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But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord. Verse ConceptsConsecration, Examples OfFollowing God

But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage. Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithFaithfulness, Examples OfLoyaltyReliabilitySpirit, Emotional Aspects OfFollowing GodServant Leadership

My brothers, however, who went up with me, made the heart of the people like water: but I was true to the Lord with all my heart. Verse ConceptsCowardiceFollowing GodLosing Courage

And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;


They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules; Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodPromises, HumanServants Of The LordThe Curse Of The LawLater Covenants With GodPeople Bound By OathsThe Law Given Through Moses

Then Moses took his place at the way into the tents, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi came together to him. Verse ConceptsChoicesGood Decision Making ExamplesRankChoosingAssembling LeadersStanding In The Gateway

And as for those from a strange country, who are joined to the Lord, to give worship to him and honour to his name, to be his servants, even everyone who keeps the Sabbath holy, and keeps his agreement with me: Verse ConceptsForeignersUnited With GodForeigners Included Among The PeopleStrangers in israelImmigrantsAliens

Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings. Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesBeing ConfidentSuccessMoving ForwardStrength Of PeopleNot Turning AsideBe Courageous!Be Strong!Keep The Commandments!Success Through GodCourageCourage And Strength



If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord. Verse ConceptsAbsolute TruthFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsStrawChaffMisleading DreamsUnrelated ThingsSpeaking As From God

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day. And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food. Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers. Verse ConceptsServants, GoodFidelityTreasuriesStores Of Food

And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith. Verse ConceptsFraudFidelityServants, GoodTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsMoney Managementaccounting

A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsAmbassadorsenvoyMessengerHealth And Healing

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsHarvestMessengerServants, GoodTrustworthinessCold, Literal UseEmployeesSummerSnowCold WeatherPeople RefreshedWeather In The Last Dayscrusades



And in them they put all the offerings and the tenths and the holy things, keeping nothing back, and over them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother second to him. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodTithes And Offering

And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music, Verse ConceptsFidelityInstrumentalists

He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered. Verse ConceptsBackbitingGossipSecrecyTrustworthinessSpreading StoriesDo Not TellConfidentialityConfidenceFriendship And TrustHurt And Betrayalsecretsgossiping

Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things. Verse ConceptsDeaconsBackbitingBeing A Women Of GodBeing A WomenRumoursTrustworthinessWomenRole Of Women In The Churchgossipingdignity

He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great. If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth? And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?


Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time? Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordWisdom, Human ImportanceEmployeesEntrustingWho Is The One?People Providing Foodmath

My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places; Verse ConceptsStrangersLoving Foreigners


A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared. Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfNorthGlory Of GodOut Of The Northweather


Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power. Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfMagnifying GodPraise, Reasons ForGlory Of GodPraise, Should Be Offered ByGod's ClothingBless The Lord!


If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD; Verse ConceptsGod, Glory Ofethics, personalGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedAweHis Name Is The LordGod Is To Be FearedKeep The Commandments!

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise. Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfPraiseGod, The EternalImmortality, In OtStandingGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedEternal PraiseProclaiming God’s NameBless The Lord!

Full of glory, O Lord, is the power of your right hand; by your right hand those who came against you are broken. Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfGod, The LordHandsRight Hand Of GodAbility, God's PowerPower Of God, DescribedGod's HandStrength Of GodEnemies Of Godcrushes

Then Moses and the children of Israel made this song to the Lord, and said, I will make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory: the horse and the horseman he has sent down into the sea. Verse ConceptsBackDeborahHorsesMoses, Life OfVictory, As An Act Of GodGlory Of GodThrowing PeopleThose Singing PraiseArt Of Celebratingdeliverance





For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants. Verse ConceptsBabylonAvenger of bloodInjustice, Hated By GodRevenge, And RetaliationSatan, Agents OfSexual Sin, Nature OfResponsibility For Blood ShedSlaves Of GodThey Committed ImmoralityThe Great ProstituteJudgmentsGay Marriage

But you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Give ear, now, O children of Israel; is my way not equal? are not your ways unequal? Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfSuffering, Of The InnocentApparent InjusticeIs God Unjust?

