Ephesians 4:14
So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
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Ephesians 4:14
So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
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Genesis 3:5
For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
Genesis 4:26
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
Matthew 4:3
And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
Luke 6:49
But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.
John 8:44
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
Galatians 1:8
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
Ephesians 6:16
And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.
1 Timothy 4:8
For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
Titus 1:12
One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.
1 John 2:26
I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.
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Exodus 7:11
Then Pharaoh sent for the wise men and the wonder-workers, and they, the wonder-workers of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.
Exodus 7:22
And the wonder-workers of Egypt did the same with their secret arts: but Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
Exodus 8:7
And the wonder-workers did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up over the land of Egypt.
Exodus 8:18
And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast.
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Exodus 28:32
With a hole at the top, in the middle of it; the hole is to be edged with a band to make it strong like the hole in the coat of a fighting-man, so that it may not be broken open.
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Leviticus 11:20
Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;
Leviticus 11:21
But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;
Leviticus 11:29
And these are unclean to you among things which go low down on the earth; the weasel and the mouse and the great lizard, and animals of that sort;
Leviticus 11:41
Everything which goes flat on its body on the earth is disgusting, and is not to be used for food.
Leviticus 11:42
Whatever goes on its stomach or on four feet or has a great number of feet, even all those going flat on the earth, may not be used for food, for they are disgusting.
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Deuteronomy 12:32
You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.
Deuteronomy 13:6
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;
Job 31:27
A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
Micah 2:11
If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.
Matthew 7:24
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
Acts 20:20
And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,
Acts 20:27
For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.
1 Corinthians 11:19
For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.
Galatians 1:9
As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.
Ephesians 1:18
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
2 Timothy 4:2
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
Titus 1:14
Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.
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Deuteronomy 32:52
So you will see the land before you, but you will not go into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.
Matthew 12:19
His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.
Acts 15:41
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches stronger in the faith.
Acts 20:30
And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.
1 Corinthians 16:13
Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;
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.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
Titus 1:1
Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
Hebrews 13:21
Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.
1 John 3:23
And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.
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2 Samuel 14:17
Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!
1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
1 Kings 3:10
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
1 Kings 3:11
And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
Matthew 13:11
And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
1 Corinthians 2:11
For who has knowledge of the things of a man but the spirit of the man which is in him? in the same way, no one has knowledge of the things of God but the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:13
And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:15
But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
Ephesians 5:17
For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
Philippians 1:10
So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;
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Deuteronomy 13:2
And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship;
1 Kings 13:18
Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.
Jeremiah 23:14
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:32
See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 29:8
For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;
Ezekiel 13:4
O Israel, your prophets have been like jackals in the waste places.
Matthew 24:4
And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked.
Ephesians 5:6
Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
Revelation 13:15
And he had power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that words might come from the image of the beast, and that he might have all those who did not give worship to the image of the beast put to death.
Revelation 16:14
For they are evil spirits, working signs; who go out even to the kings of all the earth, to get them together to the war of the great day of God, the Ruler of all.
Revelation 20:8
And will go out to put in error the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to get them together to the war, the number of whom is like the sands of the sea.
Revelation 20:10
And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.
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Deuteronomy 29:4
But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.
1 Kings 22:22
And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
Job 12:16
With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;
Proverbs 14:6
The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
Isaiah 30:10
Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:
Isaiah 30:11
Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.
Jeremiah 5:21
Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:
Ezekiel 14:4
For this cause say to them, These are the words of the Lord: Every man of Israel who has taken his false god into his heart, and put before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself in agreement with the number of his false gods;
Ezekiel 14:5
So as to take the children of Israel in the thoughts of their hearts, because they have become strange to me through their false gods.
Ezekiel 14:6
For this cause say to the children of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: Come back and give up your false gods and let your faces be turned from your disgusting things.
Ezekiel 14:9
And if the prophet, tricked by deceit, says anything, it is I the Lord by whom he has been tricked, and I will put out my hand against him, and he will be cut off from among my people Israel.
2 Timothy 3:7
Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.
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2 Chronicles 20:20
And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.
Isaiah 7:9
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not have faith, your kingdom will be broken.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt.
Romans 4:20
Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,
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Job 6:26
My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
Job 8:2
How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
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Job 37:9
Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.
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Psalms 10:3
For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.
Psalms 17:13
Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.
Psalms 17:14
With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
Haggai 2:6
For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In a short time I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;
Luke 12:15
And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
John 6:26
Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.
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.
Colossians 3:5
Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,
2 Timothy 3:3
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
2 Timothy 3:4
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;
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Psalms 19:8
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
Psalms 19:9
The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.
