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A Thief’s attitude...

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Mark 16:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Revelation 1:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Acts 2:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Revelation 12:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.
Revelation 3:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. ...
Revelation 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
1 Peter 3:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Colossians 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Ephesians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 2:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— ...
2 Corinthians 12:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.
2 Corinthians 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...
Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Romans 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
Romans 10:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)
Romans 6:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Acts 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’
John 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ...
John 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Luke 23:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:1-56 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.” But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.” ...
Luke 16:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,
Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ...
Mark 16:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
Mark 16:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Mark 16:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. ...
Matthew 27:1-66 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. And they bound him and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate the governor. Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.” And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself. ...
Matthew 24:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
Matthew 24:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew 24:29-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 24:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Matthew 24:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...
Daniel 11:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be afraid and withdraw, and shall turn back and be enraged and take action against the holy covenant. He shall turn back and pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.
Exodus 21:24-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Believers are not under Mosaic Law

The Law
 
Galatians 3:24 ESV / 35 helpful votes
 
So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.
James 2:10 ESV / 25 helpful votes
 
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
Romans 10:4 ESV / 25 helpful votes
 
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
1 John 3:4 ESV / 23 helpful votes
 
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
Romans 7:7 ESV / 22 helpful votes
 
What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
Matthew 5:17-19 ESV / 21 helpful votes
 
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 7:12 ESV / 20 helpful votes
 
So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Galatians 2:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes
 
Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Romans 3:20 ESV / 17 helpful votes
 
For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Romans 6:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes
 
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 3:31 ESV / 14 helpful votes
 
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Matthew 5:17-18 ESV / 14 helpful votes
 
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
Romans 13:8-10 ESV / 13 helpful votes
 
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Matthew 5:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes
 
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Romans 13:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
Romans 8:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
Romans 4:15 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
Romans 3:28 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Acts 5:29 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
John 1:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Matthew 5:21-22 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
Genesis 9:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
1 Peter 2:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,
Galatians 6:2 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 3:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”
Romans 13:1-7 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ...
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Ephesians 2:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
By abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,
Galatians 3:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
Romans 2:1-29 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. ...
Acts 7:53 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
You who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”
1 John 5:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
1 Peter 2:13-17 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
1 Timothy 1:8-10 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
Galatians 5:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
Galatians 3:21 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
Romans 13:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Romans 6:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
Acts 13:39 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
And by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
John 14:15 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Luke 16:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.
Matthew 7:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Psalm 19:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
Galatians 2:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Romans 8:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 2:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
Revelation 1:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
1 John 2:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,
1 Peter 2:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
1 Peter 1:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
Titus 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
Titus 3:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
Titus 3:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Philippians 2:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 1:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Galatians 5:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 3:1-29 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— ...
Galatians 2:15-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Romans 13:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
Romans 13:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.
Romans 13:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
Romans 13:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.
Romans 13:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
Romans 13:1-14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ...
Romans 12:1-21 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ...
Romans 8:1-4 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Romans 7:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.
Romans 7:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Acts 5:32 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
Acts 5:27-29 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
John 13:34-35 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Luke 24:44 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
Mark 12:31 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Matthew 17:24-27 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
Matthew 5:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
Psalm 119:172 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
Exodus 20:13-15 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
“You shall not murder. “You shall not commit adultery. “You shall not steal.
Hebrews 10:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Galatians 3:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed.
Galatians 3:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
Romans 5:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
Acts 15:1-41 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them. But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.” ...
Acts 2:38 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
1 John 3:21-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
1 Peter 2:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
1 Peter 1:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
James 2:8-11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
James 1:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Hebrews 9:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

The Dead in Christ...We will see them again.

Dead In Christ
 
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. ...
1 Thessalonians 4:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
John 5:28-29 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. ...
1 Corinthians 15:52 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
1 Corinthians 15:51 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Revelation 20:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Philippians 3:20-21 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
John 11:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
John 5:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
And come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
John 3:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
Matthew 10:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Daniel 12:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
Revelation 20:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:4-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;
1 Thessalonians 4:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:20-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Acts 2:34 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
Acts 2:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Revelation 20:11-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Revelation 20:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
Revelation 19:11-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. ...
Revelation 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Revelation 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
2 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
Colossians 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
Ephesians 4:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?
Acts 2:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
He foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts 2:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
John 11:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”
John 5:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Luke 23:43 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Mark 9:43 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
Matthew 24:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Matthew 24:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
Matthew 16:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Ezekiel 18:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
Isaiah 26:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.
Psalm 115:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.
Psalm 16:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
Psalm 6:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
Genesis 3:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Genesis 2:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Revelation 22:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Revelation 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
Revelation 21:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Revelation 21:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Revelation 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
Revelation 20:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. ...
Revelation 19:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Revelation 17:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.” ...
Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. ...
Revelation 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 6:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
Revelation 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”
Jude 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Jude 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—
1 John 2:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.
1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
1 Peter 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
James 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
Hebrews 2:14-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Colossians 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
Ephesians 4:8-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
2 Corinthians 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
1 Corinthians 15:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.
1 Corinthians 15:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
1 Corinthians 15:24-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
1 Corinthians 15:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...
1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
Romans 6:3-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
Acts 24:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
Acts 3:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:37-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Unfriendly People...(is that me?)

