John 21:16
Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.
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John 21:16
Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.
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Genesis 16:8
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.
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Genesis 31:38
These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.
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.
1 Samuel 17:28
And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.
Proverbs 27:23
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
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Genesis 33:14
Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
Romans 15:1
We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.
2 Corinthians 13:4
For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
Galatians 5:23
Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
2 Timothy 2:24
For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,
2 Timothy 2:25
Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
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Genesis 48:14
And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands on purpose, for Manasseh was the older.
Genesis 48:15
And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,
Genesis 48:16
The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:3
A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.
Mark 10:16
And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.
Luke 2:28
Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,
Luke 2:29
Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;
Luke 2:30
For my eyes have seen your salvation,
Luke 2:31
Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;
Luke 2:32
A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
Luke 2:33
And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.
Luke 2:34
And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;
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Exodus 2:19
And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.
Exodus 2:20
And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal.
Exodus 2:21
And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
Exodus 2:22
And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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Numbers 27:15
Then Moses said to the Lord,
Numbers 27:16
Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,
Numbers 27:18
And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;
1 Chronicles 22:5
And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.
Philippians 1:20
In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.
Philippians 1:21
For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
Philippians 1:22
But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.
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:
2 Peter 1:13
And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
2 Peter 1:14
For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
2 Peter 1:15
And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.
Revelation 2:5
So keep in mind where you were at first, and be changed in heart and do the first works; or I will come to you, and will take away your light from its place, if your hearts are not changed.
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Exodus 20:6
And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
Deuteronomy 6:5
And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
Deuteronomy 10:13
Doing the orders of the Lord and keeping his laws which I give you this day for your good?
Deuteronomy 11:1
So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.
Deuteronomy 11:13
And it will be that if you truly give ear to the orders which I put before you this day, loving the Lord your God and worshipping him with all your heart and all your soul,
Joshua 22:5
Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all your soul.
Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
James 1:12
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
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2 Samuel 7:7
In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?
Acts 21:28
Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.
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1 Kings 19:9
And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?
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1 Kings 19:13
And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?
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2 Kings 10:15
And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he made him come up into his carriage.
1 Chronicles 12:18
Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.
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1 Chronicles 12:17
And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.
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1 Chronicles 27:29
And Shitrai the Sharonite was responsible for the herds in the grass-lands of Sharon, and Shaphat, the son of Adlai, for those in the valleys;
1 Chronicles 27:30
Obil the Ishmaelite had control of the camels and Jehdeiah the Meronothite of the she-asses;
1 Chronicles 27:31
The flocks were in the care of Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were the controllers of King David's property.
2 Chronicles 26:10
And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.
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Job 29:21
Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.
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Job 29:22
After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;
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Psalms 7:3
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;
Psalms 7:4
If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
Psalms 7:5
Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
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Job 10:7
Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?
Job 23:12
I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
Psalms 17:3
You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.
Jeremiah 12:3
But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.
Jeremiah 15:15
O Lord, you have knowledge: keep me in mind and come to my help, and give their right reward to those who are attacking me; take me not away, for you are slow to be angry: see how I have undergone shame because of you from all those who make little of your word;
Jeremiah 15:16
But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
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Psalms 22:26
The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
Psalms 23:5
You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.
Psalms 28:9
Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.
Psalms 36:8
The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
Psalms 119:9
BETH How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.
Song of Solomon 1:3
Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
Isaiah 25:6
And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.
Isaiah 49:9
Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.
John 1:12
To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
John 10:15
Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.
Acts 20:24
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;
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Psalms 37:30
The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.
Proverbs 12:18
There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
Proverbs 15:4
A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.
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Psalms 42:1
To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah. Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.
Psalms 42:2
My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?
Psalms 63:1
A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah. O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
Psalms 84:2
The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.
Song of Solomon 5:8
I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.
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Psalms 32:5
I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)
Psalms 32:6
For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.
Psalms 51:9
Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.
Psalms 51:10
Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
Psalms 51:11
Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me.
Psalms 51:12
Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.
Psalms 51:13
Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.
