James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
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James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
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Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.
Genesis 37:4
And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
Numbers 12:3
Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.
Proverbs 15:1
By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.
1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?
Philippians 2:1
If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,
Philippians 2:14
Do all things without protests and arguments;
1 Peter 3:7
And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.
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Genesis 41:33
And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:34
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.
Genesis 41:35
And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.
Genesis 41:36
And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.
Genesis 41:37
And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
Genesis 41:40
You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.
Proverbs 28:23
He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.
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Exodus 1:10
Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.
2 Samuel 16:23
In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, Hushai's suggestion is better than that of Ahithophel. For it was the purpose of the Lord to make the wise designs of Ahithophel without effect, so that the Lord might send evil on Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23
Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
Job 5:12
Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.
Job 5:13
He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.
Psalms 105:25
Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.
Acts 7:19
He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.
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Numbers 11:26
But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle.
Numbers 11:27
And a young man went running to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are acting as prophets in the tent-circle.
Numbers 11:28
Then Joshua, the son of Nun, who had been Moses' servant from the time when he was a child, said, My lord Moses, let them be stopped.
Numbers 11:29
And Moses said to him, Are you moved by envy on my account? If only all the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord might put his spirit on them!
John 3:26
And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.
Galatians 6:12
Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.
Galatians 6:13
Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.
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Numbers 20:11
And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.
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Numbers 20:12
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.
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1 Samuel 7:3
Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 7:4
So the children of Israel gave up the worship of Baal and Astarte, and became worshippers of the Lord only.
1 Samuel 7:5
Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.
1 Samuel 7:6
So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.
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2 Samuel 2:26
Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?
2 Samuel 2:27
And Joab said, By the living God, if you had not given the word, the people would have gone on attacking their countrymen till the morning.
Isaiah 9:20
On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.
Isaiah 9:21
Manasseh was making a meal of Ephraim, and Ephraim of Manasseh; and together they were attacking Judah. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 11:6
And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.
Isaiah 11:7
And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.
Isaiah 11:8
And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.
Isaiah 11:9
There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain: for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.
Isaiah 11:13
And the envy of Ephraim will be gone, and those who make trouble for Judah will come to an end: Ephraim will have no more envy of Judah, and there will be an end of Judah's hate for Ephraim.
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2 Samuel 20:19
Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?
1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
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2 Samuel 21:2
Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives:)
2 Kings 10:16
And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.
2 Kings 10:31
But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.
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1 Kings 12:10
And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;
1 Kings 12:11
If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
1 Kings 12:14
But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
2 Chronicles 10:10
And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;
2 Chronicles 10:11
If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
2 Chronicles 10:14
But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
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 10:16
Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.
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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 42:4
Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
Psalms 119:63
I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory.
Ephesians 4:5
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Ephesians 4:6
One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
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Psalms 7:2
So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
Psalms 50:22
Now keep this in mind, you who have no memory of God, for fear that you may be crushed under my hand, with no one to give you help:
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.
Acts 19:28
And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.
Acts 19:29
And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.
Acts 19:30
And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.
Acts 19:31
And some of the rulers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, requesting him seriously not to put himself in danger by going into the theatre.
Acts 21:30
And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.
Acts 21:31
And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.
Acts 21:32
And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.
Acts 21:33
Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.
Acts 21:34
And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.
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1 Kings 6:7
(And the stones used in the building of the house were squared at the place where they were cut out; there was no sound of hammer or axe or any iron instrument while they were building the house.)
Job 18:4
But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?
Psalms 37:8
Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.
Psalms 120:5
Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.
Proverbs 10:8
The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.
Proverbs 28:26
He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.
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;
Matthew 5:24
While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.
1 Timothy 2:8
It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.
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;
1 Peter 3:9
Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.
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Psalms 122:7
May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.
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Psalms 122:8
Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say, Let peace be with you.
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Proverbs 6:14
His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
Proverbs 6:19
A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
Proverbs 15:18
An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
Proverbs 16:28
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
Proverbs 22:10
Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.
Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.
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Psalms 39:1
To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David. I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.
