1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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Genesis 1:1
At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:21
And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:27
And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.
James 3:9
With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.
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Genesis 24:27
And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
Exodus 18:10
And Jethro said, Praise be to the Lord, who has taken you out of the hand of Pharaoh and out of the hand of the Egyptians; freeing the people from the yoke of the Egyptians.
1 Samuel 25:39
And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.
2 Samuel 18:28
And Ahimaaz, crying out to the king, said, It is well. And falling down before the king, with his face to the earth, he said, May the Lord your God be praised, who has given up the men who took up arms against my lord the king!
Psalms 68:19
Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah.)
Psalms 144:1
A Psalm. Of David. Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:
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Numbers 34:2
Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land which is to be your heritage, the land of Canaan inside these limits,)
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Deuteronomy 12:9
For you have not come to the rest and the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 25:19
So when the Lord your God has given you rest from all who are against you on every side, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, see to it that the memory of Amalek is cut off from the earth; keep this in mind.
1 Chronicles 23:25
For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
Micah 2:10
Up! and go; for this is not your rest: because it has been made unclean, the destruction ordered will come on you.
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Deuteronomy 33:27
The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.
Romans 1:5
Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Romans 16:25
Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,
Romans 16:26
But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
Romans 16:27
To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory for ever. So be it.
Ephesians 3:2
If that ordering of the grace of God has come to your knowledge, which was given to me for you,
Ephesians 3:8
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
Ephesians 3:21
To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.
Philippians 4:20
Now to God our Father be glory for ever and ever. So be it.
1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.
Titus 1:3
Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;
2 Peter 3:18
But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
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Judges 5:9
Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.
1 Kings 8:14
Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.
2 Chronicles 31:8
And when Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw all the store of goods, they gave praise to the Lord and to his people Israel.
Philippians 4:10
But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.
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1 Samuel 25:32
And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:
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1 Samuel 25:33
A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
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2 Samuel 7:20
What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.
2 Samuel 7:21
Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.
2 Samuel 7:22
Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.
2 Samuel 7:23
And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?
2 Samuel 7:24
But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.
Psalms 108:7
This is the word of the holy God: I will be glad; I will make Shechem a heritage, measuring out the valley of Succoth.
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2 Samuel 7:25
And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!
2 Samuel 7:26
And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!
2 Samuel 7:27
For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.
2 Samuel 7:28
And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;
2 Samuel 7:29
So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!
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1 Kings 5:7
And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.
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2 Chronicles 2:12
And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.
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2 Chronicles 20:26
On the fourth day they all came together in the Valley of Blessing, and there they gave blessing to the Lord; for which cause that place has been named the Valley of Blessing to this day.
Revelation 19:1
After these things there came to my ears a sound like the voice of a great band of people in heaven, saying, Praise to the Lord; salvation and glory and power be to our God:
Revelation 19:2
For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.
Revelation 19:3
And again they said, Praise to the Lord. And her smoke went up for ever and ever.
Revelation 19:4
And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord.
Revelation 19:5
And a voice came from the high seat, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, small and great, in whom is the fear of him.
Revelation 19:6
And there came to my ears the voice of a great army, like the sound of waters, and the sound of loud thunders, saying, Praise to the Lord: for the Lord our God, Ruler of all, is King.
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1 Kings 8:58
Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.
Ezra 1:1
Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,
Ezra 1:5
Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 2:4
Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.
Psalms 119:36
Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.
Psalms 141:4
Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.
Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
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Job 10:3
What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?
Job 10:8
Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.
Job 14:15
At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.
Psalms 71:6
You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.
Psalms 71:7
I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.
Psalms 71:8
My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day.
Psalms 71:18
Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
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Job 11:20
But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
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Job 19:25
But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
Job 19:26
And...without my flesh I will see God;
Job 19:27
Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.
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Psalms 16:5
The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
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Psalms 16:6
Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.
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Psalms 71:9
Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.
Psalms 71:17
O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.
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Genesis 32:26
And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
Psalms 67:6
The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.
Psalms 67:7
God will give us his blessing; so let all the ends of the earth be in fear of him.
Psalms 85:10
Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss.
Luke 1:50
His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
Luke 1:54
His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,
Luke 1:69
Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
Luke 1:72
To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,
Luke 2:10
And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:
Luke 2:11
For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.
