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and said, "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart, Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfGod's WaysLoyaltyMonotheismNo One Is Like GodGod Keeps Covenant


And he said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God. Verse ConceptsGod, The LordGod, Uniqueness OfMonotheismUniquenessGod's Action TomorrowNo One Is Like GodKnowing God's Charactertomorrow

"There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfSecurityTheocracyGod RidingNo One Is Like GodExcellenceclouds

Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfMonotheismOne GodNo One Is Like GodNo Other Is God

There is none like you, O LORD, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. Verse ConceptsMonotheismOne GodNo One Is Like God

For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD, Verse ConceptsMonotheismComparisonsWho Is Like God?Angels


And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. Verse ConceptsNo Other Is GodGod Is One




Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps. Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfStrength, DivineAuthority, Belonging To GodThe AlmightyDeterminism


He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways. Verse ConceptsHillsTheophanyThe AlmightyEternal WorldMountains RemovedGod ShakingThe Ground Being SplitGod Saves From Sin And Death



Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Verse ConceptsBabylonGod, Power OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsPraise, Manner And Methods OfShoutingThunderGod's OmnipotenceThe AlmightyGod, InfiniteMultitudesMany In The ChurchThings Like WaterLike WaterPraise The Lord!Gay MarriagewaterfallsThunder Showing God's Presence


Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever. Verse ConceptsMercifulnessProclaimingReturning To GodReturn From The NorthGod Will No More Be AngryBackslidingBackslidersAnger And Forgiveness

keeping steadfast love for thousands,forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation." Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardPunishment, Nature OfUnforgivenessParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving God

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Verse ConceptsAbundance, SpiritualGenerosity, God'sGrace, In OtMind, Of GodRepentance, Importance OfRepentance, Nature OfSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSin, Deliverance From GodThoughtForsaking SinReturning To GodThinking ArightEvil WaysA Forgiving God

My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him. Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will NeverLoyaltyReinstatementGod Shows His LovingkindnessLater Covenants With God

For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentBeing ForsakenGathering IsraelTransient HardshipGod Will Show Mercy

"With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfGood ReboundingThe Grace Of God

For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him." Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfConversion, God's demands forFace Of GodGrace, In OtReinstatement

and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Verse ConceptsMealsGod Sends ProphetsPeople UnwillingWedding GuestsCelebration

For thus said the LORD of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: Verse ConceptsFruitPersecution, Nature OfApple Of The EyeTouching To HarmEyes Cared ForEyes HarmedEyes

"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. Verse ConceptsFoundationsFoundations Of BuildingsGod Sending ProphetsMan's Work Finishedconstructionfinishing

And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord. Verse ConceptsMessengerNot AloneKnowing Facts

Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there." And now the Lord GOD has sent me, and his Spirit. Verse ConceptsSecrecyGod, TrinityThe Spirit Of GodGod Sending ProphetsLed By The Spiritheartbroken

You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the LORD persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfWatchfulness, DivineRefusing To HearThose Who Rose EarlyDoing RepeatedlyGod Sends Prophets

And the angel answered him, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. Verse ConceptsAngel of the Lordevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofAngels as God's servantsNewsStandingGood TidingsGod Sending ProphetsThe Presence Of Godfitnessgabrielevangelising

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. Verse ConceptsGod Sending ProphetsGodly Man

so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. Verse ConceptsCertaintyGod Is TruthfulAfflictions, Consolation DuringTypes Of ChristImpossible For GodHow God Can't LieTwo Intangible ThingsGod EncouragingOthers Who FledThe Hope Of The GospelimpossibleFinding Comfort In God


who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalSeaCreation Of The SeasEarthHeavenThe OceanThe EarthGod's CreationThe Seaeverything


And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfCertaintyGod, Titles And Names OfHonestyTrustworthinessThe Lord Is GodGod's Word Is TrueGod's Trustworthiness


So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes. Verse ConceptsLeaving The Past BehindPast, TheGod Is TruthfulBeing Hidden From GodHidden From GodSwearing ByFamily ProblemsBlessing OthersSwearing

By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged." Verse ConceptsHonestyReliabilityFar Be It!God SuingThose Who Are LiarsMan's Relation To GodOvercomingTelling The Truth

the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us Verse ConceptsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesGod Swearing Blessings

Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest." Verse ConceptsExclusionGod Swearing Harm

The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored; Verse ConceptsForeignersHandsOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtRight Hand Of GodForeigners SubduedGod Feeds All The EarthOvercoming EnemiesAliensSpilling Your Seed On The Ground



and said, "By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, Verse ConceptsAbrahamChild sacrificeOaths, DivineThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleGod HimselfNot SparingSwearingmyself

Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. Verse ConceptsOaths, DivineHow God Can't Liewholeness

As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest.'" Verse ConceptsSleeplessnessEntering LifeGod Swearing Harm



"Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name: I am the LORD. Verse ConceptsIrreverenceProfaning God's NameI Am The Lord

"If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God, Verse ConceptsGod, Glory Ofethics, personalGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedAweHis Name Is The LordGod Is To Be FearedKeep The Commandments!