But still the children of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O children of Israel, are my ways not equal? are not your ways unequal? Verse ConceptsInfidelity To God

But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord. Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfBoasting, LegitimateDelight, God ExpressingGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Righteousness OfGod, Will OfHappinessHeart, DivineJustification, Necessity OfKindnessPleasureUnderstandingGod Doing RightDoing RightI Am The LordExerciseBoasting

For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness. Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod VindicatesFavorfairnessadvertising

And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus. Verse ConceptsAssurance, nature ofGod, Justice OfImputed RighteousnessRighteous By Faith




For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you. Verse ConceptsEthiopiaAfricaExchange Of NationsI Will Be Their Godliberation



But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you. Verse ConceptsPeople Of God, In OtBlessing And CurseCursing IsraelGod Turning Bad Things Into Goodcurses

And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you. Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsFruitfulness, NaturalAlcoholdrinkingBlessings, To AbrahamOilWineWombProsperity PromisedAlcohol ConsumptionIncreasing FruitGod Multipling PeopleChildren BlessedGod Will Bless

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me, And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.

See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory. Verse ConceptsReinstatementSuffering, Of BelieversBeing BitterGod Has ForgivenPits Symbolizing GriefHope In Hard TimesBitternesscorruption


But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour; read more.
So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.


I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them. Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessCordsRopesYokesDivine AttractionGod Going DownGod Feeds All The EarthGod Freeing CaptivesGod Has GuidedLike MenLove





As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit, With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time, And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.



Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit. But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.


But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.


But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfCondemnation, Examples OfAgreeing For Evilevil, believers' responses toOffences Against The Holy SpiritTestingThe Holy Spirit, Being AgainstOfferings, Old Testamnent Kinds OfNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritResisting Holy SpiritCarrying Dead BodiesTesting GodFeet In ActionPeople Not Far Awayfootprints






And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages; They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.


Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation. Verse ConceptsRobesPower Of Christ, ShownMessianic PropheciesSpirit Of ChristDyeingWho Is This?Righteousness Of Christ


And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days. The Jews said, The building of this Temple took forty-six years; and you will put it up in three days! But his words were about that holy building which was his body.


Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life. For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders? Verse ConceptsAmazingConfusionPower Of Christ, ShownAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesChrist's DominionMarvellingWhat Manner?The Sea StilledweatherGod Controls Storms

And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases. Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfPower, God's SavingVillagesPower Of Christ, ShownThe Power Of GodChrist TeachingJesus HealingPharisees Concerned About ChristAtmosphereThe power of Christ


But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house. Verse ConceptsSon Of ManPower Of Christ, ShownJesus As Son Of ManChrist's Authority Over SinBedsGet Up!Forgiveness



And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching, for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.








For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you. Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchGod, Power OfPower, HumanStrength, DivineWeakness, PhysicalPower Of God, ShownComparisonsGod's WeaknessLife With ChristChrist Was KilledChrist's LifeGod Showed His PowerSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionThe CrossWeaknessexamscrucifixion


He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out. Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfGod, Wisdom OfCreation Of The Physical HeavensPower, Of GodPower Of God, ShownGod's Creation


But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth. Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfMotives, Importance OfPower Of God, ShownPredestination, Of PersonsProclaiming God’s NameGod Showed His PowerWhy God Did ThingsPurposeLife Purpose




But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power. Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfMotives, Importance OfPower Of God, ShownGod Showed His Power



And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you: Verse ConceptsPower Of Holy Spirit, Shown InEnticersPower Through The SpiritThe Power Of The GospelEnticingWise Men In The ChurchLanguageThe power of ChristThe Power Of WordsSpeechpreaching




But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death. Verse ConceptsBodyGospel, Confirmation OfOrigins Of Spiritual LifeMortalityPaul, Teaching OfSpiritualityWaitingIndwelling Of The Holy SpiritPower Of Holy Spirit, Shown InActive LifestylesProvision For The BodyGod Raising ChristChrist Would RiseOur ResurrectionUniversalismThe power of ChristRosesrevival

Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely. For this cause be a prophet to them, and say, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am opening the resting-places of your dead, and I will make you come up out of your resting-places, O my people; and I will take you into the land of Israel. And you will be certain that I am the Lord by my opening the resting-places of your dead and making you come up out of your resting-places, O my people. read more.
And I will put my spirit in you, so that you may come to life, and I will give you a rest in your land: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it and have done it, says the Lord.

