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Deuteronomy 4:30
“ In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the Lord your God and listen to what he tells you.
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Jeremiah 26:13
But if you stop your sinning and begin to obey the Lord your God, he will change his mind about this disaster that he has announced against you.
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Jeremiah 7:23
This is what I told them:‘ Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do everything as I say, and all will be well!’
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Hebrews 11:8
It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.
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Isaiah 1:19
If you will only obey me, you will have plenty to eat.
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Job 22:23
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored— so clean up your life.
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Job 22:21
“ Submit to God, and you will have peace; then things will go well for you.
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Job 21:11
They let their children frisk about like lambs. Their little ones skip and dance.
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Romans 6:17
Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you.
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Job 42:12
So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
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Revelation 18:7
She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. She boasted in her heart,‘ I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.’
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James 5:5
You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
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Ecclesiastes 9:2-3
The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether righteous or wicked, good or bad, ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who make promises to God are treated like people who don’t.It seems so wrong that everyone under the sun suffers the same fate. Already twisted by evil, people choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway.
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Job 11:13-19
“ If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer!Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you.Then your face will brighten with innocence. You will be strong and free of fear.You will forget your misery; it will be like water flowing away.Your life will be brighter than the noonday. Even darkness will be as bright as morning.Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.You will lie down unafraid, and many will look to you for help.