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;
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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;
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Genesis 4:12
No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
Psalms 56:8
You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?
Proverbs 10:3
The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.
Isaiah 5:1
Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:
Habakkuk 3:17
For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:
Habakkuk 3:18
Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk 3:19
The Lord God is my strength, and he makes my feet like roes' feet, guiding me on my high places. For the chief music-maker on corded instruments.
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Genesis 12:8
And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
Exodus 17:3
And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?
Judges 15:18
After this, he was in great need of water, and crying out to the Lord, he said, You have given this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and now need of water will be my death; and I will be given into the hands of this people who are without circumcision.
2 Samuel 23:15
And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!
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 143:6
My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)
Isaiah 41:17
The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
Isaiah 55:1
Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
Luke 1:53
Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;
Luke 6:21
Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.
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Genesis 47:8
And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you?
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Joshua 6:11
So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.
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Judges 7:13
When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the earth.
Judges 7:14
And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.
Judges 7:16
Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.
Judges 7:17
And he said to them, Keep your eyes on me, and do what I do; when I come to the outer line of tents, whatever I do, you are to do the same.
Judges 7:18
At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.
Judges 7:19
So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.
Judges 7:20
So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.
Lamentations 4:2
The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!
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2 Samuel 6:20
Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!
Nehemiah 4:3
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.
Nehemiah 4:4
Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:
John 13:6
So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?
Philippians 2:7
But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;
Philippians 2:8
And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
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2 Samuel 17:1
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:
2 Samuel 17:2
And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:
2 Samuel 17:3
And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.
2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
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1 Kings 13:14
And went after the man of God, and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.
1 Kings 19:4
While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
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1 Kings 22:24
Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?
2 Chronicles 18:23
Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of his face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?
Nehemiah 13:25
And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
Isaiah 50:6
I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.
Isaiah 58:4
If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.
Lamentations 3:30
Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
Lamentations 3:45
You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples.
Micah 5:1
Now you will give yourselves deep wounds for grief; they will put up a wall round us: they will give the judge of Israel a blow on the face with a rod.
John 18:22
When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest?
2 Corinthians 11:20
You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
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2 Kings 1:8
And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Zechariah 13:4
And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:
Matthew 3:4
Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.
Matthew 11:8
But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.
Revelation 11:3
And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.
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Ezra 3:4
And they kept the feast of tents, as it is recorded, making the regular burned offerings every day by number, as it is ordered; for every day what was needed.
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Psalms 25:17
The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.
Psalms 38:1
A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory. O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalms 38:2
For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
Psalms 38:3
My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
Psalms 38:4
For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
Psalms 38:5
My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
Psalms 38:6
I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
Psalms 38:7
For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
Psalms 38:8
I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
Psalms 42:7
Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.
Psalms 77:2
In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.
Psalms 77:3
I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
Psalms 77:4
You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.
Psalms 107:5
Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
Isaiah 1:6
The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.
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Psalms 105:13
When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people.
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Ecclesiastes 11:1
Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.
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Song of Solomon 1:5
I am dark, but fair of form, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Jeremiah 10:20
My tent is pulled down and all my cords are broken: my children have gone from me, and they are not: no longer is there anyone to give help in stretching out my tent and hanging up my curtains.
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Isaiah 20:3
And the Lord said, As my servant Isaiah has gone unclothed and without shoes for three years as a sign and a wonder to Egypt and Ethiopia,
Matthew 6:19
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Matthew 6:20
But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
Matthew 24:9
Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
Acts 26:18
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
Romans 6:6
Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.
Galatians 2:20
I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
Galatians 5:24
And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.
2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.
2 Timothy 2:22
But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
1 Peter 4:1
So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;
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Psalms 69:19
You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.
Isaiah 53:3
Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
Matthew 27:39
And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,
Matthew 27:40
You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Matthew 27:41
In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,
Matthew 27:42
A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.
Matthew 27:43
He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.
Matthew 27:44
And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.
Mark 15:29
And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,
Mark 15:30
Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.
Mark 15:31
In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.
Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
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Ezekiel 14:8
And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
Acts 18:1
After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.
Acts 18:2
And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;
1 Corinthians 2:1
And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.
1 Corinthians 2:2
For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.
1 Corinthians 2:4
And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:
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Matthew 10:18
And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
Matthew 10:38
And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.
Matthew 10:39
He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
Mark 8:34
And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.
Mark 10:21
And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.
Acts 14:19
But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.
1 Corinthians 13:3
And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.
2 Corinthians 4:18
While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Philippians 1:7
So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
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 2:9
In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.
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Job 22:6
For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.
Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
Matthew 10:21
And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.
John 4:34
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
John 15:20
Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
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.
Acts 16:23
And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
2 Corinthians 4:5
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
1 Peter 4:4
And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:
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.
Revelation 14:13
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
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Song of Solomon 5:7
The keepers who go about the town overtook me; they gave me blows and wounds; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Isaiah 51:7
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Matthew 25:36
I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.
