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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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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Genesis 12:13
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
1 Samuel 21:2
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.
1 Samuel 21:13
So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.
1 Samuel 27:10
And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.
2 Samuel 14:5
And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
Job 15:5
For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.
Proverbs 12:19
True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.
Proverbs 12:22
False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.
Proverbs 30:8
Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:
John 8:44
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
Colossians 3:6
Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;
Colossians 3:9
Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,
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Genesis 27:20
And Isaac said, How is it that you have got it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come my way.
Genesis 27:21
And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.
Genesis 27:22
And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Genesis 27:23
And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.
Genesis 27:35
And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.
2 Kings 10:19
Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.
Malachi 2:10
Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers?
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;
1 Thessalonians 4:6
And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.
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Exodus 23:3
But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.
Job 13:9
Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?
Job 13:10
He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.
1 Corinthians 15:15
Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.
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Joshua 2:5
And when it was the time for shutting the doors at dark, they went out; I have no idea where the men went: but if you go after them quickly, you will overtake them.
2 Samuel 17:20
And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 50:20
In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.
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Job 4:7
Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?
Job 11:2
Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?
Job 11:3
Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?
Job 11:4
You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.
Job 17:5
As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.
Job 32:21
Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living.
Job 32:22
For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.
Job 36:4
For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.
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.
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Genesis 50:20
As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.
2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hands are power and strength so that no one is able to keep his place against you.
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?
Job 9:13
God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.
Job 9:14
How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?
Job 9:15
Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.
Job 9:19
If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
Job 23:13
But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
Job 23:14
For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.
Psalms 76:10
The...will give you praise; the rest of...
Isaiah 46:10
Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
Isaiah 46:11
Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
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Psalms 95:10
For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;
Hebrews 3:10
So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;
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Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
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Ecclesiastes 3:19
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
Ecclesiastes 3:22
So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
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2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,
Job 4:17
May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?
Job 8:3
Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?
Job 9:2
Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?
Job 34:17
How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
Job 35:2
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
Job 40:8
Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
Psalms 143:2
Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
Psalms 145:17
The Lord is upright in all his ways, and kind in all his works.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
Jeremiah 12:1
You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?
Romans 2:5
But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
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Daniel 4:35
And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
Mark 14:21
The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.
Acts 4:27
For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,
Acts 4:28
To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?
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Hosea 9:8
There is great hate against the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God; as for the prophet, there is a net in all his ways, and hate in the house of his God.
John 9:24
So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.
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.
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.
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Zechariah 8:16
These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.
Ephesians 4:24
And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.
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Acts 13:27
For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
Acts 13:28
And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.
Acts 13:29
And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.
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Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Romans 1:21
Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.
Romans 1:23
And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.
Romans 1:25
Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
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John 1:14
And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
Romans 3:1
How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision?
Romans 3:3
And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?
Romans 4:20
Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,
Romans 5:20
And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
Romans 6:2
In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
Romans 7:7
What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.
Romans 7:14
For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.
Romans 15:7
So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:15
What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.
1 Corinthians 15:32
If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.
2 Corinthians 1:5
For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.
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Psalms 67:2
So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.
Psalms 147:20
He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
Romans 1:17
For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.
Romans 3:20
Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:25
Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
Romans 3:26
And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.
Romans 5:12
For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:
Romans 5:21
That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23
For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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,
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Romans 2:4
Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?
Romans 2:8
But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,
Romans 11:33
O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
2 Corinthians 8:2
How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.
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Romans 6:15
What then? are we to go on in sin because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be so.
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 4:6
My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.
2 Corinthians 1:11
You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.
Hebrews 11:28
By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death.
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Romans 9:1
I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
Galatians 1:20
Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.
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Romans 8:20
For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope
Romans 8:21
That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.
1 Corinthians 10:29
Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.
Galatians 5:13
Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
1 Peter 2:16
As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
2 Peter 2:18
For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
2 Peter 2:19
Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
Jude 1:4
For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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