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?
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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?
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Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
Genesis 39:4
And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.
Genesis 39:8
But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;
Genesis 39:9
So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?
Ruth 2:6
And the servant who was in authority over the cutters said, It is a Moabite girl who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab;
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Genesis 31:37
Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.
1 Samuel 22:14
Then Ahimelech answering said to the king, Who among all your servants is so true to you as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is a captain of your armed men, and has a place of honour in your house?
1 Samuel 26:23
And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.
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Exodus 36:4
Then the wise men, who were doing all the work of the holy place, came from their work;
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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 3:10
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
1 Kings 3:11
And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
2 Chronicles 2:12
And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.
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2 Chronicles 24:13
So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.
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Esther 5:4
And Esther in answer said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the feast which I have made ready for him.
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Job 26:2
How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
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Psalms 15:4
Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.
Psalms 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.
Psalms 119:63
I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory.
Proverbs 28:28
When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.
Proverbs 29:2
When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.
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Genesis 41:27
The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.
Genesis 45:6
For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.
Genesis 47:23
Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields.
Psalms 41:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
Psalms 107:36
And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;
Psalms 107:37
And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
Psalms 112:5
All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
Proverbs 11:26
He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.
Proverbs 12:11
He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
Proverbs 13:23
There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.
Isaiah 28:24
Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?
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Proverbs 13:17
A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.
Proverbs 14:5
A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.
Jeremiah 23:28
If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:1
For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:
2 Corinthians 4:2
And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
2 Corinthians 4:3
But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:
2 Corinthians 4:5
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
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Proverbs 31:15
She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.
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Isaiah 28:25
When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?
Isaiah 55:10
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;
2 Corinthians 9:10
And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
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Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
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Lamentations 3:26
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
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Isaiah 21:8
And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:
Ezekiel 33:2
Son of man, give a word to the children of your people, and say to them, When I make the sword come on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among their number and make him their watchman:
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;
Ezekiel 33:4
Then anyone who, hearing the sound of the horn, does not take note of it, will himself be responsible for his death, if the sword comes and takes him away.
Ezekiel 33:5
On hearing the sound of the horn, he did not take note; his blood will be on him; for if he had taken note his life would have been safe.
Ezekiel 33:6
But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.
Acts 20:29
I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
Acts 20:30
And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.
Acts 20:31
So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
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Ezekiel 46:20
And he said to me, This is the place where the offering for error and the sin-offering are to be cooked in water by the priests, and where the meal offering is to be cooked in the oven; so that they may not be taken out into the outer square to make the people holy.
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Ezekiel 46:24
And he said to me, These are the boiling-rooms, where the offering of the people is cooked by the servants of the house.
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Nehemiah 13:13
And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.
Daniel 6:4
Then the chief rulers and the captains were looking for some cause for putting Daniel in the wrong in connection with the kingdom, but they were unable to put forward any wrongdoing or error against him; because he was true, and no error or wrong was to be seen in him.
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Daniel 11:33
And those who are wise among the people will be the teachers of the mass of the people: but they will come to their downfall by the sword and by the flame, being made prisoners and undergoing loss for a long time.
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Daniel 11:35
And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.
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Matthew 8:18
Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.
Matthew 9:18
While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.
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Matthew 13:34
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
John 16:12
I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.
John 16:13
However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.
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Matthew 20:8
And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.
Luke 16:2
And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.
Luke 16:3
And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.
Luke 16:4
I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.
Luke 16:5
And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?
Luke 16:6
And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.
Luke 16:7
Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.
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Matthew 24:14
And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.
Matthew 24:21
Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.
Matthew 24:26
If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.
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Matthew 25:17
In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.
Luke 19:12
So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.
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.
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Matthew 25:15
And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.
Matthew 25:16
Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.
Matthew 25:18
But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.
Matthew 25:19
Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.
Matthew 25:24
And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:
Matthew 25:25
And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.
Matthew 25:26
But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,
Matthew 25:27
Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?
Matthew 25:28
Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.
Matthew 25:29
For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
Matthew 25:30
And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
Luke 19:13
And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.
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Matthew 25:35
For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;
Matthew 25:36
I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.
Matthew 25:38
And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you?
Matthew 25:39
And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?
Matthew 25:40
And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
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Psalms 35:8
Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
Matthew 24:39
And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.
Matthew 24:40
Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go;
Matthew 24:41
Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.
Mark 13:35
So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;
Mark 13:36
For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.
Mark 13:37
And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.
Luke 12:45
But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
1 Thessalonians 5:4
But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:
2 Peter 3:12
Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?
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Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
Matthew 13:52
And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.
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.
Acts 20:20
And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,
1 Corinthians 3:1
And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
Ephesians 4:13
Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:
Hebrews 2:17
Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 5:12
And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
1 Peter 2:2
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
2 Peter 3:15
And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;
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Romans 13:1
Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.
Romans 13:2
For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.
Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;
Romans 13:4
For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.
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1 Corinthians 3:5
What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
1 Corinthians 3:6
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.
1 Corinthians 3:7
So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.
1 Corinthians 3:8
Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.
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.
1 Corinthians 9:17
But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.
2 Corinthians 6:4
But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,
Ephesians 3:2
If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,
Colossians 1:25
Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,
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Ezekiel 34:2
Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?
Ezekiel 48:11
For the priests who have been made holy, those of the sons of Zadok who kept the orders I gave them, who did not go out of the right way when the children of Israel went from the way, as the Levites did,
Romans 12:7
Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.
Ephesians 4:11
And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
Ephesians 4:12
For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Colossians 4:17
Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.
1 Thessalonians 5:13
And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
1 Timothy 3:5
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
1 Timothy 4:16
Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.
2 Timothy 4:2
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
Hebrews 13:17
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
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Philippians 1:21
For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
Philippians 1:23
I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
Revelation 14:13
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
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Genesis 30:5
And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.
Genesis 31:39
Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.
Genesis 31:40
This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
Ephesians 6:5
Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;
Ephesians 6:6
Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;
Ephesians 6:7
Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:
Ephesians 6:8
In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.
Colossians 3:22
Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;
Colossians 3:24
Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
Colossians 3:25
For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.
Titus 2:9
Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;
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Acts 14:23
And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
1 Timothy 3:6
Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.
1 Timothy 4:6
If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
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.
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Job 14:14
If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
Matthew 25:4
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.
Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.
Matthew 25:9
But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.
1 Corinthians 4:3
But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.
1 Corinthians 4:5
For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
Titus 2:13
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
Hebrews 9:28
So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ephesians 5:21
Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.
Ephesians 6:21
But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:
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.
Colossians 4:9
And with him I have sent Onesimus, the true and well-loved brother, who is one of you. They will give you word of everything which is taking place here.
1 Peter 2:15
Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:
1 Peter 2:18
Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.
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Matthew 25:1
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.
Acts 7:35
This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.
Romans 14:4
Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.
1 Corinthians 3:14
If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
2 Peter 1:8
For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:11
For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 24:3
And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?
Matthew 25:13
Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
Luke 21:35
For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.
Revelation 3:3
Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.
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Revelation 2:8
And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:
Revelation 2:9
I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:11
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not come under the power of the second death.
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