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English Standard Version

Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.

Jonah 2:8

Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Romans 10:4

Jonah 2 (English Standard Version)

5 The waters closed in over me to take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
6 at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the pit,
O Lord my God.
7 When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
8 Those who pay regard to vain idols
forsake their hope of steadfast love.
9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation belongs to the Lord!”
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

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Romans 10 (English Standard Version)

1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)
7 or “‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

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Free Bible Version

Those who worship worthless idols give up their trust in God's goodness.

Jonah 2:8

Christ is the fulfillment of the law. All those who trust in him are made right.

Romans 10:4

Jonah 2 (Free Bible Version)

5 The water swirled over me so I couldn't breathe; the deep sucked me down; seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
6 I sank down to the base of the mountains; the earth barred me in forever. But you, my Lord, my God, brought me back up from the abyss.
7 As my life ebbed away, I remembered the Lord; my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.
8 Those who worship worthless idols give up their trust in God's goodness.
9 But I will offer you sacrifices, shouting out my thanks. I will keep my promises to you, for salvation comes from the Lord.”
10 Then the Lord told the fish to spit out Jonah onto the shore.

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Romans 10 (Free Bible Version)

1 My brothers and sisters, my heart's desire—my prayer to God—is for the salvation of the people of Israel!
2 I can testify to their passionate dedication to God, but it's not based on knowing him as he truly is.
3 They don't understand how God makes us right with him, and they try to make themselves right. They refuse to accept God's way of making people right.
4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law. All those who trust in him are made right.
5 Moses wrote, “Whoever does what is right by obeying the law will live.”
6 But the attitude of doing right that comes from trust says this: “Don't ask ‘who'll go to heaven?’ (asking to bring Christ down),”
7 or “‘who'll go to the place of the dead?’ (asking to bring Christ back from the dead).”

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