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that you may observe them in the land which slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the LORD
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you are crossing over to possess, that you may brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes 22 and the LORD showed signs and wonders
and His commandments which I command you, before our eyes, great and severe, against
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you and your son and your grandson, all the Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household. Then
days of your life, and that your days may be pro- He brought us out from there, that He might
longed. Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful bring us in, to give us the land of which He
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to observe it, that it may be well with you, and swore to our fathers. And the LORD com-
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that you may multiply greatly as the LORD God manded us to observe all these statutes, to
of your fathers has promised you—‘a land flow- fear the LORD our God, for our good always,
ing with milk and honey.’ that He might preserve us alive, as it is this
4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the day. Then it will be righteousness for us, if we
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LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God are careful to observe all these command-
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with all your heart, with all your soul, and with ments before the LORD our God, as He has
all your strength. commanded us.’
6 “And these words which I command you
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today shall be in your heart. You shall teach Psalm 37:1–4
them diligently to your children, and shall talk A Psalm of David.
of them when you sit in your house, when you o not fret because of evildoers,
walk by the way, when you lie down, and when D Nor be envious of the workers
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you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on of iniquity.
your hand, and they shall be as frontlets 2 For they shall soon be cut down like
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between your eyes. You shall write them on the grass,
the doorposts of your house and on your gates. And wither as the green herb.
10 “So it shall be, when the LORD your God
brings you into the land of which He swore to 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good;
your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to Dwell in the land, and feed on His
give you large and beautiful cities which you faithfulness.
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did not build, houses full of all good things, 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD,
which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which And He shall give you the desires of
you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees your heart.
which you did not plant—when you have Proverbs 12:8
eaten and are full— then beware, lest you for-
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get the LORD who brought you out of the land 8 A man will be commended according
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of Egypt, from the house of bondage. You to his wisdom,
shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him, But he who is of a perverse heart will
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and shall take oaths in His name. You shall be despised.
not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples Luke 1:21–38
who are all around you (for the LORD your
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God is a jealous God among you), lest the 21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and
anger of the LORD your God be aroused against marveled that he lingered so long in the tem-
you and destroy you from the face of the earth. ple. But when he came out, he could not
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16 “You shall not tempt the LORD your God as speak to them; and they perceived that he
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you tempted Him in Massah. You shall dili- had seen a vision in the temple, for he beck-
gently keep the commandments of the LORD oned to them and remained speechless.
your God, His testimonies, and His statutes 23 So it was, as soon as the days of his service
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which He has commanded you. And you were completed, that he departed to his own
shall do what is right and good in the sight of house. Now after those days his wife Elizabeth
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the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that conceived; and she hid herself five months, say-
you may go in and possess the good land of ing, “Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the
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which the LORD swore to your fathers, to cast days when He looked on me, to take away my
out all your enemies from before you, as the reproach among people.”
LORD has spoken. 26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel
20 “When your son asks you in time to come, was sent by God to a city of Galilee named
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saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testi- Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man
monies, the statutes, and the judgments which whose name was Joseph, of the house of Da-
the LORD our God has commanded you?’ vid. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having
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21 then you shall say to your son: ‘We were come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly
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