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She knows how to be silent. She is full of trust, full of hope, full of patient endurance.
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute--if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise--cherish the thought of these things.
For us, however, God has drawn aside the veil through the teaching of the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, including the depths of the divine nature. For, among human beings, who knows a man's inner thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? In the same way, also, only God's Spirit is acquainted with God's inner thoughts. But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may know the blessings that have been so freely given to us by God.read more.
Of these we speak--not in language which man's wisdom teaches us, but in that which the Spirit teaches--adapting, as we do, spiritual words to spiritual truths. The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.
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But He would not allow it. "Go home to your family," He said, "and report to them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy He has shown you."
and from Judaea and Jerusalem and Idumaea and from beyond the Jordan and from the district of Tyre and Sidon there came to Him a vast crowd, hearing of all that He was doing.
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So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence.
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A Tenth Of Things
Revelation 11:13And just as that time there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city was overthrown. 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of Heaven.
Abandoning Things
Mark 10:50The man flung away his outer garment, sprang to his feet, and came to Jesus.
Abolish, Evil Things
Colossians 2:20If you have died with Christ and have escaped from the world's rudimentary notions, why, as though your life still belonged to the world, do you submit to such precepts as
Abolish, Temporary Things
2 Corinthians 3:13who used to throw a veil over his face to hide from the gaze of the children of Israel the passing away of what was but transitory.
Abounding, Evil Things
Matthew 24:12and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;
Abounding, Good Things
Romans 5:15But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind.
Abuse, Of Spiritual Things
1 Corinthians 9:18What are my wages then? The very fact that the Good News which I preach will cost my hearers nothing, so that I cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a Christian preacher.
According To Things
Matthew 9:29So He touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be to you."
All Things Being Possible
Matthew 19:26Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible."
Back Of Things
Mark 4:38But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"
Bad Things
John 16:33"I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: *I* have won the victory over the world."
Beauty Of Things
Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute--if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise--cherish the thought of these things.
Big Things
Matthew 13:32It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."
Broken Things
Acts 27:41But coming to a place where two seas met, they stranded the ship, and her bow sticking fast remained immovable, while the stern began to go to pieces under the heavy hammering of the sea.
Camps, Unclean Things
Hebrews 13:11-13For the bodies of those animals of which the blood is carried by the High Priest into the Holy place as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.
Choosing Things
2 Corinthians 8:3For I can testify that to the utmost of their power, and even beyond their power, they have of their own free will given help.
Christ Concealing Things
Mark 1:34Then He cured numbers of people who were ill with various diseases, and He drove out many demons; not allowing the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
Christ Knowing All Things
John 16:30Now we know that you have all knowledge, and do not need to be pressed with questions. Through this we believe that you came from God."
Clothed With Good Things
Revelation 19:13The outer garment in which He is clad has been dipped in blood and His name is THE WORD OF GOD.
Cursing Things
Mark 11:21and Peter, recollecting, said to Him, "Look, Rabbi, the fig-tree which you cursed is withered up."
Deep Things
1 Corinthians 2:10For us, however, God has drawn aside the veil through the teaching of the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, including the depths of the divine nature.
Different Things
John 21:25But there are also many other things which Jesus did--so vast a number indeed that if they were all described in detail, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would have to be written.
Discerning God's Things
1 Corinthians 12:10to another the exercise of miraculous powers; to another the gift of prophecy; to another the power of discriminating between prophetic utterances; to another varieties of the gift of 'tongues;' to another the interpretation of tongues.
Dividing Into Three Things
Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts; the cities of the nations fell; and great Babylon came into remembrance before God, for Him to make her drink from the wine-cup of His fierce anger.
Eight Things
Revelation 17:11And the Wild Beast which once existed but does not now exist--he is an eighth king and yet is one of the seven and he goes his way into perdition.
Enjoyment, Material Things
Romans 15:24I hope, as soon as ever I extend my travels into Spain, to see you on my way and be helped forward by you on my journey, when I have first enjoyed being with you for a time.
Escaping, Physical Things
Acts 9:25but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a hamper.
