1 Corinthians 9:13
Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?
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1 Corinthians 9:13
Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?
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Genesis 13:15
For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.
Genesis 17:8
And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:13
He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
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Genesis 47:22
Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh, and having what Pharaoh gave them, they had no need to give up their land.
2 Kings 5:20
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.
Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
Galatians 6:7
Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
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.
Philippians 4:17
Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.
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 Timothy 3:3
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
Titus 1:7
For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
2 Peter 2:15
Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
Jude 1:11
A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.
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Exodus 35:21
And everyone whose heart was moved, everyone who was guided by the impulse of his spirit, came with his offering for the Lord, for whatever was needed for the Tent of meeting and its work and for the holy robes.
Exodus 35:22
They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord.
Exodus 35:29
The children of Israel, every man and woman, from the impulse of their hearts, gave their offerings freely to the Lord for the work which the Lord had given Moses orders to have done.
1 Chronicles 29:3
And because this house of God is dear to me, I give my private store of gold and silver to the house of my God, in addition to all I have got ready for the holy house;
1 Chronicles 29:5
Gold for the gold things, and silver for the silver things, and for every sort of work to be done by the expert workmen. Who then will come forward, offering himself this day for the Lord's work?
1 Chronicles 29:9
Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.
1 Chronicles 29:17
And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.
Ezra 1:5
Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.
Acts 5:4
While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.
1 Corinthians 8:8
But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.
Philemon 1:14
But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
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Leviticus 6:14
And this is the law for the meal offering: it is to be offered to the Lord before the altar by the sons of Aaron.
Leviticus 6:15
The priest is to take in his hand some of the meal of the meal offering and of the oil of it, and all the perfume on it, burning it on the altar as a sign, for a sweet smell to the Lord.
Leviticus 6:29
Every male among the priests may take it for his food: it is most holy.
Leviticus 21:22
He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;
Leviticus 22:7
And when the sun has gone down he will be clean; and after that he may take part in the holy food, because it is his bread.
Leviticus 22:10
No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment.
Ezekiel 40:46
And the room facing north is for the priests who have the care of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who, from among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord to do the work of his house.
Ezekiel 42:13
And he said to me, The north rooms and the south rooms in front of the separate place are the holy rooms, where the priests who come near the Lord take the most holy things for their food: there the most holy things are placed, with the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; for the place is holy.
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Leviticus 3:3
And he is to give of the peace-offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,
Leviticus 3:4
And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;
Leviticus 3:5
That it may be burned by Aaron's sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:11
That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire to the Lord.
Leviticus 7:11
And this is the law for the peace-offerings offered to the Lord.
Leviticus 7:12
If any man gives his offering as a praise-offering, then let him give with the offering, unleavened cakes mixed with oil and thin unleavened cakes covered with oil and cakes of the best meal well mixed with oil.
Leviticus 7:13
With his peace-offering let him give cakes of leavened bread, as a praise-offering.
Leviticus 7:15
And the flesh of the praise-offering is to be taken as food on the day when it is offered; no part of it may be kept till the morning.
Leviticus 7:16
But if his offering is made because of an oath or given freely, it may be taken as food on the day when it is offered; and the rest may be used up on the day after:
Leviticus 7:17
But if any of the flesh of the offering is still unused on the third day, it is to be burned with fire.
1 Samuel 2:13
And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;
1 Samuel 2:14
This he put into the pot, and everything which came up on the hook the priest took for himself. This they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
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Leviticus 7:36
Which the Lord said the children of Israel were to give them, on the day when he made them his priests. It is their right for ever from generation to generation.
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Leviticus 7:8
And the priest offering any man's burned offering for him, may have the skin of the burned offering which is offered by him.
Leviticus 7:32
And the right leg you are to give to the priest for an offering to be lifted up out of what is given for your peace-offerings.
