2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
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2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
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Genesis 6:4
There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.
Genesis 49:25
Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:
Song of Solomon 4:7
You are all fair, my love; there is no mark on you.
Song of Solomon 4:8
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; see from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the places of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
Song of Solomon 5:2
I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
Jeremiah 4:2
And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.
Malachi 2:15
...So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.
Matthew 22:32
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead but of the living.
Ephesians 1:19
And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,
1 Peter 3:21
And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;
1 John 3:10
In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
1 John 5:2
In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.
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Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
Genesis 12:3
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
Genesis 17:2
And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.
Genesis 17:3
And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,
Genesis 17:4
As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.
Genesis 17:5
No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
Genesis 22:17
That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
Genesis 22:18
And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
Genesis 48:4
And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.
Acts 3:25
You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.
Galatians 3:16
Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.
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Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
Genesis 35:3
And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.
Genesis 35:4
Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.
Exodus 20:23
Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.
Joshua 24:14
So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.
Joshua 24:23
Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Judges 10:15
And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.
Judges 10:16
So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.
1 Samuel 7:3
Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 7:4
So the children of Israel gave up the worship of Baal and Astarte, and became worshippers of the Lord only.
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Leviticus 25:10
And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.
Romans 8:18
I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.
Romans 8:19
For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
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.
Romans 8:23
And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
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Numbers 1:10
Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,
Numbers 1:32
The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Numbers 1:33
Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
Numbers 1:34
The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
Numbers 1:35
Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
Numbers 26:28
The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Numbers 26:29
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir was the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
Numbers 26:30
These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
Numbers 26:31
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
Numbers 26:32
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
Numbers 26:33
And Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, had no sons, but only daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 26:34
These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand, seven hundred.
Numbers 26:35
These are the sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites: of Becher, the family of the Becherites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
Numbers 26:36
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites:
Numbers 26:37
These are the families of Ephraim as they were numbered, thirty-two thousand, five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.
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Numbers 6:8
All the time he is separate he is holy to the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 4:34
Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes?
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 7:7
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
Deuteronomy 7:8
But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 9:26
And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand.
Deuteronomy 9:29
But still they are your people and your heritage, whom you took out by your great power and by your stretched-out arm.
Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.
1 Kings 8:53
For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.
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Deuteronomy 32:6
Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
1 Chronicles 29:10
So David gave praise to the Lord before all the people; and David said, Praise be to you, O Lord the God of Israel, our father for ever and ever.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.
Matthew 23:9
And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
John 8:41
You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.
John 8:42
Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.
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Joshua 24:18
And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.
Daniel 2:47
And the king made answer to Daniel and said, Truly, your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and an unveiler of secrets, for you have been able to make this secret clear.
Daniel 3:29
And it is my decision that any people, nation, or language saying evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, will be cut to bits and their houses made waste: because there is no other god who is able to give salvation such as this.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.
Hosea 13:4
But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.
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Judges 20:48
And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.
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Ezra 6:21
And the children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separating themselves from the evil ways of the people of the land to become the servants of the Lord, the God of Israel, took food together,
Ezra 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra 9:1
Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Ezra 10:10
And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.
Ezra 10:11
So now, give praise to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and make yourselves separate from the peoples of the land and from the strange women.
Nehemiah 9:2
And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
Nehemiah 13:3
So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.
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Nehemiah 13:22
And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.
Psalms 103:8
The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.
Psalms 103:9
His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.
Psalms 103:10
He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.
Psalms 103:11
For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
Psalms 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.
Psalms 103:13
As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.
Zephaniah 2:2
Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord's wrath comes on you.
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Psalms 45:11
So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.
Revelation 19:7
Let us be glad with delight, and let us give glory to him: because the time is come for the Lamb to be married, and his wife has made herself ready.
Revelation 19:8
And to her it was given to be clothed in delicate linen, clean and shining: for the clean linen is the righteousness of the saints.
Revelation 19:9
And he said to me, Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.
Revelation 19:10
And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
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Psalms 65:10
You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.
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Psalms 26:5
I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.
Psalms 101:3
I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.
Proverbs 13:20
Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
1 Corinthians 5:9
In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;
1 Corinthians 5:10
But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
2 John 1:9
Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.
2 John 1:10
If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:
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2 Samuel 7:27
For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.
Psalms 127:1
A Song of the going up. Of Solomon. If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
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Proverbs 4:14
Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4:15
Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
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Song of Solomon 2:11
For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
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Song of Solomon 2:12
The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;
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Isaiah 13:6
Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.
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Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.
