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Deuteronomy 7:9

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the faithful: Exodus 34:6-7; Psalms 119:75, Psalms 146:6; Isaiah 49:7; Lamentations 3:23; 1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Corinthians 10:3; 2 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Timothy 2:13; Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:18, Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:11; 1 John 1:9

which keepeth: Deuteronomy 5:10; Genesis 17:7; Exodus 20:6; Nehemiah 1:5; Daniel 9:4; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 8:3; James 1:12

a thousand: 1 Chronicles 16:15

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