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.
2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.
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,
2 Timothy 1:12
And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
Hebrews 10:32
But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;
Hebrews 12:1
For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
James 2:15
If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Matthew 26:52
Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword.
Luke 6:27
But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,
Luke 6:28
Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.
Luke 6:29
If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.
Luke 22:36
And he said to them, But now, he who has a money-bag, or a bag for food, let him take it: and he who has not, let him give his coat for money and get a sword.
Romans 12:19
Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:7
More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?
1 Thessalonians 5:15
Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.
1 Peter 2:21
This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:
1 Peter 2:22
Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:
1 Peter 3:9
Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.
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Mark 15:24
And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.
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Luke 4:2
For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.
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Luke 4:3
And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.
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Luke 5:39
And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
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Isaiah 65:13
For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:
Luke 6:25
Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.
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Jeremiah 38:9
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have put into the water-hole; and he will come to his death in the place where he is through need of food: for there is no more bread in the town.
Lamentations 4:5
Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
Luke 10:33
But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,
Luke 10:34
And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.
Luke 10:35
And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.
Luke 10:36
Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?
Luke 12:18
And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
Luke 16:19
Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
Luke 16:20
And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
Luke 16:22
And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
Luke 16:23
And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
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Matthew 21:18
Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.
John 4:6
Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
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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 9:30
The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.
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 9:32
In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.
John 9:33
If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.
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?
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 1:21
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 1:22
Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:
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;
1 Corinthians 1:24
But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.
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Acts 17:4
And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.
Acts 17:5
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
Acts 17:6
And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;
Acts 17:7
Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
Acts 17:8
And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.
Acts 17:9
And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.
Acts 17:10
And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.
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Acts 20:33
I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.
Acts 26:24
And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.
Acts 26:25
Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.
1 Corinthians 4:5
For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
1 Corinthians 9:14
Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.
1 Corinthians 9:17
But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What then is my reward? This, that when I am giving the good news, I may give it without payment, not making use of my rights as a preacher of the good news.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are 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.
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Proverbs 23:9
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
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;
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.
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?
1 Corinthians 1:28
And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:
1 Corinthians 2:16
For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:8
And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.
Galatians 4:13
But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;
Galatians 4:14
And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:13
I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.
2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.
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Matthew 10:9
Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;
Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.
Luke 21:17
And you will be hated by all men, because of me.
Romans 5:3
And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
Romans 8:37
But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.
1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
Hebrews 10:38
But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
Hebrews 11:35
Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
James 5:10
Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
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1 Corinthians 15:30
And why are we in danger every hour?
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 1:8
For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:
2 Corinthians 1:9
Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:
2 Corinthians 1:10
Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
2 Corinthians 4:12
So then, death is working in us, but life in you.
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2 Samuel 13:39
And the heart of David was wasted with desire for Absalom: for he was comforted for the death of Amnon.
2 Samuel 18:33
Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Acts 20:35
In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
1 Corinthians 4:15
For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.
1 Corinthians 4:16
So my desire is that you take me as your example.
1 Corinthians 4:18
Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.
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 5:13
For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.
2 Corinthians 6:12
It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us.
2 Corinthians 6:13
Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.
2 Corinthians 11:1
Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me.
2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?
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1 Corinthians 9:4
Have we no right to take food and drink?
2 Corinthians 3:1
Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you?
2 Corinthians 11:17
What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.
2 Corinthians 12:6
For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
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;
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Matthew 19:27
Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?
Mark 9:49
Everyone will be salted with fire.
John 19:17
And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):
Romans 8:13
For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
1 Corinthians 8:13
For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
Philippians 4:14
But you did well to have care for me in my need.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
1 Thessalonians 3:4
And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.
1 Thessalonians 3:7
For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;
2 Timothy 2:10
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2 Timothy 3:10
But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.
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1 Corinthians 3:10
In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.
2 Corinthians 11:8
I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;
2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I was present with you, and was in need, I let no man be responsible for me; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, gave me whatever was needed; and in everything I kept myself from being a trouble to you, and I will go on doing so.
2 Corinthians 11:16
I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.
2 Corinthians 12:13
For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.
1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
1 Thessalonians 2:6
Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
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,
2 Thessalonians 3:7
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,
2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.
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1 Corinthians 6:12
I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.
1 Corinthians 14:18
I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:
2 Corinthians 6:6
In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,
2 Corinthians 6:7
In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2 Corinthians 13:7
Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.
2 Timothy 2:6
It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
2 Timothy 2:7
Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.
2 Timothy 2:8
Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:
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.
1 John 1:7
But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
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Proverbs 13:7
A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
Mark 12:43
And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:
Luke 16:9
And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.
Luke 18:22
And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.
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.
Acts 3:6
But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
Philippians 3:7
But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
Hebrews 11:26
Judging a part in the shame of Christ to be better than all the wealth of Egypt; for he was looking forward to his reward.
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?
1 Peter 2:11
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
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.
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