108 Bible Verses about Claims
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The earth and everything in it exists for the LORD the world and those who live in it. Indeed, he founded it upon the seas, he established it upon deep waters.
You see, heaven even the highest heavens belongs to the LORD, along with the earth and all that is in it,
Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine.
The nobles among the nations have joined the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted. A song: Lyrics by the Sons of Korah.
Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains you established them.
Look! Every living soul belongs to me the father's as well as the son's. So pay attention! The person who keeps on sinning is going to die."
This is not the way to repay the LORD, is it, you foolish and witless people? Is he not your father, who bought you, formed you, and established you?
I'll say to the north, "Give them up'! and to the south, "Don't keep them back!' Bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the ends of the earth everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.
You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves, because you were bought for a price. Therefore, glorify God with your bodies.
"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt from the house of slavery. You are to have no other gods as a substitute for me.
""I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt from the house of slavery. You are to have no other gods as a substitute for me.
because the Israelis are my servants. They're my servants, since I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God."
But now this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: "Do not be afraid, because I've redeemed you. I've called you by name; you are mine.
If we live, we live to honor the Lord; and if we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well.
Instead, be concerned about his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you as well.
"Consecrate to me every firstborn male. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelis, both of humans and of animals, belongs to me."
"Everything firstborn belongs to me: all the males of your herds, the firstborn of both cattle and sheep.
"No person is to consecrate the firstborn, because the firstborn of the animals already belongs to the LORD. Whether ox or goat, it belongs to the LORD.
because all the first-born belong to me. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated all the first-born in Israel for myself from human beings to livestock. They belong to me, since I am the LORD."
as well as the firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as recorded in the Law, along with the firstlings of our herds and our flocks, to present to the Temple of our God for the priests that minister in the Temple of our God.
"When you arrive in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance, take possession of it and settle in it. Gather all the first produce of the ground that you harvest from your land that the LORD your God is about to give you, place it in a basket, and bring it to the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.
We also cast lots to determine when to bring the first fruits of our land and the annual first fruits of all fruit of every tree to the Temple of the LORD,
"Any tithes of the land from grain grown on the land or from fruit grown on the trees belong to the LORD. They are sacred to the LORD.
"Will a person rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you ask, "How are we robbing you?' "By the tithe and the offering. You are cursed under the curse the entire nation because you are robbing me! "Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house. So put me to the test in this right now," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and see if I won't throw open the windows of heaven for you and pour out on you blessing without measure.
"Listen, Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You are to love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'
Obey my ordinances and keep my statutes by living by them. I am the LORD your God. Keep my statutes and my ordinances, which a person is to obey in order to live in them. I am the LORD.
Observe all my statutes and all my ordinances in order to practice them. I am the LORD."
"Keep my commands and observe them. I am the LORD.
I am the LORD your God. You are to follow my statutes, observe my ordinances, and keep them.
I am the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You are to be holy, because I am holy.
"Tell the entire assembly of Israel that they are to be holy, since I, the LORD your God, am holy.
Instead, be holy in every aspect of your life, just as the one who called you is holy. For it is written, "You must be holy, because I am holy."
"You are not to use my name to deceive, thereby defiling the name of your God. I am the LORD.
"You are not to defile my sacred name, because I've been set apart in the midst of the Israelis. Furthermore, I am the LORD, who sets you apart who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD."
"Each of you is to fear his mother and father. "Observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
"You are to keep my Sabbath and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
You are to make my Sabbaths holy, and you are to let them serve as a sign between you and me, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'"
"You are not to turn to their idols or cast gods out of melted metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
For in the recent past Theudas appeared, claiming that he was important, and about 400 men joined him. He was killed, and all his followers were dispersed and disappeared.
Now in that city there was a man named Simon. He was practicing occult arts and thrilling the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.
"I know what you've been doing, your toil, and your endurance. I also know that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles, but are not, and have found them to be false.
What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?
They claim to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified to do anything good.
If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.
The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.