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Isaiah 30:20
And though the Lord will give you the bread of trouble and the water of grief, you will no longer put your teacher on one side, but you will see your teacher:
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1 Samuel 13:14
But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.
Isaiah 30:21
And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.
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Job 4:3
Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;
Job 4:4
He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.
Isaiah 35:3
Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.
Isaiah 35:4
Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
Isaiah 40:1
Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
Isaiah 40:2
Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.
Hebrews 12:12
For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,
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1 Kings 22:17
Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.
Proverbs 12:10
An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.
Jeremiah 23:2
So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:22
I will make my flock safe, and they will no longer be taken away, and I will be judge between sheep and sheep.
Ezekiel 34:31
And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.
Micah 5:5
And this will be our peace: when the Assyrian comes into our country and his feet are in our land, then we will put up against him seven keepers of the flocks and eight chiefs among men.
Zechariah 11:7
So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock.
Luke 2:8
And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.
John 10:1
Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.
John 10:4
When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.
Romans 15:8
Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,
Hebrews 13:7
Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
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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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Matthew 10:32
To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.
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Matthew 10:33
But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.
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Psalms 79:13
So we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will give you glory for ever: we will go on praising you through all generations.
Isaiah 40:9
You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!
Isaiah 40:10
See, the Lord God will come as a strong one, ruling in power: see, those made free by him are with him, and those whom he has made safe go before him.
Jeremiah 23:3
And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased.
Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make with them an agreement of peace, and will put an end to evil beasts through all the land: and they will be living safely in the waste land, sleeping in the woods.
Matthew 15:24
But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 2:10
And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.
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Matthew 16:7
And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.
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Matthew 16:15
He says to them, But who do you say that I am?
Matthew 16:16
And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew 16:18
And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
Matthew 16:19
I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.
John 6:67
So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?
John 6:68
Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;
John 6:69
And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
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Matthew 22:31
But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:
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Matthew 22:32
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead but of the living.
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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.
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!
Luke 19:41
And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,
Luke 19:42
Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.
Luke 19:43
For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,
Luke 19:44
And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
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Matthew 25:32
And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.
Matthew 25:33
And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
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Matthew 26:72
And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man.
Matthew 26:74
Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.
Matthew 26:75
And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.
Mark 14:72
And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.
Luke 22:34
And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.
Luke 22:61
And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.
John 18:26
One of the servants of the high priest, a relation of him whose ear had been cut off by Peter, said, Did I not see you with him in the garden?
John 18:27
Then again Peter said, No. And straight away a cock gave its cry.
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Mark 4:33
And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:
1 Corinthians 2:6
But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:
Hebrews 5:11
Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.
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.
Hebrews 5:13
For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
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Mark 9:33
And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?
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Mark 9:34
But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.
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Mark 10:46
And they came to Jericho: and when he was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind man, was seated by the wayside, with his hand out for money.
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Luke 5:8
But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.
John 11:3
So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
John 11:5
Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 20:2
Then she went running to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple who was loved by Jesus, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the place of the dead and we have no knowledge where they have put him.
John 20:6
Then Simon Peter came after him and went into the hole in the rock; and he saw the linen bands on the earth,
John 21:7
So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea.
John 21:20
Then Peter, turning round, saw the disciple who was dear to Jesus coming after them--the disciple who was resting on his breast at the last meal, and said, Lord, who is it who will be false to you?
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Luke 6:14
Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew
John 1:40
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.
Acts 1:13
And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.
Acts 1:16
My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,
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Luke 7:42
When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?
Luke 7:44
And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.
Luke 7:45
You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.
Luke 7:46
You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.
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Luke 15:3
And he made a story for them, saying,
Luke 15:4
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?
Luke 15:5
And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.
Luke 15:6
And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.
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.
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Isaiah 63:1
Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation.
Isaiah 63:2
Why is your clothing red, and why are your robes like those of one who is crushing the grapes?
Isaiah 63:3
I have been crushing the grapes by myself, and of the peoples there was no man with me: in my wrath and in my passion, they were crushed under my feet; and my robes are marked with their life-blood, and all my clothing is red.
Luke 22:29
And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me,
Luke 22:30
So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Revelation 2:27
And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father:
Revelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.
