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Philippians 1:7
So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

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Exodus 16:31
And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.

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Exodus 28:30
And in the bag you are to put the Urim and Thummim, so that they may be on Aaron's heart whenever he goes in before the Lord; and Aaron may have the power of making decisions for the children of Israel before the Lord at all times.

Hebrews 2:17
Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:15
For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

Hebrews 9:12
And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.

Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

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Leviticus 22:18
Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or of another nation living in Israel, makes an offering, given because of an oath or freely given to the Lord for a burned offering;

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2 Samuel 10:2
And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 10:3
But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?

2 Samuel 10:4
So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.

2 Samuel 10:5
When David had news of it, he sent men out with the purpose of meeting them on their way, for the men were greatly shamed: and the king said, Go to Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.

2 Samuel 10:6
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.

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Psalms 29:11
The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.

Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

Luke 21:12
But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

John 16:33
I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

Acts 5:41
So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.

Acts 14:22
Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

Acts 16:23
And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

1 Corinthians 4:13
When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

2 Timothy 2:10
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 2:11
This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

2 Timothy 2:12
If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

Revelation 2:9
I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.

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Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

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Ecclesiastes 9:14
There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

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Isaiah 49:3
And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen;

Isaiah 49:4
And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

Isaiah 49:5
And now, says the Lord, who made me his servant when I was still in my mother's body, so that I might make Jacob come back to him, and so that Israel might come together to him: and I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord, and my God became my strength.

Isaiah 49:6
It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

Isaiah 49:7
The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.

John 12:28
Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

John 13:31
Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him.

John 13:32
If God is given glory in him, God will give him glory in himself, and will give him glory even now.

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Luke 12:11
And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

Romans 2:15
Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

2 Corinthians 12:19
It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

2 Corinthians 12:20
For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;

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Acts 15:11
But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

Acts 27:10
Saying, Friends, I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss, not only to the goods and the ship, but to ourselves.

Romans 9:13
Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.

2 Corinthians 2:11
So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.

Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:

Ephesians 3:19
And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.

1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

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Acts 16:24
And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

Acts 16:25
But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

Romans 8:17
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

1 Corinthians 4:9
For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.

1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

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 4:12
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

2 Corinthians 1:7
And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

Ephesians 3:13
For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

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 4:15
Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

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Acts 24:10
Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:

Acts 25:8
Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.

Acts 28:17
Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

Acts 28:18
Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

Acts 28:19
But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.

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Romans 1:5
Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:

Romans 1:13
You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

Romans 1:14
I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.

Romans 1:15
For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

Romans 1:16
For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

Romans 1:17
For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

Romans 10:10
For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.

1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.

1 Corinthians 9:17
But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

Galatians 1:16
To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

1 Timothy 2:7
And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.

2 Timothy 1:11
Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

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Luke 15:32
But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

Romans 3:24
And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

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 11:7
What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

1 Corinthians 1:9
God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

2 Corinthians 7:15
And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

Galatians 5:6
Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

Ephesians 1:4
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

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 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 10:39
But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.

2 Peter 1:4
And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.

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Romans 15:14
And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.

Romans 15:15
But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

2 Timothy 1:5
Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.

Philemon 1:21
Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.

2 Peter 1:12
For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

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.

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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 20:23
Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

Romans 4:14
For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

2 Corinthians 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

Ephesians 4:25
And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

2 Timothy 2:8
Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:

James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

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Proverbs 4:18
But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

Luke 1:78
Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

Romans 8:9
You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

1 Corinthians 1:8
Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:20
So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.

Colossians 1:12
Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;

Colossians 1:22
In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:

Hebrews 13:9
Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.

1 Peter 5:10
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

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:

1 John 1:7
But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

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1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

2 Corinthians 11:11
Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

2 Corinthians 11:32
In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:

Galatians 2:7
But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision

Galatians 2:8
(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

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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 9:11
If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

Galatians 6:6
But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

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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 10:39
And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.

Romans 3:4
In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.

Romans 11:6
But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.

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.

Galatians 1:6
I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;

Ephesians 2:5
Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

Colossians 2:8
Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:

Hebrews 6:19
And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;

1 Peter 1:2
Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

1 Peter 5:12
I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.

1 John 3:14
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

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1 Corinthians 3:10
In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

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.

Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.

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Ephesians 6:1
Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

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Matthew 18:4
Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 22:26
But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

John 13:16
Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

Romans 8:5
For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.

Romans 11:20
Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear;

Romans 12:15
Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

Romans 12:16
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

Romans 14:16
Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

Romans 15:5
Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

1 Corinthians 12:26
And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

Philippians 1:2
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:16
Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.

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Philippians 2:3
Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

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Philippians 2:4
Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.

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Romans 1:23
And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

2 Corinthians 9:3
But I have sent the brothers, so that the good things we said about you may be seen to be true, and that, as I said, you may be ready:

Philippians 1:18
What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

Philippians 1:22
But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

Philippians 4:3
And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

Philippians 4:22
All the saints send their love to you, specially those who are of Caesar's house.

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Matthew 5:15
And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

2 Corinthians 8:23
If any question comes up about Titus, he is my brother-worker, working with me for you; or about the others, they are the representatives of the churches to the glory of Christ.

Philippians 1:20
In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

Philippians 1:24
Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.

Philippians 2:16
Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

Philippians 2:18
And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

Philippians 4:1
So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.

Philippians 4:4
Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.

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.

2 Timothy 1:12
And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.

2 Timothy 4:6
For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.

2 Timothy 4:7
I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

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Colossians 1:3
We give praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times,

Colossians 1:4
After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

1 Thessalonians 1:2
We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

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2 Timothy 1:17
But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me

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2 Timothy 1:18
(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

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2 Timothy 2:3
Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:4
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.

2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

2 Timothy 2:6
It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

2 Timothy 2:7
Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.

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Philemon 1:9
Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

Philemon 1:10
My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,

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Hebrews 6:5
With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,

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Hebrews 6:6
And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.

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Romans 12:13
Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

Romans 15:26
For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

2 Corinthians 8:1
And now we give you news, brothers, about the grace of God which has been given to the churches of Macedonia;

2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

1 Timothy 6:18
And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;

Titus 2:7
In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,

Hebrews 13:16
But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

1 Peter 5:3
Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

3 John 1:5
My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

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Romans 5:3
And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

Romans 5:4
And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

Romans 5:5
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

Philippians 2:22
But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.

Hebrews 12:10
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

James 1:2
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

James 1:3
Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

James 1:4
But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

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Luke 2:11
For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

Ephesians 3:10
So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

Ephesians 3:21
To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.

Revelation 5:9
And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

Revelation 5:10
And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.

Revelation 5:11
And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

Revelation 5:12
Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.

Revelation 5:13
And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever.

Revelation 5:14
And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.

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