91 Bible Verses about Saints
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To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
and that he will set you in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that he has made, and that you shall be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he promised."
But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.
To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.
"And now arise, O LORD God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.
Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.
Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.
"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.
Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.
And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you. All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household.
the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.
and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain.Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?
Now concerningthe collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints, for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.
when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
His power shall be great--but not by his own power; and he shall cause fearful destruction and shall succeed in what he does, and destroy mighty men and the people who are the saints.
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem.
And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!"
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
but the LORDtakes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
For the LORDtakes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.
For the LORDloves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
O you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.'
Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands, to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples, to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron,read more.
to execute on them the judgment written! This is honor for all his godly ones. Praise the LORD!
until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
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Cave » Used as a dwelling » Saints
of whom the world was not worthy--wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Cities » Illustrative of » Saints
Communion with God » Saints » Have, in prayer
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Communion with God » Saints » Desires
I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
Communion with God » Saints » Should always enjoy
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Communion with God » Saints » Have, in the lord's supper
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
Communion with God » Saints » Have, in meditation
My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » Saints
that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
Contempt » The wicked exhibit towards » Saints
Deceit » Saints » Free from
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid."
Deceit » Saints » Should beware of those who teach
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
Deceit » Saints » Pray for deliverance from those who use
Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!
Deceit » Saints » Should lay aside, in seeking truth
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
Deceit » Saints » Delivered from those who use
From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight.
Deceit » Saints » Shun those addicted to
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
Deceit » Saints » Purposed against
Deceit » Saints » Avoid
Deceit » Saints » Purpose against
Decision » Instances of » Saints
It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,
false Doctrines » Should be avoided by » Saints
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
Glorifying God » Saints » Should resolve to
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you.
I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Glorifying God » Saints » Unite in
that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Glorifying God » Saints » Persevere in
I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.
Grace » Saints » Abound in gifts of
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
Grace » Saints » Are what they are by
For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
Grace » Saints » Should speak with
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Grace » Saints » Should be strong in
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
Grace » Saints » Should grow in
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Grace » Saints » Should be established in
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
Grace » Saints » Are under
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
Grace » Saints » Are heirs of
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Grace » Saints » Receive, from Christ
Holiness » Saints » Shall be presented to God in
he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Holiness » Saints » Called to
who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
Holiness » Saints » Possess
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Holiness » Saints » Should have their conversation in
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
Holiness » Saints » Elected to
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
Holiness » Saints » Should yield their members as instruments of
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
Holiness » Saints » Should seek perfection in
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
Holiness » Saints » Shall continue in, for ever
Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy."
Holiness » Saints » New created in
and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Holiness » Saints » Should follow after
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Holiness » Saints » Should serve God in
that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Holiness » Saints » Should present their bodies to God in
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Holiness » Saints » Have their fruit unto
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.
Holiness » Saints » Should continue in
Hope » Saints » Should continue in
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Hope » Saints » Rejoice in
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Hope » Saints » Should not be moved from
if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Hope » Saints » Have, in death
The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
Hope » Saints » Have all, the same
There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call--
Hope » Saints » Are called to
There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call--
Hope » Saints » Should not be ashamed of
Hope » Saints » Should abound in
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Hope » Saints » Should hold fast
but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
Hope » Saints » Should look for the object of
waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Judgments » Saints » Acknowledge the justice of
Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.
And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this,
Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, "Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father's house."
"You shall say to them this word: 'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound, with a very grievous blow.
Judgments » Saints » Sympathize with those under
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.
my eyes flow with rivers of tears because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Judgments » Saints » Pray for those under
Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
But Moses implored the LORD his God and said, "O LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, 'With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
Judgments » Saints » Provided for, during
And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.
they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance.
Judgments » Saints » Preserved during
He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you. In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
The law of God » Saints » Freed from the bondage of
Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
The law of God » Saints » Have, written on their hearts
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
The law of God » Saints » Love
The law of God » Saints » Delight in
The law of God » Saints » Pledge themselves to walk in
join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord and his rules and his statutes.
The law of God » Saints » Freed from the curse of
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us--for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"--
The law of God » Saints » Lament over the violation of by others
The law of God » Saints » Pray for power to keep
Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
The law of God » Saints » Pray to understand
The law of God » Saints » Keep
The law of God » Saints » Should make the subject of their conversation
And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.
The law of God » Saints » Should remember
"Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
The law of God » Saints » Prepare their hearts to seek
For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.
Eternal life » Saints » Have promises of
for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
Eternal life » Saints » May have assurance of
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Eternal life » Saints » Should lay hold of
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
Eternal life » Saints » Shall reign in
For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.'
