Matthew 13:52
He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
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Matthew 13:52
He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
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Deuteronomy 4:36
Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you. On earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire.
Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Isaiah 8:11
For Yahweh spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
Jeremiah 31:19
Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 12:20
He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.
Ephesians 4:20
But you didn’t learn Christ that way,
Ephesians 4:21
if indeed you heard him and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
Philippians 4:12
I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
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2 Chronicles 17:8
and with them Levites, even Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
2 Chronicles 17:9
They taught in Judah, having the book of Yahweh’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
Nehemiah 8:2
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Nehemiah 8:3
He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
Nehemiah 8:4
Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Nehemiah 8:5
Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people), and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
Nehemiah 8:6
Then Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah 8:9
Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Nehemiah 9:3
They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed and worshiped Yahweh their God.
Nehemiah 13:1
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,
Nehemiah 13:2
because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Nehemiah 13:3
It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
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Job 13:1
“Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
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Job 32:19
Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
Matthew 9:17
Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”
Luke 5:37
No one puts new wine into old wine skins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled and the skins will be destroyed.
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Psalms 37:30
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
Psalms 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
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Deuteronomy 6:6
These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;
Deuteronomy 6:7
and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Deuteronomy 6:8
You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Deuteronomy 6:9
You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates.
Deuteronomy 17:19
It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
Job 22:22
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Job 23:12
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Psalms 1:2
but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
Psalms 119:97
How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
Romans 2:20
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth.
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Psalms 119:98
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
Psalms 119:99
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms 119:100
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
Proverbs 2:2
so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
Proverbs 4:4
He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.
Proverbs 18:1
A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
Jeremiah 29:13
You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 2:51
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
John 5:39
“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
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Psalms 119:14
I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Psalms 119:72
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Proverbs 1:5
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
Proverbs 2:3
yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
Proverbs 2:6
For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
Proverbs 16:20
He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.
Proverbs 23:12
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
James 1:23
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
James 1:24
for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
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Proverbs 5:1
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
Proverbs 5:2
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
Proverbs 9:9
Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Proverbs 19:8
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
Proverbs 23:19
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
Ezekiel 33:31
They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.
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Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Proverbs 12:17
He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.
Proverbs 12:19
Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Song of Solomon 4:11
Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
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Song of Solomon 6:13
Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?
Song of Solomon 8:4
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends
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Isaiah 65:1
“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
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Isaiah 48:6
You have heard it. Now see all this. And you, won’t you declare it? “I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
Ezekiel 2:7
You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear or whether they will refuse; for they are most rebellious.
Ezekiel 3:17
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.
Ezekiel 34:2
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?
Ezekiel 34:3
You eat the fat. You clothe yourself with the wool. You kill the fatlings, but you don’t feed the sheep.
Acts 20:28
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
2 Corinthians 3:5
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
1 Timothy 1:11
according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
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 21:5
He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”
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Ezekiel 40:4
The man said to me, “Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I will show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show them to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 43:10
“You, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
Ezekiel 44:5
Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of Yahweh’s house and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.
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Isaiah 32:3
The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
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.
Daniel 12:4
But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.”
Daniel 12:10
Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined, but the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
Luke 11:52
Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
Luke 24:46
He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
Luke 24:47
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Acts 4:2
being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 4:3
They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
Acts 11:26
When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
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Hosea 10:1
Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.
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Matthew 9:25
But when the crowd was sent out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
Mark 1:43
He strictly warned him and immediately sent him out,
Mark 5:40
They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.
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Matthew 12:3
But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
Matthew 19:4
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
Matthew 21:16
and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and nursing babies, you have perfected praise?’ ”
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Matthew 13:15
for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’
Matthew 13:16
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
Matthew 13:17
For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”
Matthew 15:15
Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
Matthew 15:17
Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
Mark 4:13
He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
John 16:13
However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
Acts 8:30
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
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Matthew 13:48
which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
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Matthew 15:16
So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
Matthew 16:8
Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you have brought no bread?
Matthew 16:9
Don’t you yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up,
Mark 4:33
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
Mark 7:17
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Mark 7:18
He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
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Matthew 18:18
Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
Matthew 18:19
Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
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Matthew 3:2
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
Matthew 4:17
From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 10:7
As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’
Matthew 12:38
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
Matthew 13:24
He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
Matthew 16:18
I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Matthew 18:23
Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
Matthew 19:23
Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
Matthew 20:23
He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
Mark 9:1
He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see God’s Kingdom come with power.”
Luke 9:60
But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
Acts 19:35
When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
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Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 9:9
As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
Matthew 13:38
the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
Matthew 22:2
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,
Matthew 26:28
for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
Matthew 27:57
When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple, came.
Luke 16:16
“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
John 10:4
Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
Acts 20:25
“Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more.