Acts 3:26
To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.
Romans 15:8
Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,
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Ezra 3:11
And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.
Psalms 106:47
Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.
Jeremiah 33:10
This is what the Lord has said: There will again be sounding in this place, of which you say, It is a waste, without man and without beast; even in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem which are waste and unpeopled, without man and without beast,
Jeremiah 33:11
Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.
Matthew 21:9
And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.
John 12:13
Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!
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Psalms 125:1
A Song of the going up. Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
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Psalms 125:2
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever.
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Psalms 62:12
And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.
Psalms 94:14
The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
Psalms 130:7
O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.
Matthew 25:36
I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.
John 8:35
Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.
Acts 20:32
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
Romans 1:7
To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:8
Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.
Hebrews 4:16
Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.
1 Peter 4:12
Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:
1 Peter 5:7
Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.
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Psalms 100:3
Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.
Psalms 115:18
But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.
Psalms 145:21
My mouth will give praise to the Lord; let all flesh be blessing his holy name for ever and ever.
Psalms 146:2
While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.
1 Thessalonians 5:16
Have joy at all times.
Revelation 4:9
And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever,
Revelation 4:10
The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying,
Revelation 11:15
And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.
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Psalms 146:5
Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
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.
Luke 1:35
And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.
Acts 15:11
But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.
Romans 8:15
For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.
Romans 8:16
The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:
Ephesians 1:4
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
Ephesians 1:13
In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,
Hebrews 2:10
Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.
Hebrews 2:14
And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;
1 Peter 1:15
But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
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Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.
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1 Chronicles 29:19
And give to Solomon my son a true heart, to keep your orders, your rules, and your laws, and to do all these things, and to put up this great house for which I have made ready.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.
Song of Solomon 1:4
Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.
Jeremiah 31:3
From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
Hosea 11:4
I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.
John 6:44
No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
John 6:65
And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.
2 Corinthians 8:16
But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
James 1:16
Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.
James 1:17
Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
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Isaiah 61:9
And their seed will be noted among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: it will be clear to all who see them that they are the seed to which the Lord has given his blessing.
Luke 1:75
In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
Acts 3:25
You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.
Romans 15:7
So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.
Romans 15:10
And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.
Romans 15:11
And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.
Romans 15:29
And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.
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Genesis 5:24
And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
Psalms 36:9
For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.
Psalms 63:4
So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.
Psalms 73:24
Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.
Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
Daniel 7:18
But the saints of the Most High will take the kingdom, and it will be theirs for ever, even for ever and ever.
Luke 20:36
And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.
John 6:63
The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
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.
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.
Revelation 19:10
And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
Revelation 19:17
And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God;
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Jonah 1:9
And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.
Malachi 2:10
Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers?
Matthew 11:26
Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
John 1:3
All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.
John 14:20
At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.
Acts 17:29
If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.
1 Corinthians 8:4
So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
1 Corinthians 8:6
There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.
Hebrews 1:2
But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;
Hebrews 12:9
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
1 John 1:3
We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
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Matthew 5:4
Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:6
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
Matthew 5:7
Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.
Matthew 5:8
Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
Matthew 5:9
Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.
Matthew 5:10
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
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.
Matthew 13:16
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
Matthew 13:17
For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
Luke 10:23
And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:
Luke 10:24
For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
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Matthew 24:24
For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
Mark 13:22
Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.
2 Thessalonians 2:12
So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
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Mark 16:7
But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.
1 Corinthians 15:8
And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.
1 Corinthians 15:11
If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.
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Psalms 70:4
Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great.
Isaiah 61:10
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.
Habakkuk 3:18
Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.
Luke 1:46
And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;
Luke 1:47
My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.
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Job 1:21
With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
Psalms 73:25
Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.
Psalms 119:25
DALETH My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
Luke 2:25
And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Luke 2:28
Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,
John 5:39
You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
Hebrews 12:23
To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
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.
Revelation 1:18
And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.
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Psalms 18:46
The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
Ezekiel 37:10
And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.
Hosea 6:2
After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke 4:19
To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.
Luke 22:32
But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.
John 4:14
But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
John 5:24
Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
John 5:26
For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.
John 6:68
Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;
John 17:24
Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.