Psalms 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
Psalms 19:11
By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.
Psalms 119:97
MEM O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.
Psalms 119:98
Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.
Psalms 119:100
I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
Psalms 119:101
I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.
Psalms 119:102
My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.
Psalms 119:103
How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
Isaiah 8:20
Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ...If they do not say such things. ...For him there is no dawn. ...
2 Timothy 3:17
So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
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Psalms 25:14
The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.
Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.
Isaiah 11:3
And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
John 7:17
If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.
John 16:13
However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.
1 Corinthians 1:23
But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;
1 Corinthians 2:4
And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:
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 John 2:20
And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.
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Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
Psalms 119:9
BETH How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.
Psalms 119:104
Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.
Psalms 119:130
The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
Proverbs 6:23
For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
Proverbs 9:6
Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.
Isaiah 8:21
And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;
Micah 2:7
Is the Lord quickly made angry? are these his doings? do not his words do good to his people Israel?
Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.
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Proverbs 1:2
To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:
Proverbs 2:10
For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
Proverbs 2:11
Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
Proverbs 2:12
Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
Proverbs 2:13
Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
Proverbs 2:14
Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
Proverbs 2:16
To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:6
Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
Proverbs 6:24
They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
Mark 13:14
But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:
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Proverbs 22:3
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
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Proverbs 27:12
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
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Psalms 8:2
You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.
Matthew 21:16
Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?
Mark 10:15
Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.
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Song of Solomon 7:1
How beautiful are your feet in their shoes, O king's daughter! The curves of your legs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a good workman:
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Ezekiel 14:7
When any one of the men of Israel, or of those from other lands who are living in Israel, who has become strange to me, and takes his false gods into his heart, and puts before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, comes to the prophet to get directions from me; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself:
Ezekiel 14:8
And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 14:10
And the punishment of their sin will be on them: the sin of the prophet will be the same as the sin of him who goes to him for directions;
Malachi 3:7
From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?
John 3:20
The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
John 3:21
But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
John 5:44
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
John 12:42
However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:
John 12:43
For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.
1 Corinthians 3:4
For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?
2 Corinthians 11:12
But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.
Hebrews 5:11
Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.
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Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
Ezekiel 33:32
And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.
Mark 4:16
And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;
Mark 4:17
And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.
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Daniel 8:23
And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.
Daniel 8:24
And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.
Daniel 8:25
And his designs will be turned against the holy people, causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though not by men's hands.
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Mark 4:26
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
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Mark 4:29
But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.
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Song of Solomon 2:15
Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.
Matthew 13:25
But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.
Matthew 24:11
And a number of false prophets will come, causing error.
Mark 4:24
And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.
Mark 13:5
And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone.
Mark 13:6
People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.
Mark 13:23
But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.
Luke 21:8
And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.
Revelation 7:1
After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
Revelation 13:3
And I saw one of his heads as if it had been given a death-wound; and his death-wound was made well: and all the earth was wondering at the beast.
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John 19:23
And when Jesus was nailed to the cross, the men of the army took his clothing, and made a division of it into four parts, to every man a part, and they took his coat: now the coat was without a join, made out of one bit of cloth.
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John 19:24
So they said among themselves, Let this not be cut up, but let us put it to the decision of chance and see who gets it. (They did this so that the Writings might come true, which say, They made a distribution of my clothing among them, and my coat they put to the decision of chance.) This was what the men of the army did.
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Acts 8:9
But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:
Acts 8:11
And they gave attention to him, because for a long time his wonder-working powers had kept them under his control.
Acts 8:25
So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.
Acts 8:30
And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?
Acts 8:31
And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.
Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?
Galatians 5:7
You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true?
Galatians 5:8
This ready belief did not come from him who had made you his.
Revelation 18:3
For through the wine of the wrath of her evil desires all the nations have come to destruction; and the kings of the earth made themselves unclean with her, and the traders of the earth had their wealth increased by the power of her evil ways.
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Psalms 10:9
He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.
Psalms 59:3
For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.
Micah 7:2
The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.
Acts 23:21
But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.
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Romans 1:27
And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.
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Romans 8:16
The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.
1 Corinthians 2:10
But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 2:12
But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:
2 Corinthians 11:6
But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.
2 Corinthians 11:19
For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
2 Corinthians 12:17
Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.
2 Peter 1:16
For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.
2 Peter 3:3
Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,
2 Peter 3:4
Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.
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Genesis 33:13
But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.
Proverbs 4:26
Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
Isaiah 40:11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Matthew 18:10
Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
Luke 22:32
But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.
John 21:15
Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.
Romans 14:1
Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.
Romans 15:1
We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
1 Corinthians 8:11
And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.
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.
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Matthew 25:15
And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.
Romans 12:6
And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;
Romans 12:7
Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
Romans 12:8
He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
1 Corinthians 12:7
But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:8
For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:
1 Corinthians 12:9
To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:10
And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:
1 Corinthians 12:11
But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:31
But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.
1 Thessalonians 5:20
Do not make little of the words of the prophets;
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1 Corinthians 12:19
And if they were all one part, where would the body be?
1 Corinthians 12:29
Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?
1 Corinthians 12:30
Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?
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1 Corinthians 14:17
For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.
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2 Corinthians 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.
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2 Corinthians 1:20
For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.
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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.
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2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
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1 Corinthians 16:16
That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.
Ephesians 1:21
Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:
Ephesians 3:15
From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
Philippians 1:4
And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,
Philippians 2:10
So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,
Philippians 2:11
And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 4:19
And my God will give you all you have need of from the wealth of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:21
Give words of love to every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their love.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
Colossians 1:24
Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;
1 Peter 2:13
Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all,
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Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:19
So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,
Ephesians 2:20
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
Ephesians 2:21
In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;
Ephesians 2:22
In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;
Ephesians 4:5
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Ephesians 4:6
One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
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Isaiah 46:8
Keep this in mind and be shamed; let it come back to your memory, you sinners.
Matthew 7:20
So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
John 1:4
What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 10:10
The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
Galatians 4:19
My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,
Ephesians 4:18
Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;
2 Timothy 2:23
And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.
Titus 1:9
Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
Hebrews 3:14
For if we keep the substance of the faith which we had at the start, even till the end, we have a part with Christ;
Hebrews 10:23
Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:
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Luke 1:1
As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,
John 10:5
They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.
Ephesians 4:22
That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
Philippians 3:12
Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:21
And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one
Colossians 3:10
And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
1 Timothy 1:5
But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.
1 Timothy 4:13
Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.
2 Timothy 2:16
But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
1 John 2:21
I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.
Revelation 2:1
To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:
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Luke 2:16
And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;
Ephesians 4:27
And do not give way to the Evil One.
Colossians 2:11
In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.
1 Timothy 4:11
Let these be your orders and your teaching.
1 Timothy 5:7
Give orders to this effect, so that no evil may be said of anyone.
2 Timothy 3:10
But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
1 John 2:24
But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.
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Psalms 51:10
Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
Micah 3:5
This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.
Acts 20:29
I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
Romans 8:35
Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
Ephesians 3:5
Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 4:15
Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.
1 Timothy 4:16
Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.
1 Timothy 6:4
He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,
1 Timothy 6:11
But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.
James 1:7
Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;
1 John 5:19
We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.
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Hebrews 6:2
The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.
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Hebrews 6:3
Now we will do this, if God lets us.
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Isaiah 57:20
But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
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.
1 Timothy 6:17
Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;
2 Timothy 3:1
But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.
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.
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Job 15:12
Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;
James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:
James 1:14
But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.
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Acts 9:31
And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.
Romans 14:19
So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.
Romans 15:2
Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.
1 Corinthians 10:23
We are free to do all things, but there are things which it is not wise to do. We are free to do all things, but not all things are for the common good.
1 Corinthians 14:4
He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church.
1 Corinthians 14:5
Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.
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 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:
Galatians 2:13
And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.
James 1:26
If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
James 3:4
And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.
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2 Peter 1:10
For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
2 Peter 1:11
For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 2:19
Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.
2 Peter 2:21
For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.
2 Peter 2:22
They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.
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1 John 2:12
I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.
1 John 2:13
I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.
1 John 2:14
I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.
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Luke 7:24
And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?
John 13:34
I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
John 17:23
I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.
Acts 15:24
Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
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.
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;
Philippians 4:8
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
1 Timothy 1:6
From which some have been turned away, giving themselves to foolish talking;
1 John 2:18
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.
Jude 1:20
But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,
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2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.
Titus 3:10
A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;
2 John 1:11
For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.
2 John 1:12
Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.
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Revelation 2:15
And you have those who keep the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Revelation 2:21
And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways.
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Revelation 9:10
And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.
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Revelation 9:19
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails: because their tails are like snakes, and have heads, and with them they give wounds.
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Psalms 18:5
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
Psalms 46:6
The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.
Psalms 124:5
Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
Isaiah 25:4
For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.
Isaiah 32:2
And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
Jeremiah 51:1
The Lord has said: See, I will make a wind of destruction come up against Babylon and against those who are living in Chaldaea;
James 1:11
For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
Revelation 12:15
And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream.
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