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{"content":[{"abbv":"wsc","answer":"The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly.","citation":"WSC 46","long_citation":"Shorter Catechism 46","name":"Shorter Catechism","number":"46","prooftexts":{},"question":"What is required in the first commandment?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"},{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly, by thinking, meditating, remembering, highly esteeming, honoring, adoring, choosing, loving, desiring, fearing of him; believing him; trusting, hoping, delighting, rejoicing in him; being zealous for him; calling upon him, giving all praise and thanks, and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man; being careful in all things to please him, and sorrowful when in anything he is offended; and walking humbly with him.","citation":"WLC 104","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 104","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"104","prooftexts":{},"question":"What are the duties required in the first commandment?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"content_with_prooftexts":[{"abbv":"wsc","answer":"The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly.<sup id='fnref:wsc1'><a href='#fn:wsc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup>","citation":"WSC 46","long_citation":"Shorter Catechism 46","name":"Shorter Catechism","number":"46","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 Chronicles 28:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p13028009.05-1\">“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.</p>\n</div><h5>Isaiah 45:20-25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045020.01-2\">“Assemble yourselves and come;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>draw near together,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you survivors of the nations!<br />\nThey have no knowledge<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>who carry about their wooden idols,<br />\nand keep on praying to a god<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that cannot save.<br />\n Declare and present your case;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let them take counsel together!<br />\nWho told this long ago?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Who declared it of old?<br />\nWas it not I, the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>And there is no other god besides me,<br />\na righteous God and a Savior;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>there is none besides me.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045022.01-2\">“Turn to me and be saved,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all the ends of the earth!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>For I am God, and there is no other.<br />\n By myself I have sworn;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>from my mouth has gone out in righteousness<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>a word that shall not return:<br />\n‘To me every knee shall bow,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>every tongue shall swear allegiance.’</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045024.01-2\">“Only in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, it shall be said of me,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>are righteousness and strength;<br />\nto him shall come and be ashamed<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all who were incensed against him.<br />\n In the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> all the offspring of Israel<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>shall be justified and shall glory.”</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Matthew 4:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p40004010.01-3\">Then Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">“Be gone, Satan! For it is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004010.13-3\"><span class=\"woc\">“‘You shall worship the Lord your God<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and him only shall you serve.’”</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"What is required in the first commandment?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"},{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God;<sup id='fnref:wlc1'><a href='#fn:wlc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> and to worship and glorify him accordingly,<sup id='fnref:wlc2'><a href='#fn:wlc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> by thinking,<sup id='fnref:wlc3'><a href='#fn:wlc3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> meditating,<sup id='fnref:wlc4'><a href='#fn:wlc4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup> remembering,<sup id='fnref:wlc5'><a href='#fn:wlc5' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>5</a></sup> highly esteeming,<sup id='fnref:wlc6'><a href='#fn:wlc6' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>6</a></sup> honoring,<sup id='fnref:wlc7'><a href='#fn:wlc7' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>7</a></sup> adoring,<sup id='fnref:wlc8'><a href='#fn:wlc8' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>8</a></sup> choosing,<sup id='fnref:wlc9'><a href='#fn:wlc9' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>9</a></sup> loving,<sup id='fnref:wlc10'><a href='#fn:wlc10' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>10</a></sup> desiring,<sup id='fnref:wlc11'><a href='#fn:wlc11' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>11</a></sup> fearing of him;<sup id='fnref:wlc12'><a href='#fn:wlc12' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>12</a></sup> believing him;<sup id='fnref:wlc13'><a href='#fn:wlc13' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>13</a></sup> trusting,<sup id='fnref:wlc14'><a href='#fn:wlc14' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>14</a></sup> hoping,<sup id='fnref:wlc15'><a href='#fn:wlc15' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>15</a></sup> delighting,<sup id='fnref:wlc16'><a href='#fn:wlc16' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>16</a></sup> rejoicing in him;<sup id='fnref:wlc17'><a href='#fn:wlc17' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>17</a></sup> being zealous for him;<sup id='fnref:wlc18'><a href='#fn:wlc18' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>18</a></sup> calling upon him, giving all praise and thanks,<sup id='fnref:wlc19'><a href='#fn:wlc19' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>19</a></sup> and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man;<sup id='fnref:wlc20'><a href='#fn:wlc20' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>20</a></sup> being careful in all things to please him,<sup id='fnref:wlc21'><a href='#fn:wlc21' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>21</a></sup> and sorrowful when in anything he is offended;<sup id='fnref:wlc22'><a href='#fn:wlc22' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>22</a></sup> and walking humbly with him.<sup id='fnref:wlc23'><a href='#fn:wlc23' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>23</a></sup>","citation":"WLC 104","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 104","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"104","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 Chronicles 28:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p13028009.05-1\">“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.</p>\n</div><h5>Deuteronomy 26:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p05026007.01-2\">Then we cried to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the God of our fathers, and the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.</p>\n</div><h5>Isaiah 43:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23043010.01-3\">“You are my witnesses,” declares the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>“and my servant whom I have chosen,<br />\nthat you may know and believe me<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and understand that I am he.<br />\nBefore me no god was formed,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>nor shall there be any after me.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Jeremiah 14:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p24014022.01-4\">Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Or can the heavens give showers?<br />\nAre you not he, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> our God?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>We set our hope on you,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for you do all these things. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 95:6-7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19095006.01-1\">Oh come, let us worship and bow down;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let us kneel before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, our Maker!<br />\n For he is our God,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and we are the people of his pasture,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the sheep of his hand.<br />\nToday, if you hear his voice,</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Matthew 4:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p40004010.01-2\">Then Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">“Be gone, Satan! For it is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004010.13-2\"><span class=\"woc\">“‘You shall worship the Lord your God<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and him only shall you serve.’”</span></p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 29:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19029002.01-3\">Ascribe to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> the glory due his name;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>worship the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> in the splendor of holiness. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Malachi 3:16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p39003016.05-1\">Then those who feared the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> spoke with one another. The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> and esteemed his name. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 63:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19063006.01-1\">when I remember you upon my bed,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and meditate on you in the watches of the night; (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","5":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Ecclesiastes 12:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p21012001.07-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v21012001-1\">12:1 </span>Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","6":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 71:19</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19071019.01-1\">Your righteousness, O God,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>reaches the high heavens.<br />\nYou who have done great things,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>O God, who is like you? (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","7":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Malachi 1:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p39001006.05-1\">“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","8":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Isaiah 45:23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045023.01-1\">By myself I have sworn;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>from my mouth has gone out in righteousness<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>a word that shall not return:<br />\n‘To me every knee shall bow,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>every tongue shall swear allegiance.’</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 96</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19096001.07-2\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19096001-2\">96:1 </span>Oh sing to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> a new song;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>sing to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, all the earth!<br />\n Sing to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, bless his name;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>tell of his salvation from day to day.<br />\n Declare his glory among the nations,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>his marvelous works among all the peoples!<br />\n For great is the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and greatly to be praised;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he is to be feared above all gods.<br />\n For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> made the heavens.<br />\n Splendor and majesty are before him;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19096007.01-2\">Ascribe to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, O families of the peoples,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>ascribe to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> glory and strength!<br />\n Ascribe to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> the glory due his name;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>bring an offering, and come into his courts!<br />\n Worship the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> in the splendor of holiness;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>tremble before him, all the earth!</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19096010.01-2\">Say among the nations, “The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> reigns!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he will judge the peoples with equity.”</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19096011.01-2\">Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let the sea roar, and all that fills it;<br />\n <span class=\"indent\"></span>let the field exult, and everything in it!<br />\nThen shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy<br />\n <span class=\"indent\"></span>before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, for he comes,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for he comes to judge the earth.<br />\nHe will judge the world in righteousness,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the peoples in his faithfulness. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","9":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Joshua 24:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p06024015.01-1\">And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.”</p>\n</div><h5>Joshua 24:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p06024022.01-2\">Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, to serve him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.” (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","10":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Deuteronomy 6:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p05006005.01-1\">You shall love the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","11":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 73:25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19073025.01-1\">Whom have I in heaven but you?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","12":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Isaiah 8:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p23008013.01-1\">But the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","13":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Exodus 14:31</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p02014031.01-1\">Israel saw the great power that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and they believed in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> and in his servant Moses. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","14":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Isaiah 26:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23026004.01-1\">Trust in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> forever,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> <span class=\"small-caps\">God</span> is an everlasting rock. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","15":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 130:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19130007.01-1\">O Israel, hope in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>!<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>For with the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> there is steadfast love,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and with him is plentiful redemption. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","16":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 37:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19037004.01-1\">Delight yourself in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and he will give you the desires of your heart. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","17":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 32:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19032011.01-1\">Be glad in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and rejoice, O righteous,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","18":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Romans 12:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p45012011.01-1\">Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.</p>\n</div><h5>Numbers 25:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p04025011.01-2\">“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","19":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Philippians 4:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p50004006.01-1\">do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","20":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Jeremiah 7:23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p24007023.01-1\">But this command I gave them: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’</p>\n</div><h5>James 4:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p59004007.01-2\">Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","21":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 John 3:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p62003022.01-1\">and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","22":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 119:136</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119136.01-1\">My eyes shed streams of tears,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>because people do not keep your law.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Jeremiah 31:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p24031018.01-2\">I have heard Ephraim grieving,<br />\n‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>like an untrained calf;<br />\nbring me back that I may be restored,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for you are the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> my God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","23":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Micah 6:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p33006008.01-1\">He has told you, O man, what is good;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and what does the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> require of you<br />\nbut to do justice, and to love kindness,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and to walk humbly with your God? (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"What are the duties required in the first commandment?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"feed":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n\n</head>\n<body>\n<h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Shorter Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>46.</em></span>\nWhat is required in the first commandment?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly.<sup id=\"fnref:wsc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wsc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Chronicles 28:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p13028009.05-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cAnd you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 45:20-25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045020.