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John 9:31
We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

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Genesis 32:28
And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

2 Kings 4:33
So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.

Hosea 11:12
The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...

James 5:14
Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.

James 5:18
And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.

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Exodus 14:3
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.

Exodus 14:4
And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and he will come after them and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians may see that I am the Lord. And they did so.

Exodus 14:5
And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?

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Judges 20:25
And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.

Job 9:12
If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

Psalms 97:2
Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

Hosea 10:9
O Israel, you have done evil from the days of Gibeah; there they took up their position, so that the fighting against the children of evil might not overtake them in Gibeah.

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1 Samuel 14:38
And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.

Jonah 1:7
And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

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1 Kings 8:46
If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;

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2 Kings 18:29
This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

2 Kings 18:32
Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe.

2 Chronicles 32:15
So do not be tricked by Hezekiah or let him get you to do this, and do not put any faith in what he says: for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to keep his people safe from my hands, or the hands of my fathers: how much less will your God keep you safe from my hands!

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1 Chronicles 10:14
And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

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 20:1
Now it came about in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, that certain of the responsible men of Israel came to get directions from the Lord and were seated before me.

Ezekiel 20:2
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 20:3
Son of man, say to the responsible men of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Have you come to get directions from me? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no directions from me.

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2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.

Jeremiah 27:18
But if they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them now make request to the Lord of armies that the vessels which are still in the house of the Lord and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem, may not go to Babylon.

Joel 1:13
Put haircloth round you and give yourselves to sorrow, you priests; give cries of grief, you servants of the altar: come in, and, clothed in haircloth, let the night go past, you servants of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering have been kept back from the house of your God.

Joel 1:14
Let a time be fixed for going without food, have a holy meeting, let the old men, even all the people of the land, come together to the house of the Lord your God, crying out to the Lord.

Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?

Zechariah 3:1
And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.

Zechariah 3:2
And the Lord said to the Satan, May the Lord's word be sharp against you, O Satan, the word of the Lord who has taken Jerusalem for himself: is this not a burning branch pulled out of the fire?

Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was clothed in unclean robes, and he was in his place before the angel.

Zechariah 3:4
And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;

Zechariah 3:5
And let them put a clean head-dress on his head. So they put a clean head-dress on his head, clothing him with clean robes: and to him he said, See, I have taken your sin away from you.

Hebrews 7:26
It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

Hebrews 7:27
Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.

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Job 5:1
Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?

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Job 31:27
A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

Isaiah 28:21
For the Lord will come up as on Mount Perazim, he will be moved to wrath as in the valley of Gibeon; so that he may do his work--strange is his work; and give effect to his act--unnatural is his act.

Isaiah 29:9
Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

Isaiah 29:14
For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

Habakkuk 1:5
See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.

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Job 34:28
So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

Psalms 31:22
And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

Psalms 69:33
For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

Isaiah 49:14
But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory.

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Psalms 14:1
To the chief music-maker. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

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Psalms 25:14
The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

Psalms 40:8
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

Psalms 143:10
Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.

Proverbs 3:32
For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

Proverbs 14:10
No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

John 4:34
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

John 7:17
If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

John 8:29
He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.

John 15:16
You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

John 17:4
I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

2 Corinthians 3:5
Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

Philippians 4:18
I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.

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1 Samuel 25:35
Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.

2 Chronicles 7:15
Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

Job 8:6
If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

Psalms 17:1
A Prayer. Of David. Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

Psalms 65:2
To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.

Psalms 145:18
The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.

Psalms 145:19
To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.

Isaiah 58:9
Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;

Matthew 7:8
Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Acts 10:31
Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

1 Timothy 2:8
It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

1 John 3:21
My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

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Psalms 66:16
Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

Psalms 66:17
My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

Psalms 66:20
Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.

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Psalms 80:4
O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

Song of Solomon 3:1
By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.

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Job 42:7
And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

Psalms 1:6
Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

Proverbs 1:27
When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

Matthew 7:22
A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

Luke 13:25
When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

Luke 13:26
Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with you, and you were teaching in our streets.