Romans 2:7
To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:
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Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.
Luke 24:21
But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;
2 Corinthians 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.
Galatians 4:31
So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.
Colossians 1:2
To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
1 Thessalonians 1:4
Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Timothy 2:21
If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.
Hebrews 6:9
But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;
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?
1 Peter 5:12
I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.
Jude 1:2
May mercy and peace and love be increased in you.
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Luke 24:33
And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.
Acts 18:27
And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:
Colossians 1:4
After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,
Colossians 1:6
Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;
2 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, in the hope of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
Titus 2:7
In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,
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;
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Psalms 68:18
You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.
Luke 24:49
And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.
Luke 24:50
And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.
Luke 24:51
And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven.
Acts 1:3
And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:
Ephesians 4:8
For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.
Ephesians 4:9
(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?
Ephesians 4:10
He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)
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Psalms 119:50
This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.
Isaiah 29:13
And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
Isaiah 33:17
Your eyes will see the king in his glory: they will be looking on a far-stretching land.
Isaiah 61:2
To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;
John 4:22
You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;
John 11:26
And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
Acts 2:24
But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
Acts 3:20
And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:
Acts 26:23
That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.
1 John 2:25
And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.
Revelation 20:6
Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.
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Psalms 36:8
The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
Psalms 65:4
Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.
Jeremiah 17:13
O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
Matthew 16:17
And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.
Matthew 25:46
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
John 6:57
As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.
John 10:10
The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.
Acts 3:21
Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.
2 Corinthians 13:4
For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.
1 Peter 1:10
For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 22:2
In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.
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Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,
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,
2 Corinthians 1:23
But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
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Romans 4:23
Now, it was not because of him only that this was said,
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Romans 4:24
But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,
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Romans 8:20
For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope
Romans 8:21
That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.
Romans 8:22
For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.
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Romans 9:15
For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.
Romans 9:16
So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.
Romans 9:17
For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.
Romans 9:18
So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.
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Romans 11:30
For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
Romans 11:31
So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.
Romans 11:32
For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.
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Romans 11:33
O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
Romans 11:34
Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?
Romans 11:35
Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again?
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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1 Corinthians 3:12
But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;
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.
1 Corinthians 3:14
If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
1 Corinthians 3:15
If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.
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1 Corinthians 3:21
So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
1 Corinthians 3:22
Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
1 Corinthians 3:23
And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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Luke 18:18
And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
1 Corinthians 6:9
Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
1 Corinthians 15:50
Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.
Galatians 5:21
Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 5:5
Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.
1 Corinthians 15:13
But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:
2 Corinthians 4:10
In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.
2 Corinthians 4:11
For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.
2 Corinthians 4:12
So then, death is working in us, but life in you.
2 Corinthians 4:13
But having the same spirit of faith, as it is said in the Writings, The words of my mouth came from the faith in my heart; in the same way, our words are the outcome of our faith;
2 Corinthians 4:14
Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.
2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:18
While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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Proverbs 13:13
He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.
2 Corinthians 5:2
For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:
2 Corinthians 5:3
So that our spirits may not be unclothed.
2 Corinthians 5:4
For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
2 Corinthians 5:5
Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
Philippians 1:19
For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Philippians 1:21
For to me life is Christ and death is 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.
Philippians 1:23
I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
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Matthew 17:9
And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),
Galatians 1:2
And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
Galatians 1:3
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Galatians 3:9
So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.
Galatians 3:10
For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law.
Galatians 3:11
Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.
Galatians 3:12
And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.
Galatians 3:13
Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
Galatians 3:14
So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.
Galatians 3:19
What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.
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Malachi 1:6
A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
Mark 14:61
But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?
Ephesians 1:21
Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:
Ephesians 1:22
And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,
Ephesians 1:23
Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
Colossians 2:10
And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:
Hebrews 6:20
Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Matthew 11:27
All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
John 13:1
Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.
John 13:3
Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,
John 14:9
Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?
John 14:10
Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.
John 14:28
Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.
John 15:23
He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.
John 17:3
And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
John 17:5
And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.
John 17:25
Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
Ephesians 4:6
One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
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Ezekiel 14:23
They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.
Jonah 4:2
And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.
Luke 1:17
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
Romans 5:9
Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.
