2 Corinthians 5:12
For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart.
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2 Corinthians 5:12
For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance and not in heart.
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Leviticus 13:46
All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. His dwelling shall be outside of the camp.
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Esther 8:16
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
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Job 12:2
“No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
Jeremiah 9:23
Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
Jeremiah 9:24
But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.
Ezekiel 8:9
He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.”
Romans 3:27
Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.
1 Corinthians 1:31
that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 10:15
not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,
2 Corinthians 10:17
But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
Galatians 6:4
But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.
Ephesians 2:9
not of works, that no one would boast.
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Psalms 16:9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
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Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
Proverbs 15:13
A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
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Matthew 16:3
In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!
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Luke 11:54
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
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Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
Matthew 6:16
“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Matthew 23:5
But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Luke 18:10
“Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
Luke 18:13
But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Revelation 3:17
Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing,’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
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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
Zephaniah 3:14
Sing, daughter of Zion! Shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem.
John 16:22
Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
John 16:24
Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
Acts 5:41
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.
Romans 3:5
But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
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 3:1
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.
Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
Philippians 4:10
But I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.
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Romans 2:28
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;
Romans 2:29
but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
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Romans 8:8
Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
Romans 8:11
But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
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.
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Romans 15:17
I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
Romans 15:18
For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
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.
1 Corinthians 4:15
For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
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.
Galatians 2:7
but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—
Galatians 2:8
for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—
Galatians 2:9
and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
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1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
1 Corinthians 3:22
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
1 Corinthians 3:23
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
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1 Corinthians 4:1
So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants and stewards of God’s mysteries.
1 Corinthians 4:2
Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
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1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.
1 Corinthians 10:33
even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 12:13
For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
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Romans 9:29
As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”
2 Corinthians 6:11
Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.
2 Corinthians 7:6
Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
2 Corinthians 7:11
For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vindication! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.
2 Corinthians 7:14
For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
2 Corinthians 8:23
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker for you. As for our brothers, they are the apostles of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.
2 Corinthians 8:24
Therefore show the proof of your love to them before the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.
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2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:1
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
2 Corinthians 11:4
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we didn’t preach, or if you receive a different spirit which you didn’t receive, or a different “good news” which you didn’t accept, you put up with that well enough.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
2 Corinthians 11:14
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15
It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
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Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
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1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.
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2 Corinthians 13:3
seeing that you seek a proof of Christ who speaks in me who is not weak, but is powerful in you.
2 Corinthians 13:6
But I hope that you will know that we aren’t disqualified.
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.
Galatians 1:12
For I didn’t receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged it.
Galatians 2:5
to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
1 John 4:6
We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
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