Unfriendly People
 
John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Proverbs 19:1-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool. Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord. Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. ...
Proverbs 18:1-24 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace. The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice. ...
Proverbs 17:1-28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts. An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. ...
Revelation 22:18-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
2 Corinthians 13:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Acts 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
John 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Matthew 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Proverbs 22:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. ...
Proverbs 21:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
Proverbs 21:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart. To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin. The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. ...
Proverbs 20:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
Proverbs 20:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 20:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. ...
Proverbs 18:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The lot puts an end to quarrels and decides between powerful contenders.
Proverbs 16:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished. ...
Proverbs 15:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. ...
Proverbs 14:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down. Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him. By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them. Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. ...
Proverbs 13:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Proverbs 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,
1 Samuel 15:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
Numbers 1:1-54 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; ...

What good is wealth?

Wealth
 
Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 267 helpful votes
 
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Matthew 6:24 ESV / 256 helpful votes
 
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 241 helpful votes
 
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 211 helpful votes
 
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Deuteronomy 8:18 ESV / 194 helpful votes
 
You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Proverbs 13:22 ESV / 179 helpful votes
 
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
1 Timothy 6:17-19 ESV / 172 helpful votes
 
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
Philippians 4:19 ESV / 158 helpful votes
 
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 158 helpful votes
 
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Luke 12:33-34 ESV / 144 helpful votes
 
Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 135 helpful votes
 
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Acts 4:32-35 ESV / 114 helpful votes
 
Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.
Proverbs 22:1 ESV / 113 helpful votes
 
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
Acts 2:44-45 ESV / 110 helpful votes
 
And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
Matthew 6:31-33 ESV / 101 helpful votes
 
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 ESV / 99 helpful votes
 
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
Luke 16:11 ESV / 98 helpful votes
 
If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?
Proverbs 13:11 ESV / 95 helpful votes
 
Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
Proverbs 8:18 ESV / 94 helpful votes
 
Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness.
Proverbs 10:22 ESV / 90 helpful votes
 
The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 28:22 ESV / 80 helpful votes
 
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 75 helpful votes
 
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
Luke 12:15 ESV / 74 helpful votes
 
And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
Proverbs 21:20 ESV / 73 helpful votes
 
Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
Luke 6:38 ESV / 70 helpful votes
 
Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 14:28 ESV / 65 helpful votes
 
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
Proverbs 11:4 ESV / 65 helpful votes
 
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 3:9-10 ESV / 64 helpful votes
 
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.
Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 62 helpful votes
 
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5 ESV / 58 helpful votes
 
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
1 Samuel 2:7 ESV / 58 helpful votes
 
The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 56 helpful votes
 
“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. ...
Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 56 helpful votes
 
A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 28:8 ESV / 52 helpful votes
 
Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.
Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 51 helpful votes
 
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
Acts 20:35 ESV / 50 helpful votes
 
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 49 helpful votes
 
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
Mark 10:23-27 ESV / 48 helpful votes
 
And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
Malachi 3:10 ESV / 48 helpful votes
 
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 ESV / 44 helpful votes
 
Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.
Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 44 helpful votes
 
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Psalm 112:3 ESV / 44 helpful votes
 
Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Matthew 13:22 ESV / 42 helpful votes
 
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 42 helpful votes
 
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...
Proverbs 22:4 ESV / 42 helpful votes
 
The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 18:11 ESV / 42 helpful votes
 
A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.
Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 42 helpful votes
 
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
1 Timothy 6:1-21 ESV / 40 helpful votes
 
Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things. If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain. ...
Proverbs 11:28 ESV / 39 helpful votes
 
Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
Proverbs 10:15 ESV / 38 helpful votes
 
A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
Joshua 1:8 ESV / 36 helpful votes
 
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Proverbs 3:9 ESV / 35 helpful votes
 
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
Proverbs 15:16 ESV / 34 helpful votes
 
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
Deuteronomy 28:11 ESV / 34 helpful votes
 
And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
1 Timothy 6:17 ESV / 33 helpful votes
 
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
Proverbs 30:8-9 ESV / 33 helpful votes
 
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
Proverbs 23:4-5 ESV / 33 helpful votes
 
