Law (4/5)

The way of the LORD is a stronghold for the upright, but… Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright,
but destruction for evildoers.
Proverbs 10:29 sin reliability
I shall walk at liberty,
for I have sought your precepts.
Psalm 119:45 freedom seeking

The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”
Exodus 24:12 obedience receiving
I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous ordinances.
Psalm 119:7 worship heart praise
Your decrees are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.
Psalm 119:111 joy heart
Happy are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord.
Psalm 119:1 righteousness life blameless
Those who keep the commandment will live;
those who are heedless of their ways will die.
Proverbs 19:16 eternal life sin
I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and will give to your offspring all these lands; and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Genesis 26:4-5 blessing listening obedience
But if the wicked turn away from all their sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is lawful and right, they shall surely live; they shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:21 conversion sin obedience
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:15 Savior mediator covenant
In the path of your judgments,
O Lord, we wait for you;
your name and your renown
are the soul's desire.
Isaiah 26:8 righteousness desires
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
Romans 8:1-2 judgment redeemer punishment
I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.
Ezekiel 36:27 Spirit following Holy Spirit
Hear, my child, and accept my words,
that the years of your life may be many.
Proverbs 4:10 Word of God obedience life
If only they had such a mind as this, to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!
Deuteronomy 5:29 obedience blessing children
I hurry and do not delay
to keep your commandments.
Psalm 119:60 obedience following
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
John 13:34 love neighbor
For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
Matthew 5:18 reliability Word of God heaven
He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 10:27 love obedience
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
Deuteronomy 7:9 reliability God covenant
You have the fringe so that, when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and not follow the lust of your own heart and your own eyes.
Numbers 15:39 obedience desires sexuality
If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and give heed to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.
Exodus 15:26 listening sickness healing
He was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Exodus 34:28 fasting nearness Word of God
Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, working among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 13:20-21 peace covenant resurrection
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.
Job 23:12 speaking obedience Word of God

This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers, fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

Bible verse of the day

The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.”

Luke 1:35 Holy Spirit christmas strength