This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies. Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.


By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ; Verse ConceptsApostles, IdentficationGod, Power OfMiraculous SignsMinisters, Way They Should TeachPower Of Holy Spirit, Shown InPower Through The SpiritSigns And Wonders Of The GospelThe power of Christ




Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day. Verse ConceptsHypocrisy, Description OfNosesPrejudicePride, Examples OfSmokeHypocrites, Description OfFire Of EvilAll DayHolier Than ThouChanging YourselfsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer. Verse ConceptsExtortion, Examples OfAttitudes, in prayerHypocrisy, Description OfPrejudiceStandingStatusTax CollectorsHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionEvildoersNot Like PeopleAvoid AdulteryWe Thank GodConfession of sin

And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods. Verse ConceptsRiches, Nature OfPlans Of MenPresumptuous PlansDestruction Of HousesStoring Treasure On EarthFuture Plans


When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him. Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtProphecy, Inspiration Of OtUnfulfilled WordDo Not Fear MenThe scripturesProphecyProphecies concerningDivinity


And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them, When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming, And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat. read more.
But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there. For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all, Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,


But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing; Verse ConceptsDeafnessWilful IgnoranceRebellion Against God, Shown InSpiritual DeafnessShouldersSelf WillRefusing To HearObstinate Individuals

But they would not be controlled by me, and did not give ear to me; they did not put away the disgusting things to which their eyes were turned, or give up the images of Egypt: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelSin, And God's CharacterRebellion Against God, Shown InSending Things AwayEvil EyesIdol WorshipRebellion against God

And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and take the land which I have given you; you went against the orders of the Lord your God, and had no faith in him, and would not give ear to his voice. Verse ConceptsTrust, Lack OfRebellion Against God, Shown InUnbelief, Examples OfDoubting God

Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them. Verse ConceptsBeing A LightCharacter Of WickedRebellion Against God, Shown InPaths Of The WickedPurgatory

If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin. Verse ConceptsExcusesethics, basis ofResponsibility, To GodMisused PrivilegesThe Fact Of His Coming

See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you. Verse ConceptsPrejudiceScoffingDespisersScoffersDoubting GodWhat God Doesaccomplishmentmockers

They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word; Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.

And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and take the land which I have given you; you went against the orders of the Lord your God, and had no faith in him, and would not give ear to his voice. Verse ConceptsTrust, Lack OfRebellion Against God, Shown InUnbelief, Examples OfDoubting God

For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king. Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordPride, Evil OfRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfSin, Nature OfArrogance, Punishment OfSelf WillGod Abandoning IndividualsConsequences Of Forsaking GodArrogantly Like GodIdolatryNature Of IdolatryDeposingFinal RevoltRebellion against GodSorcerycancermagicdisobediencearrogancerebellionwitches

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them. Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of RejectionGovernmentKnowing God, Effects OfRejection Of GodTheocracyRebellion Against God, Shown InPay Attention To People!RejectionListening To God

Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock? Verse ConceptsImpatienceAbuse, Of Spiritual ThingsAnger, Sinful ExamplesAssembling Israel

And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord! Verse ConceptsRebellion Against God, Shown InDisputesCynicismDesire For DeathDeath

Come back to him who has been so deeply sinned against by the children of Israel. Verse ConceptsRebellion Against God, Shown InReturning To GodHurt And Betrayal

Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble. Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRebellion Against God, Shown InOther References To The HeartPersistence

Even now they are turned away from the rule I gave them, and have made themselves a metal ox and given worship to it and offerings, saying, This is your god, O Israel, who took you up out of the land of Egypt. And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.

But he went against his authority in sending representatives to Egypt to get from them horses and a great army. Will he do well? will he be safe who does such things? if the agreement is broken will he be safe? Verse ConceptsenvoyLargenessRebellion Against God, Shown InNo EscapeAcquiring HorsesLarge Armies

But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry. Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofdisrespectChallengesIngratitudeMartyrdom, Examples OfMartyrdom, Reasons ForUnfaithfulness, To GodCharacter Of WickedRebellion Against God, Nature OfRebellion Against God, Shown InKilling ProphetsBreaking God's Law

Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High: Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceRebellion, Of IsraelRebellion Against God, Shown InGod's CounselRebellion against God

We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit. Verse ConceptsTreacheryRebellion Against God, Shown InDenying GodRebellion against GodLying And Deceit

Whoever goes against your orders, and does not give attention to all your words, will be put to death: only take heart and be strong. Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRebellion Against God, Shown InBraveryStrength Of PeopleBe Courageous!Be Strong!Courage


We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws: Verse ConceptsRebellion Against God, Shown InWe Have SinnedBreaking God's Law



For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants. Verse ConceptsBabylonAvenger of bloodInjustice, Hated By GodRevenge, And RetaliationSatan, Agents OfSexual Sin, Nature OfResponsibility For Blood ShedSlaves Of GodThey Committed ImmoralityThe Great ProstituteJudgmentsGay Marriage

And a voice came from the altar, saying, Even so, O Lord God, Ruler of all, true and full of righteousness is your judging. Verse ConceptsTruthLordship, Human And DivineAltars, In HeavenThe Almighty


In the middle of the night I will get up to give you praise, because of all your right decisions. Verse ConceptsHourNightAll Night PrayersGod's Word Is RighteousWe Thank GodThank YouThankfulness To OthersGrateful HeartGiving ThanksThanks

I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions. Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfPraise, Should Be Offered ByGod's Word Is RighteousWe Thank God

And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today? Verse ConceptsBodyGod, Righteousness OfMind, Of GodUnique IsraelExcellent LawGod's Word Is RighteousDecision Makinglawstatues

Let my tongue make songs in praise of your word; for all your teachings are righteousness. Verse ConceptsTongueWitnessing, Approaches ToBible, In Christian LivingGod's Word Is Righteous

You have given your unchanging word in righteousness, and it is for ever. Verse ConceptsGod's Word Is RighteousGod's Trustworthiness

The righteousness of your unchanging word is eternal; give me wisdom so that I may have life. Verse Conceptsethics, and graceGod Giving UnderstandingGod's Word Is Righteous

Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment; And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.


Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel. Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfVoicesStanding In The Gateway

Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers. Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod, Righteousness OfStillnessGod Doing RightDoing Right

Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Righteousness OfPunishment, By GodThe Nature Of The JudgementThe Fact Of His Comingfairness


My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness. Verse ConceptsEyes HarmedGod's Word Is Righteous



Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfSelfishness, Shown InPleasing MenAdaptability

For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ. Verse ConceptsSelfishness, Shown InSelf WorthLoving EveryonePetsseekingimprovementchrist



And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom. Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofLove, Abuse OfSelfishness, Shown InUnwise PrayersTwo SonsRight DesiresMothers And SonsUnconditional Love

If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands. Verse ConceptsSelfishness, Shown InShutting DoorsBurning SacrificesUseless ReligionAltarsNot Pleasing GodNot Receiving

Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysProfitsWisdom, Human ImportanceInadequate ShepherdingCovetousness, Example OfSelfishness, Shown InSelfishness, Examples OfBeing Without UnderstandingGreed



Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceLove, Abuse OfMoney, Uses OfPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSpiritual MalnutritionReward, HumanUnfaithful MinistersSelfishness, Shown InCorrupt PriestsMisteachingWicked ProphetsGod Is Among YouBelief In GodGod SupportingDivinityRewards Of RitualFinancesMaking Decisionsprophetspriests

But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing; Verse ConceptsDeafnessWilful IgnoranceRebellion Against God, Shown InSpiritual DeafnessShouldersSelf WillRefusing To HearObstinate Individuals

But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us, Verse ConceptsTheocracySelf Will

As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessSelf Will

They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law; Verse ConceptsContemptDisobedience, To GodProvokingSelf WillBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's Law

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAngerAggressionAnger Of God, DescriptionListeningRestraintSin, And God's CharacterLoving Kindness Of GodSelf WillGod Not ForsakingMaking SlavesA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers? Did not the Lord? he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching. Verse ConceptsSelf Will

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessPathways Of SinSelf WillBackwardsThe Hearts Incination To EvilimaginationattentionFalling Away From God

They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceFalse ProphetsSelf WillNo Peaceimagination

O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back. Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing

If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment: Verse ConceptsImmaturityAcceptance, Of InstructionSelf WillChildren, UngratefulObstinate IndividualsMothers Love For Her ChildrenDeath Of A ChildMothers And SonsDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A FatherParents LoveDiscipline Childdisobediencerebellionteenagerparenthood

And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths. Verse ConceptsAdmonition, RecievingSelf WillThose Against TruthAgainst The Truth

And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodGenerationsAttitudes Of StubbornnessLoyaltyRebellion, Of IsraelSelf WillNot Like PeopleBeing Differentrebellionfatherhoodapostasy

For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death? Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelNecksSelf WillObstinate IndividualsKnowing FactsRebellion against Godrebellion

If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment: Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against Human AuthorityStiffnecked People

For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king. Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordPride, Evil OfRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfSin, Nature OfArrogance, Punishment OfSelf WillGod Abandoning IndividualsConsequences Of Forsaking GodArrogantly Like GodIdolatryNature Of IdolatryDeposingFinal RevoltRebellion against GodSorcerycancermagicdisobediencearrogancerebellionwitches

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessPathways Of SinSelf WillBackwardsThe Hearts Incination To EvilimaginationattentionFalling Away From God

But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders, Verse ConceptsForgetting GodNecksPride, Results OfSelf JustificationStubbornnessUnbelief, As Response To GodSelf WillProud PeopleBreaking God's Law


Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand; Verse ConceptsThe Call Of GodSelf WillStretching OutRejectionListening To Godconsequencesanswersattention

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it. Verse ConceptsGospel, Requirements OfGuidance, Need For God'sGod's WaysRest, SpiritualRestlessnessRejection Of God's CallObstinacy Against GodPaths Of RighteousnessOld ThingsLearning The Right WayGod Giving RestHighwaysPaths

They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law; Verse ConceptsContemptDisobedience, To GodProvokingSelf WillBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's Law

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAngerAggressionAnger Of God, DescriptionListeningRestraintSin, And God's CharacterLoving Kindness Of GodSelf WillGod Not ForsakingMaking SlavesA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers? Did not the Lord? he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching. Verse ConceptsSelf Will

O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back. Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing

If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment: Verse ConceptsImmaturityAcceptance, Of InstructionSelf WillChildren, UngratefulObstinate IndividualsMothers Love For Her ChildrenDeath Of A ChildMothers And SonsDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A FatherParents LoveDiscipline Childdisobediencerebellionteenagerparenthood

And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths. Verse ConceptsAdmonition, RecievingSelf WillThose Against TruthAgainst The Truth

But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing; Verse ConceptsDeafnessWilful IgnoranceRebellion Against God, Shown InSpiritual DeafnessShouldersSelf WillRefusing To HearObstinate Individuals

But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us, Verse ConceptsTheocracySelf Will

As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessSelf Will

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessPathways Of SinSelf WillBackwardsThe Hearts Incination To EvilimaginationattentionFalling Away From God

They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceFalse ProphetsSelf WillNo Peaceimagination