Romans 9:24
Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
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 5:26
So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
Colossians 1:20
Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.
Hebrews 7:19
(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.
Hebrews 10:14
Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.
Hebrews 10:23
Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:
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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Romans 6:6
Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.
Romans 6:7
Because he who is dead is free from sin.
Romans 7:4
In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;
2 Corinthians 5:15
And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
Colossians 3:1
If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:2
Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;
Colossians 3:24
Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
1 Peter 3:17
Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.
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;
1 Peter 4:2
So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
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1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.
1 Thessalonians 4:16
Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;
1 Thessalonians 4:17
Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.
2 Thessalonians 2:1
Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,
Revelation 1:7
See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.
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Psalms 31:19
O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
Psalms 33:18
See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;
Psalms 37:18
The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.
Matthew 5:45
So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
Matthew 6:19
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Romans 5:8
But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
Romans 5:21
That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 8:32
He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
Galatians 4:7
So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
Ephesians 1:8
Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
2 Thessalonians 1:5
Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;
Hebrews 10:34
For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
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2 Thessalonians 2:10
And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
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Job 17:9
Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
Isaiah 43:21
Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
Acts 13:48
And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.
Galatians 4:4
But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
1 Thessalonians 1:5
Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
2 Thessalonians 1:11
For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;
2 Timothy 1:12
And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
Hebrews 1:9
You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.
Hebrews 6:6
And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.
1 Peter 1:18
Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
1 Peter 1:19
But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
1 John 2:19
They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.
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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 5:11
Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;
Psalms 37:28
For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.
Isaiah 40:31
But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
Isaiah 65:9
And I will take a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah one who will have my mountains for a heritage: and the people I have taken to be mine will have it for themselves, and my servants will have their resting-place there.
Jeremiah 32:41
And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.
Zechariah 9:12
And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;
Hebrews 4:1
Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.
Hebrews 12:27
And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
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?
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
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Hebrews 4:8
For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.
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Hebrews 11:9
By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:
Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.
Hebrews 11:13
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
Hebrews 11:14
For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.
Hebrews 11:15
And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back.
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Isaiah 55:6
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Romans 10:17
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Ephesians 4:1
I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
Philippians 3:14
I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 2:12
So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
2 Timothy 2:13
If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.
Hebrews 4:11
Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
Hebrews 6:17
So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
Hebrews 12:28
If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:
1 Peter 1:16
Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
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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1 Peter 1:24
For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:
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1 Peter 1:25
But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.
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Luke 24:32
And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?
John 18:36
Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.
Acts 28:20
But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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.
Galatians 4:5
That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.
Philippians 1:29
Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:
1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.
Hebrews 3:14
For if we keep the substance of the faith which we had at the start, even till the end, we have a part with Christ;
1 Peter 2:8
And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
1 Peter 2:21
This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:
1 Peter 3:8
Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
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1 Peter 2:15
Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:
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1 Peter 2:16
As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
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1 Peter 3:2
When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.
1 Peter 3:3
Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;
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1 Peter 5:11
His is the power for ever. So be it.
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1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
1 Peter 4:8
And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
1 Peter 4:9
Keep open house for all with a glad heart;
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 Peter 4:11
If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.
2 Peter 3:8
But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.
1 John 2:10
He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
1 John 3:14
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
1 John 3:17
But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
1 John 4:20
If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?
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1 John 2:20
And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.
1 John 2:27
As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.
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1 Chronicles 16:36
Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.
Nehemiah 8:6
And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.
Psalms 89:52
Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
Psalms 103:22
Give praise to the Lord, all his works, in all places under his rule: give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
Psalms 138:8
The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.
Psalms 145:1
A Song of praise. Of David. Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever.
Psalms 149:2
Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.
Ezekiel 3:12
Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.
Revelation 4:11
It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.
Revelation 5:9
And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
Revelation 5:10
And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.
Revelation 5:14
And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.
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Jeremiah 32:38
And they will be my people, and I will be their God:
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
Luke 12:32
Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Acts 11:18
And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
Acts 16:14
And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.
Ephesians 1:5
As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
Ephesians 1:6
To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
Ephesians 1:12
So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:
2 Timothy 2:19
But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
Hebrews 6:12
So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.
Revelation 21:7
He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
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