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Psalms 107:43
Let whoever is wise pay attention to these things and consider the LORD’s acts of faithful love.
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Proverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD is a stronghold for the honorable, but destruction awaits evildoers.
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John 8:47
The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”
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Zephaniah 3:5
The righteous LORD is in her; he does no wrong. He applies his justice morning by morning; he does not fail at dawn, yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.
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Jeremiah 9:12
Who is the person wise enough to understand this? Who has the LORD spoken to, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a wilderness, so no one can pass through?
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Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.
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Proverbs 1:5-6
let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance—for understanding a proverb or a parable, the words of the wise, and their riddles.
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Psalms 119:75
I know, LORD, that your judgments are just and that you have afflicted me fairly.
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Psalms 119:128
I carefully follow all your precepts and hate every false way.
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Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock— his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias, he is righteous and true.
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Psalms 19:7-8
The instruction of the LORD is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.The precepts of the LORD are right, making the heart glad; the command of the LORD is radiant, making the eyes light up.
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Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary,“ Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed—
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John 18:37
“ You are a king then?” Pilate asked.“ You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied.“ I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
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Romans 9:32-33
Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.As it is written, Look, I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and the one who believes on him will not be put to shame.
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Ezekiel 18:25
“ But you say,‘ The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Now listen, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?
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2 Corinthians 2 15-2 Corinthians 2 16
For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. Who is adequate for these things?
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Romans 7:12
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
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John 15:24
If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
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Genesis 18:25
You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just?”
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Psalms 111:7-8
The works of his hands are truth and justice; all his instructions are trustworthy.They are established forever and ever, enacted in truth and in uprightness.
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Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
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Ezekiel 33:17-20
“‘ But your people say,“ The Lord’s way isn’t fair,” even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, he will die for it.But if a wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.Yet you say,“ The Lord’s way isn’t fair.” I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel.’”
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Matthew 13:11-12
He answered,“ Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
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2 Thessalonians 2 9-2 Thessalonians 2 12
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with every kind of miracle, both signs and wonders serving the lie,and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,so that all will be condemned— those who did not believe the truth but delighted in unrighteousness.
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John 9:39
Jesus said,“ I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”
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Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘ Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
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Isaiah 26:7
The path of the righteous is level; you clear a straight path for the righteous.
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John 3:19-20
This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.For everyone who does evil hates the light and avoids it, so that his deeds may not be exposed.
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Luke 7:23
and blessed is the one who isn’t offended by me.”
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Luke 4:28-29
When they heard this, everyone in the synagogue was enraged.They got up, drove him out of town, and brought him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl him over the cliff.
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Job 17:9
Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.
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Isaiah 8:13-15
You are to regard only the LORD of Armies as holy. Only he should be feared; only he should be held in awe.He will be a sanctuary; but for the two houses of Israel, he will be a stone to stumble over and a rock to trip over, and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be snared and captured.
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Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength; each appears before God in Zion.
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Isaiah 1:28
At the same time both rebels and sinners will be broken, and those who abandon the LORD will perish.
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Job 34:10-12
Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding. It is impossible for God to do wrong, and for the Almighty to act unjustly.For he repays a person according to his deeds, and he gives him what his conduct deserves.Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
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Job 34:18-19
who says to a king,“ Worthless man!” and to nobles,“ Wicked men!”?God is not partial to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
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1 Peter 2 7-1 Peter 2 8
So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected— this one has become the cornerstone,and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this.
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Psalms 84:5
Happy are the people whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.