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cAssemble yourselves and come;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>draw near together,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you survivors of the nations!\nThey have no knowledge\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>who carry about their wooden idols,\nand keep on praying to a god\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>that cannot save.\n Declare and present your case;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let them take counsel together!\nWho told this long ago?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Who declared it of old?\nWas it not I, the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>And there is no other god besides me,\na righteous God and a Savior;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>there is none besides me.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045022.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cTurn to me and be saved,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all the ends of the earth!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>For I am God, and there is no other.\n By myself I have sworn;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>from my mouth has gone out in righteousness\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>a word that shall not return:\n\u2018To me every knee shall bow,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>every tongue shall swear allegiance.\u2019</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045024.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cOnly in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, it shall be said of me,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>are righteousness and strength;\nto him shall come and be ashamed\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all who were incensed against him.\n In the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> all the offspring of Israel\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>shall be justified and shall glory.\u201d</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 4:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40004010.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cBe gone, Satan! For it is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004010.13-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201c\u2018You shall worship the Lord your God\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and him only shall you serve.\u2019\u201d</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n\n <h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Larger Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>104.</em></span>\nWhat are the duties required in the first commandment?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> and to worship and glorify him accordingly,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> by thinking,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc3\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> meditating,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc4\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup> remembering,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc5\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc5\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">5</a></sup> highly esteeming,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc6\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc6\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">6</a></sup> honoring,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc7\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc7\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">7</a></sup> adoring,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc8\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc8\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">8</a></sup> choosing,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc9\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc9\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">9</a></sup> loving,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc10\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc10\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">10</a></sup> desiring,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc11\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc11\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">11</a></sup> fearing of him;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc12\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc12\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">12</a></sup> believing him;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc13\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc13\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">13</a></sup> trusting,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc14\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc14\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">14</a></sup> hoping,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc15\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc15\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">15</a></sup> delighting,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc16\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc16\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">16</a></sup> rejoicing in him;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc17\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc17\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">17</a></sup> being zealous for him;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc18\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc18\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">18</a></sup> calling upon him, giving all praise and thanks,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc19\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc19\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">19</a></sup> and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc20\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc20\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">20</a></sup> being careful in all things to please him,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc21\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc21\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">21</a></sup> and sorrowful when in anything he is offended;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc22\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc22\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">22</a></sup> and walking humbly with him.<sup id=\"fnref:wlc23\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc23\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">23</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Chronicles 28:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p13028009.05-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cAnd you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Deuteronomy 26:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p05026007.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then we cried to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, the God of our fathers, and the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 43:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23043010.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cYou are my witnesses,\u201d declares the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>\u201cand my servant whom I have chosen,\nthat you may know and believe me\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and understand that I am he.\nBefore me no god was formed,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>nor shall there be any after me.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Jeremiah 14:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p24014022.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Or can the heavens give showers?\nAre you not he, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> our God?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>We set our hope on you,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for you do all these things. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 95:6-7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19095006.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Oh come, let us worship and bow down;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let us kneel before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, our Maker!\n For he is our God,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and we are the people of his pasture,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the sheep of his hand.\nToday, if you hear his voice,</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Matthew 4:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p40004010.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cBe gone, Satan! For it is written,</span></p>\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p40004010.13-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201c\u2018You shall worship the Lord your God\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and him only shall you serve.\u2019\u201d</span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 29:2</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19029002.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Ascribe to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> the glory due his name;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>worship the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> in the splendor of holiness. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Malachi 3:16</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p39003016.05-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then those who feared the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> spoke with one another. The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> and esteemed his name. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 63:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19063006.