Acts 2:40

The Response To Peter's Sermon

³⁹ "For the promise was made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar, even as many as the Lord God shall call." ⁴⁰ And with many other words bare he witness, and exhorted them saying, "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." ⁴¹ Then they that gladly received his preaching were baptised; And the same day, there were added unto them about a three thousand souls.

Crooked Generation

Perverse Generation

This Generation

Peter

Matthew 17:17

Jesus answered and said, "O generation faithless, and crooked: how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me."

Deuteronomy 32:5

The froward and overthwart generation hath marred themselves to himward, and are not his sons for their deformities' sake.

Numbers 16:28-34

And Moses said, "Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind:

Proverbs 9:6

Forsake ignorance, and ye shall live: and see that ye go in the way of understanding."

Matthew 3:7-10

When he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, "O generation of vipers, who hath taught you to flee from the vengeance to come?

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 16:4

The forward nation, and adulterous, seeketh a sign: and there shall none other sign be given unto them, but the sign of the prophet Jonah." So left he them and departed.

Matthew 23:33

ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell?

Mark 8:38

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, among this adulterous and sinful generation: of him shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his father with the holy angels."

Luke 21:36

Watch therefore continually and pray, that ye may obtain grace to fly all this that shall come. And that ye may stand before the son of man."

John 21:25

There are also many other things which Jesus did: the which if they should be written every one, I suppose the world could not contain the books that should be written.

Acts 10:42

And he commanded unto us to preach unto the people and testify, that it is he that is ordained of God, a judge of quick and dead.

Acts 15:32

And Judas and Silas being prophets, exhorted the brethren with much preaching, and strengthened them.

Acts 20:2

And when he had gone over those parts, and given them large exhortations, he came into Greece:

Acts 20:9

and there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, fallen into a deep sleep. And as Paul declared, he was the more overcome with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

Acts 20:11

When he was come up again, he brake bread, and tasted, and communed a long while: even till the morning, and so departed.

Acts 20:21

witnessing both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, the repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

Acts 20:24

But none of those things move me. Neither is my life dear unto myself; that I might fulfill my course with joy, and the ministration which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 28:23

And when they had appointed him a day, there came many unto him into his lodging: to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God; and preached unto them of Jesus: both out of the law of Moses, and also out of the prophets, even from morning to night.

2 Corinthians 5:20

Now then are we messengers in the room of Christ: even as though God did beseech you through us. So pray we you, in Christ's stead, that ye be at one with God:

2 Corinthians 6:17

Wherefore, "Come out from among them, and separate yourselves," saith the Lord, "and touch none unclean thing: so will I receive you,

Galatians 5:3

I testify again to every man which is circumcised that he is bound to keep the whole law.

Ephesians 4:17

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other gentiles walk; in vanity of their mind,

Philippians 2:15

that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,

1 Thessalonians 2:11

as ye know how that we exhorted and comforted, and besought every one of you, as a father his children,

1 Timothy 4:16

Take heed unto thyself and unto learning, and continue therein. For if thou shalt so do, thou shalt save thyself, and them that hear thee.

Hebrews 3:12-13

Take heed, brethren, that there be in none of you an evil heart, in unbelief, that he should depart from the living God:

James 4:8-10

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purge your hearts ye wavering minded.

1 Peter 5:12

By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, have I written briefly, exhorting and testifying how that this is the true grace of God, wherein ye stand.

Revelation 3:17-19

because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

Revelation 18:4-5

And I heard another voice from heaven say, "Come away from her, my people, that ye be not partakers in her sins, that ye receive not of her plagues.