Daniel answered and said: "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. Verse ConceptsBlessedEternal PraiseGod, All knowingAll Things Belong To GodBless The Lord!Being Thankful For BlessingsBlessings From God

For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipReverence, And God's NatureTerror Of GodSanctification

And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfMission, Of IsraelProfaning God's NameHoliness










The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorHealthPraiseRich, TheSelf RespectSongsGod My SalvationGod Our StrengthHe Is Our GodHope And StrengthStrength, God Is OurLove And Strengthstrengh

This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless. Verse ConceptsRich, TheSelf RespectWalking In The Ways Of GodDeercrusades

The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod, The RockRefugeThe Lord's AnointedGod Our StrengthStrength, God Is OurPeace And Strength

Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! Verse ConceptsJoy In WorshipShouting For JoyPraise, Reasons ForGod Our Strengthjoyfuljoyfulness



that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, Verse ConceptsSeeking GodGod Is ImmanentGod's OmnipresenceNearness To GodFinding Godseeking




"Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? Verse ConceptsNearness To GodGod Far Awaydistance

He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. Verse ConceptsGod, Present EverywhereGod, Righteousness OfSalvation, Nature OfNearness To GodGod Vindicatesaccusationsvindication

know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. Verse ConceptsGod, Present EverywhereGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Uniqueness OfOrthodoxy, In OtNo Other Is GodThe Lord Is GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! Verse ConceptsThe DeadAfterlifeClimbingThe Fact Of DeathGoing To Heaven


Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetEarth, Description OfGod, Present EverywhereGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfHeaven, God's ThroneGod's OmnipresenceThe Temple In HeavenEarthHeaven Better Than EarthRestThe EarthGoing To Heaven

Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleFilling PlacesSecrecyAwarenessGod's OmnipresenceGod Is TranscendentGod, InfiniteBeing Filled With GodHiding From GodThe Earth Filled With Godhiding

that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, Verse ConceptsSeeking GodGod Is ImmanentGod's OmnipresenceNearness To GodFinding Godseeking

And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this, Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForRemnantSurvivors Of The Nations

But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHandsHesitationSafetyUnbelief, As Response To GodGod's Mercy, Example OfOutside The CityPulling PeopleTaking By The HandPeople Who DelayedBringing People Out Of Other PlacesGod Showed Mercy

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; Verse ConceptsHeaven, Nature OfFear Of God, Results OfGod On HighMercyGod's Love For UsThe Earthdistancesteadfastgraciousness

And the LORD said, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake." Verse ConceptsFiftiesNumbers Of Righteous PeopleA Good Man

They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAngerAggressionAnger Of God, DescriptionListeningRestraintSin, And God's CharacterLoving Kindness Of GodSelf WillGod Not ForsakingMaking SlavesA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfMercifulnessMind, Of GodGod Not Forsaking

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In The NationsAdam, DescendantsBoundariesMonogamySeparationThe Most HighLanguages SeparatedAccording To PeopleGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod Sets BoundariesRaceborders

The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. Verse ConceptsThunderThe Most HighGod's VoiceThunder Expressing God's Judgment

I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. Verse ConceptsPraiseGod, Titles And Names OfPrayer, And WorshipSingingThank OfferingThe Most HighWe Thank God



The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.' Verse ConceptsDivine MessengerCivil authoritiesHuman Authority, Nature OfHuman Authority, Instituted By GodAuthority, of human institutionsGovernmentWhat God GivesSeasons, Of LifeThe Most HighAuthorityGod Saves From Sin And DeathJudicial PunishmentOther Unimportant PeopleSpecific Holy IndividualsKnowing About God's Kingdom

And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native." Verse ConceptsGentiles, In OtOrdinancesPassoverAliens, Believers DutyStrangersForeigners Permitted At The FeastsForeigners Included In The Law

And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. Verse ConceptsBehaviourReligionCharacter Of SaintsGood Wives Examplesluckcouples

and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysMoses, Significance OfScripture TeachingLearning The Right WayThe Law ProclaimedWalking In God's WaySocial dutiesDecision Making

From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?' Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands fordrawing near to GodImpenitence, Results OfRevival, CorporateReturning To GodThey Do Not Keep Commands

And the statutes and the rules and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you, you shall always be careful to do. You shall not fear other gods, Verse ConceptsOrdinancesDifferent GodsKeep The Commandments!statues

that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Verse ConceptsRevival, Nature OfI Will Be Their GodKeep The Commandments!


Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfPainSuffering, Encouragements InTrusting In GodTrust In God!God As The Object Of Faith

Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfPraiseGod, The EternalImmortality, In OtStandingGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedEternal PraiseProclaiming God’s NameBless The Lord!


For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts. Verse ConceptsGod, Present EverywhereHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityOfferingsWestThe Gentiles ConversionEast And WestThe Nations Before GodRising






for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Verse ConceptsVisionGod, Omniscience OfGod And The HeartGuiltEmotionscondemnationconsciencereassurance


For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them. Verse ConceptsAbandonmentAssurance, basis ofGod's attitude towards peopleMercifulnessGod's MercyGod Remembering His CovenantGod Not ForsakingMercy

Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man." Verse ConceptsMercifulnessRegretDanger From MenMercyMaking DecisionsDecision Making

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, DescriptionMind, Of GodSin, Deliverance From GodSin, Nature OfUnforgivenessPenitenceWho Is Like God?A Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness



The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes! Verse ConceptsEarth, God's GloryScripture Teaching

For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod's TruthFaithfulnessGod's Faithfulnesscloudsdevotion

But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, Verse ConceptsGod, Love OfGod, The EternalEternalPromises To ChildrenEverlastingLoving Children

Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfPraiseGod, The EternalPraise, Manner And Methods OfThankfulnessThanksgiving, OfferedGratitudePraise The Lord!Thank God!

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.



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