Philippians 2:15
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
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Philippians 2:15
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
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Philippians 2:12
So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:14
Do all things without complaining and arguing,
Philippians 2:15
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
Philippians 2:16
holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.
Philippians 2:17
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
Philippians 2:18
In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
Philippians 2:19
But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.
Philippians 1:27
Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
Philippians 2:30
because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
Philippians 2:4
each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Philippians 4:1
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
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Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
Matthew 5:15
Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
Matthew 5:16
Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Revelation 1:20
The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.
Mark 4:21
He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?
Luke 11:33
“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
Luke 12:35
“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
Luke 8:16
“No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
Exodus 27:21
In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
Exodus 39:37
the pure lamp stand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,
Revelation 2:1
“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things:
Revelation 11:4
These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands, standing before the Lord of the earth.
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Romans 16:19
For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.
Matthew 10:16
“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Philippians 4:5
Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
Luke 3:5
Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
John 17:15
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
1 Corinthians 5:10
yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters, for then you would have to leave the world.
1 Peter 1:16
because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
1 John 5:19
We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
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Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Revelation 21:11
having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
Romans 13:12
The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
1 Thessalonians 5:5
You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,
1 Thessalonians 5:6
so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.
Job 11:17
Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Psalms 34:5
They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
Isaiah 58:8
Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.
John 9:4
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
Acts 13:47
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’ ”
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
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2 Peter 3:14
Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
Luke 1:6
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
Ephesians 1:4
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,
Philippians 3:6
concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Titus 1:6
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
Acts 24:16
In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
1 Timothy 3:10
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
1 Timothy 3:16
Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
Revelation 14:5
In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.
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1 Peter 2:12
having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation.
Genesis 13:7
There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.
Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.
Genesis 4:26
A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on Yahweh’s name.
1 Samuel 18:14
David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.
Nehemiah 5:9
Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
Daniel 6:4
Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.
1 Timothy 5:14
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
Titus 2:8
and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.
Titus 2:10
not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
1 Peter 3:16
having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.
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Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
John 5:35
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Daniel 12:3
Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.
Isaiah 60:1
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you!
Isaiah 62:1
For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
Isaiah 60:3
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Judges 5:31
“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
John 8:12
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Hosea 6:3
Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
1 John 2:10
He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
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1 Thessalonians 3:13
to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Colossians 1:22
yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,
Ephesians 5:27
that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.
Philippians 1:10
so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,
Philippians 1:11
being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:24
He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
1 Corinthians 1:8
who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 7:26
For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 3:15
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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Deuteronomy 32:5
They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.
Psalms 125:5
But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
Isaiah 59:8
They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
Proverbs 2:15
who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
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Acts 2:40
With many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”
Matthew 17:17
Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them and departed.
Matthew 11:16
“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
Matthew 24:34
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.
Luke 9:41
Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”
Luke 21:32
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
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1 John 3:1
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
1 John 3:3
Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Romans 8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
Romans 8:15
For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Romans 8:16
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
Romans 8:17
and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
2 Corinthians 6:18
I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
Galatians 3:26
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 1:5
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
Hebrews 2:10
For it became him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
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Ephesians 5:1
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Ephesians 5:2
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
Matthew 5:45
that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Ephesians 5:15
Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
1 Peter 1:14
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
1 Peter 1:15
but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior,
Genesis 1:16
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
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Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Isaiah 60:2
For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.
Acts 6:15
All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.
Ephesians 5:9
for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
Ephesians 5:10
proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:12
For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
Ephesians 5:13
But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Romans 2:19
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Ephesians 5:7
Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
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Zechariah 4:2
He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;
Matthew 5:13
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
Matthew 25:1
“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 4:22
For there is nothing hidden except that it should be made known, neither was anything made secret but that it should come to light.
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Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
1 Peter 1:19
but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,
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1 Samuel 25:7
Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.
1 Samuel 25:15
But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.
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2 Chronicles 5:13
when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!” then the house was filled with a cloud, even Yahweh’s house,
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2 Chronicles 5:14
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled God’s house.
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Genesis 37:9
He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”
Daniel 8:10
It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and it cast down some of the army and of the stars to the ground and trampled on them.
Matthew 24:29
“But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
Acts 13:8
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
Revelation 3:9
Behold, I make some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
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Luke 3:14
Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”
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