 Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. 4 Don’t we have the right to food and drink? 5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas[a]? 6 Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living? 7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? 8 Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[b] Is it about oxen that God is concerned? 10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. 11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? 12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel. 15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast. 16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! Footnotes:
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