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Psalm 128:1-6 ESV / 33 helpful votes
 
A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life! ...
Romans 13:8 ESV / 32 helpful votes
 
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Proverbs 14:31 ESV / 32 helpful votes
 
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 31 helpful votes
 
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Proverbs 23:5 ESV / 31 helpful votes
 
When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 31 helpful votes
 
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
2 Corinthians 9:6 ESV / 30 helpful votes
 
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Matthew 6:33 ESV / 29 helpful votes
 
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 28 helpful votes
 
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Psalm 37:16-17 ESV / 28 helpful votes
 
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.
John 10:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes
 
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Mark 8:36 ESV / 27 helpful votes
 
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
Proverbs 23:4 ESV / 27 helpful votes
 
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.
Deuteronomy 16:17 ESV / 27 helpful votes
 
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.
Proverbs 22:16 ESV / 26 helpful votes
 
Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
Genesis 13:2 ESV / 26 helpful votes
 
Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
Mark 4:19 ESV / 25 helpful votes
 
But the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Proverbs 22:9 ESV / 25 helpful votes
 
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
John 3:16 ESV / 24 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
1 Samuel 2:8 ESV / 24 helpful votes
 
He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world.
Hebrews 11:26 ESV / 23 helpful votes
 
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
Proverbs 28:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes
 
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
Mark 12:41-44 ESV / 21 helpful votes
 
And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
Mark 10:29-30 ESV / 21 helpful votes
 
Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
Proverbs 21:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes
 
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
Deuteronomy 8:17-18 ESV / 20 helpful votes
 
Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Luke 16:13 ESV / 19 helpful votes
 
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
Proverbs 28:20 ESV / 19 helpful votes
 
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
Revelation 1:1 ESV / 18 helpful votes
 
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
Psalm 37:21 ESV / 18 helpful votes
 
The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;
Revelation 13:1-14:20 ESV / 17 helpful votes
 
And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. ...
Revelation 6:2-9 ESV / 17 helpful votes
 
And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer. When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword. When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!” ...
Hebrews 11:26-13:14 ESV / 17 helpful votes
 
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. ...
1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
1 Peter 1:1-2:25 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ...
James 5:17 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
James 1:25 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
Hebrews 11:1-40 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...
Colossians 1:5 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,
1 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
Romans 12:1-15:33 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ...
Acts 20:24 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
John 21:4-6 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.

The actual POWER of GOD...

The Power Of God
 
Romans 1:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
2 Peter 1:3 ESV / 15 helpful votes
 
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
2 Corinthians 6:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
By truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Genesis 1:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
James 4:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...
John 1:1-51 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...
Matthew 22:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
2 Corinthians 11:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
Isaiah 8:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...
John 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
Matthew 24:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Daniel 2:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:
John 14:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote
 
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Praising GOD with our lives...

Praise The Lord
 
Psalm 150:6 ESV / 44 helpful votes
 
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 34 helpful votes
 
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! ...
Psalm 117:1-2 ESV / 34 helpful votes
 
Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
Colossians 3:16 ESV / 31 helpful votes
 
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
James 5:13 ESV / 28 helpful votes
 
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
Isaiah 25:1 ESV / 27 helpful votes
 
O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
Psalm 71:8 ESV / 25 helpful votes
 
My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.
Psalm 34:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes
 
Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalm 103:2-4 ESV / 20 helpful votes
 
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
Hebrews 13:15 ESV / 19 helpful votes
 
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
Psalm 63:3-4 ESV / 19 helpful votes
 
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalm 103:1 ESV / 18 helpful votes
 
Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
Psalm 42:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes
 
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Isaiah 12:4 ESV / 17 helpful votes
 
And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
Psalm 28:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes
 
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Philippians 4:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Psalm 145:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
Psalm 145:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
A Song of Praise. Of David. I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.
Psalm 118:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.
Psalm 108:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.
Psalm 105:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
Psalm 66:17 ESV / 16 helpful votes
 
I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.
Acts 16:25 ESV / 15 helpful votes
 
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
Matthew 18:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes
 
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
Jeremiah 17:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes
 
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise.
Psalm 9:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes
 
To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
Revelation 21:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes
 
Having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
Revelation 5:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes
 
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
Revelation 1:1 ESV / 14 helpful votes
 
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
1 Peter 1:3 ESV / 14 helpful votes
 
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Psalm 139:13-14 ESV / 14 helpful votes
 
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Psalm 119:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes
 
I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
Psalm 56:4 ESV / 14 helpful votes
 
In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Mark 16:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes
 