Escaping, Spiritual Things
Luke 21:36But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."
Fear Of Other Things
Jude 1:23others you must try to save, as brands plucked from the flames; and on others look with pity mingled with fear, while you hate every trace of their sin.
Few Things
Matthew 25:23"'Good and trustworthy servant, you have done well,' his master replied; 'you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'
Finding Things
Matthew 7:7"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
First Things
Matthew 6:33But make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim, and then these things shall all be given you in addition.
For The Sake Of Things
Matthew 5:10"Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Foreign Things
Acts 26:11In all the synagogues also I punished them many a time, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my wild fury I chased them even to foreign towns.
Forgetting Things
Hebrews 12:5and you have quite forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as sons, and which say, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, and do not faint when He corrects you;
Forsaking God's Things
Mark 7:8"You neglect God's Commandment: you hold fast to men's traditions."
Giving Good Things
James 1:17Every gift which is good, and every perfect boon, is from above, and comes down from the Father, who is the source of all Light. In Him there is no variation nor the slightest suggestion of change.
God Hating Things
Revelation 2:6Yet this you have in your favor: you hate the doings of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
God Turning Bad Things Into Good
Romans 8:28Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.
God's Things Concealed
Matthew 11:25About that time Jesus exclaimed, "I heartily praise Thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of discernment, and hast unveiled them to babes.
God's Things Revealed
Romans 1:18For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry:
Half Of Things
Luke 10:42and yet only one thing is really necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion and she shall not be deprived of it."
Hidden Things
Matthew 25:18But the man who had received the one went and dug a hole and buried his master's money.
Hot Things
Matthew 12:20A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory.
Invisible Things
Romans 1:20For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse.
Joining Things
Matthew 13:30Leave both to grow together until the harvest, and at harvest-time I will direct the reapers, Collect the darnel first, and make it up into bundles to burn it, but bring all the wheat into my barn.'"
Last Things
Romans 5:12What follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned.
Likening Things
Matthew 18:23"For this reason the Kingdom of the Heavens may be compared to a king who determined to have a settlement of accounts with his servants.
Living Things
Matthew 22:32I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead, but of living men."
Long Things
Matthew 23:5And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,
Moist Things
Luke 8:6Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.
Narrow Things
Matthew 7:13"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it;
Neglecting God's Things
Matthew 23:23"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.
New Things
John 13:34A new commandment I give you, to love one another; that as I have loved you, you also may love one another.
Not Like Things
Luke 5:36He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only spoil the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old.
Not Seeing Spiritual Things
Acts 9:7Meanwhile the men who travelled with Saul were standing dumb with amazement, hearing a sound, but seeing no one.
Not Understanding God's Things
Matthew 22:29The reply of Jesus was, "You are in error, through ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God.
Not Understanding Other Things
Romans 7:15For what I do, I do not recognize as my own action. What I desire to do is not what I do, but what I am averse to is what I do.
Old Things
Matthew 9:16No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made.
People Drying Things Up
Luke 7:38and, standing behind close to His feet, weeping, began to wet His feet with her tears; and with her hair she wiped the tears away again, while she lovingly kissed His feet and poured the perfume over them.
People Giving Other Things
Matthew 25:28So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has the ten.'
People Naming Things
Matthew 27:8for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of 'the Field of Blood.'
Profitable Things
1 Corinthians 10:23Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.
Pulling Things
John 21:8But the rest of the disciples came in the small boat (for they were not far from land--only about a hundred yards off)
Pure Things
Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever wins respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is of good repute--if there is any virtue or anything deemed worthy of praise--cherish the thought of these things.
Putting Things Down
Revelation 12:4His tail was drawing after it a third part of the stars of Heaven, and it dashed them to the ground. And in front of the woman who was about to become a mother, the Dragon was standing in order to devour the child as soon as it was born.
Recognising Things
Luke 6:44Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.
Rejecting Things
2 Corinthians 4:2Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God's Message. But by a full clear statement of the truth we strive to commend ourselves in the presence of God to every human conscience.
Reproving Things
Matthew 8:26"Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm;
Restoration Of All Things
Acts 3:21Heaven must receive Him until those times of which God has spoken from the earliest ages through the lips of His holy Prophets--the times of the reconstitution of all things.
Restoring Things
Matthew 5:13"*You* are the salt of the earth; but if salt has become tasteless, in what way can it regain its saltness? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away and trodden on by the passers by.
Reversion Of Things
Matthew 10:13and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you.
Salvation By Other Things
Acts 15:1But certain persons who had come down from Judaea tried to convince the brethren, saying, "Unless you are circumcised in accordance with the Mosaic custom, you cannot be saved."
Saying The Same Things
1 Corinthians 1:10Now I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to cultivate a spirit of harmony--all of you--and that there be no divisions among you, but rather a perfect union through your having one mind and one judgement.
Sealing Things
Matthew 27:66So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone besides setting the guard.
Secret Things
Luke 8:17There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen; nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into the light of day.
Seeking For Abstract Things
Matthew 26:16and from that moment he was on the look out for an opportunity to betray Him.
Seeking For Concrete Things
Matthew 6:32For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things--all of them.
Seeking Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2If however you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, enthroned at God's right hand.
Sending Things Away
Luke 1:53The hungry He has satisfied with choice gifts, But the rich He has sent empty-handed away.
Seven Things
Matthew 15:34"How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."
Sharing Material Things
Luke 15:31"'You my dear son,' said the father, 'are always with me, and all that is mine is also yours.
Six Things
John 2:6Now there were six stone jars standing there (in accordance with the Jewish regulations for purification)
Small Things
Matthew 13:32It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."
Small Things God Uses
Matthew 13:32It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."
Storing Other Things
Romans 2:5The fact is that in the stubbornness of your impenitent heart you are treasuring up against yourself anger on the day of Anger--the day when the righteousness of God's judgements will stand revealed.
Taking God's Things
Matthew 13:12For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has shall be taken away.
Ten Things
Luke 19:17"'Well done, good servant,' he replied; 'because you have been faithful in a very small matter, be in authority over ten towns.'
The Existence Of Things
John 1:3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being.
Things As Witnesses
Romans 2:15since they exhibit proof that a knowledge of the conduct which the Law requires is engraven on their hearts, while their consciences also bear witness to the Law, and their thoughts, as if in mutual discussion, accuse them or perhaps maintain their innocence--
Things Falling
Hebrews 11:30Through faith the walls of Jericho fell to the ground after being surrounded for seven days.
Things Going Before
Matthew 2:9After hearing what the king said, they went to Bethlehem, while, strange to say, the star they had seen in the east led them on until it came and stood over the place where the babe was.
Things Going Up
Matthew 2:9After hearing what the king said, they went to Bethlehem, while, strange to say, the star they had seen in the east led them on until it came and stood over the place where the babe was.
Things Improved
Acts 24:2So Paul was sent for, and Tertullus began to impeach him as follows: "Indebted as we are," he said, "to you, most noble Felix, for the perfect peace which we enjoy, and for reforms which your wisdom has introduced to this nation,
Things Lifted Up
Acts 10:16This was said three times, and immediately the sail was drawn up out of sight.
Things Like
Galatians 5:21hard drinking, riotous feasting, and the like. And as to these I forewarn you, as I have already forewarned you, that those who are guilty of such things will have no share in the Kingdom of God.
Things Like Bronze
Revelation 1:15His feet were like silver-bronze, when it is white-hot in a furnace; and His voice resembled the sound of many waters.
Things Like Gold
Revelation 9:7The appearance of the locusts was like that of horses equipped for war. On their heads they had wreaths which looked like gold.
Things Like Iron
Revelation 9:9They had breast-plates which seemed to be made of steel; and the noise caused by their wings was like that of a vast number of horses and chariots hurrying into battle.
Things Like People
Mark 8:24He looked up and said, "I can see the people: I see them like trees--only walking."
Things Like Snakes
Romans 3:13"Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips."
Things Like The Sea
James 1:6But let him ask in faith and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.
