Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Breaking

From house to house

General references

Bible References

Daily

Acts 1:14
With one mind, all of them kept devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women (including Mary the mother of Jesus) and his brothers.
Acts 3:1
One afternoon, Peter and John were on their way to the Temple for the three o'clock prayer time.
Acts 5:42
Every day in the Temple and from house to house they kept teaching and proclaiming that Jesus is the Messiah.
Luke 24:53
They were continually in the Temple, blessing God.

Breaking

Acts 2:42
The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer.
Acts 20:7
On the first day of the week, when we had met to break bread, Paul began to address the people. Since he intended to leave the next day, he went on speaking until midnight.

From house to house

Acts 1:13
When they came into the city, these men went to the upstairs room where they had been staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
1 Corinthians 11:20
When you gather in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper.

Did

Acts 16:34
He brought Paul and Silas upstairs into his house and set food before them. He was thrilled, as was his household, to believe in God.
Deuteronomy 12:7
Then you and your household will eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with all the works of your hand with which he blessed you.
Deuteronomy 16:11
Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God with your son, daughter, male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi who is in your city, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow among you, at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.
Nehemiah 8:10
He also told them, "Go eat the best food, drink the best wine, and give something to those who have nothing, since this day is holy to our Lord. Don't be sorrowful, because the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go ahead and enjoy your meals as you eat. Drink your wine with a joyful attitude, because God already has approved your actions.
Luke 11:41
So give what is inside to the poor, and then everything will be clean for you.
1 Corinthians 10:30
If I eat with thankfulness, why should I be denounced because of what I am thankful for?

Singleness

Psalm 86:11
Teach me your ways, LORD, that I may walk in your truth; let me wholeheartedly revere your name.
Matthew 6:22
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Romans 12:8
If it is encouraging, devote yourself to encouraging others. If it is sharing, share generously. If it is leading, lead enthusiastically. If it is helping, help cheerfully.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace especially toward you.
2 Corinthians 11:3
However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pure devotion to the Messiah.
Ephesians 6:5
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear, trembling, and sincerity, as when you obey the Messiah.
Colossians 3:22
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched in order to please them, but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

General references

Luke 2:20
Then the shepherds returned to their flock, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.

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