1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
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1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
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Genesis 4:7
If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.
Ezekiel 20:41
I will take pleasure in you as in a sweet smell, when I take you out from the peoples and get you together from the countries where you have been sent in flight; and I will make myself holy in you before the eyes of the nations.
Ezekiel 43:19
You are to give to the priests, the Levites of the seed of Zadok, who come near to me, says the Lord God, to do my work, a young ox for a sin-offering.
Ezekiel 43:27
And when these days have come to an end, then on the eighth day and after, the priests will make your burned offerings on the altar and your peace-offerings; and I will take pleasure in you, says the Lord.
Hosea 8:13
He gives the offerings of his lovers, and takes the flesh for food; but the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep in mind their evil-doing and give them the punishment of their sins; they will go back to Egypt.
Malachi 1:8
And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.
Acts 10:35
But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
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Exodus 30:1
And you are to make an altar for the burning of perfume; of hard wood let it be made.
Exodus 37:25
And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.
Exodus 40:26
And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:
1 Kings 9:25
Three times in the year it was Solomon's way to give burned offerings and peace-offerings on the altar he had made to the Lord, causing his fire-offering to go up on the altar before the Lord.
Matthew 23:19
You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
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Leviticus 4:25
And the priest is to take some of the blood of the offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, draining out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burned offering.
Leviticus 4:30
And the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burned offering, and all the rest of its blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar.
Leviticus 5:9
And he is to put drops of the blood of the offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin-offering.
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Leviticus 7:12
If any man gives his offering as a praise-offering, then let him give with the offering, unleavened cakes mixed with oil and thin unleavened cakes covered with oil and cakes of the best meal well mixed with oil.
Psalms 107:21
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
Proverbs 24:27
Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
Romans 1:8
First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.
Romans 7:25
I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.
Philippians 4:6
Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
Colossians 1:12
Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;
1 Thessalonians 5:11
So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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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.
Jeremiah 33:22
As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.
Hebrews 7:11
Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?
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Psalms 50:13
Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?
Psalms 51:15
O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.
Psalms 51:16
You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.
Psalms 51:19
Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.
Psalms 119:108
Take, O Lord, the free offerings of my mouth, and give me knowledge of your decisions.
Mark 12:33
And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
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Psalms 118:23
This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.
Matthew 21:44
Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.
Mark 12:11
This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
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Psalms 96:8
Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come into his house.
Psalms 148:14
He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.
Acts 4:12
And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
Revelation 4:4
And round about the high seat were four and twenty seats: and on them I saw four and twenty rulers seated, clothed in white robes; and on their heads crowns of gold.
Revelation 4:8
And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come.
Revelation 7:9
After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,
Revelation 7:10
Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb.
Revelation 7:11
And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying,
Revelation 7:12
So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.
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Song of Solomon 1:16
See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.
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Song of Solomon 1:17
Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees.
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Isaiah 19:21
And the Lord will give the knowledge of himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will give honour to the Lord in that day; they will give him worship with offerings and meal offerings, and will take an oath to the Lord and give effect to it.
Romans 15:28
So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.
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Haggai 1:8
Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.
Zechariah 3:8
Give ear now, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your friends who are seated before you; for these are men who are a sign: for see, I will let my servant the Branch be seen.
Zechariah 4:6
This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.
Zechariah 4:7
Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.
Zechariah 4:9
The hands of Zerubbabel have put the base of this house in place, and his hands will make it complete; and it will be clear to you that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.
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Matthew 7:25
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
Luke 6:48
He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.
Romans 8:10
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Colossians 2:19
And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.
2 Peter 1:5
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
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Matthew 12:6
But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.
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John 14:13
And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.
John 16:23
And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.
John 16:24
Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.
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Isaiah 56:6
And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me:
Isaiah 66:23
And it will be, that from new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh will come to give worship before me, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 12:16
And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.
Romans 6:13
And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.
2 Corinthians 8:5
And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.
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John 1:14
And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
Ephesians 1:22
And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,
Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.
Revelation 21:3
And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.
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2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.
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Psalms 22:23
You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.
Isaiah 43:21
Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
Isaiah 45:25
In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.
Isaiah 58:5
Have I given orders for such a day as this? a day for keeping yourselves from pleasure? is it only a question of the bent head, of putting on haircloth, and being seated in the dust? is this what seems to you a holy day, well-pleasing to the Lord?
Matthew 5:16
Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
John 15:5
I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
John 17:23
I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
1 Corinthians 10:31
So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Ephesians 2:10
For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
Ephesians 3:17
So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,
Hebrews 10:20
By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.
Hebrews 13:21
Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.
2 Peter 3:18
But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
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Romans 15:20
Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;
Galatians 2:9
When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.
Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
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1 Peter 1:2
Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
1 Peter 1:5
Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
1 Peter 1:12
And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.
1 Peter 1:13
So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1 Peter 1:16
Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
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