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">when I remember you upon my bed,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and meditate on you in the watches of the night; (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:5\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Ecclesiastes 12:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p21012001.07-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v21012001-1\">12:1\u00a0</span>Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, \u201cI have no pleasure in them\u201d; (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:6\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 71:19</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19071019.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Your righteousness, O God,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>reaches the high heavens.\nYou who have done great things,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>O God, who is like you? (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:7\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Malachi 1:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p39001006.05-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cA son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, \u2018How have we despised your name?\u2019 (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:8\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 45:23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23045023.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">By myself I have sworn;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>from my mouth has gone out in righteousness\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>a word that shall not return:\n\u2018To me every knee shall bow,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>every tongue shall swear allegiance.\u2019</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 96</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19096001.07-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19096001-2\">96:1\u00a0</span>Oh sing to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> a new song;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>sing to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, all the earth!\n Sing to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, bless his name;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>tell of his salvation from day to day.\n Declare his glory among the nations,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>his marvelous works among all the peoples!\n For great is the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and greatly to be praised;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he is to be feared above all gods.\n For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> made the heavens.\n Splendor and majesty are before him;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19096007.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Ascribe to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, O families of the peoples,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>ascribe to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> glory and strength!\n Ascribe to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> the glory due his name;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>bring an offering, and come into his courts!\n Worship the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> in the splendor of holiness;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>tremble before him, all the earth!</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19096010.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Say among the nations, \u201cThe <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> reigns!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>he will judge the peoples with equity.\u201d</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19096011.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let the sea roar, and all that fills it;\n <span class=\"indent\"></span>let the field exult, and everything in it!\nThen shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy\n <span class=\"indent\"></span>before the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, for he comes,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for he comes to judge the earth.\nHe will judge the world in righteousness,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the peoples in his faithfulness. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:9\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Joshua 24:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p06024015.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>.\u201d</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Joshua 24:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p06024022.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then Joshua said to the people, \u201cYou are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, to serve him.\u201d And they said, \u201cWe are witnesses.\u201d (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:10\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Deuteronomy 6:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p05006005.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">You shall love the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:11\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 73:25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19073025.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Whom have I in heaven but you?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:12\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 8:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p23008013.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:13\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Exodus 14:31</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p02014031.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Israel saw the great power that the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and they believed in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> and in his servant Moses. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:14\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 26:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23026004.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Trust in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> forever,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> <span class=\"small-caps\">God</span> is an everlasting rock. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:15\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 130:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19130007.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">O Israel, hope in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>!\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>For with the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> there is steadfast love,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and with him is plentiful redemption. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:16\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 37:4</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19037004.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Delight yourself in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and he will give you the desires of your heart. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:17\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 32:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19032011.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Be glad in the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, and rejoice, O righteous,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:18\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Romans 12:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p45012011.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Numbers 25:11</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p04025011.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cPhinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:19\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Philippians 4:6</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p50004006.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:20\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Jeremiah 7:23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p24007023.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But this command I gave them: \u2018Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.\u2019</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">James 4:7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p59004007.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:21\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 John 3:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p62003022.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:22\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 119:136</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19119136.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">My eyes shed streams of tears,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>because people do not keep your law.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Jeremiah 31:18</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p24031018.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">I have heard Ephraim grieving,\n\u2018You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>like an untrained calf;\nbring me back that I may be restored,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>for you are the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> my God. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:23\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Micah 6:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p33006008.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">He has told you, O man, what is good;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and what does the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> require of you\nbut to do justice, and to love kindness,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and to walk humbly with your God? (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","title":"What is required in the first commandment?"}