2 Peter 1:8
For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Peter 1:8
For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Deuteronomy 6:1
Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:
Deuteronomy 6:2
So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.
Deuteronomy 6:17
Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;
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Nehemiah 4:6
So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.
Isaiah 58:10
And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:
Isaiah 58:11
And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.
Isaiah 58:12
And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.
Amos 9:14
And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them.
Zechariah 3:7
These are the words of the Lord of armies: If you will go in my ways and keep what I have put in your care, then you will be judge over my Temple and have the care of my house, and I will give you the right to come in among those who are there.
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Psalms 18:20
The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
Psalms 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
Psalms 18:22
For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.
Psalms 18:23
And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.
Psalms 18:24
Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
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2 Chronicles 6:23
Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.
Psalms 19:11
By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.
Isaiah 3:10
Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.
Ezekiel 18:22
Not one of the sins which he has done will be kept in memory against him: in the righteousness which he has done he will have life.
Luke 1:74
That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,
Luke 1:75
In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
Acts 24:16
And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.
Colossians 2:19
And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.
1 Timothy 1:5
But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
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.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
1 John 3:7
My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;
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Psalms 62:2
He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
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Psalms 62:6
He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
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Psalms 92:13
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
Psalms 92:14
They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth;
Song of Solomon 4:12
A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.
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 5:4
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 61:3
To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
Ezekiel 47:12
And by the edge of the river, on this side and on that, will come up every tree used for food, whose leaves will ever be green and its fruit will not come to an end: it will have new fruit every month, because its waters come out from the holy place: the fruit will be for food and the leaf will make well those who are ill.
Matthew 7:17
Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.
Matthew 7:18
It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.
Luke 13:6
And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.
Luke 13:7
And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?
Luke 13:8
And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:
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Psalms 119:4
You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care.
Proverbs 3:1
My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:
Proverbs 3:2
For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
Proverbs 4:4
And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
Proverbs 4:13
Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
Proverbs 12:1
A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
Proverbs 22:17
Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
Proverbs 22:18
For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
Proverbs 22:19
So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.
Luke 11:28
But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
Hebrews 2:1
For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.
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Psalms 15:5
He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.
Psalms 112:6
He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.
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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Proverbs 2:2
So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
Proverbs 2:3
Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;
Proverbs 2:4
If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
Proverbs 2:5
Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
Proverbs 2:6
For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
Proverbs 2:7
He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
Proverbs 2:8
He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.
Proverbs 2:9
Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
Proverbs 8:34
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
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Proverbs 10:17
He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.
Proverbs 14:1
Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
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Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
Proverbs 6:11
Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
Proverbs 13:4
The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
Proverbs 23:21
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
Proverbs 24:31
And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
Proverbs 24:34
So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
Proverbs 26:13
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 26:14
A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
Proverbs 26:15
The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
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Proverbs 18:9
He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
Proverbs 26:16
The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
Malachi 1:10
If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.
Luke 19:20
And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;
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Song of Solomon 4:2
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep whose wool is newly cut, which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.
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Song of Solomon 6:6
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.
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Isaiah 1:16
Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
Isaiah 1:17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
Matthew 3:8
Let your change of heart be seen in your works:
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.
Acts 26:20
But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.
Romans 2:4
Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?
Romans 2:5
But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.
2 Corinthians 7:11
For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.
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Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.
Isaiah 40:30
Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;
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.
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Isaiah 55:2
Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
John 6:27
Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.
Romans 15:14
And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.
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;
1 Corinthians 13:10
But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.
Galatians 6:15
For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
Ephesians 5:17
For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
Colossians 1:9
For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.
2 Timothy 2:15
Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.
Titus 3:1
Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,
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Isaiah 58:13
If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;
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Isaiah 58:14
Then the Lord will be your delight; and I will put you on the high places of the earth; and I will give you the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the Lord has said it.
Jeremiah 17:24
And it will be, that if with all care you give ear to me, says the Lord, and take no weight through the doorways of this town on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work in it;
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Haggai 1:2
These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.
Haggai 1:3
Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Haggai 1:4
Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?
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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;
Matthew 7:25
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
Matthew 7:26
And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
Matthew 7:27
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
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Matthew 21:28
But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.
Matthew 21:29
And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.
Matthew 21:30
And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Matthew 21:32
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.
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Matthew 25:3
For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.
Matthew 25:4
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.
Matthew 25:5
Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.
Matthew 25:6
But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.
Matthew 25:7
Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights.
Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.
Matthew 25:9
But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.
Matthew 25:10
And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.
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Matthew 25:18
But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.
Matthew 25:24
And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:
Matthew 25:25
And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent in the earth: here is what is yours.
Matthew 25:27
Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?
Matthew 25:28
Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.
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Matthew 5:8
Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
Mark 2:5
And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.
Mark 4:20
And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.
Romans 5:19
Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.
1 Thessalonians 1:4
Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;
1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.
2 Timothy 2:22
But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
Hebrews 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 5:14
But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
Hebrews 12:14
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
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Mark 12:12
And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.
