Matthew 6:7-8
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7 And when you pray, (A)do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. (B)For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father (C)knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
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Luke 6:47-49
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47 (A)Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was [a]founded on the rock. 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it [b]fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”
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Luke 8:18
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18 Therefore take heed how you hear. (A)For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he [a]seems to (B)have will be taken from him.”
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- Luke 8:18 thinks that he has
Luke 9:35
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35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, (A)“This is [a]My beloved Son. (B)Hear Him!”
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- Luke 9:35 NU My Son, the Chosen One
Luke 11:28
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28 But He said, (A)“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
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Zechariah 2:13
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13 (A)Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused (B)from His holy habitation!”
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Zephaniah 1:7
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7 (A)Be silent in the presence of the Lord God;
(B)For the day of the Lord is at hand,
For (C)the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
He has [a]invited His guests.
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- Zephaniah 1:7 Lit. set apart, consecrated
Psalm 46:10
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10 Be still, and know that I am God;
(A)I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
Psalm 62:1
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A Calm Resolve to Wait for the Salvation of God
To the Chief Musician. To (A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
62 Truly (B)my soul silently waits for God;
From Him comes my salvation.
Job 37:19
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19 “Teach us what we should say to Him,
For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.
Habakkuk 2:20
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20 “But(A) the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
Ecclesiastes 5:2-3
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2 Do not be (A)rash with your mouth,
And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
For God is in heaven, and you on earth;
Therefore let your words (B)be few.
3 For a dream comes through much activity,
And (C)a fool’s voice is known by his many words.
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