Acts 28:31
preaching God’s Kingdom and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.
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1 Kings 4:3
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
1 Chronicles 24:6
Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers’ house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
2 Chronicles 34:15
Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in Yahweh’s house.” So Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
Zechariah 8:23
Yahweh of Armies says: “In those days, ten men out of all the languages of the nations will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’ ”
Matthew 2:4
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
Matthew 7:29
for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
Matthew 8:19
A scribe came and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
Matthew 23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Mark 8:31
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Luke 20:19
The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
Luke 23:10
The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
Acts 4:5
In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 8:13
On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
Matthew 23:3
All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
Mark 6:34
Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
Luke 4:16
He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
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Matthew 4:23
Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 5:17
“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Matthew 7:6
“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 11:12
From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
Matthew 13:46
who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Matthew 16:28
Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
Matthew 25:1
“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew 25:14
“For it is like a man going into another country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.
Matthew 26:29
But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”
Luke 4:43
But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of God’s Kingdom to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.”
Luke 9:27
But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death until they see God’s Kingdom.”
Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
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Matthew 25:35
for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.
Matthew 25:36
I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
Matthew 25:37
“Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?
Matthew 25:38
When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you?
Matthew 25:39
When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’
Matthew 25:40
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
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Luke 2:25
Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Luke 2:38
Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
John 1:45
Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
John 1:46
Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
John 1:48
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
John 1:49
Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
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Luke 23:39
One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”
Luke 23:40
But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
Luke 23:41
And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
Luke 23:42
He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
Luke 23:43
Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
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Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
Matthew 13:9
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Matthew 13:10
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 13:12
For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
Matthew 13:13
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:14
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;
Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
Mark 4:11
He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
Mark 4:34
Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Luke 24:25
He said to them, “Foolish people, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Acts 8:31
He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
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Isaiah 32:4
The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
Daniel 11:33
“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.
Zechariah 8:20
Yahweh of Armies says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come.
Zechariah 8:21
The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, ‘Let’s go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of Armies. I will go also.’
Zechariah 8:22
Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of Armies in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of Yahweh.”
Matthew 23:13
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
Luke 24:44
He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.”
Luke 24:45
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
John 8:3
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
Acts 4:4
But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
Acts 6:12
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,
Acts 23:9
A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”
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John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
1 John 2:7
Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
1 John 2:8
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.
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Psalms 1:3
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
Psalms 119:101
I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
Psalms 119:102
I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
Psalms 119:103
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
Psalms 119:104
Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
2 Timothy 2:16
But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness,
2 Timothy 2:17
and those words will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus:
2 Timothy 3:17
that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
James 1:21
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
James 1:22
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
James 1:25
But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
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Luke 24:19
He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
Acts 7:22
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
Acts 18:24
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
Acts 18:25
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
Acts 18:28
for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
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Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved
Jeremiah 20:9
If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.
Ezekiel 2:8
But you, son of man, hear what I tell you. Don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.”
John 15:8
“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
Acts 20:27
for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
2 Corinthians 5:18
But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
2 Corinthians 5:19
namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:20
We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
Titus 1:7
For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
Titus 1:8
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
Titus 2:6
Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded.
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Romans 10:20
Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”
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1 Corinthians 4:1
So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants and stewards of God’s mysteries.
1 Corinthians 12:28
God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
2 Corinthians 3:4
Such confidence we have through Christ toward God,
2 Corinthians 6:3
We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
Colossians 1:7
even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,
Colossians 1:25
of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,
1 Timothy 1:12
I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service,
1 Timothy 3:3
not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
1 Timothy 3:7
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:9
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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.
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.
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Jeremiah 23:4
I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any be lacking,” says Yahweh.
2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
Ephesians 3:4
by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,
Ephesians 3:7
of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
Colossians 1:29
for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.
1 Timothy 3:8
Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
2 Timothy 1:11
For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
2 Timothy 2:2
The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
Titus 1:5
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—
1 Peter 5:4
When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
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Ephesians 6:21
But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things.
Colossians 4:7
All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.
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1 Thessalonians 3:2
and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,
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Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
Acts 6:4
But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”
Romans 10:14
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
Romans 10:15
And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”
Romans 10:16
But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
Romans 10:17
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
1 Timothy 3:4
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
1 Timothy 3:5
(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
1 Timothy 4:14
Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
1 Timothy 4:15
Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.
1 Timothy 4:16
Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
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Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
Matthew 24:45
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
Luke 11:49
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
Romans 1:5
through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;
1 Corinthians 2:6
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?
1 Corinthians 3:10
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
2 Corinthians 2:16
to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
Ephesians 4:13
until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
Colossians 1:26
the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
Colossians 2:3
in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
Titus 2:7
In all things show yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, show integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,
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