Psalm 16:3
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3 As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in (A)whom is all my delight.”
Hebrews 6:10
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10 For (A)God is not unjust to forget (B)your work and [a]labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have (C)ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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- Hebrews 6:10 NU omits labor of
Proverbs 12:26
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26 The righteous should choose his friends carefully,
For the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 13:20
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20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
2 Chronicles 6:41
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41 “Now(A) therefore,
Arise, O Lord God, to Your (B)resting place,
You and the ark of Your strength.
Let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
And let Your saints (C)rejoice in goodness.
Acts 9:13
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13 Then Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, (A)how much [a]harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
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- Acts 9:13 bad things
Malachi 3:17
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17 “They(A) shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts,
“On the day that I make them My (B)jewels.[a]
And (C)I will spare them
As a man spares his own son who serves him.”
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- Malachi 3:17 Lit. special treasure
1 John 3:14-17
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14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [a]his brother abides in death. 15 (A)Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (B)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
The Outworking of Love
16 (C)By this we know love, (D)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But (E)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
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- 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother
Ephesians 5:25-27
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25 (A)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (B)gave Himself for her, 26 that He might [a]sanctify and cleanse her (C)with the washing of water (D)by the word, 27 (E)that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, (F)not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
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- Ephesians 5:26 set it apart
Isaiah 62:4
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4 (A)You shall no longer be termed (B)Forsaken,[a]
Nor shall your land any more be termed (C)Desolate;[b]
But you shall be called [c]Hephzibah, and your land [d]Beulah;
For the Lord delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Azubah
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Shemamah
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. My Delight Is in Her
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. Married
Proverbs 8:31
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31 Rejoicing in His inhabited world,
And (A)my delight was with the sons of men.
Psalm 119:63
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63 I am a companion of all who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
Psalm 116:15
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15 (A)Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His saints.
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