Proverbs 19:16

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He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what counts.

Now by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?