Eternal life » Saints » Shall rise unto
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Eternal life » Saints » Have hope of
in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Eternal life » Saints » Shall reap, through the spirit
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Eternal life » Saints » Are preserved unto
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
Eternal life » Saints » Shall inherit
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
Eternal life » Saints » Shall go into
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Eternal life » Saints » Look for the mercy of God unto
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
Light » Illustrative of » Saints
that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
Lions » Killed by » Saints
who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Love to man » Should be exhibited, toward » Saints
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Are ever mindful of
We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple.
For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Are heard according to
Hear my voice according to your steadfast love; O LORD, according to your justice give me life.
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Drawn by
the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Should expect, in affliction
Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me. By day the LORDcommands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Quickened after
In your steadfast love give me life, that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Comforted by
Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant.
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Receive mercy through
In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says the LORD, your Redeemer.
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Crowned with
who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Preserved by
As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Look for mercy through
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
Loving Kindness Of God » Saints » Betrothed in
And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.
Lying » Saints » Hate
The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
Lying » Saints » Pray to be preserved from
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
Lying » Saints » Avoid
those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid."
For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely." And he became their Savior.
Lying » Saints » Reject those who practice
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
Lying » Saints » Respect not those who practice
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
Martyrdom » Saints » Forewarned of
"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,
Martyrdom » Saints » Should not fear
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Martyrdom » Saints » Should be prepared for
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Martyrdom » Saints » Should resist sin unto
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Murder » Saints » Should warn others against
And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him"--that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.
Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the LORD sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears."
Murder » Saints » Specially warned against
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
Murder » Saints » Deprecate the guilt of
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
Nazarites » Illustrative of » Saints
Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
spiritual Peace » Saints » Wish, to each other
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
spiritual Peace » Saints » Have, with God
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me."
spiritual Peace » Promised to » Saints
Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness!
In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
spiritual Peace » Saints » Die in
"Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
spiritual Peace » Saints » Kept by
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
spiritual Peace » Saints » Ruled by
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
spiritual Peace » Saints » Enjoy
Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
spiritual Peace » Saints » Kept in perfect
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
spiritual Peace » Saints » Blessed with
May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace!
spiritual Peace » Saints » Have in Christ
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
spiritual Peace » Saints » Repose in
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Power » Of the holy spirit » Saints » Enabled to speak the truth boldly by
But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
Power » Of the holy spirit » Saints » Strengthened by
that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Power » Of the holy spirit » Saints » Upheld by
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Power » Of the holy spirit » Saints » Abound in hope by
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Power » Of the holy spirit » Saints » Helped in prayer by
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
The power of Christ » Saints » Strengthened by
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
The power of Christ » Saints » Preserved by
which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
The power of Christ » Saints » Bodies of, shall be changed by
who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
The power of Christ » Saints » Succored by
For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
The power of Christ » Saints » Made willing by
Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.
God, Power of » Saints » Supported in affliction by
by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
God, Power of » Saints » Strengthened by
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,
God, Power of » Saints » Delivered by
If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.
God, Power of » Saints » Upheld by
fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORDupholds the righteous.
God, Power of » Saints » Receive increase of grace by
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
God, Power of » Saints » Have confidence in
But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.
God, Power of » Saints » Long for exhibitions of
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
God, Power of » Saints » Kept by, unto salvation
who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
God, Power of » Saints » Exalted by
Power, Of The Holy Spirit » Saints » Enabled to speak the truth boldly by
But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
Power, Of The Holy Spirit » Saints » Strengthened by
that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Power, Of The Holy Spirit » Saints » Abound in hope by
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Power, Of The Holy Spirit » Saints » Helped in prayer by
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Power, Of The Holy Spirit » Saints » Upheld by
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Praise » Is obligatory upon » Saints
Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.
Prayer, answers to » Saints » Praise God for
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
Prayer, answers to » Saints » Bless God for
Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!
Prayer, answers to » Saints » Love God for
Prayer, answers to » Saints » Are assured of
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
Precious stones » Illustrative of » Saints
"They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw--
Pride » Saints » Mourn over, in others
But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.
Pride » Saints » Hate, in others
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
Pride » Saints » Give not way to
O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
Pride » Saints » Respect not, in others
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
priests » Illustrative of » Saints
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."
The promises of God » Saints » Plead, in prayer
And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,'
But you said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'"
And now, O LORD, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as you have spoken,
And now, O LORD, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
The promises of God » Saints » Heirs of
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath,
The promises of God » Saints » Expect the performance of
And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.
The promises of God » Saints » Children of
This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
The promises of God » Saints » Sometimes, through infirmity, tempted to doubt
Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time?
Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."
The promises of God » Saints » Have implicit confidence in
By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
The promises of God » Saints » Stagger not at
No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
Protection » Saints » Acknowledge God as their
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.
Protection » Saints » Pray for
Protection » Saints » Praise God for
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
Jesus Christ, Resurrection » Saints » Shall rise in the likeness of
who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Jesus Christ, Resurrection » Saints » Begotten to a lively hope
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Jesus Christ, Resurrection » Saints » Desire to know the power of
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Jesus Christ, Resurrection » Saints » Should keep, in remembrance
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Sometimes depressed by
Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"
at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Return blessings for
and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Endure
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Pray under
Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
It may be that the LORD your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left."
Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » Saints
All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.
"I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Trust in God under
He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » May take pleasure in
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Supported under
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Should expect
It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Should not fear
"Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Endure for God's sake
For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Endure for Christ's sake
"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
The righteous » Saints » Promises to
Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.
The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth."
For the LORDloves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
The righteous » Saints » Sealed by God
saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads."
and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
And the LORD said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."
The righteous » Saints » Steps of
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;
The righteous » Saints » The feet of
He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
The righteous » Saints » Portion of
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
I cry to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
Righteousness » Saints » Have in Christ
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD."
"Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.
Righteousness » Saints » Characterized by
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?"
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Righteousness » Saints » Are servants of
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Righteousness » Saints » Should live in
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Righteousness » Saints » Have, imputed
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
Righteousness » Saints » Do
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Righteousness » Saints » Offer the sacrifice of
then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Righteousness » Saints » Put no trust in their own
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Righteousness » Saints » Should have on the breast-plate of
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Righteousness » Saints » Are renewed in
and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Righteousness » Saints » Shall receive a crown of
Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Righteousness » Saints » Wait for the hope of
For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
Righteousness » Saints » Work, by faith
who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Righteousness » Saints » Should seek
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.
Righteousness » Saints » Are covered with the robe of
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Righteousness » Saints » Should yield their members servants to
I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
Righteousness » Saints » Count their own, as filthy rags
We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Righteousness » Saints » Hunger and thirst after
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Righteousness » Saints » Shall see God's face in
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
Righteousness » Saints » Pray for the spirit of
Righteousness » Saints » Know
"Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Righteousness » Saints » Should yield their members as instruments of
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
Righteousness » Saints » Walk before God in
And Solomon said, "You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.
Righteousness » Saints » Follow after
"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Righteousness » Saints » Are led in the paths of
He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Righteousness » Saints » Receive, from God
He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Righteousness » Saints » Should serve God in
Righteousness » Saints » Put on
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
Righteousness imputed » Saints » Have, on believing
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
Righteousness imputed » Saints » Desire to be found in
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith--
Righteousness imputed » Saints » Glory in having
"Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him. In the LORD all the offspring of Israel shall be justified and shall glory."
Righteousness imputed » Saints » Clothed with the robe of righteousness
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Righteousness imputed » Saints » Exalted in righteousness
who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Talk of
And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Magnify
They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Acknowledge, though the wicked prosper
Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. read more.
If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed the generation of your children. But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Plead, in prayer
For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
"O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are around us.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Ascribe, to him
To you, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of the treachery that they have committed against you.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Recognize, in the fulfilment of his promises
You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Upheld by
fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Declare to others
they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Do not conceal
I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Mention, only
With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Acknowledge, in his dealings
O LORD, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."
God, Righteousness Of » Saints » Confident of beholding
I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
The sabbath » Saints » Testify against those who desecrate
In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the day when they sold food.
Then the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice. But I warned them and said to them, "Why do you lodge outside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you." From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath.
The sabbath » Saints » Rejoice in
This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
"If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the LORD honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;
The sabbath » Saints » Observe
Then I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.
The sabbath » Saints » Honor God in observing
"If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the LORD honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly;
Saints » Death of » Glorified
who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Security of
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"
Saints » Carnal » When obedient were invincible
And he will give their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under heaven. No one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.
No one shall be able to stand against you. The LORD your God will lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread, as he promised you.
"The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
And the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands. Not a man of them shall stand before you."
Saints » Death of » They cannot be moved
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.
Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Saints » Death of » Despised
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?"
As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Promises to
Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.
The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth."
For the LORDloves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?
Saints » Death of » Fellowship of
While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name.
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Sealed by God
saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads."
and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
And the LORD said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Steps of
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;
Saints » Death of » Hated
"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy'; but it is they who shall be put to shame.
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Remembered
But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.