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 13 helpful votes
 
A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Romans 14:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
Acts 16:25-26 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened.
Acts 2:46-47 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Psalm 148:1-14 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord! For he commanded and they were created. ...
Psalm 109:30 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
Psalm 9:1-2 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
Psalm 150:2 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
Psalm 150:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!
Psalm 147:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
Psalm 35:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
Psalm 7:17 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
Job 1:20-21 ESV / 11 helpful votes
 
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Daniel 4:37 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
Daniel 2:23 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, for you have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, for you have made known to us the king's matter.”
Psalm 113:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!
Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...
Revelation 5:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
James 3:10-12 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
Philippians 4:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.
Ephesians 1:1-3:21 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, ...
Romans 14:11-13 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
Romans 12:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
John 3:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
Psalm 139:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 108:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
Psalm 106:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Psalm 100:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
Psalm 99:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he!
Psalm 71:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!
Psalm 66:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
Psalm 63:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
Psalm 42:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalm 22:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
Exodus 15:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Revelation 19:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.”
Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Colossians 3:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
1 Corinthians 14:15 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.
Acts 2:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
Luke 19:37 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,
Psalm 149:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
Psalm 95:1-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. ...
John 4:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
Psalm 69:30 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Jude 1:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Acts 16:1-25:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. ...
Luke 2:1-20:47 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. ...
Isaiah 43:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
The people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.
Psalm 111:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
Psalm 71:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.
Deuteronomy 3:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
‘O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours?
John 15:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John 4:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Ezekiel 13:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
And say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive?
Proverbs 2:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Psalm 150:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
Psalm 118:1-29 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Let those who fear the Lord say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. ...
Psalm 46:1-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. ...
2 Peter 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
James 5:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Instructions in this walk...

1 Peter 3:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
John 15:1-27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ...
Revelation 19:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
Revelation 15:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
Revelation 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne,
Revelation 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.
Revelation 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 4:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Revelation 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.
Revelation 3:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Jude 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
1 John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
1 Peter 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
1 Peter 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Hebrews 12:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
1 Timothy 6:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ...
1 Timothy 2:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,
1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Pray without ceasing,
Philippians 4:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
2 Corinthians 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,
1 Corinthians 12:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
1 Corinthians 6:2-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!
Romans 14:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God;
Acts 7:60 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
John 21:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
John 15:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 10:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
John 9:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
John 5:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
Luke 22:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke 18:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Luke 6:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
Luke 6:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Mark 15:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
Mark 1:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
Matthew 19:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 9:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 5:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Ezekiel 22:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
Jeremiah 7:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.
Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...
Exodus 23:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.
Exodus 23:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him.
 

Growing in Faith

Grow In Faith
 
Romans 10:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
1 John 5:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes
 
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
1 Timothy 5:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
Matthew 17:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Psalm 119:105 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Hebrews 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
2 Timothy 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,
2 Thessalonians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
Philippians 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Ephesians 4:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Ephesians 3:17-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Galatians 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
2 Corinthians 4:7-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
Romans 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 12:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Acts 10:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.” And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter. ...
Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
John 17:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
John 14:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
John 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Luke 8:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.
Mark 4:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”
Matthew 7:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. ...
Psalm 37:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
1 John 2:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote
 
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
2 Peter 1:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote
 
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.
1 Peter 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote
 
So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Jesus is anointed by a sinful woman...

Forgiven Of Much
 
Mark 11:25 ESV / 13 helpful votes
 
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 12 helpful votes
 
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 10 helpful votes
 
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
1 John 1:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Colossians 3:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Luke 6:37 ESV / 9 helpful votes
 
“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Matthew 6:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes
 
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Luke 17:3-4 ESV / 6 helpful votes
 
Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Romans 6:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Luke 23:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
Luke 7:47 ESV / 5 helpful votes
 
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”
Colossians 3:12-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Romans 12:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Acts 2:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 18:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”
Matthew 6:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes
 
“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Hebrews 10:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”
John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Luke 17:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,
Luke 6:36-37 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
Mark 3:22-30 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. ...
Matthew 26:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Isaiah 55:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Psalm 86:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes
 
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
1 John 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
James 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Hebrews 12:14-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Hebrews 12:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
Colossians 1:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Ephesians 4:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...
Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 4:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”
Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Acts 19:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.
Acts 10:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Acts 7:59-60 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
John 20:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”
John 20:20-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”
John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Luke 23:33-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
Luke 17:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Luke 11:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”
Luke 6:27-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. ...
Mark 11:25-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,
Mark 7:20-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
Mark 3:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—
Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. ...
Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. ...
Matthew 18:15-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Matthew 18:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ...
Matthew 16:18-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Matthew 6:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Matthew 5:23-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:21-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 1:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Jeremiah 31:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Psalm 32:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
A Maskil of David. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalm 25:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
Numbers 15:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
Leviticus 19:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
 
And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven for the sin that he has committed.