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Commandment » The commandments of the lord
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy. He has given food to his worshippers; he will keep his agreement in mind for ever. He has made clear to his people the power of his works, giving them the heritage of the nations. read more.
The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging. They are fixed for ever and ever, they are done in faith and righteousness.
The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging. They are fixed for ever and ever, they are done in faith and righteousness.
For ever, O Lord, your word is fixed in heaven. Your faith is unchanging from generation to generation: you have put the earth in its place, and it is not moved. They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants. read more.
If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me. I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life. I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules. The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward. I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.
If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me. I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life. I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules. The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward. I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.
For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it. And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.
But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
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The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
So keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may be strong, and go in and take the land which is to be your heritage;
And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
This is the first and greatest rule.
Christian conduct » Obeying God
They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
The law of God » Obedience to » A test of love
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
The law of God » Described as » Not grievous
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
Love » The love of God
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another. But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.
Love to God » Should produce » Obedience to God
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
So keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may be strong, and go in and take the land which is to be your heritage;
And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
This is the first and greatest rule.