Hebrews 10:38

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But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

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  • Rom 1:17 : 17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”
  • Gal 3:11 : 11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, 6 and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.
  • Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, 27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.
  • 2 Pet 2:19-22 : 19 Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them. 22 They are illustrations of this true proverb:“A dog returns to its own vomit,” and“A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.
  • Matt 12:43-45 : 43 The Return of the Unclean Spirit“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it. 44 Then it says,‘I will return to the home I left.’ When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”
  • Matt 13:21 : 21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
  • Ezek 3:20 : 20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.
  • Ezek 18:24 : 24 “But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.
  • Hab 2:4 : 4 Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 and those who turn their backs on the LORD and do not want the LORD’s help or guidance.”
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 “I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and I will no longer accept an offering from you.
  • Ps 5:4 : 4 Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.
  • Ps 85:8 : 8 I will listen to what God the LORD says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways.
  • Ps 147:11 : 11 The LORD takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 The Lord Commissions His Special Servant“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my Spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.
  • Matt 12:18 : 18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
  • 1 Thess 2:15 : 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

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