Hebrews 13:17
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
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Hebrews 13:17
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
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Genesis 3:5
For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
Numbers 16:3
They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?
Numbers 16:12
Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: and they said, We will not come up:
Numbers 16:13
Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?
Psalms 2:1
Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?
Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,
Psalms 2:3
Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.
Psalms 2:4
Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.
Psalms 2:5
Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:
Psalms 2:6
But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 12:3
The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
Psalms 12:4
They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?
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Genesis 18:19
For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
Psalms 101:1
A Psalm. Of David. I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.
Psalms 101:2
I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart.
Psalms 101:3
I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.
Psalms 101:4
The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.
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.
Psalms 101:6
My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.
Psalms 101:7
The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes.
Psalms 101:8
Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.
Acts 13:12
Then the ruler, when he saw what was done, had faith, being full of wonder at the teaching of the Lord.
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Genesis 37:2
These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.
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Exodus 28:38
And it will be over Aaron's brow, so that Aaron will be responsible for any error in all the holy offerings made by the children of Israel; it will be on his brow at all times, so that their offerings may be pleasing to the Lord.
Leviticus 22:9
So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.
Numbers 14:34
And as you went through the land viewing it for forty days, so for forty years, a year for every day, you will undergo punishment for your wrongdoing, and you will see that I am against you.
Numbers 18:1
And the Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's family are to be responsible for all wrongdoing in relation to the holy place: and you and your sons are to be responsible for the errors which come about in your work as priests.
Numbers 18:22
In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.
Isaiah 53:6
We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
Isaiah 53:11
...made clear his righteousness before men...had taken their sins on himself.
1 Corinthians 15:3
For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;
Ephesians 5:2
And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
1 Peter 2:24
He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
1 Peter 2:25
Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
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Numbers 4:32
And the pillars of the open space outside it, with their bases and their nails and cords and all the instruments used, and everything which has to be done there; all the instruments for which they are responsible are to be numbered by name.
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1 Samuel 15:19
Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?
1 Samuel 15:20
And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.
1 Samuel 15:23
For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.
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2 Samuel 24:13
So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.
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2 Chronicles 8:14
And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.
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Ezra 8:15
And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.
Proverbs 27:23
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
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Psalms 118:3
Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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1 Chronicles 29:24
And all the chiefs and the men of war and all the sons of King David put themselves under the authority of Solomon the king.
Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
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Song of Solomon 3:7
See, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty men of war are about it, of the army of Israel,
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Isaiah 21:7
And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.
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.
Habakkuk 2:1
I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.
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Isaiah 36:21
But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.
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Isaiah 36:22
Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.
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Jeremiah 6:27
I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
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Jeremiah 6:30
They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.
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Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and to the queen-mother, Make yourselves low, be seated on the earth: for the crown of your glory has come down from your heads.
Jeremiah 13:19
The towns of the south are shut up, and there is no one to make them open: Judah is taken away as prisoners; all Judah is taken away as prisoners.
Jeremiah 13:20
Let your eyes be lifted up (O Jerusalem), and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?
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Jeremiah 23:1
A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:2
So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:4
You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.
Zechariah 11:17
A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
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Jeremiah 31:7
For the Lord has said, Make a glad song for Jacob and give a cry on the top of the mountains: give the news, give praise, and say, The Lord has given salvation to his people, even to the rest of Israel.
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Ezekiel 40:17
Then he took me into the outer square, and there were rooms and a stone floor made for the open square all round: there were thirty rooms on the stone floor.
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Ezekiel 43:7
And he said to me, Son of man, this is the place where the seat of my power is and the resting-place of my feet, where I will be among the children of Israel for ever: and no longer will the people of Israel make my holy name unclean, they or their kings, by their loose ways and by the dead bodies of their kings;
Ezekiel 43:8
By putting their doorstep by my doorstep, and the pillar of their door by the pillar of my door, with only a wall between me and them; and they have made my holy name unclean by the disgusting things which they have done: so in my wrath I sent destruction on them.
Ezekiel 43:9
Now let them put their loose ways and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will be among them for ever.
Ezekiel 43:10
You, son of man, give the children of Israel an account of this house, so that they may be shamed because of their evil-doing: and let them see the vision of it and its image.
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Hosea 4:4
Let no man go to law or make protests, for your people are like those who go to law with a priest.
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Zechariah 1:10
And the man who was between the mountains, answering me, said, These are those whom the Lord has sent to go up and down through the earth.
Mark 6:30
And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.
Luke 10:17
And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.
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Matthew 15:12
Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
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Proverbs 15:22
Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.
Malachi 2:6
True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing.
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.
Acts 6:2
And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
Acts 15:6
And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
Acts 15:25
It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,
Ephesians 5:11
And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;
1 Timothy 3:2
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
Titus 1:5
I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
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;
Titus 1:9
Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
James 5:14
Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.
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Matthew 24:51
And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
Matthew 25:30
And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
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Mark 7:34
And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.
Romans 8:23
And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
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Mark 10:42
And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.
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Mark 10:43
But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:
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Matthew 7:1
Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
Luke 6:37
Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:
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Luke 12:13
And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.
Luke 12:14
But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?
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Matthew 10:15
Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.
Matthew 11:22
But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you.
Matthew 12:36
And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
Matthew 18:23
For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.