Absalom would respond, "Look, your claims are valid and defensible, but nobody will listen to you on behalf of the king.
But the men from Israel answered the men from Judah: "We represent ten of the tribes of Israel! So we have more right to David than you do! Why haven't you taken us seriously? Weren't we the first to talk about bringing back our king?" But what the people of Judah had to say was harsher than what the people of Israel were saying.
Then Jesus approached them and told them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
"You are not to make worthless idols, images, or pillars for yourselves, nor set up for yourselves carved images to bow down to them in the land, because I am the LORD your God.
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be assembled in front of him, and he will cull them out, one from another, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats.
In reply to them, I said, "The God of Heaven will prosper us. That's why we're preparing to build. But as far as you're concerned, there exists no ancestral heritage, no legal right, nor any historic claim in Jerusalem.
I told you, "I am the LORD your God. You are not to fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you'll be living."' But you haven't obeyed what I said."
For they do not speak peace; they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.
I, the LORD, am the one, and I won't give my name and glory to another, nor my praise to idols.
But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."
"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!
"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I didn't come to destroy them, but to fulfill them,
For you have given him authority over all humanity so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.
"How blessed are you whenever people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because of the Son of Man!
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free, and to announce the year of the Lord's favor."read more.
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. While the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him, he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled, as you've heard it read aloud."
Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"
Now, if Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. If I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own followers drive them out? That is why they will be your judges! But if I drive out demons by the power of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all the passages of Scripture about himself.
Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.
So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom stand? If I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own followers drive them out? That is why they will be your judges! But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me.
Or can we say as some people slander us by claiming that we say "Let's do evil that good may result"? They deserve to be condemned!
They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."
"I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.
I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to the Messiah will never lose his reward."
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vintner.
The woman told him, "I know that the Anointed One is coming, who is being called "the Messiah'. When that person comes, he will explain everything." "I am he," Jesus replied, "the one who is speaking to you."
That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you'll die in your sins." Then they asked him, "Who are you?" Jesus told them, "What have I been telling you all along? I have much to say about you and to condemn you for. But the one who sent me is truthful, and what I've heard from him I declare to the world."read more.
They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father. So Jesus told them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own authority. Instead, I speak only what the Father has taught me. Moreover, the one who sent me is with me. He has never left me alone, because I always do what pleases him." While he was saying these things, many believed in him.
Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."
Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me because of what I've been doing.
They choose to speak against heaven; while they talk about things on earth.
"As for the prophet, the priest, or the people who say, "I have an oracle of the LORD,' I'll judge that person and his household.
From then on, Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, "If you release this fellow, you're not a friend of Caesar! Anyone who claims to be a king is defying Caesar!"
The Jewish leaders answered him, "We are not going to stone you for a good action, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!"
because many will come in my name and say, "I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.
The Jewish leaders answered Pilate, "We have a law, and according to that Law he must die because he made himself out to be the Son of God."
He said, "Be careful that you are not deceived, because many will come in my name and say, "I AM' and, "The time has come.' Don't follow them.
But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest told him, "I command you by the living God to tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God!" Jesus told him, "You have said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see "the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power' and "coming on the clouds of heaven.'"
But he kept silent and didn't answer at all. The high priest asked him again, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?" Jesus said, "I AM, and "you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and "coming with the clouds of heaven.'"
Then they all asked, "Are you, then, the Son of God?" He answered them, "You said it I AM."
He trusts in God. Let God rescue him, if he wants to do so now. After all, he said, "I am the Son of God.'"
The scribes and the Pharisees began to argue among themselves, saying, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
"Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?" Jesus asked him. "The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, "Show us the Father'?
Topics on Claims
Jesus Claims To Be The Christ
John 4:25-26The woman told him, "I know that the Anointed One is coming, who is being called "the Messiah'. When that person comes, he will explain everything."
Old Testament Claims Inspiration
Exodus 4:11-16Then God asked him, "Who gives a person a mouth? Who makes him unable to speak, or deaf, or able to see, or blind, or lame? Is it not I, the LORD?