Psalm 23 - 25
A Psalm of David.
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The Lord is my d shepherd; I shall not e want.
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He makes me lie down in green f pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
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He g restores my soul.
He h leads me in i paths of righteousness
for his j name's sake.
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Even though I k walk through the valley of l the shadow of death,
I will m fear no evil,
for n you are with me;
your o rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
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You p prepare a table before me
in q the presence of my enemies;
you r anoint my head with oil;
my s cup overflows.
6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall t dwell in the house of the Lord
u forever.
Psalms 24
A Psalm of David.
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v The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof,
the world and those who dwell therein,
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for he has w founded it upon x the seas
and established it upon the rivers.
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y Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
And who shall stand in his z holy place?
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a He who has b clean hands and c a pure heart,
who does not d lift up his soul to e what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.
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He will receive f blessing from the Lord
and g righteousness from h the God of his salvation.
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Such is i the generation of those who seek him,
who j seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
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k Lift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that l the King of glory may come in.
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Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, m mighty in battle!
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Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
10
Who is this King of glory?
n The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory! Selah
Psalms 25
Of David.
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To you, O Lord, I o lift up my soul.
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O my God, in you I p trust;
q let me not be put to shame;
r let not my enemies exult over me.
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Indeed, s none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
they shall be ashamed who are t wantonly u treacherous.
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v Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
teach me your paths.
5
Lead me in your w truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all the day long.
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Remember your x mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
y for they have been from of old.
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Remember not z the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your a steadfast love remember me,
for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
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b Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he c instructs sinners in the way.
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He leads the humble in what is right,
and teaches the humble his way.
10
All the paths of the Lord are d steadfast love and faithfulness,
for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
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For your e name's sake, O Lord,
pardon my guilt, for it is f great.
12
Who is the man who fears the Lord?
Him c will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
13
His soul shall g abide in well-being,
and his h offspring i shall inherit the land.
14
j The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
and he makes known to them his covenant.
15
My k eyes are ever toward the Lord,
for he will l pluck my feet out of the net.
16
m Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
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The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses.
18
n Consider my affliction and my trouble,
and forgive all my sins.
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Consider how many are my foes,
and with what violent hatred they hate me.
20
Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!
o Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
21
May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
for I wait for you.
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p Redeem Israel, O God,
out of all his troubles.
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Cross References
Psalms 78:52
Then he led out his people like sheep and guide...
Psalms 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Jo...
Isaiah 40:11
He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will...
Jeremiah 31:10
"Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and decl...
Ezekiel 34:11 - 12
For thus says the Lord God : Behold, I, I mysel...
Ezekiel 34:23
And I will set up over them one shepherd, my se...
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays ...
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought again from...
1 Peter 2:25
For you were straying like sheep, but have now ...
1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will r...
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Cross References
Psalms 34:9 - 10
Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
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Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.
John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
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Cross References
Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
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Psalms 5:8
Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because ...
Psalms 31:3
For you are my rock and my fortress; and for yo...
Psalms 139:10
Even there your hand shall lead me, and your ri...
Psalms 139:24
And see if there be any grievous way in me, and...
Psalms 143:10
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! L...
Isaiah 40:11
He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will...
Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorch...
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Proverbs 4:11
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice.
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Psalms 25:11
For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, ...
Psalms 31:3
For you are my rock and my fortress; and for yo...
Psalms 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory ...
Psalms 109:21
But you, O God my Lord, deal on my behalf for y...
Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of my name, that it sh...
Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for the sake of my name, that it sh...
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Psalms 138:7
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
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Job 3:5
Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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Psalms 3:6
I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
Psalms 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 27:3
Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
Psalms 118:6
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
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Cross References
Exodus 3:12
He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
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Micah 7:14
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
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Psalms 78:19
They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
Proverbs 9:2
She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
2 Samuel 17:27 - 29
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
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Cross References
Psalms 31:19
Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
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Cross References
Psalms 45:7
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.
Psalms 133:2
It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
Luke 7:46
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
Psalms 92:10
But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me fresh oil.
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Psalms 16:5
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
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Psalms 27:4
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
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Psalms 21:4
He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.
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Cross References
Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the...
Psalms 89:11
The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;...
Exodus 9:29
Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out ...
Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice...
Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and ...
Job 41:11
Who has first given to me, that I should repay ...
1 Corinthians 10:26
For "the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness ...
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Cross References
Psalms 104:5
He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
Job 38:6
On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone.
Proverbs 8:29
When he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
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Cross References
Psalms 136:6
To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
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Cross References
Psalms 24:3 - 5
Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord ? And who shall stand in his holy place?
Psalms 15:1 - 5
O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?
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Psalms 2:6
"As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."
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Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Isaiah 33:15 - 16
He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil.
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Job 22:30
He delivers even the one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.
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Psalms 73:1
Book Three Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 18:6
If he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity.
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Cross References
Psalms 31:6
I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.
Psalms 119:37
Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
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Cross References
Genesis 22:17 - 18
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
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Isaiah 46:13
I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay; I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel my glory.
Isaiah 56:1
Thus says the Lord : "Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.
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Cross References
Psalms 27:9
Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation!
Psalms 38:22
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
Psalms 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
Psalms 88:1
O Lord, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.
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Cross References
Psalms 14:5
There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
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Cross References
Psalms 27:8
You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, Lord, do I seek.
Psalms 105:4
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
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Psalms 118:19 - 20
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
Isaiah 26:2
Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
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1 Corinthians 2:8
None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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Exodus 15:3
The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.
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Malachi 1:14
Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.
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Psalms 86:4
Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Psalms 143:8
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
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Cross References
Psalms 11:1
In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain.
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Psalms 25:20
Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
Psalms 31:1
In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!
Psalms 31:17
O Lord, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol.
Psalms 71:1
In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame!
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Psalms 13:4
Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
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Isaiah 49:23
Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Romans 5:5
And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Philippians 1:20
As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
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Cross References
Psalms 59:3 - 4
For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord.
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Jeremiah 3:20
Surely, as a treacherous wife leaves her husband, so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel, declares the Lord.'
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Cross References
Psalms 27:11
Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a lev...
Psalms 86:11
Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in y...
Psalms 143:8
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast lo...
Psalms 143:10
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! L...
Exodus 33:13
Now therefore, if I have found favor in your si...
Psalms 5:8
Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because ...
Psalms 119:35
Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I...
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Psalms 26:3
For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.
Psalms 86:11
Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
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Psalms 51:1
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 103:17
But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me.
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Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.
Genesis 9:15
I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Genesis 19:29
So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.
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Job 13:26
For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Job 20:11
His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
Jeremiah 3:25
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
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Psalms 51:1
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
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Psalms 100:5
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
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Psalms 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
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John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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Psalms 23:3
He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
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Romans 5:20
Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.
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Psalms 25:8
Good and upright is the Lord ; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
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Proverbs 1:33
But whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.
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Psalms 112:2
His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
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Psalms 37:9
For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.
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Amos 3:7
For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
Job 29:4
As I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent.
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Psalms 123:1 - 2
To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
Psalms 141:8
But my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
2 Chronicles 20:12
O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.
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Psalms 31:4
You take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.
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Psalms 69:16
Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.
Psalms 86:16
Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.
Psalms 119:132
Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your way with those who love your name.
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Job 10:15
If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.
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Psalms 25:2
O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
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Psalms 34:22
The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Psalms 71:23
My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.
Psalms 130:8
And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Lamentations 3:58
You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life.
2 Samuel 4:9
But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity.
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