Isaiah 26:21
For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
Jeremiah 30:23
See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.
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Psalms 16:5
The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
Jeremiah 10:16
The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
Lamentations 3:24
I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
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Psalms 22:30
A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.
Psalms 91:1
Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
Jeremiah 32:41
And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.
Luke 12:30
For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.
Acts 10:36
The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
Romans 5:2
Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of 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 5:21
That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
James 1:18
Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
1 John 2:25
And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.
Revelation 19:16
And on his robe and on his leg is a name, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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Psalms 4:3
See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.
Ezekiel 37:23
And they will no longer make themselves unclean with their images or with their hated things or with any of their sins: but I will give them salvation from all their turning away in which they have done evil, and will make them clean; and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.
Zechariah 8:8
And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.
John 1:11
He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
John 6:56
He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
John 14:23
Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.
Romans 9:24
Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
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.
Ephesians 3:17
So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,
Ephesians 5:1
Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
2 Timothy 2:21
If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.
Revelation 7:15
This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.
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Daniel 1:16
So the keeper regularly took away their meat and the wine which was to have been their drink, and gave them grain.
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Esther 2:7
And he had been a father to Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother, and she was very beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter.
Isaiah 18:7
In that time an offering will be made to the Lord of armies from a people tall and smooth, causing fear through all their history; a strong nation, crushing down its haters, whose land is cut through by rivers, an offering taken to the place of the name of the Lord of armies, even Mount Zion.
Jeremiah 3:18
In those days the family of Judah will go with the family of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north into the land which I gave for a heritage to your fathers.
Jeremiah 30:18
The Lord has said, See, I am changing the fate of the tents of Jacob, and I will have pity on his houses; the town will be put up on its hill, and the great houses will be living-places again.
Hosea 1:11
And the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.
Hosea 2:19
And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.
Hosea 2:20
I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.
Hosea 2:21
And it will be, in that day, says the Lord, that I will give an answer to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth;
Hosea 2:22
And the earth will give its answer to the grain and the wine and the oil, and they will give an answer to Jezreel;
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Joel 1:15
Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.
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Ruth 1:16
But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.
Song of Solomon 1:7
Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?
Song of Solomon 1:8
If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.
Song of Solomon 6:1
Where is your loved one gone, O most fair among women? Where is your loved one turned away, that we may go looking for him with you?
Song of Solomon 6:3
I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.
Zechariah 2:11
And a number of nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and will become my people; and I will be living among you, and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me to you.
Zechariah 8:20
This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,
Zechariah 8:21
And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.
Zechariah 8:22
And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord.
Zechariah 8:23
This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.
Acts 5:14
And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,
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2 Samuel 7:8
Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:
Matthew 4:19
And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Matthew 4:20
And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.
Matthew 4:21
And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.
Matthew 4:22
And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.
Matthew 9:9
And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
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Matthew 9:2
And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.
Matthew 9:22
But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.
Mark 2:5
And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.
Luke 8:48
And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.
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Matthew 17:1
And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.
Matthew 17:2
And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
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Matthew 12:50
For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Matthew 25:40
And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Matthew 25:45
Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.
Matthew 28:10
Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.
Luke 8:21
But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.
Luke 11:27
And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.
Luke 11:28
But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
John 15:15
No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.
2 Corinthians 5:16
For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
Hebrews 2:14
And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;
Hebrews 2:15
And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.
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Luke 21:5
And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,
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John 2:20
The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days!
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John 2:22
So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.
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John 17:25
Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
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?
Philippians 1:27
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
James 2:24
You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.
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Acts 2:1
And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.
Acts 2:3
And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.
Acts 2:4
And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
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Zechariah 2:13
Let all flesh be quiet and make no sound before the Lord: for he is awake and has come from his holy resting-place.
Acts 2:41
Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
Acts 2:42
And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.
Acts 2:44
And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;
Acts 4:23
And when they had been made free, they came back to their friends, and gave an account of all the things which the chief priests and the authorities had said to them.
Acts 5:12
Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.
Acts 5:13
The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;
Acts 14:1
Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.
Acts 14:4
But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.
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 17:34
But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Acts 28:24
And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.
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Romans 6:1
What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?
Romans 6:2
In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
Romans 6:3
Or are you without the knowledge that all we who had baptism into Christ Jesus, had baptism into his death?
Romans 6:4
We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.
Romans 6:5
For, if we have been made like him in his death, we will, in the same way, be like him in his coming to life again;
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.
Romans 6:7
Because he who is dead is free from sin.
Romans 6:8
But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;
Romans 6:9
Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.
