Matthew 25:16

The Parable Of The Talents

¹⁵ And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his own ability; and immediately took his journey. ¹⁶  Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made five other talents. ¹⁷ And likewise he that had received two, he also gained another two.

The Twelve

2 Samuel 7:1-3

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest all around from all his enemies;

1 Chronicles 13:1-3

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

1 Chronicles 22:1-19

Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:2-17

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

2 Chronicles 1:9-10

Now, O LORD God, let your promise unto David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

2 Chronicles 15:8-15

And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim, and repaired the altar of the LORD, that was before the vestibule of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 17:3-9

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

2 Chronicles 19:4-10

And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 31:20-21

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and did that which was good and right and true before the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 33:15-16

And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

2 Chronicles 34:1-33

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

Nehemiah 5:14-19

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the food allowance of the governor.

Isaiah 23:18

And her merchandise and her hire shall be dedicated to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing.

Isaiah 49:23

And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Isaiah 60:5-16

Then you shall see, and flow together, and your heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto you, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto you.

Acts 13:36

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption:

Romans 15:18-19

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not worked by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

1 Corinthians 9:16-23

For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Timothy 6:17-18

Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

2 Timothy 2:6

The farmer that labors must be first partaker of the fruits.

2 Timothy 4:5-8

But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry.

3 John 1:5-8

Beloved, you do faithfully whatsoever you do for the brethren, and for strangers;