1 Timothy 6:9
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
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1 Timothy 6:9
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
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Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
1 Chronicles 21:1
Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.
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.
Romans 1:28
And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
Romans 11:9
And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:15
So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.
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 Peter 5:8
Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
2 Peter 3:16
And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
Revelation 20:2
And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,
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Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
Genesis 3:18
Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;
Jeremiah 4:3
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.
Matthew 13:7
And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
Mark 4:7
And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.
Mark 4:18
And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,
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Genesis 13:10
And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.
Genesis 13:12
Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
Genesis 14:12
And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.
2 Kings 23:31
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for three months; his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Job 9:23
If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
Jeremiah 2:17
Has not this come on you because you have given up the Lord your God, who was your guide by the way?
Jeremiah 2:18
And now, what have you to do on the way to Egypt, to get your drink from the waters of the Nile? or what have you to do on the way to Assyria, to get your drink from the waters of the River?
Jeremiah 2:19
The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
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Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,
Exodus 2:21
And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Matthew 5:6
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
Matthew 6:26
See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
Matthew 6:27
And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?
Matthew 6:31
Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?
Matthew 6:32
Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:
Matthew 6:33
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
Matthew 6:34
Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.
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Genesis 33:16
So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.
Genesis 36:7
For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.
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Genesis 34:23
Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.
Acts 19:25
Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.
Acts 19:26
And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:
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Genesis 36:6
Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.
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Genesis 38:16
And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?
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Genesis 38:17
And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?
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Exodus 20:16
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
Deuteronomy 19:18
And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,
Deuteronomy 19:19
Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.
2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.
2 Samuel 19:24
And Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son, came down for the purpose of meeting the king; his feet had not been cared for or his hair cut or his clothing washed from the day when the king went away till the day when he came back in peace.
2 Samuel 19:25
Now when he had come from Jerusalem to see the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?
2 Samuel 19:26
And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.
2 Samuel 19:27
He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.
2 Samuel 19:28
For all my father's family were only dead men before my lord the king: and still you put your servant among those whose place is at the king's table. What right then have I to say anything more to the king?
2 Samuel 19:29
And the king said, Say nothing more about these things. I say, Let there be a division of the land between Ziba and you.
2 Samuel 19:30
And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in peace!
Psalms 15:3
Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;
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Leviticus 19:35
Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.
Leviticus 19:36
Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
Proverbs 11:1
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
Proverbs 16:11
True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
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Numbers 22:8
And he said to them, Take your rest here tonight, and I will give you an answer after hearing what the Lord says; so the chiefs of Moab kept there with Balaam that night.
Numbers 22:17
For I will give you a place of very great honour, and whatever you say to me I will do; so come, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people.
Numbers 22:18
But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.
Numbers 22:19
So take your rest here this night, till I have knowledge what more the Lord has to say to me.
Numbers 22:21
So in the morning Balaam got up and, making his ass ready, went with the chiefs of Moab.
Judges 17:2
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.
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Deuteronomy 6:10
And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;
Deuteronomy 6:11
And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;
Deuteronomy 6:12
Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
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Deuteronomy 17:17
And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.
1 Kings 10:21
And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.
Nehemiah 13:26
Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.
Job 28:1
Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.
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Deuteronomy 29:20
The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.
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Deuteronomy 29:21
He will be marked out by the Lord, from all the tribes of Israel, for an evil fate, in keeping with all the curses of the agreement recorded in this book of the law.
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Judges 17:10
Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.
Judges 18:19
And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
Judges 18:20
Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.
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1 Samuel 9:7
Then Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what are we to take the man? all our bread is gone, and we have no offering to take to the man of God: what are we to do?
1 Samuel 9:8
But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way.
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Job 13:16
And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,
Job 15:29
He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
Psalms 49:10
For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
Psalms 62:11
Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:
Ecclesiastes 7:12
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
1 Corinthians 1:26
For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:
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Job 24:2
The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
Job 24:3
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
Job 24:5
Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.
Isaiah 10:13
For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;
Isaiah 10:14
And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
Nahum 2:12
Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.
Haggai 2:9
The second glory of this house will be greater than the first, says the Lord of armies: and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of armies.
Acts 16:16
And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.
Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who made themselves unclean with her, and in her company gave themselves up to evil, will be weeping and crying over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation 18:10
Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.
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Job 11:20
But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
Job 15:34
For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.
Job 20:5
That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
Job 31:3
Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?
Job 31:25
If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
Psalms 49:6
Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.
Psalms 52:7
See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.
Proverbs 10:2
Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
Proverbs 11:28
He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.
Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?
Jeremiah 9:23
This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
Ezekiel 28:4
By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:
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Job 31:26
If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
Job 31:27
A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
Job 31:28
That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
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Joshua 13:22
And Balaam, the son of Beor, the prophet, the children of Israel put to death with the sword.
Esther 3:9
If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house.
Esther 7:5
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?
Esther 7:10
So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
Job 22:10
For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.
Psalms 9:15
The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
Psalms 9:16
The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
Psalms 10:2
The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
Psalms 11:6
On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.
Psalms 35:8
Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
Proverbs 16:27
A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
Proverbs 22:8
By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
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Exodus 23:8
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
Deuteronomy 16:18
You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
1 Samuel 12:4
And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
Psalms 26:9
Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
Psalms 26:10
In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
Daniel 5:17
Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your offerings for yourself, and give your rewards to another; but I, after reading the writing to the king, will give him the sense of it.
Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
Micah 7:3
Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
Acts 20:33
I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.
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Psalms 73:22
As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.
Proverbs 30:2
For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
Proverbs 30:7
I have made request to you for two things; do not keep them from me before my death:
Mark 10:26
And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation?
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Psalms 101:5
I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.
Proverbs 21:28
A false witness will be cut off, ...
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Job 18:9
His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
Psalms 7:16
His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
Psalms 141:9
Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.
Proverbs 5:22
The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 7:23
Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.
Proverbs 15:32
He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.
Proverbs 26:27
He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
Proverbs 29:6
In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.
Ezekiel 32:3
This is what the Lord has said: My net will be stretched out over you, and I will take you up in my fishing-net.
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Numbers 16:26
And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.
Job 2:10
And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
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.
Proverbs 1:12
Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
Luke 17:32
Keep in mind Lot's wife.
Romans 6:21
What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.
Romans 6:23
For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians 5:15
Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
Hebrews 12:16
And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
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Proverbs 21:5
The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.
1 Corinthians 9:26
So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:
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.
Hebrews 12:1
For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
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Proverbs 21:26
All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
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Ecclesiastes 2:18
Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 2:21
Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 4:13
A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.
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Psalms 37:16
The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
Psalms 106:15
And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls.
Psalms 119:9
BETH How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.
Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
Isaiah 56:12
Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.
Jeremiah 6:13
For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.
Matthew 23:25
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
Luke 6:24
But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.
Luke 16:15
And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
Romans 7:23
But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
2 Timothy 2:22
But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
1 Peter 1:18
Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
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Psalms 90:14
In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so that we may have joy and delight all our days.
Psalms 91:16
With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.
Isaiah 58:10
And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:
Isaiah 58:11
And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.
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2 Samuel 24:10
And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly
Proverbs 14:30
A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.
Ezekiel 22:14
Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.
Micah 2:1
A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
Matthew 25:2
And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
Luke 24:25
And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
Romans 6:12
For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;
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.
Titus 1:7
For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
James 3:13
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
James 4:3
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
James 4:5
Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?
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Psalms 91:3
He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.
Hosea 9:8
There is great hate against the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God; as for the prophet, there is a net in all his ways, and hate in the house of his God.
Amos 3:5
Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?
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Amos 6:7
So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.
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Deuteronomy 7:26
And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.
Joshua 7:1
But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.
Joshua 7:26
And over him they put a great mass of stones, which is there to this day; then the heat of the Lord's wrath was turned away. So that place was named, The Valley of Achor, to this day.
Job 20:15
He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
Psalms 9:12
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
Proverbs 1:17
Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:
Hosea 7:13
May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.
Micah 6:6
With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
Micah 6:12
For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.
Zechariah 5:4
And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
Hebrews 3:8
Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,
Hebrews 10:26
For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,
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1 Samuel 8:14
He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Isaiah 5:8
Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!
Isaiah 5:9
The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
Jeremiah 22:16
He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:5
A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.
Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.
John 2:16
And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.
Revelation 18:11
And the traders of the earth are weeping and crying over her, because no man has any more desire for their goods,
Revelation 18:12
Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;
Revelation 18:13
And sweet-smelling plants, and perfumes, and wine, and oil, and well crushed grain, and cattle and sheep; and horses and carriages and servants; and souls of men.
Revelation 18:14
And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone from you, and all things delicate and shining have come to an end and will never again be seen.
Revelation 18:16
Saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, she who was clothed in delicate linen, and purple, and red; with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels!
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Judges 8:24
Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
Judges 8:25
And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.
Judges 8:26
The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.
Judges 8:27
And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.
Zephaniah 1:3
I will take away man and beast; I will take away the birds of the heaven and the fishes of the sea; causing the downfall of the evil-doers, and cutting man off from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 8:10
So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.
Zephaniah 2:3
Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
John 5:40
And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.
1 Corinthians 5:8
Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.
Galatians 5:17
For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
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Zechariah 11:12
And I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my payment; and if not, do not give it. So they gave me my payment by weight, thirty shekels of silver.
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Matthew 11:5
The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
Matthew 26:11
For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.
Luke 14:13
But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:
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Matthew 26:41
Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
Luke 22:28
But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles;
Luke 22:40
And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.
Luke 22:46
And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.
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Mark 8:36
What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?
Mark 8:37
And what would a man give in exchange for his life?
Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.
Luke 9:25
For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?
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Job 31:13
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
Job 31:14
What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
Job 31:15
Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
Job 31:16
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
Job 36:5
Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.
