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Psalms 11:7
For the righteous Lord loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.
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Isaiah 55:3
“ Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.
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Jeremiah 9:24
But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the Lord, have spoken!
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Psalms 25:8-12
The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way.The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demands.For the honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins.Who are those who fear the Lord? He will show them the path they should choose.
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Proverbs 8:20
I walk in righteousness, in paths of justice.
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Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.
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Psalms 37:28
For the Lord loves justice, and he will never abandon the godly. He will keep them safe forever, but the children of the wicked will die.
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Zechariah 8:16-17
But this is what you must do: Tell the truth to each other. Render verdicts in your courts that are just and that lead to peace.Don’t scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. I hate all these things, says the Lord.”
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Psalms 99:4
Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel.
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1 Samuel 15 21-1 Samuel 15 24
Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and plunder to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”But Samuel replied,“ What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”Then Saul admitted to Samuel,“ Yes, I have sinned. I have disobeyed your instructions and the Lord’s command, for I was afraid of the people and did what they demanded.
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Genesis 17:7
“ I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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2 Samuel 23 5
“ Is it not my family God has chosen? Yes, he has made an everlasting covenant with me. His agreement is arranged and guaranteed in every detail. He will ensure my safety and success.
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Psalms 33:5
He loves whatever is just and good; the unfailing love of the Lord fills the earth.
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Hebrews 13:20-21
Now may the God of peace— who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.
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Proverbs 3:6
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
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Isaiah 5:16
But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted by his justice. The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.
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Psalms 45:7
You love justice and hate evil. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.
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Psalms 50:5
“ Bring my faithful people to me— those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.”
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Psalms 32:8
The Lord says,“ I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.
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Amos 5:21-24
“ I hate all your show and pretense— the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.Away with your noisy hymns of praise! I will not listen to the music of your harps.Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.
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Matthew 23:13
“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.
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2 Thessalonians 3 5
May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.
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Jeremiah 7:8-11
“‘ Don’t be fooled into thinking that you will never suffer because the Temple is here. It’s a lie!Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant,“ We are safe!”— only to go right back to all those evils again?Don’t you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the Lord, have spoken!
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Isaiah 1:11-13
“ What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?” says the Lord.“ I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened cattle. I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.When you come to worship me, who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting— they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings.