Thematic Bible: Exhortations
Thematic Bible
Exhortations » Special » To hearken to admonition
Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple!
And now, Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers giveth you.
and he said, Be attentive, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat! Thus saith Jehovah unto you: Fear not, nor be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from God, and wrong from the Almighty!
Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all of you, and understand:
Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?
Exhortations » Special » To avoid various forms of evil
O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,
But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those who create divisions and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learnt, and turn away from them.
Verse Concepts
But foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and contentions about the law, shun; for they are unprofitable and vain.
avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,
But foolish and senseless questionings avoid, knowing that they beget contentions.
Exhortations » Special » To redeem the time
And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
So teach us to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any:
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Exhortations » Special » To hold fast the good
Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, (for he is faithful who has promised;)
Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession.
but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are we, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.
but prove all things, hold fast the right;
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and keep it and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I shall come upon thee.
Exhortations » Special » To choose between God and evil
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
And Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, He that is for Jehovah, let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered to him.
I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you: life and death have I set before you, blessing and cursing: choose then life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed,
Related Topics
- Agreement
- Avoid Quarrels
- Avoiding Evil
- Babblers
- Career Success
- Choices
- Choosing
- Choosing God's Way
- Days
- Doubt, Dealing With
- Faithful, Choose To Remain
- Faithfulness, To God
- Fake Friends
- False Doctrines, Christian Attitude Of
- Folly, Effects Of
- Foolish Questions