Revelation 3:19
To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
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Revelation 3:19
To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
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Hebrews 12:6
For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
Hebrews 12:7
It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?
Hebrews 12:8
But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.
Hebrews 12:9
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
Hebrews 12:10
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
Proverbs 3:12
For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.
1 Corinthians 11:32
But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.
Deuteronomy 8:5
Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.
Numbers 20:12
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;
1 Kings 13:21
And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,
Zephaniah 3:2
She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.
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Hebrews 12:5
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;
Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
James 1:12
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
Jeremiah 31:18
Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.
John 15:2
He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
Isaiah 1:5
Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.
1 Corinthians 11:30
For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.
1 Corinthians 11:31
But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
Jeremiah 30:11
For I am with you, says the Lord, to be your saviour: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you wandering, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.
Micah 6:9
The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.
Matthew 7:2
For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
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Proverbs 3:11
My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:
Psalms 94:12
Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
Psalms 94:13
So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
Job 5:17
Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.
Job 5:18
For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.
Job 33:19
Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;
Jeremiah 10:24
O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.
Psalms 119:67
Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.
Psalms 119:75
I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.
Psalms 119:71
It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.
Isaiah 27:9
So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.
Proverbs 13:24
He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
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Revelation 3:14
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:
Revelation 3:15
I have knowledge of your works, that you are not cold or warm: it would be better if you were cold or warm.
Revelation 3:16
So because you are not one thing or the other, I will have no more to do with you.
Revelation 3:17
For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
Revelation 3:18
If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
Revelation 3:19
To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
Revelation 3:20
See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.
Revelation 3:21
To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.
Revelation 3:22
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
Revelation 1:11
Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
Revelation 1:15
And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters.
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Psalms 89:30
If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;
Psalms 89:31
If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
Psalms 89:32
Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.
Psalms 89:33
But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.
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Revelation 2:4
But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love.
Revelation 2:5
So keep in mind where you were at first, and be changed in heart and do the first works; or I will come to you, and will take away your light from its place, if your hearts are not changed.
Revelation 2:21
And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.
Revelation 2:22
See, I will put her into a bed, and those who make themselves unclean with her, into great trouble, if they go on with her works.
Revelation 3:3
Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.
Revelation 2:16
See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Revelation 3:9
See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you.
Revelation 12:10
And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.
Revelation 16:9
And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.
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John 21:15
Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.
John 21:16
Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.
John 21:17
He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
Matthew 10:37
He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
Matthew 26:74
Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.
John 5:20
For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.
John 11:3
So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
John 16:27
For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.
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Galatians 4:18
But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
Romans 12:11
Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;
2 Peter 1:13
And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
1 Corinthians 14:12
So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.
2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
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John 16:8
And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged:
Titus 1:13
This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,
Psalms 141:5
Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
Proverbs 9:8
Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.
Proverbs 9:9
Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
Proverbs 12:1
A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
1 Timothy 5:20
Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.
2 Samuel 19:22
And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.
Proverbs 15:5
A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
Proverbs 27:6
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
Matthew 15:23
But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.
Luke 9:55
But turning round he said sharp words to them.
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Luke 24:25
And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
Matthew 15:16
And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
Matthew 15:17
Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
Matthew 16:8
And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?
Matthew 16:9
Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of bread of the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
Mark 7:18
And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,
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Mark 16:14
And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.
Mark 8:33
But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
Luke 9:41
And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.
John 6:26
Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.
John 12:7
Then Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.
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John 2:17
And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.
Numbers 25:11
Through Phinehas, and because of his passion for my honour, my wrath has been turned away from the children of Israel, so that I have not sent destruction on them all in my wrath.
Numbers 25:12
So say to them that I will make with him an agreement of peace:
Numbers 25:13
And by this agreement, he and his sons after him have the right to be priests for ever; because, by his care for the honour of his God, he took away the sin of the children of Israel.
Psalms 69:9
I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.
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2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 12:10
So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
2 Samuel 12:11
The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.
2 Samuel 12:12
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
2 Samuel 12:13
And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
2 Samuel 12:14
But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
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Isaiah 1:25
And my hand will again be on you, washing away what is unclean as with soap, and taking away all your false metal;
2 Corinthians 6:9
Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;
1 Timothy 1:20
Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have given up to Satan, so that they may say no more evil words against God.
Isaiah 57:17
I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
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Hosea 5:15
I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
2 Chronicles 33:12
And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,
2 Chronicles 33:13
And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.
Psalms 50:15
Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
Psalms 91:15
When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.
Isaiah 26:16
Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.
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Proverbs 17:10
A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
Titus 2:15
On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.
Proverbs 15:32
He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.
Proverbs 19:25
When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.
Proverbs 29:1
A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
Luke 3:19
But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,
2 Timothy 4:2
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
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2 Corinthians 2:2
For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.
2 Corinthians 2:5
But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).
2 Corinthians 2:6
Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;
2 Corinthians 2:7
So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
2 Corinthians 7:11
For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.
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Psalms 32:3
When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
Psalms 32:4
For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)
Psalms 39:11
By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
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Psalms 73:5
They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.
Psalms 73:12
Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased.
Jeremiah 12:1
You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?
Jeremiah 12:2
They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
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Proverbs 9:6
Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
Revelation 18:4
And another voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Come out of her, my people, so that you may have no part in her sins and in her punishments.
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Song of Solomon 5:3
I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?
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Song of Solomon 5:6
I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.
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Zechariah 13:8
And it will come about that in all the land, says the Lord, two parts of it will be cut off and come to an end; but the third will be still living there.
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Matthew 10:38
And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.
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Acts 17:30
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
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Acts 17:31
Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.
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