Things Like Water
Revelation 1:15His feet were like silver-bronze, when it is white-hot in a furnace; and His voice resembled the sound of many waters.
Things Manifest
1 Timothy 5:24The sins of some men are evident to the world, leading the way to your estimate of their characters, but the sins of others lag behind.
Things On High
Matthew 2:9After hearing what the king said, they went to Bethlehem, while, strange to say, the star they had seen in the east led them on until it came and stood over the place where the babe was.
Things Passing Away
1 John 2:17And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues for ever.
Things Revealed
Luke 2:26To him it had been revealed by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death until he had seen the Lord's Anointed One.
Things Shaking
Hebrews 12:27Here the words "Yet again, once for all" denote the removal of the things which can be shaken--created things--in order that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Things Stripped
Mark 14:47But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck a blow at the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear.
Things Stuck Together
Romans 12:9Let your love be perfectly sincere. Regard with horror what is evil; cling to what is right.
Things Under
1 Corinthians 15:27for He will have put all things in subjection under His feet. And when He shall have declared that "All things are in subjection," it will be with the manifest exception of Him who has reduced them all to subjection to Him.
Things Wearing Out
Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses that will never wear out, a treasure inexhaustible in Heaven, where no thief can come nor moth consume.
Things Which Cannot Save
Acts 4:12And in no other is the great salvation to be found; for, in fact, there is no second name under Heaven that has been given among men through which we are to be saved."
Three Other Things
1 Corinthians 13:13And so there remain Faith, Hope, Love--these three; and of these the greatest is Love.
Top Of Things
Matthew 4:5Then the Devil took Him to the Holy City and caused Him to stand on the roof of the Temple,
Touching Holy Things
Acts 2:4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in foreign languages according as the Spirit gave them words to utter.
Touching Unclean Things
Luke 7:14Then He went close and touched the bier, and the bearers halted. "Young man," He said, "I command you, wake!"
Trusting Deceptive Things
2 Thessalonians 2:11And for this reason God sends them a misleading influence that they may believe the lie;
Twelve Things
Matthew 14:20So all ate, and were fully satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they gathered up, filling twelve baskets.
Two Intangible Things
Matthew 22:40The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in these two Commandments."
Two Other Things
Matthew 10:10no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food.
Unable To Do Other Things
Matthew 18:25and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, and payment be made.
Unbearable Things
Acts 15:10Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?
Uncertain Things
2 Timothy 2:23But avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men, knowing--as you do--that these lead to quarrels;
Uncertain, Things That Are
John 16:32"Remember that the time is coming, nay, has already come, for you all to be dispersed each to his own home and to leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
Unclean Things
Matthew 23:27"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are just like whitewashed sepulchres, the outside of which pleases the eye, though inside they are full of dead men's bones and of all that is unclean.
Unfitting Things
Matthew 7:6"Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you.
Unimportant Things
Matthew 23:16"Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, "'Whoever swears by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.'
Unique Things
Revelation 18:18stood afar off, and cried aloud when they saw the smoke of her burning. And they said, 'What city is like this great city?'
Unknown Things
Ephesians 3:19yes, to attain to a knowledge of the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, so that you may be made complete in accordance with God's own standard of completeness.
Unrelated Things
2 Corinthians 6:14Do not come into close association with unbelievers, like oxen yoked with asses. For what is there in common between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what partnership has light with darkness?
Useful Things
2 Timothy 3:16Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction in right doing;
Useless Things
2 Timothy 2:14Bring all this to men's remembrances, solemnly charging them in the presence of God not to waste time in wrangling about mere words, a course which is altogether unprofitable and tends only to the ruin of the hearers.
Weights Of Other Things
Revelation 16:21And heavy hail, that seemed to be a talent in weight, fell from the sky upon the people; and they spoke evil of God on account of the plague of the hail--because the plague of it was exceedingly severe.
Where Are Things?
Matthew 15:33"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"
Why God Did Things
Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming upon the disobedient.
Why People Did Things
1 John 3:12We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous.
Worshipping Material Things
Romans 1:25For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator--He who is for ever blessed. Amen.