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Deuteronomy 4:1
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Deuteronomy 4:1
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Obedience Commanded
4 Now, Israel, hear the decrees(A) and laws I am about to teach(B) you. Follow them so that you may live(C) and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 4:1
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Deuteronomy 4:1
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4 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.
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Nehemiah 9:29
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Nehemiah 9:29
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29 “You warned(A) them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant(B) and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’(C) Stubbornly they turned their backs(D) on you, became stiff-necked(E) and refused to listen.(F)
Nehemiah 9:29
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Nehemiah 9:29
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29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
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Isaiah 55:3
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Isaiah 55:3
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3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
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Ezekiel 18:9
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Ezekiel 18:9
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Ezekiel 18:9
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Ezekiel 18:9
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9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 20:11
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Ezekiel 20:11
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11 I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live.(A)
Ezekiel 20:11
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Ezekiel 20:11
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11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
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Amos 5:4-6
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Amos 5:4-6
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4 This is what the Lord says to Israel:
“Seek(A) me and live;(B)
5 do not seek Bethel,
do not go to Gilgal,(C)
do not journey to Beersheba.(D)
For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[a](E)”
6 Seek(F) the Lord and live,(G)
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(H)
it will devour them,
and Bethel(I) will have no one to quench it.(J)
Footnotes
- Amos 5:5 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see Hosea 4:15.
Amos 5:4-6
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Amos 5:4-6
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4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
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Matthew 19:17
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Matthew 19:17
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17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”(A)
Matthew 19:17
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Matthew 19:17
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17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
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Romans 10:5
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Romans 10:5
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5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a](A)
Footnotes
- Romans 10:5 Lev. 18:5
Romans 10:5
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Romans 10:5
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5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
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Galatians 3:12
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Galatians 3:12
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12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a](A)
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- Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5
Galatians 3:12
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Galatians 3:12
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12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
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