Zephaniah 2:3
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3 (A)Seek the Lord, (B)all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
(C)It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Amos 5:14-15
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14 Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
(A)As you have spoken.
15 (B)Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
(C)It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Isaiah 26:20-21
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Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment
20 Come, my people, (A)enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, (B)for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord (C)comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her [a]blood,
And will no more cover her slain.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:21 Or bloodshed
Psalm 76:9
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9 When God (A)arose to judgment,
To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah
Psalm 105:4
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4 Seek the Lord and His strength;
(A)Seek His face evermore!
Psalm 22:26
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26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!
Jonah 3:9
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9 (A)Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 Then you will (A)call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will (B)listen to you. 13 And (C)you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me (D)with all your heart.
Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be (B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 (C)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (D)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(E)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
Psalm 57:1
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Prayer for Safety from Enemies(A)
To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David (B)when he fled from Saul into the cave.
57 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!
For my soul trusts in You;
(C)And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
(D)Until these calamities have passed by.
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- Psalm 57:1 Heb. Al Tashcheth
Matthew 5:5
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- Matthew 5:5 Or land
Amos 5:4-6
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A Call to Repentance
4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
(A)“Seek Me (B)and live;
5 But do not seek (C)Bethel,
Nor enter Gilgal,
Nor pass over to (D)Beersheba;
For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
And (E)Bethel shall come to nothing.
6 (F)Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—
Hosea 10:12
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12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
Reap in mercy;
(A)Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He (B)comes and rains righteousness on you.
Jeremiah 39:18
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18 For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but (A)your life shall be as a prize to you, (B)because you have put your trust in Me,” says the Lord.’ ”
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Proverbs 18:10
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- Proverbs 18:10 secure, lit. set on high
2 Peter 3:18
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18 (A)but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
(B)To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
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1 Peter 3:4
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4 rather let it be (A)the hidden person of the heart, with the [a]incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
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- 1 Peter 3:4 imperishable
1 Peter 1:22
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The Enduring Word
22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
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- 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical
James 1:21-22
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Doers—Not Hearers Only
21 Therefore (A)lay aside all filthiness and [a]overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, (B)which is able to save your souls.
22 But (C)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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- James 1:21 abundance
1 Thessalonians 4:1
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Plea for Purity
4 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus (A)that you should abound more and more, (B)just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;
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Philippians 3:13-14
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13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [a]apprehended; but one thing I do, (A)forgetting those things which are behind and (B)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 (C)I press toward the goal for the prize of (D)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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- Philippians 3:13 laid hold of it
Matthew 7:7-8
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Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking(A)
7 (B)“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For (C)everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
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Joel 2:13-14
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13 So (A)rend your heart, and not (B)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (C)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
14 (D)Who knows if He will turn and relent,
And leave (E)a blessing behind Him—
(F)A grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God?
Jeremiah 45:5
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5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, (A)I will bring adversity on all flesh,” says the Lord. “But I will give your (B)life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.” ’ ”
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