1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
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1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
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Genesis 4:4
And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;
Genesis 18:19
For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
Psalms 4:3
See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.
Psalms 35:11
False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
Psalms 66:18
I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
Isaiah 1:15
And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 26:7
The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.
Luke 18:13
The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
1 John 3:20
When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
Jude 1:10
But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.
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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Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.
Genesis 28:8
It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,
Genesis 38:10
And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
Numbers 11:1
Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.
Numbers 22:34
And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have done wrong, for I did not see that you were in the way against me: but now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will go back again.
1 Kings 16:25
And Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all those before him,
1 Chronicles 21:7
And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.
Proverbs 24:18
For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.
Romans 9:7
And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.
Romans 9:8
That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
Galatians 4:29
But as in those days he who had birth after the flesh was cruel to him who had birth after the Spirit, even so it is now.
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Genesis 16:13
And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?
Job 26:6
The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.
Psalms 33:15
He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.
Psalms 64:5
They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
Psalms 90:8
You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
Psalms 94:9
Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
Psalms 139:3
You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.
Psalms 139:4
For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.
Psalms 139:11
If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;
Psalms 139:12
Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;
Jeremiah 23:24
In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.
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Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:
Exodus 3:2
And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.
Exodus 3:3
And Moses said, I will go and see this strange thing, why the tree is not burned up,
Exodus 3:4
And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Exodus 3:5
And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
Exodus 3:6
And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.
Job 42:5
Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
Job 42:6
For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.
Psalms 51:5
Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.
Psalms 143:2
Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
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Joshua 9:14
And the men took some of their food, without requesting directions from the Lord.
1 Corinthians 13:9
For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:
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Judges 8:18
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.
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1 Samuel 9:17
And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.
Hosea 13:11
I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.
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1 Samuel 16:5
And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.
1 Samuel 28:17
And the Lord himself has done what I said: the Lord has taken the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour David;
2 Samuel 3:9
May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,
1 Chronicles 28:4
Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;
Psalms 89:4
I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)
Psalms 89:36
His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
Psalms 89:37
It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)
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2 Samuel 7:20
What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.
1 Chronicles 17:18
What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.
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2 Samuel 14:26
And when he had his hair cut, (which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair;) the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight.
1 Timothy 2:9
And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;
1 Timothy 2:10
But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.
1 Peter 3:3
Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;
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Genesis 48:17
Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.
Genesis 48:20
So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
1 Chronicles 5:1
And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.
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2 Samuel 7:3
And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.
1 Kings 8:17
Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 17:2
And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.
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2 Kings 14:4
But still the high places were not taken away; the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.
2 Chronicles 24:2
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.
2 Chronicles 25:2
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 25:14
Now when Amaziah came back from the destruction of the Edomites, he took the gods of the children of Seir and made them his gods, worshipping them and burning offerings before them.
2 Chronicles 26:4
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Amaziah had done.
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Job 12:18
He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them;
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Genesis 22:1
Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
Judges 7:4
Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.
Job 23:10
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
Psalms 11:5
The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
Psalms 66:10
For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
Jeremiah 6:27
I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
Jeremiah 6:28
All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.
Jeremiah 6:29
The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.
Jeremiah 6:30
They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.
Malachi 3:2
But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.
Malachi 3:3
He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
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Psalms 33:13
The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;
Psalms 33:14
From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;
Jeremiah 17:23
But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.
Jeremiah 17:24
And it will be, that if with all care you give ear to me, says the Lord, and take no weight through the doorways of this town on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work in it;
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Deuteronomy 6:4
Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:
Psalms 50:13
Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?
Psalms 50:14
Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;
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 50:23
Whoever makes an offering of praise gives glory to me; and to him who is upright in his ways I will make clear the salvation of God.
John 4:23
But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.
John 4:24
God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.
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Psalms 58:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?
Psalms 58:2
The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
Psalms 94:20
What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Psalms 94:21
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
Ezekiel 13:18
This is what the Lord has said: A curse is on the women who are stitching bands on all arms and putting veils on the heads of those of every size, so that they may go after souls! Will you go after the souls of my people and keep yourselves safe from death?
Amos 5:7
You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;
Amos 6:12
Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
Habakkuk 1:4
For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.
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Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage.
1 Chronicles 29:18
O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;
Psalms 5:9
For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
Psalms 78:8
And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.
Proverbs 23:7
For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
Isaiah 29:13
And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
Acts 5:4
While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.
Acts 8:21
You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.
1 Timothy 5:22
Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.
Titus 1:15
To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.
James 1:8
For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.
James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
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1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.
1 Samuel 16:1
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:2
And Samuel said, How is it possible for me to go? If Saul gets news of it he will put me to death. And the Lord said, Take a young cow with you and say, I have come to make an offering to the Lord.
1 Samuel 16:3
And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.
1 Samuel 16:4
And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
1 Chronicles 12:23
These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.