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Mark 12:13
Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.
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Mark 12:14
And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?
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Luke 3:10
And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?
Luke 3:11
And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.
Luke 3:12
Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
Luke 3:13
And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.
Luke 3:14
And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
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Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.
Matthew 21:19
And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.
Luke 13:9
And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.
John 15:1
I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
John 15:5
I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
John 15:6
If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.
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.
Ephesians 5:9
(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
Philippians 4:17
Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.
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Luke 9:48
And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.
John 8:12
Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:
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;
2 Corinthians 9:14
While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;
2 Timothy 1:5
Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.
Titus 2:10
Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
1 Peter 2:12
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
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John 13:34
I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
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John 15:12
This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.
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Acts 7:35
This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.
Acts 7:53
You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
Acts 17:15
But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.
Titus 1:5
I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
Hebrews 2:7
You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:
Hebrews 7:28
The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.
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Romans 6:2
In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
Romans 6:3
Or are you without the knowledge that all we who had baptism into Christ Jesus, had baptism into his death?
Romans 6:4
We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.
Romans 6:5
For, if we have been made like him in his death, we will, in the same way, be like him in his coming to life again;
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 6:8
But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;
Romans 6:9
Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.
Romans 6:10
For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.
Romans 6:11
Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.
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.
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2 Corinthians 5:13
For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.
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.
2 Corinthians 5:16
For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
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2 Corinthians 6:4
But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,
2 Corinthians 6:5
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
2 Corinthians 6:6
In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,
2 Corinthians 6:7
In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2 Corinthians 6:8
By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true;
2 Corinthians 6:9
Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;
2 Corinthians 6:10
As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
2 Corinthians 6:11
Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.
2 Corinthians 6:12
It is not our feelings to you which are narrow, but yours to us.
2 Corinthians 6:13
Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.
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2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?
2 Corinthians 6:15
And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not?
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
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Galatians 6:7
Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
Galatians 6:8
Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
2 Thessalonians 3:13
And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.
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Isaiah 21:7
And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.
Mark 4:19
And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.
Acts 14:22
Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
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.
Ephesians 4:20
For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;
Ephesians 4:22
That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
Ephesians 4:23
And be made new in the spirit of your mind,
Ephesians 4:24
And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.
1 Timothy 6:11
But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.
2 Timothy 1:4
Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
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;
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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.
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.
Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.
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,
Ephesians 4:12
For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Philippians 3:12
Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14
I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:22
In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:
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,
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
Revelation 18:20
Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.
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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.
Philippians 2:5
Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
Philippians 2:6
To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
1 Thessalonians 4:7
Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
1 Thessalonians 5:27
I give orders in the name of the Lord that all the brothers are to be present at the reading of this letter.
Hebrews 3:1
For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
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Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
Jeremiah 15:16
But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
Matthew 5:16
Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
Luke 17:5
And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.
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.
Acts 11:23
Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
Romans 12:2
And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
Philippians 1:10
So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,
Hebrews 6:10
For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
1 Peter 2:1
So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
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John 5:42
But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.
1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.
James 2:14
What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
James 2:17
Even so faith without works is dead.
James 2:22
You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;
James 2:23
And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.
James 2:24
You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.
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Matthew 24:45
Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
Mark 13:34
It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
Romans 12:8
He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
2 Corinthians 8:1
And now we give you news, brothers, about the grace of God which has been given to the churches of Macedonia;
2 Corinthians 13:5
Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?
Colossians 1:4
After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,
Colossians 1:5
Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.
James 2:12
Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.
James 3:13
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
1 Peter 3:15
But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
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2 Peter 1:18
And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.
2 Peter 2:11
Though the angels, who are greater in strength and power, do not make use of violent language against them before the Lord.
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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.
2 Peter 1:15
And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.
2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
2 Peter 2:6
And sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, burning them up with fire as an example to those whose way of life might in the future be unpleasing to him;
2 Peter 2:10
But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:
2 Peter 2:15
Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
2 Peter 2:17
These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.
2 Peter 2:18
For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
2 Peter 2:22
They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.
2 Peter 3:17
For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.
Jude 1:12
These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,
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1 Corinthians 15:49
And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.
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 5:27
And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
Philippians 1:27
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
Philippians 3:18
For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;
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.
Philippians 3:20
For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:
Philippians 3:21
By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
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 Thessalonians 2:14
And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:2
So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.
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Mark 4:8
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.
Acts 14:16
Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them.
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
2 Corinthians 1:20
For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.
Colossians 1:8
And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.
1 Timothy 1:4
Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;
1 Timothy 4:7
But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:
1 Peter 2:3
If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
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Proverbs 31:31
Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.
Acts 9:36
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.
Acts 9:39
And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
1 Timothy 5:6
But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.
1 Timothy 5:7
Give orders to this effect, so that no evil may be said of anyone.
1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.
1 Timothy 5:9
Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,
1 Timothy 5:10
And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.
1 Peter 3:5
And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:
Revelation 2:19
I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first.
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