Proverbs 17:5
Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.
Proverbs 19:7
All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
Proverbs 19:17
He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
Proverbs 19:22
The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
Luke 6:20
And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.
Philippians 4:13
I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.
James 2:6
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
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Matthew 22:5
But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:
Luke 14:19
And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.
Luke 14:20
And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
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Luke 12:34
For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.
Luke 16:11
If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?
Luke 18:25
It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.
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Zechariah 11:13
And the Lord said to me, Put it into the store-house, the price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty shekels of silver and put them into the store-house in the house of the Lord.
Luke 22:5
And they were glad, and undertook to give him money.
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John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.
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Acts 5:1
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,
Acts 5:4
While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.
Acts 5:5
And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.
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1 Kings 21:3
But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.
1 Kings 21:4
So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.
1 Kings 21:6
And he said to her, Because I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, and I said to him, Let me have your vine-garden for a price, or, if it is pleasing to you, I will give you another vine-garden for it: and he said, I will not give you my vine-garden.
Esther 5:9
Then on that day Haman went out full of joy and glad in heart; but when he saw Mordecai in the king's doorway, and he did not get to his feet or give any sign of fear before him, Haman was full of wrath against Mordecai.
Esther 5:10
But controlling himself, he went to his house; and he sent for his friends and Zeresh, his wife.
Esther 5:11
And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.
Esther 5:12
And Haman said further, Truly, Esther the queen let no man but myself come in to the feast which she had made ready for the king; and tomorrow again I am to be her guest with the king.
Esther 5:13
But all this is nothing to me while I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's doorway.
Esther 5:14
Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him, and in the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai: then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. And Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.
Esther 6:12
And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.
Esther 6:13
And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.
Romans 13:9
And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
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Proverbs 28:16
The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.
Hosea 8:2
They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.
Matthew 7:22
A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
Matthew 7:23
And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
1 Timothy 1:9
With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,
1 Timothy 6:5
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
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 3:5
Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
2 Timothy 4:4
And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
Jude 1:16
These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.
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1 Corinthians 7:26
In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.
1 Corinthians 7:27
If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.
1 Corinthians 7:28
If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.
1 Corinthians 7:29
But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;
1 Corinthians 7:30
And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;
1 Corinthians 7:31
And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.
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Galatians 1:3
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Isaiah 8:15
And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.
Isaiah 28:13
For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.
Hosea 5:4
Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.
Acts 26:18
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
Romans 16:18
For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
Ephesians 4:27
And do not give way to the Evil One.
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.
Colossians 1:13
Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;
2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:
Titus 1:10
For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.
Revelation 20:3
And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.
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Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.
Jeremiah 45:5
And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.
Matthew 6:20
But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
Matthew 19:22
But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.
Matthew 19:24
And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.
Matthew 20:23
They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.
Luke 3:13
And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.
Luke 12:33
Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.
Philippians 3:8
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
Hebrews 10:34
For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
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Ezekiel 20:25
And further, I gave them rules which were not good and orders in which there was no life for them;
2 Thessalonians 2:9
Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
2 Thessalonians 2:10
And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
2 Thessalonians 2:12
So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
1 Peter 5:9
Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.
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1 Timothy 4:6
If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
1 Timothy 4:7
But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:
1 Timothy 4:9
This is a true saying, in which all may put their faith.
1 Timothy 4:10
And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.
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Exodus 28:2
And make holy robes for Aaron your brother, so that he may be clothed with glory and honour.
Exodus 28:40
And for Aaron's sons you are to make coats, and bands, and head-dresses, so that they may be clothed with glory and honour.
1 Timothy 2:9
And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;
1 Timothy 2:10
But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.
1 Timothy 5:14
So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,
1 Timothy 6:2
And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.
Titus 2:3
That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,
Titus 2:6
To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:
Titus 2:7
In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,
Titus 2:10
Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
1 Peter 3:3
Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;
1 Peter 3:4
But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.
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Mark 7:23
All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.
1 Timothy 1:19
Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:
2 Timothy 3:1
But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.
2 Timothy 3:6
For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;
Jude 1:18
How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things.
Revelation 11:5
And if any man would do them damage, fire comes out of their mouth and puts an end to those who are working against them: and if any man has a desire to do them damage, in this way will he be put to death.
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Hebrews 6:20
Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Psalms 16:3
As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.
Psalms 131:2
See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.
Proverbs 1:18
And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.
Proverbs 16:5
Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
Romans 7:9
And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;
James 4:1
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
2 Peter 2:12
But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;
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 2:21
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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Proverbs 20:14
A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
Ezekiel 13:19
And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.
Ezekiel 22:13
See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.
Hosea 12:7
As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Amos 8:6
Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
Mark 14:11
And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.
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.
1 Peter 2:11
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
1 Peter 5:5
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
Revelation 3:19
To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.
Revelation 18:4
And another voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Come out of her, my people, so that you may have no part in her sins and in her punishments.
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