PRAISE AND WORSHIP SCRIPTURES

Praise and Worship

Worship posture and values.

Bowing Down/Kneeling

Psalm 95:6-7

(6) O come, let us worship and bow down,

let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!

(7) For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

O that today you would listen to his voice!

Rom 14:11 "For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.""

Phil 2:9-11 Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, (10) so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, (11) and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Luke 5:8 "But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, 'Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!'"

Lay Prostrate

Deut 9:18 "Then I lay prostrate before the LORD as before, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin you had committed, provoking the LORD by doing what was evil in his sight."

Ezek 9:8 "While they were killing, and I was left alone, I fell prostrate on my face and cried out, "Ah Lord GOD! will you destroy all who remain of Israel as you pour out your wrath upon Jerusalem?""

Clapping

Psalm 47:1 "Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy."

Lifted Hands

Psalm 28:2 "Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary."

Psalm 63:3-4 "Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name."

Psalm 134:

"Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,

who stand by night in the house of the LORD!

Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the LORD.

May the LORD, maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion."

Lam 3:41 "Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands to God in heaven."

Dancing

Jer 31:4 "Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall take your tambourines, and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers."

Jer 31:13 "Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow."

Psalm 150

Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty firmament!

(2) Praise him for his mighty deeds;

praise him according to his surpassing greatness!

(3) Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! (4) Praise him with tambourine and dance;

praise him with strings and pipe!

(5) Praise him with clanging cymbals;

praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

(6) Let everything that breathes praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD!

Exo 15:20-21 "Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing. And Miriam sang to them: 'Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.'"

2 Sam 6:5,14-16 "David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the LORD with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals… (14) David danced before the LORD with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod. (15) So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. (16) As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

Psalm 149:3 "Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre."

Shouting

Psalm 32:11 "Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart."

Psalm 71:23 "My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued."

Psalm 81:1 "Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob."

Isa 12:6 "Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."

God is worthy

Matt 21:16
16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? (KJV)

Luke 18:43
43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. (KJV)

Luke 19:37
37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; (KJV)

John 9:24
24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. (KJV)

John 12:43
43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. (KJV)

Rom 2:29
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. (KJV)

Rom 15:11
11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. (KJV)

1 Cor 4:5
5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. (KJV)

Eph 1:6
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (KJV)

Eph 1:14
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (KJV)

Phil 1:11
11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. (KJV)

Heb 2:12
12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. (KJV)

Heb 13:15
15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. (KJV)

1 Pet 4:11
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (KJV)

Rev 19:5
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servats, and ye that fear him, both small and great. (KJV)

Gen 29:35
35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. (KJV)

Lev 19:24
24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. (KJV)

Deut 10:21
21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. (KJV)

Deut 26:19
19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. (KJV)

Judge 5:2
2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. (KJV)

Judge 5:3
3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. (KJV)

1 Chr 16:4
4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: (KJV)

1 Chr 16:35
35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. (KJV)

1 Chr 23:5
5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. (KJV)

1 Chr 23:30
30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; (KJV)

1 Chr 25:3
3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. (KJV)

1 Chr 29:13
13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. (KJV)

2 Chr 7:6
6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. (KJV)

2 Chr 8:14
14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. (KJV)

2 Chr 20:19
19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. (KJV)

2 Chr 20:21
21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. (KJV)

2 Chr 20:22
22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. (KJV)

2 Chr 23:13
13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. (KJV)

2 Chr 29:30
30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. (KJV)

2 Chr 31:2
2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD. (KJV)

Ezra 3:10
10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. (KJV)

Neh 9:5
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. (KJV)

Neh 12:24
24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. (KJV)

Neh 12:46
46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. (KJV)

Ps 7:17
17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. (KJV)

Ps 9:1
1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. (KJV)

Ps 9:2
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. (KJV)

Ps 9:14
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. (KJV)

Ps 21:13
13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. (KJV)

Ps 22:22
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. (KJV)

Ps 22:23
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. (KJV)

Ps 22:25
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. (KJV)

Ps 22:26
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. (KJV)

Ps 28:7
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. (KJV)

Ps 30:9
9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? (KJV)

Ps 30:12
12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. (KJV)

Ps 33:1
1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. (KJV)

Ps 33:2
2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. (KJV)

Ps 34:1
1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. (KJV)

Ps 35:18
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. (KJV)

Ps 35:28
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. (KJV)

Ps 40:3
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. (KJV)

Matt 2:2
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. (KJV)

Matt 2:8
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. (KJV)

Matt 4:9
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. (KJV)

Matt 4:10
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (KJV)

Matt 15:9
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (KJV)

Mark 7:7
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (KJV)

Luke 4:7
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. (KJV)

Luke 4:8
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (KJV)

John 4:20
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. (KJV)

John 4:21
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. (KJV)

John 4:22
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. (KJV)

John 4:23
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. (KJV)

John 4:24
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (KJV)

John 12:20
20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: (KJV)

Acts 7:42
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? (KJV)

Acts 8:27
27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, (KJV)

Acts 18:13
13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. (KJV)

Acts 24:14
14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: (KJV)

1 Cor 14:25
25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth. (KJV)

Phil 3:3
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. (KJV)

Col 2:23
23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. (KJV)

Heb 1:6
6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. (KJV)

Rev 4:10
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, (KJV)

Rev 9:20
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: (KJV)

Rev 11:1
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. (KJV)

Rev 13:8
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (KJV)

Rev 14:7
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (KJV)

Rev 14:9
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, (KJV)

Rev 15:4
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. (KJV)

Rev 19:10
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (KJV)

Gen 22:5
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. (KJV)

Exod 24:1
1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. (KJV)

Exod 34:14
14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: (KJV)

Deut 8:19
19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. (KJV)

Deut 26:10
10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: (KJV)

Josh 5:14
14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? (KJV)

1 Sam 1:3
3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. (KJV)

1 Sam 15:25
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. (KJV)

II Ki 5:18
18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. (KJV)

II Ki 17:36
36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. (KJV)

II Ki 18:22
22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? (KJV)

1 Chr 16:29
29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. (KJV)

Ps 5:7
7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. (KJV)

Ps 22:27
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. (KJV)

Ps 22:29
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. (KJV)

Ps 29:2
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. (KJV)

Ps 45:11
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. (KJV)

Ps 66:4
4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. (KJV)

Ps 81:9
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. (KJV)

Ps 86:9
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. (KJV)

Ps 95:6
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. (KJV)

Ps 96:9
9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. (KJV)

Ps 97:7
7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. (KJV)

Ps 99:5
5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. (KJV)

Ps 99:9
9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. (KJV)

Ps 132:7
7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. (KJV)

Ps 138:2
2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. (KJV)

Isa 27:13
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. (KJV)

Isa 36:7
7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? (KJV)

Isa 49:7
7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. (KJV)

Isa 66:23
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. (KJV)

Jer 7:2
2 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. (KJV)

Jer 13:10
10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. (KJV)

Jer 26:2
2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: (KJV)

Ezek 46:2
2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. (KJV)

Ezek 46:3
3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. (KJV)

Ezek 46:9
9 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it. (KJV)

Dan 3:28
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. (KJV)

Zeph 1:5
5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; (KJV)

Zeph 2:11
11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. (KJV)

Zech 14:16
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. (KJV)

Zech 14:17
17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. (KJV)

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