Acts 26:7
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
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Acts 26:7
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
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Genesis 35:22
While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Genesis 49:28
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing.
Exodus 24:4
Moses wrote all Yahweh’s words, then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exodus 39:14
The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
Ezekiel 47:13
The Lord Yahweh says: “This shall be the border by which you shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.
Ezekiel 48:19
Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
Ezekiel 48:31
and the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
Zechariah 9:1
A revelation. Yahweh’s word is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus— for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh—
Revelation 21:12
having a great and high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
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Genesis 49:18
I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
Isaiah 26:8
Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
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.
Hebrews 11:39
These all, having been commended for their faith, didn’t receive the promise,
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Exodus 29:39
The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening;
2 Kings 16:15
King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening meal offering, the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice; but the bronze altar will be for me to inquire by.”
Ezekiel 46:13
“ ‘ “You shall prepare a lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering to Yahweh daily. Morning by morning you shall prepare it.
Ezekiel 46:14
You shall prepare a meal offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour; a meal offering to Yahweh continually by a perpetual ordinance.
Ezekiel 46:15
Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the meal offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering.”
Luke 1:10
The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
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Exodus 25:30
You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.
Exodus 40:23
He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Leviticus 24:5
“You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenths of an ephah shall be in one cake.
1 Samuel 21:4
The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
1 Samuel 21:5
David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us as usual these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was only a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?”
2 Chronicles 13:11
They burn to Yahweh every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also set the show bread in order on the pure table, and care for the gold lamp stand with its lamps, to burn every evening; for we keep the instruction of Yahweh our God, but you have forsaken him.
Matthew 12:4
how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
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1 Kings 14:22
Judah did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
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2 Kings 1:1
Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
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2 Kings 17:23
until Yahweh removed Israel out of his sight, as he said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.
Ezra 2:64
The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
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Ezra 6:16
The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
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Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!
Psalms 135:2
you who stand in Yahweh’s house, in the courts of our God’s house.
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Ezekiel 2:3
He said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day.
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Amos 9:9
“For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.
Zechariah 10:9
I will sow them among the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return.
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Habakkuk 3:14
You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
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Matthew 1:2
Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
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Matthew 21:23
When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
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Luke 7:19
John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?”
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Luke 7:20
When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’ ”
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Luke 14:14
and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
Luke 20:36
For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
Luke 20:38
Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”
John 11:24
Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
Hebrews 11:35
Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
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Psalms 5:3
Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
Psalms 22:2
My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
Psalms 55:16
As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.
Psalms 55:17
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
Zechariah 10:5
They will be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle. They will fight, because Yahweh is with them. The riders on horses will be confounded.
Luke 18:1
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up,
Luke 22:44
Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
Ephesians 6:18
with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
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Luke 23:23
But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
Acts 22:30
But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
Acts 23:1
Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”
Acts 25:10
But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
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Acts 2:26
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope,
Acts 4:2
being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 13:30
But God raised him from the dead,
Acts 13:35
Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’
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.
Acts 13:37
But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
Acts 17:18
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 17:32
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
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Acts 19:38
If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
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Acts 22:2
When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
Acts 22:7
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
Acts 22:9
“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
Acts 22:10
I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’
Acts 26:14
When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
Acts 26:17
delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Acts 26:19
“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Acts 26:21
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
2 Corinthians 4:10
always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Galatians 1:11
But I make known to you, brothers, concerning the Good News which was preached by me, that it is not according to man.
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Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
Acts 7:7
‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’
Acts 7:42
But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Acts 27:23
For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
Acts 27:24
saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
Romans 1:25
who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:18
“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”
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Acts 28:16
When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
Acts 28:21
They said to him, “We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.
Acts 28:22
But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
Acts 28:23
When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about God’s Kingdom, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
Acts 28:24
Some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
Acts 28:25
When they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one message: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,
Acts 28:26
saying, ‘Go to this people and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.
Acts 28:27
For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, then I would heal them.’
Acts 28:28
“Be it known therefore to you that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”
Acts 28:29
When he had said these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.
Acts 28:30
Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house and received all who were coming to him,
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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Romans 9:31
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.
Romans 10:3
For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Galatians 4:18
But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
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Acts 16:1
He came to Derbe and Lystra; and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed, but his father was a Greek.
1 Corinthians 15:19
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
Galatians 3:14
that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Ephesians 1:19
and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,
Titus 2:3
and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,
Hebrews 7:19
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
1 Peter 1:22
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,
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Psalms 72:5
They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
Psalms 115:9
Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
Zechariah 9:12
Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
Galatians 5:5
For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
Ephesians 1:12
to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.
Ephesians 2:12
that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling,
Colossians 1:5
because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News
Colossians 1:23
if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
Colossians 1:27
to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
1 John 3:3
Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
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Acts 1:1
The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
Acts 13:2
As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”
Acts 22:8
I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
Acts 22:14
He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
Acts 26:12
“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
Acts 26:15
“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Acts 26:16
But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you;
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.’
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
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Matthew 10:18
Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
Acts 25:22
Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”
Acts 25:23
So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
Acts 25:24
Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
Acts 25:25
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor, I determined to send him,
Acts 25:26
of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him out before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination I may have something to write.
Acts 25:27
For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”
Acts 26:3
especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
Acts 26:26
For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
Acts 26:27
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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Hebrews 9:1
Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and an earthly sanctuary.
Hebrews 9:6
Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,
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Matthew 25:9
But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’
Acts 9:24
but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.
Revelation 4:8
The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
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