Hebrews 10:19-13:25
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p Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter q the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
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by r the new and living way that he opened for us through s the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
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and since we have t a great priest over the house of God,
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let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts u sprinkled clean v from an evil conscience and our bodies w washed with pure water.
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x Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for y he who promised is faithful.
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And z let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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a not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and b all the more as you see c the Day drawing near.
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For d if we go on sinning deliberately e after receiving the knowledge of the truth, f there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
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g but a fearful expectation of judgment, and h a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
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i Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy j on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
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How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one k who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned l the blood of the covenant m by which he was sanctified, and has n outraged the Spirit of grace?
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For we know him who said, o "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." And again, p "The Lord will judge his people."
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q It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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But recall the former days when, after r you were enlightened, you endured s a hard struggle with sufferings,
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sometimes being t publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
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For u you had compassion on those in prison, and v you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had w a better possession and an abiding one.
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Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has x a great reward.
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For y you have need of endurance, so that z when you have done the will of God you may a receive what is promised.
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For,
b "Yet a little while,
and c the coming one will come and will not delay;
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d but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him."
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But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Hebrews 11
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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of e things not seen.
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For by it the people of old received their commendation.
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By faith we understand that the universe was created by f the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of g things that are visible.
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By faith h Abel offered to God i a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And j through his faith, though he died, he k still speaks.
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By faith l 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.
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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God m must believe that he exists and m that he rewards those who seek him.
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By faith n Noah, being warned by God concerning o events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of p the righteousness that comes by faith.
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By faith q Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place r that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
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By faith he went to live in s the land of promise, as in a foreign land, t living in tents u with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
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For he was looking forward to v the city that has w foundations, x whose designer and builder is God.
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By faith y Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered z him faithful who had promised.
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Therefore from one man, and a him as good as dead, were born descendants b as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.
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These all died in faith, c not having received the things promised, but d having seen them and greeted them from afar, and e having acknowledged that they were f strangers and exiles on the earth.
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For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
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If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, g they would have had opportunity to return.
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But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed h to be called their God, for i he has prepared for them a city.
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By faith j Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,
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of whom it was said, k "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named."
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l He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.
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By faith m Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau.
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By faith n Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, o bowing in worship over the head of his staff.
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By faith p Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.
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By faith q Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of r the king's edict.
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By faith Moses, when he was grown up, s refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
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t choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy u the fleeting pleasures of sin.
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v He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to w the reward.
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By faith he x left Egypt, y not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured z as seeing him who is invisible.
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By faith a he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
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By faith b the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.
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By faith c the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.
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By faith d Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she e had given a friendly welcome to the spies.
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And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of f Gideon, g Barak, h Samson, i Jephthah, of j David and k Samuel and the prophets -
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who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, l stopped the mouths of lions,
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m quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, n became mighty in war, n put foreign armies to flight.
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o Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.
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Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even p chains and imprisonment.
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q They were stoned, they were sawn in two, r they were killed with the sword. s They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated -
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of whom the world was not worthy - t wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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And all these, u though commended through their faith, u did not receive what was promised,
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since God had provided something better for us, v that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
Hebrews 12
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and w sin which clings so closely, and x let us run y with endurance the race that is z set before us,
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looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, a who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising b the shame, and c is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
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d Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or e fainthearted.
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In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
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And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
f "My son, g do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
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For h the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives."
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It is for discipline that you have to endure. i God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
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If you are left without discipline, j in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
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Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to k the Father of spirits l and live?
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For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, m that we may share his holiness.
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n For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields o the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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Therefore p lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,
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and q make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint r but rather be healed.
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s Strive for peace with everyone, and for the t holiness u without which no one will see the Lord.
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See to it that no one v fails to obtain the grace of God; that no w "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
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that no one is x sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
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For you know that y afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
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For you have not come to z what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest
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and a the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words b made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.
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For they could not endure the order that was given, c "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned."
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Indeed, d so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear."
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But you have come to e Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, f the heavenly Jerusalem, and to g innumerable angels in festal gathering,
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and to h the assembly of the firstborn who are i enrolled in heaven, and to j God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
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and to Jesus, k the mediator of a new covenant, and to l the sprinkled blood m that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
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See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For n if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.
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At that time o his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, p "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."
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This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates q the removal of things that are shaken - that is, things that have been made - in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.
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Therefore let us be grateful for receiving r a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus s let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
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for our t God is a consuming fire.
Hebrews 13
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Let u brotherly love continue.
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v Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby w some have entertained angels unawares.
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x Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
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y Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge z the sexually immoral and adulterous.