Leviticus 8:25
And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and the right leg;
Leviticus 8:26
And out of the basket of unleavened bread which was before the Lord he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of bread with oil on it, and one thin cake, and put them on the fat and on the right leg:
Leviticus 9:21
And Aaron took the breasts and the right leg, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses gave orders.
Leviticus 10:14
And the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, you are to take as your food in a clean place; you and your sons and your daughters with you: for they are given to you as your right and your sons' right, from the peace-offerings of the children of Israel.
Leviticus 10:15
Let them take the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, with the fat of the burned offering, to be waved for a wave offering before the Lord; and this will be for you and for your sons with you, for a right for ever, as the Lord has given orders.
Numbers 6:20
Waving them for a wave offering before the Lord; this is holy for the priest, together with the waved breast and the leg which is lifted up; after that, the man may take wine.
Deuteronomy 18:4
And in addition you are to give him the first of your grain and wine and oil, and the first wool cut from your sheep.
Deuteronomy 18:8
His food will be the same as theirs, in addition to what has come to him as the price of his property.
1 Samuel 2:28
Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the smoke of the offerings go up and to take up the ephod? Did I give to your father's family all the offerings made by fire by the children of Israel?
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Numbers 4:1
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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Numbers 3:7
In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;
Numbers 3:8
And they will have the care of all the vessels of the Tent of meeting, and will do for the children of Israel all the necessary work of the House.
Numbers 18:6
Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
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Numbers 18:20
And the Lord said to Aaron, You will have no heritage in their land, or any part among them; I am your part and your heritage among the children of Israel.
Numbers 18:24
For the tenths which the children of Israel give as a lifted offering to the Lord I have given to the Levites as their heritage. and so I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.
Numbers 18:25
And the Lord said to Moses,
Numbers 18:26
Say to the Levites, When you take from the children of Israel the tenth which I have given to you from them as your heritage, a tenth part of that tenth is to be offered as an offering lifted up before the Lord.
Numbers 18:27
And this lifted offering is to be put to your credit as if it was grain from the grain-floor and wine from the vines.
Numbers 18:28
So you are to make an offering lifted up to the Lord from all the tenths which you get from the children of Israel, giving out of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.
Numbers 31:29
Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.
Numbers 31:41
And Moses gave the Lord's part, lifted up as an offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
Deuteronomy 10:9
For this reason Levi has no part or heritage for himself among his brothers: the Lord is his heritage, as the Lord your God said to him.)
Deuteronomy 12:10
But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;
Deuteronomy 12:19
See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.
Proverbs 3:9
Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:
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Numbers 31:28
And from the men of war who went out let there be offered to the Lord one out of every five hundred, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep:
Deuteronomy 14:27
And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.
Joshua 13:14
Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no heritage; the offerings of the Lord, the God of Israel, made by fire are his heritage, as he said to him.
Ezekiel 45:5
A space of land twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide is to be for the Levites, the servants of the house, a property for themselves, for towns for their living-places.
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Joshua 21:1
Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;
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1 Samuel 2:15
And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked.
1 Samuel 2:16
And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force.
1 Samuel 9:12
And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:
1 Samuel 9:13
When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will see him.
Hosea 4:8
The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.
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1 Kings 7:21
He put up the pillars at the doorway of the Temple, naming the one on the right Jachin, and that on the left Boaz.
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2 Kings 5:15
Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.
2 Kings 5:16
But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.
2 Kings 5:21
So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well?
2 Kings 5:22
And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them?
2 Kings 5:23
And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.
2 Kings 5:24
When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.
2 Kings 5:25
Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.
2 Kings 5:26
And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?
2 Kings 5:27
Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.
Micah 2:1
A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
2 Corinthians 11:8
I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;
2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
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Numbers 4:30
Every one from thirty to fifty years old who is able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
Numbers 4:35
Numbering all those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting;
Numbers 4:42
And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,
1 Chronicles 23:3
And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
1 Chronicles 23:4
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
1 Chronicles 23:5
Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
1 Chronicles 23:24
These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 23:27
So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
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2 Chronicles 35:9
And Conaniah and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small cattle and five hundred oxen.
