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.
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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.
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Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
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 5:21
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.
Daniel 5:17
Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your offerings for yourself, and give your rewards to another; but I, after reading the writing to the king, will give him the sense of it.
Acts 8:18
Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,
Acts 8:19
Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:20
But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.
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Genesis 31:38
These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.
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.
Nehemiah 5:18
Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.
1 Corinthians 9:4
Have we no right to take food and drink?
1 Corinthians 9:8
Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?
1 Corinthians 9:9
For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?
1 Corinthians 9:10
Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it.
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?
1 Timothy 5:17
Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
1 Timothy 5:18
For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.
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;
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Genesis 46:6
And they took their cattle and all the goods which they had got in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, even Jacob and all his seed:
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Numbers 16:15
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
1 Samuel 12:4
And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
1 Samuel 12:5
Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.
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Esther 9:16
And the other Jews in every division of the kingdom came together, fighting for their lives, and got salvation from their haters and put seventy-five thousand of them to death; but they did not put a hand on their goods.
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
Ecclesiastes 3:3
A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;
Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
Ecclesiastes 3:8
A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
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Matthew 5:47
And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
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Mark 6:11
And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.
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Acts 4:15
But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,
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Psalms 41:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
Proverbs 19:17
He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
Isaiah 35:3
Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.
Romans 15:1
We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
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 10:32
Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.
Ephesians 4:28
Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.
Philippians 4:18
I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
1 Thessalonians 2:8
Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
Hebrews 12:12
For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,
Hebrews 12:13
And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.
Hebrews 13:1
Go on loving your brothers in the faith.
3 John 1:7
For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
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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;
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?
2 Corinthians 4:5
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
2 Corinthians 4:10
In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.
2 Corinthians 4:11
For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.
2 Corinthians 4:12
So then, death is working in us, but life in you.
2 Corinthians 6:10
As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
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 10:9
That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.
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 11:27
In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
2 Corinthians 12:10
So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
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.
Philippians 4:13
I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
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Job 23:13
But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
Acts 1:13
And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.
Acts 16:10
And when he had seen the vision, straight away we made the decision to go into Macedonia, for it seemed certain to us that God had sent us to give the good news to them.
Acts 16:12
And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.
Acts 16:40
And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.
Acts 17:15
But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.
Acts 19:21
Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.
Acts 19:22
And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.
2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Timothy the brother, to the church of God which is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:
2 Corinthians 1:16
And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.
2 Corinthians 1:17
If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?
2 Corinthians 2:13
I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 7:5
For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.
2 Corinthians 8:18
And with him we have sent a brother whose praise in the good news has gone through all the churches;
2 Corinthians 8:20
And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:
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2 Corinthians 8:13
And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:
2 Corinthians 9:4
For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.
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2 Corinthians 7:9
Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything.
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.
2 Corinthians 12:12
Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power.
Galatians 2:5
To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.
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Philippians 1:4
And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,
Philippians 1:5
Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;
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Philippians 1:15
Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:
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Philippians 1:16
These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:
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Acts 20:31
So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
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.
Colossians 4:7
Tychicus will give you news of all my business: he is a dear brother and true servant and helper in the word;
1 Thessalonians 3:6
But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;
1 Thessalonians 3:10
Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.
1 Thessalonians 4:12
That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
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Acts 15:29
To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
1 Timothy 5:22
Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.
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.
1 John 5:21
My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.
Jude 1:20
But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
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