Proverbs 17:27
He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
Luke 9:54
And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?
James 1:26
If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
James 3:2
For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.
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Proverbs 25:9
Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:
Matthew 18:15
And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.
Matthew 18:16
But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.
Matthew 18:17
And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
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Isaiah 5:2
And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
Isaiah 5:3
And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
Isaiah 5:4
Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?
Isaiah 5:5
And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
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Isaiah 19:5
And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:
Isaiah 19:6
And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.
Isaiah 19:7
The grass-lands by the Nile, and everything planted by the Nile, will become dry, or taken away by the wind, and will come to an end.
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Isaiah 5:21
Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!
Isaiah 28:14
Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:
Isaiah 29:14
For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.
Isaiah 29:15
Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?
Isaiah 29:16
You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?
Isaiah 29:17
In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.
Isaiah 29:18
And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
Isaiah 65:5
Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day.
Luke 6:22
Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.
John 7:49
But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed.
John 9:34
Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.
John 9:40
These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?
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Psalms 18:35
You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.
Psalms 45:4
And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.
Psalms 72:2
May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.
Proverbs 14:34
By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.
Isaiah 2:4
And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.
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.
Isaiah 11:3
And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:
Isaiah 11:5
And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.
Isaiah 26:3
The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.
Isaiah 42:4
His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.
Isaiah 57:19
I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.
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Isaiah 54:14
All your rights will be made certain to you: have no fear of evil, and destruction will not come near you.
Isaiah 66:12
For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees.
Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.
Hebrews 7:2
And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace;
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
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Psalms 119:130
The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
Proverbs 3:2
For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
Proverbs 6:23
For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
Matthew 7:24
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
Luke 21:15
For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.
John 7:17
If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
Acts 6:10
But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
Philippians 1:9
And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
2 Timothy 3:16
Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
2 Timothy 3:17
So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
James 1:25
But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
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Matthew 20:24
And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.
Mark 10:41
And hearing this, the ten became very angry with James and John.
Luke 22:23
And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.
Luke 22:24
And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.
Luke 22:25
And he said, The kings of the Gentiles are lords over them, and those who have authority are given names of honour.
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Proverbs 10:16
The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.
Luke 12:12
For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.
John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.
1 Corinthians 14:6
But, now, my brothers, if I come to you using tongues, what profit will it be to you, if I do not give you a revelation, or knowledge, or the word of the prophet, or teaching?
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Psalms 92:12
The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
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.
Jeremiah 17:8
For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.
Hosea 10:13
You have been ploughing sin, you have got in a store of evil, the fruit of deceit has been your food: for you put faith in your way, in the number of your men of war.
Matthew 7:17
Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.
John 15:2
He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
Romans 15:28
So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.
2 Corinthians 9:10
And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
Ephesians 5:16
Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.
Philippians 4:17
Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.
Colossians 3:13
Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
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Luke 7:3
And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.
Luke 7:4
And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying,
Luke 7:5
It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.
John 15:17
So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.
Romans 4:17
(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.
Romans 4:18
Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
Romans 4:19
And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:
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Ecclesiastes 11:1
Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.
Acts 2:41
Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
Acts 4:4
But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.
Acts 5:14
And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
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Acts 21:35
And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;
Acts 21:36
For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!
Acts 23:10
And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.
Acts 23:27
This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.
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Numbers 22:6
Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.
Job 5:2
For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
Isaiah 61:1
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
Luke 16:8
And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.
Acts 6:3
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
Acts 23:12
And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.
James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
1 Peter 2:1
So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
3 John 1:9
I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.
3 John 1:10
So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.
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Luke 10:21
In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit 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: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.
Romans 12:16
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
Romans 12:17
Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
Romans 14:18
And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.
Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
Ephesians 5:15
Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
Philippians 2:4
Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.
Philippians 2:5
Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
2 Timothy 2:26
And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.
1 Peter 2:2
Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
1 Peter 2:3
If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:
1 Peter 3:10
For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:
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Isaiah 27:6
In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.
Isaiah 30:23
And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.
