Psalms 25:21

25:21 May integrity and godliness protect me,

for I rely on you!

Psalms 32:2

32:2 How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish,

in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Deuteronomy 26:16

Narrative Interlude

26:16 Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.

Deuteronomy 26:2

26:2 you must take the first of all the ground’s produce you harvest from the land the Lord your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he chooses to locate his name.

Deuteronomy 12:14

12:14 for you may do so only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas – there you may do everything I am commanding you.

Deuteronomy 15:17

15:17 you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well).

Deuteronomy 25:2

25:2 Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

Deuteronomy 31:20-21

31:20 For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors – one flowing with milk and honey – and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant. 31:21 Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised.”

Proverbs 4:23

4:23 Guard your heart with all vigilance,

for from it are the sources of life.

Ezekiel 11:9

11:9 ‘But I will take you out of the city. And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.

John 1:47

1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

John 1:2

1:2 The Word was with God in the beginning.

Colossians 1:12

1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.