Acts 24:25

Paul Before Felix And Drusilla

²⁴ After some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁵ Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied, “Leave for now, but when I find time I’ll call for you.” ²⁶ At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.

Filled with Fear

Go Your Way

Leave Me

Felix

Paul

Acts 10:42

He commanded us to preach to the people and to solemnly testify that He is the One appointed by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

Galatians 5:23

gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

2 Peter 1:6

knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness,

Acts 17:32

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.”

1 Samuel 12:7

Now present yourselves, so I may confront you before the Lord about all the righteous acts He has done for you and your ancestors.

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around subdued.

1 Kings 22:26-27

Then the king of Israel ordered, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I Myself have heard you—this is the Lord’s declaration—

Ezra 10:3

Let us therefore make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

Ezra 10:9

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

Job 29:14

I clothed myself in righteousness,
and it enveloped me;
my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

Psalm 11:7

For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see His face.

Psalm 45:7

You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy
more than your companions.

Psalm 50:3-4

Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.

Psalm 58:1-2

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam.Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?
Do you judge people fairly?

Psalm 72:2

He will judge Your people with righteousness
and Your afflicted ones with justice.

Psalm 82:1-4

A psalm of Asaph.God has taken His place in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods:

Psalm 99:1

The Lord reigns! Let the peoples tremble.
He is enthroned above the cherubim.
Let the earth quake.

Psalm 119:120

I tremble in awe of You;
I fear Your judgments.

Proverbs 1:24-32

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

Proverbs 6:4-5

Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.

Proverbs 16:12

Wicked behavior is detestable to kings,
since a throne is established through righteousness.

Proverbs 31:3-5

Don’t spend your energy on women
or your efforts on those who destroy kings.

Ecclesiastes 3:16-17

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

Ecclesiastes 10:16-17

Woe to you, land, when your king is a youth
and your princes feast in the morning.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

Isaiah 1:18

“Come, let us discuss this,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they will be as white as snow;
though they are as red as crimson,
they will be like wool.

Isaiah 1:21

The faithful city—
what an adulteress she has become!
She was once full of justice.
Righteousness once dwelt in her—
but now, murderers!

Isaiah 16:5

Then in the tent of David
a throne will be established by faithful love.
A judge who seeks what is right
and is quick to execute justice
will sit on the throne forever.

Isaiah 28:6-7

a spirit of justice
to the one who sits in judgment,
and strength
to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

Isaiah 32:11

Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare
and put sackcloth around your waists.

Isaiah 41:21

“Submit your case,” says the Lord.
“Present your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.

Isaiah 61:8

For I Yahweh love justice;
I hate robbery and injustice;
I will faithfully reward them
and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble, submissive in spirit,
and trembles at My word.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 22:15-17

Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.

Jeremiah 23:29

“Is not My word like fire”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and like a hammer that pulverizes rock?

Jeremiah 37:17-21

King Zedekiah later sent for him and received him, and in his house privately asked him, “Is there a word from the Lord?”

“There is,” Jeremiah responded, and he continued, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 38:14-28

King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the Lord’s temple. The king said to Jeremiah, “I am going to ask you something; don’t hide anything from me.”

Ezekiel 45:9

“This is what the Lord God says: You have gone too far, princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of My people.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

Daniel 5:1-4

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust
of the earth will awake,
some to eternal life,
and some to shame and eternal contempt.

Hosea 7:5

On the day of our king,
the princes are sick with the heat of wine—
there is a conspiracy with traitors.

Hosea 10:4

They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Hosea 10:12

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

Amos 5:24

But let justice flow like water,
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.

Amos 6:12

Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and I trembled within;
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.

Haggai 1:2

“The Lord of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”

Matthew 14:5-10

Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.

Matthew 22:5

“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.

Matthew 25:1-10

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.

Matthew 25:31-46

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.

Mark 6:18-24

John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

Luke 13:24-25

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

Luke 17:26-29

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:

John 16:8

When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:

Acts 2:37

When they heard this, they came under deep conviction and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: “Brothers, what must we do?”

Acts 9:6

“But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Acts 16:29-34

Then the jailer called for lights, rushed in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

Acts 17:2

As usual, Paul went to the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Acts 17:13

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.

Acts 24:15

And I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there is going to be a resurrection, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

Acts 24:26

At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.

Acts 26:28

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Are you going to persuade me to become a Christian so easily?”

Romans 2:16

on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:19-20

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

Romans 12:1

Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.

Romans 14:12

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

1 Corinthians 14:24-25

But if all are prophesying and some unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convicted by all and is judged by all.

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or worthless.

2 Corinthians 6:2

For He says:

I heard you in an acceptable time,
and I helped you in the day of salvation.

Look, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture has imprisoned everything under sin’s power, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,

2 Timothy 4:1

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of His appearing and His kingdom:

Titus 2:11-12

For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people,

Hebrews 3:7-8

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

Today, if you hear His voice,

Hebrews 3:13

But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it.

Hebrews 4:11-12

Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.

Hebrews 6:2

teaching about ritual washings, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—

Hebrews 12:21

The appearance was so terrifying that Moses said, I am terrified and trembling.)

James 2:19

You believe that God is one; you do well. The demons also believe—and they shudder.

James 4:13-14

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

1 Peter 3:15

but honor the Messiah as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

1 Peter 4:4-5

So they are surprised that you don’t plunge with them into the same flood of wild living—and they slander you.

1 John 3:7

Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.

1 John 3:10

This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.

Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.

Revelation 20:11-15

Then I saw a great white throne and One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.