Thematic Bible: Should be
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
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For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
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I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
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For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts of it. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God:
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the first-born of thy sons shalt thou give to me.
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Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thy increase:
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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So likewise, whoever he is of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
And Jesus said to him, No man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
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That he would grant to us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
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Children » Should be » Judiciously trained
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yes, he shall give delight to thy soul.
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Children » Should be » Instructed in the ways of God
Convene the people, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: And that their children who have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Children » Should be » Brought early to the house of God
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
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Children » Should be » Brought to Christ
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God, as a little child, he shall not enter it. read more.
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Enemies » Should be » Assisted
If thy enemy shall hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he shall thirst, give him water to drink:
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Therefore if thy enemy hungereth, feed him; if he thirsteth, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
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Enemies » Should be » Overcome by kindness
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thy eyes this day: behold I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
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Enemies » Should be » Loved
But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you, and persecute you;
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Enemies » Should be » Prayed for
And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Godly Fear » Should be » Constantly maintained
Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
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And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thy oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
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That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
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Godly Fear » Should be » Exhibited in our callings
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
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Godly Fear » Should be » Exhibited in giving a reason for our hope
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.
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Godly Fear » Should be » Taught to others
Come, ye children, hearken to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
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Godly Fear » Should be » Prayed for
Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
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The Heart » Should be » Single
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
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Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
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The Heart » Should be » Applied unto wisdom
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
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So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;
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The Heart » Should be » Guided in the right way
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
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The Heart » Should be » Given to God
My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.
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The Heart » Should be » Tender
And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
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The Heart » Should be » Kept with diligence
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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The Heart » Should be » Prepared unto God
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods, and Ashtaroth, from among you, and prepare your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.
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The Heart » Should be » Perfect with God
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
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The Heart » Should be » Purified
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
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Kings » Should be » Reverenced
And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
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David also rose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
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Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
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Kings » Should be » Obeyed
Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but from God: the powers that are, are ordained by God.
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Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
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Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
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Kings » Should be » Honored
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
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Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
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Kings » Should be » Prayed for
I exhort therefore, that first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Kings » Should be » Feared
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
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Love to Christ » Should be » Ardent
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick with love.
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Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
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Love to Christ » Should be » Even unto death
Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep, and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.
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Love to Christ » Should be » With the soul
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
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Love to Christ » Should be » Unquenchable
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
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Love to Christ » Should be » Sincere
Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
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Love to Christ » Should be » Supreme
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.
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Love to Christ » Should be » In proportion to our mercies
Wherefore I say to thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
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God's Mercy » Should be » Magnified
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
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O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
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O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. read more.
Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for others
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
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The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
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To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
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God's Mercy » Should be » Pleaded in prayer
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
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Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
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Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: Oh save me for thy mercies sake.
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God's Mercy » Should be » Rejoiced in
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
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God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for ourselves
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are agitated.
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Ministers » Should be » Ensamples to the flock
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them who walk so as ye have us for an example.
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Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves a pattern to you to follow us.
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Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in deportment, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
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Ministers » Should be » Affectionate to their people
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear to us.
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Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
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As ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
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Ministers » Should be » Disinterested
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
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Nor from men sought we glory, neither from you, nor yet from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
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Ministers » Should be » Holy
They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
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And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
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But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
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Ministers » Should be » Gentle
And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient,
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But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
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Ministers » Should be » Patient
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
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And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient,
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Ministers » Should be » Devoted
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
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According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Ministers » Should be » Prayerful
For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
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Ministers » Should be » Studious and meditative
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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Ministers » Should be » Strict in ruling their own families
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their own houses well.
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Ministers » Should be » Apt to teach
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient,
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Ministers » Should be » Pure
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
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Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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Ministers » Should be » Sober, just, and temperate
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
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But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
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Ministers » Should be » Blameless
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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Ministers » Should be » Hospitable
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
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Ministers » Should be » Willing
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but from a ready mind;
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Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
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Ministers » Should be » Self-denying
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest by any means when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
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Ministers » Should be » Impartial
I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
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Ministers » Should be » Strong in grace
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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Ministers » Should be » Watchful
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
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Ministers » Should be » Humble
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
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Obedience to God » Should be » From the heart
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin; but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
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Obedience to God » Should be » With willingness
If ye are willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
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As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
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Obedience to God » Should be » Undeviating
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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Obedience to God » Should be » Constant
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
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Obedience to God » Should be » Unreserved
And said to them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: Ye have not left your brethren these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
God, Power of » Should be » Acknowledged
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and on the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
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Ye that are far off, hear what I have done; and ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
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God, Power of » Should be » Feared
And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
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Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though its waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
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God, Power of » Should be » Pleaded in prayer
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
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God, Power of » Should be » Magnified
To God the only wise, our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
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Be thou exalted, LORD, in thy own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
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The scriptures » Should be » Read publicly to all
And he read therein before the street that was before the water-gate from the morning until mid-day, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
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Therefore go thou and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the day of fasting: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
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And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men, brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.
