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THE REWARD OF THE WISE

ND they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.

Daniel 12:3

GOD'S LOVE

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WILL heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Hosea 14:4

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PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT

ND it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.

THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD

UT in the last days it shall come to

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pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

5 For all people will walk every one in the

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name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

Micah 4

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THE LORD IS GOOD

HE Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

Nahum 1:7

THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE

'OR the earth shall be filled with the

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knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Habakkuk 2: 14

HABAKKUK'S PRAYER

LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

3 God came from Teman, and the Holy

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Habakkuk's Prayer

One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.

5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations: and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

Habakkuk 3.

TURN YOU TO THE STRONG HOLD

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URN you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.

Zechariah 9: 12

THE MESSENGER OF THE LORD

EHOLD, I will send my messenger, and

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he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come

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to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come saith the Lord of hosts.

2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' sope:

3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in right

eousness.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

II And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsore land, saith the Lord of hosts.