Romans 6:10
For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.
Romans 6:11
Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.
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Genesis 18:14
Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.
Isaiah 62:2
And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you will have a new name, given by the mouth of the Lord.
Ezekiel 36:25
And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.
Hosea 14:8
As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
Romans 8:32
He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
Romans 9:5
Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
Romans 9:6
But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
Colossians 1:23
If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
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Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.
Isaiah 5:9
The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
Romans 9:29
And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.
James 5:4
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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1 Corinthians 3:21
So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
1 Corinthians 3:22
Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
1 Corinthians 3:23
And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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1 Corinthians 7:29
But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;
1 Corinthians 7:30
And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;
1 Corinthians 7:31
And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.
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1 Corinthians 10:19
Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?
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.
1 Corinthians 10:21
It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits.
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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 6:12
It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us.
2 Corinthians 12:14
This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.
2 Peter 1:5
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
2 Peter 1:6
And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,
2 Peter 1:7
And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
2 Peter 1:8
For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
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2 Corinthians 7:14
For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.
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2 Corinthians 7:16
It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.
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Ephesians 4:11
And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
Ephesians 4:12
For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Ephesians 4:13
Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:
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Matthew 6:4
So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
Matthew 6:6
But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
Matthew 6:14
For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:18
So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
Matthew 6:26
See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
Colossians 1:2
To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
1 Thessalonians 3:11
Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;
1 Thessalonians 3:13
So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
Hosea 2:14
For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.
Malachi 2:2
If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.
John 17:22
And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;
Ephesians 2:18
Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:8
But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;
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.
Hebrews 3:13
But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
1 Peter 4:14
If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you.
1 Peter 5:7
Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.
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Hebrews 8:6
But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.
Hebrews 8:7
For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.
Hebrews 8:8
For, protesting against them, he says, See, the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;
Hebrews 8:9
Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand, to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; for they did not keep the agreement with me, and I gave them up, says the Lord.
Hebrews 8:11
And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This is the knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, great and small.
Hebrews 8:12
And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.
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Exodus 34:14
For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.
Leviticus 20:26
And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.
Leviticus 26:12
And I will be present among you and will be your God and you will be my people.
Numbers 24:4
He says, whose ears are open to the words of God, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down, but having his eyes open:
Deuteronomy 32:19
And the Lord saw with disgust the evil-doing of his sons and daughters.
Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
Ezekiel 36:26
And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
Acts 20:32
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
Hebrews 7:26
It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.
Revelation 22:20
He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.
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Lamentations 1:9
In her skirts were her unclean ways; she gave no thought to her end; and her fall has been a wonder; she has no comforter: see her sorrow, O Lord; for the attacker is lifted up.
Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to false gods; let him be.
Matthew 12:20
The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.
Acts 2:17
And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams:
Ephesians 1:13
In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
Hebrews 4:1
Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.
Hebrews 10:25
Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.
James 1:21
For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
1 Peter 2:6
Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
1 Peter 3:15
But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
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Hebrews 12:5
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;
Hebrews 12:6
For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
Hebrews 12:7
It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?
Hebrews 12:8
But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.
Hebrews 12:9
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
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Hosea 7:6
For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.
John 17:16
They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
James 1:27
The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
James 4:4
O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
1 John 2:15
Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:16
Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
1 John 2:17
And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
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Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
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.
Isaiah 55:3
Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
Jeremiah 3:14
Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;
Ezekiel 16:61
Then at the memory of your ways you will be overcome with shame, when I take your sisters, the older and the younger, and give them to you for daughters, but not by your agreement.
Matthew 5:17
Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.
Matthew 25:34
Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:
James 5:16
So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
Revelation 7:9
After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,
Revelation 21:27
And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
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Judges 16:20
Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him.
Isaiah 43:7
Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.
Isaiah 45:11
The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, says, Will you put a question to me about the things which are to come, or will you give me orders about my sons, and the work of my hands?
Hosea 8:10
But though they give money to the nations for help, still I will send them in all directions; and in a short time they will be without a king and rulers.
Zephaniah 2:11
The Lord will let himself be seen by them: for he will make all the gods of the earth feeble; and men will go down before him in worship, everyone from his place, even all the sea-lands of the nations.
Luke 12:32
Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 20:17
But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?
Romans 8:30
And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:10
In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
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Revelation 11:19
And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.
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Revelation 15:5
And after these things I saw, and the house of the Tent of witness in heaven was open:
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Revelation 22:3
And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there; and his servants will be worshipping him;
Revelation 22:4
And they will see his face; and his name will be on their brows.
Revelation 22:5
And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.
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