Psalms 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
BSB
ASV
Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.
KJV
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
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Romans 3:11There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
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The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget…
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Isaiah 57:19bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
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This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
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Psalms 18:27For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
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Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles…
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
