Thematic Bible: Affections

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ. Verse Concepts

They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them. Verse Concepts

For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts, Verse Concepts

And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not. Verse Concepts

For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; Verse Concepts

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication. Verse Concepts

But I have this against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. Verse Concepts

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Verse Concepts

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof . Verse Concepts

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected. Verse Concepts

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; Verse Concepts

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God; Verse Concepts

As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight. Verse Concepts

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another; Verse Concepts

Therefore we have been comforted: And in our comfort we joyed the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all. For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth. And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. read more.
I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.

even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us. Verse Concepts

Then believed they his words; They sang his praise. They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold. Verse Concepts

Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? for I bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me. Verse Concepts

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love. Verse Concepts

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. Verse Concepts

One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple. Verse Concepts

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, Verse Concepts

Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth. Verse Concepts

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times. Verse Concepts

Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. Verse Concepts

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Verse Concepts

My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly. Verse Concepts

without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: Verse Concepts

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good, Verse Concepts

but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities: Verse Concepts

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me. Verse Concepts

My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words. Verse Concepts

But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you. Verse Concepts

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. Verse Concepts

Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. Verse Concepts

With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments. Verse Concepts

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Verse Concepts

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Verse Concepts

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Verse Concepts

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. Verse Concepts

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Verse Concepts

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; Verse Concepts

And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. Verse Concepts

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. Verse Concepts

And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures? Verse Concepts