Revelation 19:15
And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all.
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Luke 24:50
And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.
Luke 24:51
And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven.
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John 4:54
Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.
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John 9:33
If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.
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John 9:34
Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.
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Proverbs 10:12
Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
John 6:37
Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.
John 12:3
Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
Romans 15:29
And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.
Ephesians 3:18
May have strength to see with all the saints how wide and long and high and deep it is,
Ephesians 3:19
And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
Philippians 1:9
And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
Hebrews 6:10
For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
1 John 3:1
See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
1 John 4:9
And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.
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John 5:42
But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.
John 13:35
By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
John 14:24
He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
John 15:10
If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.
1 John 3:16
In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:19
In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
1 John 3:20
When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
1 John 3:21
My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;
1 John 3:22
And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
1 John 4:20
If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?
1 John 5:2
In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.
3 John 1:8
So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.
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Mark 16:9
Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits.
Luke 24:33
And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.
John 11:16
Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.
John 20:11
But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,
John 20:16
Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master).
John 20:25
So the other disciples said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, If I do not see in his hands the print of the nails and put my finger into the print of the nails, and if I do not put my hand into his side, I will never have belief.
John 20:26
And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you!
John 20:29
Jesus said to him, Because you have seen me you have belief: a blessing will be on those who have belief though they have not seen me!
John 21:14
Now this was the third time that Jesus let himself be seen by the disciples after he had come back from the dead.
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Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
Mark 16:16
He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.
Mark 16:17
And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;
Mark 16:18
They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.
Luke 24:47
And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
Luke 24:48
You are witnesses of these things.
Luke 24:49
And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.
Acts 1:8
But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Romans 15:18
And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,
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Acts 13:6
And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;
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Deuteronomy 33:9
Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.
Matthew 10:38
And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.
Luke 9:60
But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their dead; it is for you to go and give news of the kingdom of God.
Luke 14:26
And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
Acts 20:26
And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.
Acts 20:27
For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.
Acts 20:29
I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
1 Corinthians 4:2
And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.
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.
2 Corinthians 5:11
Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
2 Corinthians 5:16
For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
2 Timothy 2:3
Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
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Luke 17:7
But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,
1 Corinthians 4:1
Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.
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 5:17
So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
2 Corinthians 5:18
But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;
2 Timothy 2:2
And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
2 Timothy 2:4
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
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;
2 Timothy 4:5
But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
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Song of Solomon 8:7
Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.
Ezekiel 34:14
I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on the mountains of Israel.
Matthew 10:28
And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
Matthew 14:21
And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
John 5:23
So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.
John 10:29
That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.
Acts 1:24
And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,
Acts 11:23
Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,
Ephesians 5:2
And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
1 John 4:10
And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
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Philippians 1:25
And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;
2 Peter 1:12
For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.
2 Peter 3:1
My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;
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Galatians 4:12
My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;
Philippians 3:7
But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
Philippians 3:8
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
Philippians 3:9
And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
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Romans 14:1
Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.
Romans 15:2
Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.
Romans 15:3
For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.
Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
1 Thessalonians 2:8
Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.
1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;
1 Thessalonians 2:11
Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
1 Thessalonians 2:12
So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
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Isaiah 42:3
He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.
Matthew 10:40
He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.
Matthew 12:31
So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
Luke 22:26
But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.
John 5:20
For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.
John 13:20
Truly I say to you, He who takes to his heart anyone whom I send, takes me to his heart; and he who so takes me, takes him who sent me.
John 17:18
Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
Romans 1:11
For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;
Romans 1:12
That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.
Hebrews 3:1
For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
1 Peter 5:5
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
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Song of Solomon 5:9
What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?
Song of Solomon 6:2
My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
Luke 9:55
But turning round he said sharp words to them.
John 15:19
If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.
John 17:19
And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.
1 Corinthians 13:1
If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Thessalonians 3:13
So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
1 Peter 2:7
And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
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John 12:8
The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.
1 John 3:14
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
1 John 3:17
But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
1 John 3:23
And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.
1 John 3:24
He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
3 John 1:7
For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
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