Psalms 78:70
He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;
Psalms 78:71
From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.
Psalms 89:3
I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
Psalms 89:19
Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.
Psalms 89:20
I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.
Psalms 89:35
I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.
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Psalms 103:11
For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
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Proverbs 14:14
He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.
Isaiah 53:3
Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
Romans 9:31
But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.
Romans 9:32
Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;
2 Corinthians 10:18
For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.
Hebrews 13:22
But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.
1 John 3:19
In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
Revelation 2:4
But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love.
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.
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Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
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Job 38:36
Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?
Proverbs 22:11
He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?
Matthew 15:7
You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
Matthew 15:20
These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
Matthew 23:25
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
Matthew 23:26
You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
Luke 11:40
O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?
Acts 1:18
(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.
Romans 7:22
In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
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Proverbs 29:26
The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.
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Isaiah 24:2
And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.
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1 Samuel 17:4
And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.
2 Samuel 1:23
Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 2:18
There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.
2 Samuel 2:19
Asahel went running after Abner, not turning to the right or to the left.
2 Samuel 2:20
Then Abner, looking back, said, Is it you, Asahel? And he said, It is I.
2 Samuel 2:21
And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.
2 Samuel 2:22
Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.
2 Samuel 2:23
But still he did not go to one side: so Abner gave him a back blow in the stomach with his spear, so that the spear came out at his back; and he went down on the earth, wounded to death: and all those who came to the place where Asahel went down dead, came to a stop.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.
Jeremiah 9:23
This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
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Job 19:28
If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:
Matthew 13:6
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.
Matthew 13:21
But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.
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Mark 2:1
And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.
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Luke 8:14
And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.
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Luke 17:21
And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.
1 Corinthians 14:28
But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.
Philippians 3:6
In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
Revelation 3:1
And to the angel of the church in Sardis say: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I have knowledge of your works, that you seem to be living but are dead.
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Psalms 149:4
For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.
Proverbs 16:5
Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
1 Corinthians 1:26
For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:
Galatians 6:3
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
James 4:4
O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
1 Peter 2:4
To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;
1 Peter 2:23
To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:
1 John 1:5
This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.
Revelation 1:6
And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.
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John 1:42
And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).
John 1:46
Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
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John 10:7
So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
John 10:8
All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.
John 10:9
I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.
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Luke 5:22
But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
Luke 6:8
But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.
John 16:30
Now we are certain that you have knowledge of all things and have no need for anyone to put questions to you: through this we have faith that you came from God.
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Leviticus 19:15
Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:
Deuteronomy 16:19
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
2 Samuel 14:14
For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.
Luke 20:21
And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:
Acts 10:35
But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
Romans 2:11
For one man is not different from another before God.
Ephesians 6:9
And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
James 2:9
But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
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Romans 2:1
So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
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Romans 4:5
But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.
Romans 4:6
As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,
Romans 4:7
Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.
Romans 4:8
Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.
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Genesis 25:23
And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
Malachi 1:2
You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,
Malachi 1:3
And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
Romans 9:11
Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
Romans 9:13
Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.
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Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?
Job 33:12
Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.
Job 35:5
Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
Job 35:6
If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?
Job 35:7
If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
Ecclesiastes 6:10
That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.
Ecclesiastes 8:4
The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?
Isaiah 45:9
Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?
Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Jeremiah 44:29
And this will be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will give you punishment in this place, so that you may see that my words will certainly have effect against you for evil:
Jeremiah 49:19
See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?
Romans 9:20
But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?
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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,
2 Samuel 14:17
Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!
1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
1 Kings 3:12
I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.
1 Kings 3:13
And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
1 Kings 3:28
And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
Psalms 67:4
O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)
John 5:30
Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
John 8:16
Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.
Romans 2:2
And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.
1 Corinthians 2:13
And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:14
For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 11:28
But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.
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Deuteronomy 12:7
There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.
Deuteronomy 14:26
And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;
1 Chronicles 29:22
And with great joy they made a feast before the Lord that day. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, putting the holy oil on him to make him holy to the Lord as ruler, and on Zadok as priest.
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.
Hosea 9:4
They will give no wine offering to the Lord, they will not make offerings ready for him; their bread will be like the bread of those in sorrow; all who take it will be unclean, because their bread will be only for their desire, it will not come into the house of the Lord.
Zechariah 7:6
And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?
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.
1 Corinthians 11:20
But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:
1 Corinthians 11:21
For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.
1 Corinthians 11:26
For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.
1 Corinthians 11:27
If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:29
For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.
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Deuteronomy 31:21
Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have taken them into the land of my oath.
Psalms 7:8
The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
Psalms 37:4
So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
Isaiah 57:15
For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
Habakkuk 2:4
As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
Luke 18:12
Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
Luke 18:14
I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
John 5:42
But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 5:17
So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
Philippians 3:9
And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
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.
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2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
2 Corinthians 10:10
For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.
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