Isaiah 55:13
In place of the thorn will come up the fir-tree, and in place of the blackberry the myrtle: and it will be to the Lord for a name, for an eternal sign which will not be cut off.
Micah 5:7
And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.
Zechariah 8:12
For I will let the seed of peace be planted; the vine will give her fruit and the land will give her increase and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give to the rest of this people all these things for their heritage.
John 4:36
He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
Romans 1:13
You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.
Romans 15:16
To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:17
So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.
Romans 15:18
And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,
1 Corinthians 3:7
So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.
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Romans 15:19
By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;
1 Corinthians 2:4
And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:
1 Corinthians 2:5
So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.
2 Corinthians 1:17
If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?
2 Corinthians 4:2
And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
2 Corinthians 10:2
Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.
2 Corinthians 10:3
For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh
2 Corinthians 10:12
For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.
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?
2 Corinthians 12:16
But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.
2 Timothy 2:6
It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
James 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.
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Jeremiah 42:4
Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have given ear to you; see, I will make prayer to the Lord your God, as you have said; and it will be that, whatever the Lord may say in answer to you, I will give you word of it, keeping nothing back.
Ezekiel 28:12
Son of man, make a song of grief for the king of Tyre, and say to him, This is what the Lord has said: You are all-wise and completely beautiful;
Luke 2:40
And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
Romans 11:25
For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.
2 Corinthians 11:19
For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
Do not put out the light of the Spirit;
2 Timothy 2:14
Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
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1 Corinthians 12:12
For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:13
For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
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Deuteronomy 34:9
And Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had put his hands on him: and the children of Israel gave ear to him, and did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
1 Kings 3:12
I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.
1 Chronicles 22:12
Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
Ezra 7:14
Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem, as you are ordered by the law of your God which is in your hand;
Daniel 5:11
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and reason like the wisdom of the gods were seen in him: and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him master of the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs;
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
John 15:26
When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;
John 16:13
However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.
1 Corinthians 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 14:20
My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.
Colossians 1:8
And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.
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Acts 9:31
And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.
Romans 1:14
I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.
1 Corinthians 3:4
For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?
1 Corinthians 3:5
What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 10:4
(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
2 Corinthians 12:17
Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?
2 Corinthians 12:18
I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?
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.
Philippians 1:22
But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.
2 Timothy 4:8
From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
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Job 42:8
And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
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.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?
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:
1 Corinthians 1:22
Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:
2 Corinthians 11:20
You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.
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 5:16
So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
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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:
Mark 8:33
But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
Luke 3:8
Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.
Romans 6:13
And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 8:5
For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:8
So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.
Galatians 5:24
And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
1 Peter 4:1
So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;
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1 Chronicles 12:18
Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.
Psalms 85:8
I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.
Psalms 85:10
Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss.
Isaiah 22:3
All your rulers...have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.
Isaiah 32:16
Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.
Isaiah 40:11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Isaiah 48:18
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Luke 1:79
To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
Philippians 4:6
Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:8
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
Philippians 4:9
The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
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1 Kings 3:10
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
1 Kings 3:11
And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
1 Kings 3:28
And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
Ezra 7:25
And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.
Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
Psalms 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 119:34
Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
Psalms 119:98
Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.
Psalms 119:100
I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
Proverbs 2:5
Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
Colossians 2:2
So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
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1 Timothy 5:1
Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:
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1 Timothy 5:2
To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.
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Romans 5:3
And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
Romans 5:4
And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:
Romans 5:5
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
1 Corinthians 15:43
It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
Hebrews 12:10
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
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Judges 8:2
And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?
Psalms 25:9
He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.
Psalms 37:11
But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.
Psalms 149:4
For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
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.
1 Corinthians 13:6
It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;
1 Corinthians 13:7
Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.
2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
Ephesians 4:2
With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
Titus 3:2
To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.
James 1:21
For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.
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.
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1 Samuel 25:17
So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.
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?
Romans 8:7
Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:
Romans 8:13
For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,
Ephesians 2:2
In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
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.
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
1 Peter 1:14
Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
1 John 2:15
Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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