James 2:7
Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?
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James 2:7
Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?
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Genesis 4:26
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
Numbers 6:27
So they will put my name on the children of Israel, and I will give them my blessing.
Isaiah 43:7
Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.
Isaiah 63:19
We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.
Isaiah 65:15
And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
Jeremiah 14:9
Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, are with us, and we are named by your name; do not go away from us.
Acts 2:21
And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.
Acts 9:14
And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
Hebrews 10:28
A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:
Hebrews 10:29
But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
Revelation 2:13
I have knowledge that your living-place is where Satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place.
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Leviticus 19:35
Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.
Deuteronomy 25:13
Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
Deuteronomy 25:14
Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 25:15
But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 25:16
For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 24:12
And they kept him shut up, till a decision might be given by the mouth of the Lord.
Leviticus 24:13
And the Lord said to Moses,
Leviticus 24:14
Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.
Leviticus 24:15
And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.
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Deuteronomy 8:17
Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
Deuteronomy 8:18
But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.
1 Samuel 2:8
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
Job 12:9
Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this?
Job 22:18
Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!
Jeremiah 27:5
I have made the earth, and man and beast on the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I will give it to anyone at my pleasure.
Jeremiah 27:6
And now I have given all these lands into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and I have given the beasts of the field to him for his use.
Daniel 5:18
As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:
Daniel 9:17
And now, give ear, O our God, to the prayer of your servant and to his request for grace, and let your face be shining on your holy place which is made waste, because of your servants, O Lord.
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
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Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
Isaiah 1:23
Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
Ezekiel 19:3
And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
Ezekiel 22:6
See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.
Ezekiel 45:9
This is what the Lord has said: Let this be enough for you, O rulers of Israel: let there be an end of violent behaviour and wasting; do what is right, judging uprightly; let there be no more driving out of my people, says the Lord.
Micah 3:2
You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;
Micah 3:3
Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.
Micah 3:9
Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.
Micah 3:10
They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.
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.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
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1 Kings 21:10
And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.
1 Kings 21:11
So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.
1 Kings 21:12
They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people.
1 Kings 21:13
And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
Psalms 74:10
O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?
Psalms 74:18
Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
Psalms 139:20
For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.
Mark 3:29
But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.
John 8:59
So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
John 10:33
This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.
John 10:34
In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods?
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Job 32:9
It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
John 7:48
Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?
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:
1 Corinthians 1:27
But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;
1 Corinthians 2:7
But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;
1 Corinthians 2:8
Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:
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Psalms 52:9
I will give you praise without end for what you have done; I will give honour to your name before your saints, for it is good.
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Psalms 54:6
Freely will I make my offerings to you; I will give praise to your name, O Lord, for it is good.
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Psalms 73:7
Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.
Psalms 73:8
Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
Psalms 73:9
Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.
Matthew 27:63
Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.
Luke 22:64
And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?
Revelation 13:5
And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.
Revelation 13:6
And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.
Revelation 17:3
And he took me away in the Spirit into a waste land: and I saw a woman seated on a bright red beast, full of evil names, having seven heads and ten horns,
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Psalms 111:9
He has sent salvation to his people; he has given his word for ever: holy is his name and greatly to be feared.
Isaiah 7:14
For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23
See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
Acts 4:12
And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
1 Corinthians 12:3
So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
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Job 32:21
Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living.
Proverbs 24:23
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
Proverbs 28:21
It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
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Leviticus 19:10
And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.
Psalms 41:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
Psalms 140:12
I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.
Proverbs 14:31
He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
Proverbs 22:2
The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:16
He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
Proverbs 29:7
The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.
Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.
Isaiah 3:13
The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.
Isaiah 3:14
The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.
Isaiah 3:15
By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
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Isaiah 62:2
And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you will have a new name, given by the mouth of the Lord.
Isaiah 62:3
And you will be a fair crown in the hand of the Lord, and a king's head-dress in the hand of your God.
Isaiah 62:4
You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man takes a virgin for his wife, so will your maker be married to you: and as a husband has joy in his bride, so will the Lord your God be glad over you.
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Psalms 49:2
High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.
Psalms 62:9
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
Jeremiah 5:4
Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.
Zephaniah 3:12
But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.
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;
James 1:9
But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;
James 1:11
For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
Revelation 6:15
And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;
Revelation 6:16
And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?
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Psalms 8:1
To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!
Song of Solomon 1:3
Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
Jeremiah 33:16
In those days, Judah will have salvation and Jerusalem will be safe: and this is the name which will be given to her: The Lord is our righteousness.
1 Corinthians 3:23
And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
Philippians 2:9
For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;
Philippians 2:10
So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,
Philippians 2:11
And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Revelation 19:13
And he is clothed in a robe washed with blood: and his name is The Word of God.
Revelation 19:16
And on his robe and on his leg is a name, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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Ezekiel 19:4
And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:5
Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.
Ezekiel 19:6
And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.
Hosea 7:1
When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.
Hosea 7:2
And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
Hosea 7:3
In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.
Hosea 7:4
They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.
Hosea 7:5
On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
Hosea 7:6
For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.
Hosea 7:7
They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
Micah 7:8
Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.
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Ezekiel 36:21
But I had pity for my holy name which the children of Israel had made unclean wherever they went.
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Ezekiel 36:22
For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: I am doing this, not because of you, O children of Israel, but because of my holy name, which you have made unclean among the nations wherever you went.
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Micah 1:16
Let your head be uncovered and your hair cut off in sorrow for the children of your delight: let the hair be pulled from your head like an eagle's; for they have been taken away from you as prisoners.
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Habakkuk 1:13
Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
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Matthew 24:9
Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
Luke 21:17
And you will be hated by all men, because of me.
James 1:2
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
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Psalms 15:4
Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.
Mark 7:22
The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:
Acts 19:9
But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.
Romans 2:23
You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?
Colossians 3:8
But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;
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.
James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!
2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
2 Peter 2:2
And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
Jude 1:8
In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.
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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John 10:35
If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),
John 10:36
Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?
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Acts 2:46
And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,
Acts 8:1
And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.
Romans 12:14
Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.
Romans 15:26
For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 1:8
For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:
2 Corinthians 1:9
Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:
2 Corinthians 12:10
So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
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.
1 Peter 1:7
So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 4:13
But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.
1 John 3:13
Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.
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Acts 15:26
Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 15:40
But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.
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Acts 21:20
And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:
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1 Thessalonians 2:14
For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;
1 Thessalonians 2:15
Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;
1 Thessalonians 2:16
Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.
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Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
Romans 8:35
Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
Romans 8:36
As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.
1 Corinthians 9:19
For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;
2 Timothy 3:11
My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.
2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
Hebrews 10:32
But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;
Hebrews 10:33
In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.
James 5:7
Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.
1 Peter 1:6
You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,
Revelation 6:9
And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.
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Exodus 18:21
But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;
Exodus 23:2
Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
Exodus 23:3
But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.
Exodus 23:7
Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
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 1:17
In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
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.
2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
2 Chronicles 19:7
So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
Psalms 82:2
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
Proverbs 18:5
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
1 Peter 1:17
And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:
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Proverbs 30:9
For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
Mark 16:16
He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.
Acts 2:38
And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.
Acts 26:28
And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.
Romans 1:6
Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:
2 Timothy 2:25
Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
3 John 1:1
I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.
Revelation 3:8
I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
Revelation 3:12
Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
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