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Keep your life a free from love of money, and b be content with what you have, for he has said, c "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
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So we can confidently say,
d "The Lord is my helper;
e I will not fear;
what can man do to me?"
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Remember f your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and g imitate their faith.
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Jesus Christ is h the same yesterday and today and forever.
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Do not be i led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, j not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
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We have an altar k from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.
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For l the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned m outside the camp.
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So Jesus also n suffered o outside the gate in order to sanctify the people p through his own blood.
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Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear q the reproach he endured.
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For r here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
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s Through him then let us continually offer up t a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, u the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
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Do not neglect to do good and v to share what you have, for such w sacrifices are pleasing to God.
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Obey x your leaders and submit to them, y for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to z give an account. a Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
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b Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.
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I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order c that I may be restored to you the sooner.
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Now d may the God of peace e who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, f the great shepherd of the sheep, by g the blood of the eternal covenant,
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h equip you with everything good that you may do his will, i working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, j to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for k I have written to you briefly.
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You should know that l our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon.
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Greet all m your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.
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n Grace be with all of you.
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Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Hebrews 9:25
Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own.
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Hebrews 9:8
By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing
John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Hebrews 9:3
Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place.
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Zechariah 6:11 - 13
Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it on the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
Hebrews 4:14
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Hebrews 2:17
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.
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Ezekiel 36:25
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
1 Peter 1:2
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.
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Hebrews 9:14
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.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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Hebrews 4:14
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
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Hebrews 11:11
By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
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Acts 2:42
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
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Romans 13:11 - 13
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
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1 Corinthians 3:13
Each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
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Numbers 15:30
But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Deuteronomy 17:12
The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
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Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 2:20 - 21
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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Hebrews 6:6
And then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
1 John 5:16
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life - to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.
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Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard.
Hebrews 12:25
See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.
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Psalms 79:5
How long, O Lord ? Will you be angry forever? W...
Isaiah 26:11
O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not...
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be ab...
Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for me," declares the Lord, "for...
Ezekiel 36:5
Therefore thus says the Lord God : Surely I hav...
Zechariah 8:2
Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Z...
2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those ...
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Deuteronomy 17:2 - 6
If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant.
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Numbers 35:30
If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
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Hebrews 6:6
And then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
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Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant.
Zechariah 9:11
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
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Hebrews 9:13 - 14
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh.
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Matthew 12:31 - 32
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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Romans 12:19
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.
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.
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Psalms 50:4
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
Psalms 135:14
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
Deuteronomy 32:36
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
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Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.
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Deuteronomy 32:36
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
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Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
Luke 12:5
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
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Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
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Philippians 1:30
Engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
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1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
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Hebrews 13:3
Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
Matthew 25:36
I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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1 Peter 1:4
To an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
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Hebrews 2:2
For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution.
Hebrews 11:26
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
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Hebrews 12:1 - 7
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.
Luke 21:19
By your endurance you will gain your lives.
Romans 2:7
To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Matthew 10:22
And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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Hebrews 13:21
Equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 John 2:17
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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Hebrews 11:39
And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised.
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Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.
Haggai 2:6
For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
Luke 18:8
I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?
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Habakkuk 2:3 - 4
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end - it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
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Habakkuk 2:3 - 4
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end - it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
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Romans 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith.
Galatians 3:11
Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith.
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Romans 8:24
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
2 Corinthians 4:18
As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.
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Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
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Romans 4:17
As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations" - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
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Genesis 4:4 - 8
And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering.
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
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Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
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Genesis 4:10
And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
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Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
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Genesis 5:22 - 24
Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
2 Kings 2:11
And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
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1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Jeremiah 29:12 - 14
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
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1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Jeremiah 29:12 - 14
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
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Genesis 6:13 - 22
And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Luke 17:26
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
1 Peter 3:20
Because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
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Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
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Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
Ezekiel 14:14
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 14:20
Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.
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Genesis 12:1 - 4
Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
Acts 7:2 - 4
And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
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Genesis 12:7
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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Acts 7:5
Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.
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Genesis 12:8
From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:3
And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
Genesis 18:1
And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:9
They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "She is in the tent.
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Genesis 35:27
And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
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Hebrews 12:22
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.
Hebrews 13:14
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
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Psalms 87:1
On the holy mount stands the city he founded.
Revelation 21:14
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.
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Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
Genesis 18:11 - 14
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.
Genesis 21:2
And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
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Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
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Romans 4:19
He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead ( since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
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Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
Genesis 32:12
But you said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.
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Hebrews 11:39
And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised.
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Hebrews 11:27
By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.
Matthew 13:17
For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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Genesis 23:4
"I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.
Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
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Ephesians 2:19
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
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Genesis 24:6 - 8
Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there.
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Genesis 26:24
And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.
Genesis 28:13
And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
Exodus 3:6
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Exodus 4:5
"that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
Hebrews 2:11
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
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Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
John 14:2
In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
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Genesis 22:1 - 10
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I.
James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
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Romans 9:7
And not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
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Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
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Romans 4:17 - 21
As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations" - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
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Genesis 27:27 - 29
So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!
Genesis 27:39 - 40
Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: "Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high.
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Genesis 48:16
The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Genesis 48:20
So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.'" Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
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Genesis 47:31
And he said, "Swear to me"; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.
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Genesis 50:24 - 25
And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Exodus 13:19
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones with you from here.
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Exodus 2:2 - 3
The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
Acts 7:20
At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house.
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Exodus 1:16
"When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live."
Exodus 1:22
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.
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Exodus 2:10 - 11
When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water.
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Job 36:21
Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
Psalms 84:10
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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1 John 2:17
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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Hebrews 13:13
Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.
Psalms 89:50 - 51
Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations.
Philippians 3:7 - 8
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
1 Peter 4:14
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
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Hebrews 2:2
For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution.
Hebrews 10:35
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
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Exodus 12:37
And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
Exodus 13:17 - 18
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.
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Exodus 10:28 - 29
Then Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.
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Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
1 Timothy 1:17
To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Exodus 12:21 - 30
Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb.
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Exodus 14:21 - 30
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
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Joshua 6:15 - 16
On the seventh day they rose early, at the dawn of day, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times. It was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times.
Joshua 6:20
So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.
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Joshua 6:25
But Rahab the prostitute and her father's household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
James 2:25
And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
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Joshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there.
Joshua 2:8 - 13
Before the men lay down, she came up to them on the roof
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Judges 6:11
Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
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Judges 4:6
She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, "Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, 'Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun.
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Judges 13:24
And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him.
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Judges 11:1
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
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1 Samuel 16:1
The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
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1 Samuel 1:20
And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the Lord.
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Judges 14:6
Then the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and although he had nothing in his hand, he tore the lion in pieces as one tears a young goat. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
1 Samuel 17:35
I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him.
Daniel 6:22
My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.
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Daniel 3:25
He answered and said, "But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
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Judges 7:21
Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.
1 Samuel 17:51
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
2 Samuel 12:29
So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.
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Judges 7:21
Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.
1 Samuel 17:51
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
2 Samuel 12:29
So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.
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1 Kings 17:22
And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
2 Kings 4:35
Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
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Genesis 39:20
And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.
Jeremiah 20:2
Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 37:15
And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.
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1 Kings 21:13
And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
2 Chronicles 24:21
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.
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1 Kings 19:10
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
Jeremiah 26:23
And they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who struck him down with the sword and dumped his dead body into the burial place of the common people.
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2 Kings 1:8
They answered him, "He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite.
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1 Samuel 22:1
David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
1 Kings 18:4
And when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)
1 Kings 19:9
There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?
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Hebrews 11:2
For by it the people of old received their commendation.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
1 Peter 1:12
It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
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Hebrews 11:2
For by it the people of old received their commendation.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
1 Peter 1:12
It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
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Revelation 6:11
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.
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Ephesians 4:22
To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires.
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1 Corinthians 9:24
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.
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Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
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Hebrews 6:18
So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
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Luke 24:26
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?
Philippians 2:8
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Isaiah 53:11
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
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Psalms 22:6 - 7
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
Psalms 69:19
You know my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor; my foes are all known to you.
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
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Matthew 10:24
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
Revelation 2:3
I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.
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Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
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Proverbs 3:11 - 12
My son, do not despise the Lord 's discipline or be weary of his reproof.
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Job 5:17
Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
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Proverbs 3:11 - 12
My son, do not despise the Lord 's discipline or be weary of his reproof.
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Psalms 94:12
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law.
Psalms 119:67
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.
Psalms 119:75
I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Revelation 3:19
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
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Deuteronomy 8:5
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.
2 Samuel 7:14
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men.
Proverbs 13:24
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
Proverbs 23:13
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
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1 Peter 5:9
Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
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Numbers 16:22
And they fell on their faces and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?
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Isaiah 38:16
O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live!
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2 Peter 1:4
By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
Leviticus 11:44
For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.
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1 Peter 1:6
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials.
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James 3:17 - 18
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
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Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
Job 4:3 - 4
Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
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Proverbs 4:26 - 27
Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.
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James 5:16
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.
Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
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Romans 14:19
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
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1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.
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Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
Ephesians 5:5
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous ( that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 22:4
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
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Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.
