Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
If
Maimed
General references
Bible References
If
Deuteronomy 13:6
If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your very best friend tries to secretly entice you, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods, gods neither you nor your fathers have known,
Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is better to lose a part of your body then to have your whole body destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom.
Matthew 18:8
If your hand or your foot is a cause of stumbling cut it off. Get rid of it. It is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to be destroyed by eternal fire.
Romans 8:13
for if you live according to flesh, you are about to die. If by the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I discipline my body, and bring it into subjection, so that after I have preached to others I will not be disqualified.
Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have impaled the flesh with its passions and lusts.
Colossians 3:5
Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (greed), which is idolatry.
Titus 2:12
instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present age (world) (period of time).
Hebrews 12:1
A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
1 Peter 2:1
Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.
Maimed
Matthew 15:30
Many people came to him. They brought those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many other people. They laid them down at his feet and he healed them.
Luke 14:13
When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
General references
Mark 9:45
If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life with only one foot, rather than having two feet to be cast into the ever-burning fires of Hinnom. (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction)