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The Lord is well pleased forf his righteousness’ sake; he will magnifyg the law, and make μit honorable.

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Psa. 71:16,19• ¹⁶I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
¹⁹Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! (Psa. 71:16,19)

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Rom. 10:3‑4• ³For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
⁴For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. (Rom. 10:3‑4)

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Phil. 3:9• ⁹And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: (Phil. 3:9)

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Matt. 5:17• ¹⁷Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (Matt. 5:17)

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John 17:1• ¹These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: (John 17:1)

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Isa. 1:24‑27• ²⁴Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
²⁵And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
²⁶And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. (Isa. 1:24‑27)

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Isa. 46:12‑13• ¹²Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
¹³I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. (Isa. 46:12‑13)

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Psa. 71:16,19• ¹⁶I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
¹⁹Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! (Psa. 71:16,19)

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Psa. 85:9‑12• ⁹Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
¹⁰Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
¹¹Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
¹²Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. (Psa. 85:9‑12)

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Dan. 9:24‑27• ²⁴Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
²⁵Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
²⁶And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
²⁷And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. (Dan. 9:24‑27)

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Matt. 3:17• ¹⁷And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Matt. 3:17)

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Matt. 5:17• ¹⁷Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (Matt. 5:17)

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Matt. 17:5• ⁵While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. (Matt. 17:5)

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John 8:29• ²⁹And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. (John 8:29)

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John 15:10• ¹⁰If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. (John 15:10)

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Rom. 3:25‑26• ²⁵Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
²⁶To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Rom. 3:25‑26)

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2 Cor. 5:19‑21• ¹⁹To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
²⁰Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
²¹For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Cor. 5:19‑21)

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Phil. 3:9• ⁹And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: (Phil. 3:9)

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Psa. 40:8• ⁸I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)

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Matt. 3:15• ¹⁵And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. (Matt. 3:15)

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Matt. 5:17‑20• ¹⁷Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
¹⁸For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
¹⁹Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
²⁰For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 5:17‑20)

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Rom. 3:31• ³¹Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. (Rom. 3:31)

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Rom. 7:12• ¹²Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. (Rom. 7:12)

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Rom. 8:3‑4• ³For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
⁴That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Rom. 8:3‑4)

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Rom. 10:4• ⁴For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. (Rom. 10:4)

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Gal. 3:13,21• ¹³Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
²¹Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. (Gal. 3:13,21)

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Gal. 5:22‑23• ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. (Gal. 5:22‑23)

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Heb. 8:10• ¹⁰For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: (Heb. 8:10)

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1 John 3:4‑5• ⁴Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
⁵And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (1 John 3:4‑5)

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John 13:31‑32• ³¹Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
³²If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. (John 13:31‑32)

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John 17:4‑5• ⁴I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
⁵And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. (John 17:4‑5)

• Israel had been called as God’s servant and should have been a messenger to the nations on His behalf, yet they had been blind in all essential things. As to privilege they were “perfect”; as to their moral state they were blind. Still, as verse 21 indicates, God is not thereby defeated. His righteousness will be established and His law magnified and made honorable doubtless in connection with His true Servant. (“Isaiah 42” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah had delight in him for his righteousness’ sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.