Acts 20:28
Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
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Acts 20:28
Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
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Exodus 19:5
If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
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Numbers 27:16
Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,
Numbers 27:18
And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;
Numbers 27:20
And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.
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Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.
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2 Samuel 5:2
In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.
2 Samuel 7:7
In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?
Psalms 78:70
He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
Proverbs 27:23
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
Zechariah 11:4
This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;
John 10:2
He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.
John 10:3
The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.
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2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
Mark 13:9
But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.
Luke 21:34
But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
2 John 1:1
I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;
2 John 1:8
Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.
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Nehemiah 11:9
And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town.
Nehemiah 11:22
And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the music-makers, who was over the business of the house of God.
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Proverbs 4:23
And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
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Isaiah 21:6
For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:
Isaiah 21:12
The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.
Jeremiah 6:17
And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.
Ezekiel 33:3
If, when he sees the sword coming on the land, by sounding the horn he gives the people news of their danger;
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Psalms 45:6
Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.
Isaiah 43:3
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
Jeremiah 23:5
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
Matthew 1:23
See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
John 1:2
This Word was from the first in relation with God.
Romans 1:3
About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,
1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
Titus 2:13
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
1 John 5:7
And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.
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Jeremiah 13:17
But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.
Jeremiah 13:20
Let your eyes be lifted up (O Jerusalem), and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?
Ezekiel 34:7
For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:
Ezekiel 34:8
By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;
Ezekiel 34:9
For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;
Ezekiel 34:10
This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.
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Psalms 23:2
He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.
Psalms 80:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.
Song of Solomon 1:7
Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?
Jeremiah 23:3
And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased.
Jeremiah 31:10
Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.
Ezekiel 34:13
And I will take them out from among the peoples, and get them together from the countries, and will take them into their land; and I will give them food on the mountains of Israel by the water-streams and wherever men are living in the country.
Ezekiel 34:14
I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 34:16
I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.
Ezekiel 37:24
And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.
Zechariah 13:7
Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.
Matthew 9:38
Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
John 10:13
Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.
John 10:29
That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.
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Matthew 16:18
And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
1 Corinthians 3:11
For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 3:1
For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.
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Isaiah 58:1
Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins.
Ezekiel 4:4
Then, stretching yourself out on your left side, take the sin of the children of Israel on yourself: for as long as you are stretched out, so long will the sin of the children of Israel be on you.
Matthew 24:45
Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
Mark 16:15
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.
Acts 5:20
Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.
Acts 13:3
Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
Acts 14:22
Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 3:9
And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
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.
2 Timothy 2:15
Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.
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Luke 15:4
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?
Luke 15:5
And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.
Luke 15:6
And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.
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Luke 21:28
But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.
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Luke 22:19
And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.
John 6:51
I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.
Galatians 2:20
I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 5:24
And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.
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Isaiah 53:10
And the Lord was pleased...see a seed, long life, ...will do well in his hand. ...
Mark 10:45
For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
John 3:16
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
John 15:13
Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
John 15:16
You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
2 Corinthians 5:19
That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
Galatians 1:4
Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 5:27
And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
Hebrews 10:11
And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins.
Hebrews 12:23
To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
1 Peter 2:24
He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
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Acts 6:2
And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
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Acts 6:3
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
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Acts 15:4
And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.
Acts 15:6
And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
Acts 15:23
And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:
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Acts 20:21
Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 20:22
And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:
Acts 21:28
Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.
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1 Corinthians 12:8
For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:
1 Corinthians 12:9
To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:10
And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:
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Luke 12:43
Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.
John 20:22
And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:
Acts 1:20
For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.
Ephesians 4:12
For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
1 Thessalonians 5:13
And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
1 Timothy 3:3
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
1 Timothy 4:13
Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.
Titus 1:6
Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.
Titus 1:9
Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
Hebrews 13:24
Give words of love from me to those who are rulers over you, and to all the saints. Those who are in Italy send you their love.
Revelation 2:2
I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;
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Ephesians 4:30
And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.
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1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.
Galatians 1:13
For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:
1 Timothy 1:12
I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,
1 Timothy 2:7
And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
2 Timothy 1:11
Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;
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2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;
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2 Timothy 4:4
And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
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Hebrews 10:29
But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
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Revelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.
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Revelation 19:15
And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all.
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