Luke 8:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

Heed

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Seemeth to have

General references

Mark 4:9

John 10:5

Bible References

Heed

Receive these words into your ears; for the Son of man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.

If any one hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Now when ye shall see the desolating abomination, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, set up where it ought not to be, (let him that readeth, attend) then let those in Judea flee to the mountains:

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast done well that thou art come. And now we are all here present before God, to hear all the things which God hath charged thee with to us.

These were more ingenuous than those at Thessalonica; for they received the word with all readiness of mind, searching the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

For this reason we ought the more earnestly to attend to what we have heard, least by any means we should be found deficient.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Therefore laying aside all malice, and all deceit, and hypocrisies,

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But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

And he called him, and said unto him, What is this I hear of thee? give up the accounts of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name have wrought many miracles? and I will then declare unto them,

For if I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not charity, I am but as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

Seemeth to have

For by the grace conferred on me I charge every one among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to think: but to think with sobriety, according as God hath divided to every man the measure of faith.

Let no one deceive himself: if any among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be truly wise.

And if any one be conceited of his knowledge, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

If any one seem to be a prophet, or acted by the Spirit, let him acknowlege that what I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other thinks he hath whereof to trust in the flesh, I more:

If any among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his heart, this man's devotion is vain.

General references

And He said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.