Isaiah 58:6-7
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6 “Is this not the fast which I choose,
To (A)loosen the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to (B)let the oppressed go free
And (C)break every yoke?
7 “Is it not to (D)divide your bread [a]with the hungry
And (E)bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the (F)naked, to cover him;
And not to (G)hide yourself from your own flesh?
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- Isaiah 58:7 Lit for
Jeremiah 7:5
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5 For (A)if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly (B)practice justice between a man and his neighbor,
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Jeremiah 7:23
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23 But this is [a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘(A)Obey My voice, and (B)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may (C)be well with you.’
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- Jeremiah 7:23 Lit the word which
Jeremiah 21:12
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12 O (A)house of David, thus says the Lord:
“(B)Administer justice [a]every (C)morning;
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the [b]power of his oppressor,
(D)That My wrath may not go forth like fire
And (E)burn with none to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.
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- Jeremiah 21:12 Or in the
- Jeremiah 21:12 Lit hand
Micah 6:8
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Zechariah 7:9
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9 “Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘(A)Dispense true justice and practice (B)kindness and compassion each to his brother;
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Zechariah 8:16
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16 These are the things which you should do: speak the (A)truth to one another; (B)judge with truth and judgment for peace in your [a]gates.
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- Zechariah 8:16 I.e. the place where court was held
Matthew 23:23
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23 “(A)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and [a]cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
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- Matthew 23:23 Similar to caraway seeds
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