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Nehemiah 10:36
As well as the first of our sons and of our cattle, as it is recorded in the law, and the first lambs of our herds and of our flocks, which are to be taken to the house of our God, to the priests who are servants in the house of our God:
Nehemiah 12:44
And on that day certain men were put over the rooms where the things which had been given were stored, for the lifted offerings and the first-fruits and the tenths, and to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town, fixed by the law for the priests and the Levites: for Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.
Nehemiah 12:47
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what was needed by the music-makers and the door-keepers day by day: and they made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.
Nehemiah 13:10
And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.
Nehemiah 13:11
Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.
Nehemiah 13:12
Then all Judah came with the tenth part of the grain and wine and oil and put it into the store-houses.
Nehemiah 13:13
And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.
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Job 11:6
And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
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Psalms 103:10
He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.
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Proverbs 27:18
Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
Song of Solomon 8:12
My vine-garden, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, will have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of them two hundred.
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Luke 3:13
And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.
Luke 3:14
And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
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Matthew 10:9
Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;
Mark 6:8
And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;
Luke 9:3
And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.
Luke 10:4
Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.
Luke 10:8
And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you:
Luke 10:9
And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.
Luke 10:10
But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,
Luke 10:11
Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.
Luke 10:12
I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.
Luke 22:35
And he said to them, When I sent you out without money or bag or shoes, were you in need of anything? And they said, Nothing.
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Romans 7:1
Is it not clear, my brothers (I am using an argument to those who have knowledge of the law), that the law has power over a man as long as he is living?
Romans 11:2
God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
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Romans 13:4
For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.
1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:2
If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.
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1 Corinthians 5:7
Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.
1 Corinthians 5:8
Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.
1 Corinthians 10:17
Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.
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1 Corinthians 10:20
What I say is that the things offered by the Gentiles are offered to evil spirits and not to God; and it is not my desire for you to have any part with evil spirits.
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1 Corinthians 10:22
Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?
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Nehemiah 5:10
Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.
Nehemiah 5:14
Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.
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 9:26
So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:
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.
1 Corinthians 10:33
Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.
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 12:19
It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.
Philippians 3:18
For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;
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 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
3 John 1:7
For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
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Matthew 23:16
A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.
1 Corinthians 14:26
What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.
2 Corinthians 5:13
For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.
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 13:5
Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?
Philippians 4:11
But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
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Acts 28:10
Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.
Philippians 2:29
So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is:
1 Thessalonians 5:12
But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;
1 Thessalonians 5:13
And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
1 Timothy 5:3
Give honour to widows who are truly widows.
3 John 1:11
My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.
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Psalms 104:15
And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:
1 Timothy 5:23
Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.
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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 4:18
Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.
2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
2 Corinthians 10:2
Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.
2 Corinthians 10:8
For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:
2 Corinthians 10:10
For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.
2 Corinthians 10:11
Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.
Philemon 1:8
And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,
Philemon 1:9
Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
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Hebrews 6:14
Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.
Hebrews 6:15
And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.
Hebrews 6:16
For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
Hebrews 6:17
So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
Hebrews 6:18
So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
Hebrews 13:23
Our brother Timothy has been let out of prison; and if he comes here in a short time, he and I will come to you together.
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Numbers 31:31
So Eleazar and Moses did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
1 Kings 13:2
And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings on you, and men's bones will be burned on you.
Hebrews 7:4
Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.
Hebrews 7:5
And it is true that by the law, those of the sons of Levi who have the position of priests may take a tenth part of the people's goods; that is to say, they take it from their brothers though these are the sons of Abraham.
Hebrews 7:6
But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.
Hebrews 7:9
And we may say that in Abraham, even Levi, who has a right to take the tenth part, gave it;
Hebrews 7:10
Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him.
Hebrews 7:11
Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?
Hebrews 7:12
Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law.
Hebrews 7:13
For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.
Hebrews 7:14
Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe.
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