Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

We

1 Thessalonians 2:11
just as you know how [we treated] each one of you, like a father his own children,
Romans 12:1
Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies [as] a living sacrifice, holy [and] pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service.
2 Corinthians 6:1
Now [because we] are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 10:1
Now I, Paul, appeal to you myself by the humility and gentleness of Christ, who {when I am present in person} [am] humble among you, but [when I] am absent am bold toward you--
Ephesians 4:1
Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:
Philemon 1:9
instead I appeal to [you] because of love, [since I] am such a one as Paul, now an old man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 13:22
Now I urge you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for indeed I have written to you {briefly}.

Ye have

1 Thessalonians 4:11
and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business}, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
Acts 20:27
for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the whole purpose of God.
1 Corinthians 11:23
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread,
1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed to you, which you have also received, in which you also stand,
Philippians 1:27
Only lead your lives in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent I hear {your circumstances}, that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Colossians 2:6
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, live in him,
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, we used to command this to you: that if anyone does not want to work, neither should he eat.

Ye ought

1 Thessalonians 2:12
exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

To please

Romans 8:8
and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.
Ephesians 5:17
Because of this do not become foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord [is].
Colossians 1:10
so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, {to please [him] in all respects}, bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God,
Hebrews 11:6
Now without faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him.
Hebrews 13:16
And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
1 John 3:22
and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do [what is] pleasing {in his sight}.

So ye

1 Thessalonians 4:10
for indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to progress even more,
Job 17:9
But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.
Psalm 92:14
They will still prosper in old age. They will be fat and luxuriant,
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.
John 15:2
Every branch that does not bear fruit in me, he removes it, and every [branch] that bears fruit, he prunes it in order that it may bear more fruit.
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.
Philippians 1:9
And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing
2 Peter 1:5
and [for] this same [reason], and [by] applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge,
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

General references

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years, and fathered sons and daughters.
Leviticus 22:31
"Thus you shall keep my commands, and you shall do them; I [am] Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 4:5
See, I now teach you rules and regulations [just] as Yahweh my God has commanded me, to observe [them] [just] so in the midst of the land where you [are] going, to take possession of it.
Deuteronomy 8:1
"All of the commandments that I [am] commanding you today you must diligently observe, so that you may live and multiply, and you may go and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors.
Deuteronomy 11:32
and you must diligently {observe} all the rules and the regulations that I [am] setting {before you} {today}."
Luke 1:75
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our exhortation [is] not from error or from impurity or with deceit,