Luke 12:47
And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;
Luke 12:48
But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
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Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
1 Samuel 8:7
And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.
1 Samuel 8:19
But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
Jeremiah 25:4
And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you have not given attention and your ear has not been open to give hearing;
Zephaniah 3:2
She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
Matthew 10:41
He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.
Luke 10:16
Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.
Luke 17:10
In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?
1 Peter 4:18
And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?
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Isaiah 8:18
See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.
Luke 19:14
But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.
Acts 7:27
But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Acts 7:39
By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,
Jude 1:8
In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.
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John 6:67
So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?
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John 6:69
And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
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Acts 24:14
But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:
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1 Corinthians 10:16
The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?
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1 Corinthians 10:17
Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread.
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Acts 19:40
For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together.
1 Corinthians 11:16
But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.
1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is not a God whose ways are without order, but a God of peace; as in all the churches of the saints.
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1 Corinthians 16:9
For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
Colossians 4:3
And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
2 Thessalonians 3:2
And that we may be made free from foolish and evil men; for not all have faith.
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2 Corinthians 3:15
But to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart.
Philippians 2:20
For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 8:10
And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.
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Exodus 32:31
Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;
Deuteronomy 16:12
And you will keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: and you will take care to keep all these laws.
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.
2 Corinthians 2:2
For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.
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.
2 Corinthians 10:6
Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control.
2 Corinthians 10:8
For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:
2 Corinthians 12:21
And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.
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.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
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2 Corinthians 6:5
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
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Acts 20:18
And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,
Acts 20:24
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
Acts 20:25
And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.
Romans 15:2
Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.
1 Corinthians 16:12
But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.
2 Corinthians 5:11
Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
2 Corinthians 12:14
This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.
2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?
Philippians 1:4
And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,
Philippians 2:2
Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;
Philippians 2:19
But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
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1 Corinthians 16:18
For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.
2 Corinthians 7:4
My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.
2 Corinthians 7:5
For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.
2 Corinthians 7:6
But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians 7:7
And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.
2 Corinthians 7:13
So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.
2 Corinthians 13:8
Because we are able to do nothing against what is true, but only for it.
2 Corinthians 13:10
For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.
1 Thessalonians 3:7
For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;
1 Thessalonians 3:8
For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.
Philemon 1:20
So brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: give new life to my heart in Christ.
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Galatians 1:2
And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
Galatians 1:5
To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it.
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Acts 13:4
So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.
Romans 11:13
But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:
2 Corinthians 11:5
For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.
2 Corinthians 11:21
I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.
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.
2 Corinthians 11:27
In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
Galatians 2:2
And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
Galatians 2:6
But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;
Galatians 2:9
When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
Galatians 6:3
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
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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Ephesians 5:22
Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.
Ephesians 5:24
And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.
Ephesians 6:2
Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),
1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.
1 Timothy 2:12
In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.
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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.
Romans 1:11
For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;
Romans 1:12
That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.
Romans 15:29
And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
2 Corinthians 10:18
For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.
Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:25
But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;
Philippians 2:26
Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:
Colossians 1:28
Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
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Matthew 13:25
But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.
Mark 13:33
Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.
Luke 12:37
Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
Revelation 16:15
(See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)
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Luke 6:14
Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew
Romans 12:6
And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;
Romans 12:7
Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
1 Corinthians 12:7
But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:8
For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:
1 Corinthians 12:9
To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:10
And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:
1 Corinthians 12:11
But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;
1 Peter 4:10
Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;
1 John 4:1
My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.
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Titus 1:13
This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,
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Job 31:14
What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
Proverbs 5:12
And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
Isaiah 50:10
Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.
Matthew 24:45
Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
Acts 5:36
For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.
Romans 2:8
But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
Ephesians 2:20
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
Ephesians 4:13
Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:
2 Thessalonians 1:9
Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
Hebrews 2:3
What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
James 5:9
Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
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Matthew 25:14
For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.
1 Corinthians 3:13
Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.
Ephesians 3:5
Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
Ephesians 3:15
From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
1 Timothy 3:15
But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
Hebrews 3:5
And Moses certainly kept faith as a servant, in all his house, and as a witness of those things which were to be said later;
Hebrews 13:1
Go on loving your brothers in the faith.
James 3:3
Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.
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Leviticus 19:32
Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.
Matthew 24:25
See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.
Romans 16:19
For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:9
For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
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.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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;
Colossians 1:7
As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us,
Colossians 2:5
For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.
Hebrews 12:15
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
Hebrews 13:23
Our brother Timothy has been let out of prison; and if he comes here in a short time, he and I will come to you together.
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Jeremiah 13:15
Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
Amos 3:8
The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?
Romans 9:1
I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
Romans 9:2
That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.
Romans 9:3
For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:
Romans 10:1
Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.
James 4:7
For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.
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2 Peter 2:13
For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;
2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;
2 Peter 2:15
Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
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Revelation 1:20
The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lights are the seven churches.
Revelation 2:1
To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:
Revelation 2:8
And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:
Revelation 2:12
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos say: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword:
Revelation 2:18
And to the angel of the church in Thyatira say: These things says the Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and his feet like polished brass:
Revelation 3:1
And to the angel of the church in Sardis say: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I have knowledge of your works, that you seem to be living but are dead.
Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.
Revelation 3:14
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:
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