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“This line of reasoning doesn't come from the one who calls you.”Galatians 5:8 CEB
“For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.”Ezra 7:10 BSB
“Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.”Matthew 25:5 ASV
“Lord, I love the habitation of Your house, and the place where Your glory dwells.”Psalm 26:8 AMP
“Now this I say, that the covenant ratified beforehand by God to Christ cannot be annulled by the law, which was given four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the promise of no effect.”Galatians 3:17 AFV
“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.”Proverbs 22:29 ASV
1 Peter 5:5 AMPCLikewise, you who are younger and of lesser rank, be subject to the elders (the ministers and spiritual guides of the church)-[giving them due respect and yielding to their counsel]. Clothe (apron) yourselves, all of you, with humility [as the garb of a servant, so that its covering cannot possibly be stripped from you, with freedom from pride and arrogance] toward one another. For God sets Himself against the proud (the insolent, the overbearing, the disdainful, the presumptuous, the boastful)-[and He opposes, frustrates, and defeats them], but gives grace (favor, blessing) to the humble.
“Esau said, “I am almost dead with hunger, so what good are these rights to me now?””Genesis 25:32 ERV
Revelation 13:8 AMPAnd all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain [in sacrifice] from the foundation of the world.
“In that way, the people in Zion who are sad will become strong again. They will not put ashes on their heads any more. Instead, they will wear beautiful hats. Instead of weeping, they will have olive oil to show their joy. They will not feel upset, but they will sing happy songs to praise God. People will call them ‘Strong trees that show God's righteousness'. They will be like trees that the Lord himself has planted to show how great he is.”Isaiah 61:3 EASY
Matthew 19:22 YLTAnd the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions
“After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.”Genesis 25:11 WEB
Acts 17:27 GNTHe did this so that they would look for him, and perhaps find him as they felt around for him. Yet God is actually not far from any one of us.
Proverbs 23:4 ESVDo not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.
Philippians 1:7 ERVI know I am right to think like this about all of you because you are so close to my heart. This is because you have all played such an important part in God's grace to me-now, during this time that I am in prison, and whenever I am defending and proving the truth of the Good News.
Isaiah 42:9 CSBThe past events have indeed happened. Now I declare new events; I announce them to you before they occur.
Acts 15:28 CEVThe Holy Spirit has shown us that we should not place any extra burden on you.
Nehemiah 13:2 CEBThis is because they hadn't met the Israelites with food and water but instead hired Balaam against them to curse them. Yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Acts 5:3 BSBThen Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
Esther 8:3 ASVAnd Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
Matthew 10:18 DARBY“And ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.”
Psalm 26:6 AMPI will wash my hands in innocence, and go about Your altar, O Lord.
Acts 14:20 TPTWhen the believers encircled Paul's body, he miraculously stood up! Paul stood and immediately went back into the city. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
“He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.”Psalms 121:3 CSB
2 Timothy 1:14 AMPGuard [with greatest care] and keep unchanged, the treasure [that precious truth] which has been entrusted to you [that is, the good news about salvation through personal faith in Christ Jesus], through [the help of] the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
Judges 12:6 AMPthey said to him, “Then say ‘Shibboleth.'” And he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites fell.
“Have you suffered so much for nothing? If that's the way you think, your suffering certainly will have been for nothing!”Galatians 3:4 CJB
Psalm 25:12 YLTWho [is] this -- the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose.
Revelation 10:6 AMPand swore [an oath] by [the name of] Him who lives forever and ever, WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE EARTH AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE SEA AND THE THINGS IN IT, that there will be delay no longer,
“I am in favor of peace, but when I speak of it, all they want is war.”Psalms 120:7 CEV
Acts 20:19 WEBserving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
Esther 7:6 VoiceQueen Esther (pointing to Haman): The man responsible for these actions is wicked Haman. He is vile, and an enemy to my people. In that moment, Haman's joy turned to terror before the king and queen.
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life that I now live in my body, I live by faith, indeed, by the faithfulness of God's Son, who loved me and gave himself for me.”Galatians 2:20 CEB
Psalm 51:6 TPTI know that you delight to set your truth deep in my spirit. So come into the hidden places of my heart and teach me wisdom.
John 14:23-24 MSG“Because a loveless world,” said Jesus, “is a sightless world.
“Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the Lord.”Psalms 107:43 BSB
Hebrews 4:2 KJV For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
1 Samuel 16:7 ESVBut the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."
Mercy Over Sacrifice“But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”Matthew 9:13 ASV
Psalm 32:3 TLBThere was a time when I wouldn't admit what a sinner I was. But my dishonesty made me miserable and filled my days with frustration.
Acts 26:6 RSVAnd now I stand here on trial for hope in the promise made by God to our fathers
Joshua 13:1 NRSVNow Joshua was old and advanced in years; and the LORD said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, and very much of the land still remains to be possessed.
Galatians 2:13 NLTAs a result, other Jewish believers followed Peter's hypocrisy, and even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
Genesis 22:3 NKJVSo Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
John 11:33,38 NLT[33]When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled. [38] Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance.
Jeremiah 45:5 NIVShould you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.'"
Acts 12:5 NIrVSo Peter was kept in prison. But the church prayed hard to God for him.
Judges 9:23 NETGod sent a spirit to stir up hostility between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. He made the leaders of Shechem disloyal to Abimelech.
Acts 11:2 NLTBut when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him.
“And he said, O Lord, God of my master Abraham, I pray You, cause me to meet with good success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.”Genesis 24:12 AMP
John 9:17 NCVThey asked the man again, "What do you say about him since it was your eyes he opened?" The man answered, "He is a prophet."