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When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Convene the people, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: And that their children who have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
The scriptures » Should be » Taught to children
And thou shalt teach them diligently to thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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And ye shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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And that from a child thou hast known the sacred scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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The scriptures » Should be » Used against our spiritual enemies
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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Then saith Jesus to him, Be gone, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
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Jesus said to him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
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The scriptures » Should be » Not only heard, but obeyed
But he said, Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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Therefore whoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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The scriptures » Should be » Taught to all
Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
The scriptures » Should be » Laid up in the heart
And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart:
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Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
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The scriptures » Should be » Appealed to
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
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Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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The scriptures » Should be » Read
And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
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Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
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The scriptures » Should be » Received, not as the word of men, but as the word of God
For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
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The scriptures » Should be » Searched
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
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They answered and said to him, Art thou also from Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
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The scriptures » Should be » Not handled deceitfully
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty; not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
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The scriptures » Should be » Talked of continually
And thou shalt teach them diligently to thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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The scriptures » Should be » Known
And that from a child thou hast known the sacred scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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The scriptures » Should be » The standard of teaching
If any man speaketh let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man ministereth let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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The scriptures » Should be » Received with meekness
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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The scriptures » Should be » Searched daily
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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The scriptures » Should be » Believed
When therefore he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them: and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.
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Seeking God » Should be » With the heart
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
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But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
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Seeking God » Should be » With diligence
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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Seeking God » Should be » While he may be found
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
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Seeking God » Should be » Immediate
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he shall come and reign righteousness upon you.
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Seeking God » Should be » Evermore
Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
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Seeking God » Should be » In the day of trouble
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
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Sin » Should be » Hated
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
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Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
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Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
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Sin » Should be » Departed from
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
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Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
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Sin » Should be » Mortified
For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
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Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; lewdness, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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Sin » Should be » Mourned over
For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
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Sin » Should be » Confessed
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but he who confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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He looketh upon men, and if any shall say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
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Sin » Should be » Guarded against
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
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To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
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Sin » Should be » Avoided even in appearance
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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Sin » Should be » Striven against
Ye have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.
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Sin » Should be » Abhorred
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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Sin » Should be » Wholly destroyed
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
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Sin » Should be » Put away
If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
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national Sins » Should be » Confessed
And shalt return to the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
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And the children of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
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If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary to me;
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Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent and make supplication to thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; And so return to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who led them away captive, and pray to thee towards their land, which thou gavest to their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
national Sins » Should be » Turned from
Wash ye, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
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O Israel, return to the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thy iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
national Sins » Should be » Repented of
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
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If that nation against which I have pronounced, shall turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
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national Sins » Should be » Mourned over
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
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Waiting upon God » Should be » Specially in adversity
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
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To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. For lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. read more.
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go about the city. Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defense.
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go about the city. Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defense.
Waiting upon God » Should be » With patience
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
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Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With the soul
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
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To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With resignation
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » In the way of his judgments
Yes, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With hope in his word
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With earnest desire
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » Continually
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » All day
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With full confidence
Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With sobriety
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch to prayer.
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Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With prayer
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching for this purpose with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With steadfastness in the faith
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, acquit yourselves like men, be strong.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With thanksgiving
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
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Watchfulness » Should be » At all times
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
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Watchfulness » Should be » In all things
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With heedfulness
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
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Widow's » Should be » Allowed to share in our blessings
And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
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And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
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When thou cuttest down thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands. When thou beatest thy olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Widow's » Should be » Relieved by their friends
But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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If any man or woman that believeth hath widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
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Widow's » Should be » Relieved by the church
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
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Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.
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Widow's » Should be » Honored, if widows indeed
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
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Widow's » Should be » Pleaded for
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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Widow's » Should be » Visited in affliction
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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