2 Corinthians 6:1
Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
Galatians 5:4
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
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Deuteronomy 29:18
Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.
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Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Genesis 25:33
Jacob said, "Swear to me now." So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.
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Genesis 27:34
As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!
Genesis 27:36
Esau said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?
Genesis 27:38
Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
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Exodus 19:18
Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
Exodus 20:18
Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off
Deuteronomy 4:11
And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
2 Corinthians 3:9
For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.
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Exodus 19:16
On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:19
And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.
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Exodus 20:19
And said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.
Deuteronomy 5:5
While I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord. For you were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up into the mountain. He said:
Deuteronomy 18:16
Just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.
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Exodus 19:12 - 13
And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, 'Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.
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Exodus 19:12 - 13
And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, 'Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.
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Exodus 19:16
On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
Deuteronomy 9:19
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the Lord bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also.
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Revelation 14:1
Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
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Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
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Jude 1:14
It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones.
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Exodus 4:22
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son.
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Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
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Genesis 18:25
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?
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Hebrews 8:6
But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
Hebrews 9:15
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
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Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Hebrews 11:4
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.
Genesis 4:10
And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
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Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard.
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Exodus 19:18
Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
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Haggai 2:6
For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
Haggai 2:21
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth.
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Haggai 2:6
For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
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Psalms 102:26
They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away.
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Daniel 2:44
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
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Hebrews 13:15
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
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Deuteronomy 4:24
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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Romans 12:10
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outd...
1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need ...
1 Peter 1:22
Having purified your souls by your obedience to...
2 Peter 1:7
And godliness with brotherly affection, and bro...
1 Peter 2:17
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God....
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympat...
1 John 3:10
By this it is evident who are the children of G...
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is f...
1 John 4:20 - 21
If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his bro...
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Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
1 Peter 4:9
Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
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Genesis 18:3
And said, "O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.
Genesis 19:2
And said, "My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way." They said, "No; we will spend the night in the town square.
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Hebrews 10:34
For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
Matthew 25:36
I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
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1 Corinthians 7:38
So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.
1 Timothy 4:3
Who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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1 Corinthians 6:9
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality.
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1 Timothy 3:3
Not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
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1 Timothy 6:7 - 8
For we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
Philippians 4:11
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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Joshua 1:5
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
Psalms 37:25
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.
2 Corinthians 4:9
Persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
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Joshua 1:5
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
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Psalms 118:6
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
Psalms 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
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Psalms 56:4
In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Psalms 56:11
In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
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Psalms 118:6
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
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Hebrews 13:17
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 13:24
Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.
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Hebrews 6:12
So that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Hebrews 1:12
Like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end.
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.
Revelation 1:4
John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne.
Revelation 1:8
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
2 Corinthians 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes.
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Jude 1:12
These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted.
Ephesians 4:14
So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
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Colossians 2:16
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
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1 Corinthians 9:13
Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
1 Corinthians 10:18
Consider the people of Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar?
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Exodus 29:14
But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
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Hebrews 13:13
Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.
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Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
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Matthew 21:39
And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Matthew 27:32
As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.
John 19:17
And he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.
John 19:20
Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.
Acts 7:58
Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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Revelation 14:20
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.
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Hebrews 11:26
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
1 Peter 4:14
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
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Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
Hebrews 11:16
But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.
Micah 2:10
Arise and go, for this is no place to rest, because of uncleanness that destroys with a grievous destruction.
Ephesians 2:19
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
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Ephesians 5:20
Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Leviticus 7:12
If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thanksgiving sacrifice unleavened loaves mixed with oil, unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil.
Psalms 107:22
And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
Psalms 116:17
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord.
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Isaiah 57:19
Creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the Lord, "and I will heal him.
Hosea 14:2
Take with you words and return to the Lord ; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
Psalms 119:108
Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your rules.
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Romans 12:13
Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
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Micah 6:7 - 8
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Philippians 4:18
I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
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Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
Hebrews 13:24
Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.
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Ezekiel 3:17
Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
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Jeremiah 13:20
Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
Ezekiel 34:10
Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
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Acts 20:24
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.
Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.
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1 Thessalonians 5:25
Brothers, pray for us.
2 Thessalonians 3:1
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you.
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Philemon 1:22
At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.
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Romans 15:33
May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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Acts 2:24
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
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Isaiah 63:11
Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put in the midst of them his Holy Spirit.
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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Hebrews 10:29
How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
Zechariah 9:11
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
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2 Thessalonians 2:17
Comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
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Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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Romans 11:36
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
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1 Peter 5:12
By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
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1 Thessalonians 3:2
And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith.
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Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
Hebrews 13:17
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.
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Colossians 4:18
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
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