Luke 13:27
But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

Luke 13:28
There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.

Luke 13:29
And they will come from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, and take their places in the kingdom of God.

Luke 13:30
And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

John 10:27
My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

1 Corinthians 8:3
But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

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Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 2:10
But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.

James 1:6
Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind.

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Isaiah 1:5
Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

Isaiah 1:11
What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

Isaiah 1:12
At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?

Isaiah 1:13
Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.

Malachi 1:9
And now, make request for the grace of God so that he may have mercy on us: this has been your doing: will he give his approval to any of you? says the Lord of armies.

Malachi 1:10
If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.

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Isaiah 55:8
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.

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.

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Isaiah 16:12
And when Moab goes up to the high place, and makes prayer in the house of his god, it will have no effect.

Jeremiah 2:27
Who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have given me life: for their backs have been turned to me, not their faces: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Up! and be our saviour.

Jeremiah 2:28
But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.

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Matthew 2:2
Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

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Matthew 8:4
And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

Matthew 16:20
Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.

Matthew 17:9
And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

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Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Proverbs 23:9
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

Matthew 27:63
Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

John 5:14
After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.

John 7:12
And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

John 8:52
The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

John 9:40
These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

John 10:20
And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

1 Corinthians 1:21
For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

1 Corinthians 1:23
But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

2 Corinthians 6:8
By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true;

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Malachi 2:7
For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

Matthew 12:24
But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

Matthew 23:13
But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

Mark 9:24
Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.

Luke 11:52
A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.

Luke 19:39
And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.

Luke 19:40
And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

John 7:48
Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?

John 7:49
But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed.

John 7:50
Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them,

John 11:49
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You have no knowledge of anything;

John 11:50
You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.

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Mark 11:25
And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

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Matthew 5:46
For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

Matthew 5:47
And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

Mark 2:15
And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

Mark 2:16
And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

Luke 5:30
And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

Luke 5:32
I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

Luke 7:34
The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

Luke 15:1
Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.

Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.

Luke 15:7
I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

1 Timothy 1:9
With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,

1 Peter 4:18
And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?

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Matthew 12:22
Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

Matthew 12:23
And all the people were surprised and said, Is not this the Son of David?

John 7:51
Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

John 7:52
This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

John 9:22
They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

John 11:45
Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him.

John 11:46
But some of them went to the Pharisees with the news of what Jesus had done.

Acts 4:16
Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.

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 5:40
And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.

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John 10:25
Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

John 11:37
But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

John 14:10
Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.

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Acts 15:12
And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.

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Proverbs 28:11
The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

John 9:35
It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?

John 10:21
Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?

John 20:31
But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.

Acts 17:18
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.

Acts 17:32
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

1 Corinthians 1:22
Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

1 Corinthians 1:24
But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

1 Corinthians 4:11
Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

1 Corinthians 4:12
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

1 Corinthians 4:13
When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

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Romans 3:7
But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner?

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Matthew 9:19
And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.

Matthew 11:4
And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:

John 3:22
After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

John 6:29
Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

John 7:31
And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more signs than this man has done?

John 10:24
Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly.

John 12:37
But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

Acts 10:38
About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.

Romans 8:8
So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.

Colossians 1:10
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Hebrews 10:7
Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book).

Hebrews 13:21
Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

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Romans 8:15
For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

Romans 8:27
And he who is the searcher of hearts has knowledge of the mind of the Spirit, because he is making prayers for the saints in agreement with the mind of God.

Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

Ephesians 2:18
Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

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Proverbs 1:29
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

Matthew 4:19
And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 25:11
After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.

Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

2 Timothy 2:19
But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

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Matthew 9:10
And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

Mark 2:17
And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

Mark 14:41
And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.

Luke 7:39
Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

Luke 15:10
Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

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.

1 Timothy 1:13
Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

1 Timothy 1:14
And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:16
But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.

James 2:13
For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

James 4:7
For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

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