Amos 5:10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.
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Amos 5:10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.
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Genesis 19:1
And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.
Genesis 22:17
That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,
Genesis 34:20
Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,
Job 5:4
Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
Job 30:10
I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.
Psalms 69:12
I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.
Psalms 127:5
Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.
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Leviticus 13:10
And if the priest sees that there is a white growth on the skin, and the hair is turned white, and there is diseased flesh in the growth,
Leviticus 13:14
But whenever diseased flesh is seen on him, he will be unclean.
Leviticus 13:15
And when the priest sees the diseased flesh he will say that he is unclean; the diseased flesh is unclean, he is a leper.
Leviticus 13:24
Or if there is a burn on the skin of the flesh, and if the diseased flesh in the burn becomes a bright place, red and white or white,
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Leviticus 26:15
And if you go against my rules and if you have hate in your souls for my decisions and you do not do all my orders, but go against my agreement;
Leviticus 26:30
And I will send destruction on your high places, overturning your perfume altars, and will put your dead bodies on your broken images, and my soul will be turned from you in disgust.
Leviticus 26:43
And the land, while she is without them, will keep her Sabbaths; and they will undergo the punishment of their sins, because they were turned away from my decisions and in their souls was hate for my laws.
2 Kings 23:8
And he made all the priests from the towns of Judah come into Jerusalem, and he made unclean the high places where the priests had been burning offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he had the high places of the evil spirits pulled down which were by the doorway of Joshua, the ruler of the town, on the left side of the way into the town.
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Deuteronomy 17:12
And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 17:15
Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.
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.
2 Chronicles 19:7
So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
2 Chronicles 19:8
Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 19:9
And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.
2 Chronicles 19:10
And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.
2 Chronicles 19:11
And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.
Psalms 82:2
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
Psalms 82:3
Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.
Psalms 82:4
Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.
Amos 5:24
But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
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Deuteronomy 28:30
You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.
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2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing.
2 Samuel 15:4
And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him!
2 Samuel 15:5
And if any man came near to give him honour, he took him by the hand and gave him a kiss.
2 Samuel 15:6
And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.
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1 Kings 12:16
And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.
John 8:45
But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.
John 8:46
Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?
John 8:47
He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.
1 Peter 2:22
Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:
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2 Kings 7:1
Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.
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2 Kings 16:18
***the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 17:2
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.
2 Kings 25:7
And they put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes, and then they put out his eyes, and chaining him with iron bands, took him to Babylon.
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2 Chronicles 18:9
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.
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2 Chronicles 18:17
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good to me, but of evil?
Mark 12:12
And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.
Revelation 11:10
And those who are on the earth will have pleasure and delight over them; and they will send offerings one to another because these two prophets gave great trouble to all on the earth.
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Job 24:13
Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.
Job 24:14
He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
Job 24:15
And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;
Job 24:16
In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.
Job 24:17
For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.
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Job 29:18
Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;
Job 29:19
My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,
Job 29:20
My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.
Job 29:21
Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.
Job 29:22
After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;
Job 29:23
They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.
Job 29:24
I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.
Job 29:25
I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...
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Psalms 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.
Psalms 36:12
There the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.
Lamentations 2:9
Her doors have gone down into the earth; he has sent destruction on her locks: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; even her prophets have had no vision from the Lord.
Ezekiel 3:26
And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.
Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to false gods; let him be.
Amos 8:11
See, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send times of great need on the land, not need of food or desire for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.
Amos 8:12
And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.
Micah 3:6
For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
Micah 3:7
And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.
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1 Kings 20:42
And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.
1 Kings 20:43
Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, and came to Samaria.
Psalms 34:21
Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.
Psalms 55:3
I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
Psalms 69:14
Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.
Proverbs 29:10
Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.
Mark 6:18
For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.
Mark 6:19
And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;
Mark 6:27
And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,
Luke 6:22
Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.
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Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
Proverbs 1:20
Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;
Proverbs 1:21
Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:
Proverbs 1:22
How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
Proverbs 1:29
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
Proverbs 4:18
But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
Luke 11:45
And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.
John 3:18
The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.
John 3:21
But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
John 18:20
Jesus made answer, I said things openly to the world at all times; I have given my teaching in the Synagogues and in the Temple to which all the Jews come; and I have said nothing secretly.
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Proverbs 11:7
At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.
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Proverbs 15:31
The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.
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Isaiah 26:6
It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.
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Jeremiah 2:9
For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.
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Jeremiah 7:5
For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;
Jeremiah 7:6
If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:
Jeremiah 7:7
Then I will let you go on living in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers in the past and for ever.
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Jeremiah 15:10
Sorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.
Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.
Jeremiah 17:17
Be not a cause of fear to me: you are my safe place in the day of evil.
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Jeremiah 20:8
For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.
Jeremiah 26:3
It may be that they will give ear, and that every man will be turned from his evil way, so that my purpose of sending evil on them because of the evil of their doings may be changed.
Jeremiah 26:4
And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: If you do not give ear to me and go in the way of my law which I have put before you,
Jeremiah 26:6
Then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this town a curse to all the nations of the earth.
Jeremiah 36:23
And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.
Jeremiah 36:29
And about Jehoiakim, king of Judah, you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: You have put this book into the fire, saying, Why have you put in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come, causing the destruction of this land and putting an end to every man and beast in it?
Amos 7:14
Then Amos in answer said to Amaziah, I am no prophet, or one of the sons of the prophets; I am a herdman and one who takes care of sycamore-trees:
Amos 7:15
And the Lord took me from the flock, and the Lord said to me, Go, be a prophet to my people Israel.
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Jeremiah 37:13
But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans.
Jeremiah 38:7
Now it came to the ears of Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an unsexed servant in the king's house, that they had put Jeremiah into the water-hole; the king at that time being seated in the doorway of Benjamin:
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Jeremiah 50:24
I have put a net for you, and you have been taken, O Babylon, without your knowledge: you have been uncovered and taken because you were fighting against the Lord.
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Amos 5:3
For these are the words of the Lord God: The town which was able to send out a thousand, will have only a hundred; and that which sent out a hundred, will have only ten, in Israel.
Amos 5:4
For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:
Amos 5:5
Do not be looking for help to Beth-el, and do not go to Gilgal, or make your way to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal will certainly be taken prisoner, and Beth-el will come to nothing.
Amos 5:14
Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.
Amos 5:17
In all the vine-gardens there will be cries of grief: for I will go through among you, says the Lord.
Amos 5:27
And I will send you away as prisoners farther than Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.
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Psalms 109:16
Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and the poor, designing the death of the broken-hearted.
Amos 5:8
Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;
Amos 5:9
Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.
Amos 6:3
You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;
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?
Amos 8:4
Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,
Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;
Amos 8:6
Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
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Jeremiah 20:7
O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.
Jeremiah 20:9
And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.
Jeremiah 20:10
For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.
Jeremiah 26:2
This is what the Lord has said: Take your place in the open square of the Lord's house and say to all the towns of Judah, who come into the Lord's house for worship, everything I give you orders to say to them: keep back not a word;
Jeremiah 26:5
And give ear to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, getting up early and sending them, though you gave no attention;
Jeremiah 26:7
And in the hearing of the priests and the prophets and all the people, Jeremiah said these words in the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 26:9
Why have you said in the name of the Lord, This house will be like Shiloh, and this land a waste with no one living in it? And all the people had come together to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 26:10
And the rulers of Judah, hearing of these things, came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord, and took their seats by the new door of the Lord's house.
Amos 7:16
Now then, give ear to the word of the Lord: You say, Be no prophet to Israel, and say not a word against the people of Isaac.
Amos 7:17
So this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out of his land.
Micah 2:7
Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?
Acts 6:14
For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.
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Micah 3:2
You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;
Micah 3:9
Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.
Micah 3:10
They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.
Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.
Matthew 27:20
Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
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1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.
1 Kings 22:7
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?
Proverbs 6:16
Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:
Zechariah 11:8
And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
Luke 19:14
But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.
John 15:25
This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
Acts 7:51
You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;
Romans 8:7
Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
Romans 12:9
Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
2 Timothy 3:3
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
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John 7:45
Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not got him with you?
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John 7:46
The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.
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Psalms 38:12
Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
Psalms 38:13
But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
Psalms 38:14
So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
Psalms 39:1
To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David. I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.
Proverbs 26:17
He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
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.
Matthew 26:63
But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
John 8:6
They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.
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2 Chronicles 25:16
But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.
Proverbs 9:7
He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.
Isaiah 30:9
For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:
Isaiah 30:10
Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:
Isaiah 30:11
Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.
Amos 2:12
But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.
Matthew 21:23
And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?
Acts 4:17
But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.
Acts 4:18
And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:
Acts 5:28
We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.
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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Matthew 10:14
And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.
Matthew 10:15
Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
Luke 10:10
But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,
Luke 10:11
Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.
Luke 10:12
I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.
Luke 10:16
Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
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Matthew 18:15
And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.
Matthew 18:16
But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.
Matthew 18:17
And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
1 Timothy 5:20
Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.
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James 1:23
Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;
James 1:24
For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.
James 1:25
But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
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