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Micah 6:8 NIV He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Micah 6:1-2 NIV 1 Listen to what the LORD says: “Stand up, plead my case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say. 2 “Hear, you mountains, the LORD’s accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against his people; he is lodging a charge against Israel.

Micah 6:3-5 NIV

3 “My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me. 4 I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam. 5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab plotted and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD.”

Previous Scripture: Micah 6:1-2

Numbers 22:6 NIV Now come and put a curse on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.

Previous Scripture: Micah 6:3-5; Micah 6:1-2

Micah 6:6-7 NIV 6 With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Previous Scripture: Numbers 22:6; Micah 6:3-5; Micah 6:1-2

Psalm 50:10 NIV for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

Previous Scripture: Micah 6:6-7; Numbers 22:6; Micah 6:3-5

Micah 6:8 NIV He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Previous Scripture: Psalm 50:10; Micah 6:6-7; Numbers 22:6

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 NIV

12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?

Previous Scripture: Micah 6:8; Psalm 50:10; Micah 6:6-7

• I. To Act Justly

Zechariah 7:9-10 NIV 9 “This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not

• ppress the widow or the fatherless, the

foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’

Previous Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:12-13; Micah 6:8; Psalm 50:10

• I. To Act Justly

Proverbs 21:3 NIV To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Previous Scripture: Zechariah 7:9-10; Deuteronomy 10:12-13; Micah 6:8

• I. To Act Justly

Psalm 32:1-2 NIV 1 Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.

Previous Scripture: Proverbs 21:3; Zechariah 7:9-10; Deuteronomy 10:12-13

• II. To Love Mercy

Matthew 5:7 NIV Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Previous Scripture: Psalm 32:1-2; Proverbs 21:3; Zechariah 7:9-10

• II. To Love Mercy

Titus 3:5 NIV he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

Previous Scripture: Matthew 5:7; Psalm 32:1-2; Proverbs 21:3

• III. To Walk Humbly

With God

Isaiah 66:2 NIV Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the

• LORD. “These are the ones I look on with

favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.

Previous Scripture: Titus 3:5; Matthew 5:7; Psalm 32:1-2

• III. To Walk Humbly

With God

Matthew 18:4 NIV Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position

• f this child is the greatest in the kingdom of

heaven.

Previous Scripture: Isaiah 66:2; Titus 3:5; Matthew 5:7

• III. To Walk Humbly

With God

Philippians 2:8 NIV And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!

Previous Scripture: Matthew 18:4; Isaiah 66:2; Titus 3:5

• III. To Walk Humbly

With God

Luke 14:10-11 NIV 10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests. 11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Previous Scripture: Philippians 2:8; Matthew 18:4; Isaiah 66:2

• III. To Walk Humbly

With God

James 4:10 NIV Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Previous Scripture: Luke 14:10-11; Philippians 2:8; Matthew 18:4