And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God. Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodGenerationsAttitudes Of StubbornnessLoyaltyRebellion, Of IsraelSelf WillNot Like PeopleBeing Differentrebellionfatherhoodapostasy

For I have knowledge of your hard and uncontrolled hearts: even now, while I am still living, you will not be ruled by the Lord; how much less after my death? Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelNecksSelf WillObstinate IndividualsKnowing FactsRebellion against Godrebellion

If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment: Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel. Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against Human AuthorityStiffnecked People

Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand; Verse ConceptsThe Call Of GodSelf WillStretching OutRejectionListening To Godconsequencesanswersattention

But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders, Verse ConceptsForgetting GodNecksPride, Results OfSelf JustificationStubbornnessUnbelief, As Response To GodSelf WillProud PeopleBreaking God's Law

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward. Verse ConceptsStubbornnessPathways Of SinSelf WillBackwardsThe Hearts Incination To EvilimaginationattentionFalling Away From God


Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food. Verse ConceptsElisha, Prophecies OfArmsUnbelief, As Response To GodUnbelief, Shown ByUnbelief, Examples OfSkepticismWindows Of HeavenImpossible For GodOther SupportingLooking At God's WorksQuestioning Godtomorrowroyalty

They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land? See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?


So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled? Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfUnbelief, Shown ByChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyArm Of GodBelieving ProphetsScriptures FulfilledNamed Prophets Of The LordUnconditional Lovebelieffulfillment




For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders. Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToUnbelieversUnbelief, As Response To GodUnbelief, Shown ByDoubting God



The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me? Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfAbortionBaby dedicationArtificial InseminationEarth, Creation OfGod, The CreatorUniverseGod HimselfmyselfOccult Being Powerless Before God

I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me: So that they may see from the east and from the west that there is no God but me: I am the Lord, and there is no other. I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things. read more.
Let righteousness come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the sky send it down like rain: let the earth be open to give the fruit of salvation, causing righteousness to come up with it; I the Lord have made it come about.



Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears. Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfMonotheismOne GodNo One Is Like GodNo Other Is God


Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only? Verse ConceptsFaultsComplaintsClaimsUniquenessPeople's Inability To SaveBlasphemyWho Can Forgive Sins?Why Does Jesus Do This?Unable To SaveFinding Fault With Jesus

Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy. Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, DescriptionMind, Of GodSin, Deliverance From GodSin, Nature OfUnforgivenessPenitenceWho Is Like God?A Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story. Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did? Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes? read more.
All this he let you see, so that you might be certain that the Lord is God and there is no other.

See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand. Verse ConceptsAfterlifedoctorsMonotheismOne GodSuicidePower Of God, DescribedGod Giving LifeGod KillingWoundsNo Other Is GodGod HealsGod KillsNo One Can SaveDeathHealing And ComfortLife After DeathLoss Of A Loved Onemyself

Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other. Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have salvation, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me; Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure; Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.





The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place. Verse ConceptsAstronomyGod, The CreatorUnderstandingGod, WiseGod Has UnderstandingTrinityThe EarthGod's Creation

He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out. Verse ConceptsEarth, Creation OfGod, Wisdom OfCreation Of The Physical HeavensPower, Of GodPower Of God, ShownGod's Creation



Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;


And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works. Verse ConceptsOutward AppearanceSearchingJesus Christ, Omniscience OfGod KillingMan's ThoughtsGod Searching HeartsGod And The HeartGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod Will RequiteRepaid For DeedsBemaGod Knowing the Human HeartDeath Of A ChildPatience In Relationships

You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away. Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfImagination, Inward DesiresMan's ThoughtsGod Far AwayRisingThoughts


This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts. Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfGod, All knowingAgricultureguidanceWisdom And GuidanceGuidance And StrengthExcellence

Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings: Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness Ofdiscipline, divineReward, DivineGod, All knowingGod Seeing All PeopleGod's CounselMighty OneRepaid For Deeds


See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them. Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingFutureForeknowledgeGod's Foreknowledgea new beginningThe Pastspringtime

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