And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever;
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me." "Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Scattered
I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Portion of
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
I cry to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
Saints » Death of » The feet of
He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
Saints » The lord coming with his saints
It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,
This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. He said, "The LORD came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand.
Behold, a day is coming for the LORD, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. read more.
On that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Pillars, as
The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
Saints » Jesus Christ being glorified in his saints
and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, read more.
when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
Saints » The lord gathering his saints
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. read more.
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!" The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah
Saints » Steps
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;
Saints » Portion
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
I cry to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
Saints » Feet
He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
Salvation » Saints » Pray to be visited with
Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,
Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promise;
Salvation » Saints » Chosen to
who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
Salvation » Saints » Rejoice in
It will be said on that day, "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."
O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults!
that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
Salvation » Saints » Glory in
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
Salvation » Saints » Wait for
It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Salvation » Saints » Hope for
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Salvation » Saints » Praise God for
Salvation » Saints » Long for
Salvation » Saints » Welcome the tidings of
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"
Salvation » Saints » Declare
I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
Salvation » Saints » Ascribe, to God
"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORDGOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
Salvation » Saints » Have a token of, in their patient suffering for Christ
and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
Salvation » Saints » Appointed to obtain
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Salvation » Saints » Evidence, by works
Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things--things that belong to salvation. For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
Salvation » Saints » Earnestly look for
My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
Salvation » Saints » Commemorate, with thanks
Salvation » Saints » Daily approach nearer to
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
Salvation » Saints » Clothed with
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Salvation » Saints » Are heirs of
Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?
Salvation » Saints » Receive, as the end of their faith
Salvation » Saints » Kept by the power of God unto
who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Salvation » Saints » Pray for a joyful sense of
Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Salvation » Saints » Beautified with
For the LORDtakes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
Salvation » Saints » Love
But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the LORD!"
Salvation » Saints » Pray for assurance of
Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, "I am your salvation!"
Salvation » Saints » Have, through grace
But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will."
Salvation » Saints » Satisfied by
Scorning and mocking » The wicked indulge in, against » Saints
Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.
I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.
Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the object of their taunts.
The scriptures » Saints » Plead the promises of, in prayer
Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant.
Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promise;
Let my cry come before you, O LORD; give me understanding according to your word!
The scriptures » Saints » Love exceedingly
Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life according to your steadfast love.
The scriptures » Saints » Pray to be taught
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes! With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth.
The scriptures » Saints » Hope in
Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
The scriptures » Saints » Meditate in
but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.
The scriptures » Saints » Obey
But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."
"I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
The scriptures » Saints » Rejoice in
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts.
The scriptures » Saints » Stand in awe of
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
The scriptures » Saints » Pray to be conformed to
Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
The scriptures » Saints » Grieve when men disobey
I look at the faithless with disgust, because they do not keep your commands.
The scriptures » Saints » Esteem, as a light
The scriptures » Saints » Regard, as sweet
The scriptures » Saints » Speak of
The scriptures » Saints » Hide, in their hearts
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
The scriptures » Saints » Keep, in remembrance
The scriptures » Saints » Long after
The scriptures » Saints » Trust in
then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word.
The scriptures » Saints » Esteem, above all things
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
The scriptures » Saints » Delight in
but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Should watch for
But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
Therefore stay awake--for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning-- lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake."
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Wait for
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Should be patient unto
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Look for
waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Should be ready for
You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."
Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Pray for
He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Love
Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Haste unto
waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Assured of
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
Seeking God » Saints » Earnest in
I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but found him not.
Scarcely had I passed them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.
Seeking God » Saints » Engage in, with the whole heart
With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,
Seeking God » Saints » Early in
My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Seeking God » Saints » Prepare their hearts for
who sets his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness."
Seeking God » Saints » Set their hearts to
And those who had set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Seeking God » Saints » Specially exhorted to
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.
Seeking God » Saints » Purpose, in heart
You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek."
Seeking God » Saints » Characterized by
Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
Seeking God » Saints » Desirous of
Sickness » Saints » Acknowledge that, comes from God
My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end;
In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me! For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me; read more.
you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God. I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul, and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.
What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Sickness » Saints » Praise God for recovery from
The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
Sickness » Saints » Thank God publicly for recovery from
And leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
The LORD will save me, and we will play my music on stringed instruments all the days of our lives, at the house of the LORD.
Sickness » Saints » Pray for recovery from
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, and said, "Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Sickness » Saints » Visit those in
I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'
Sickness » Saints » Ascribe recovery from, to God
The LORD will save me, and we will play my music on stringed instruments all the days of our lives, at the house of the LORD.
Sickness » Saints » Mourn under, with prayer
Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
Sickness » Saints » Feel for others in
But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
Sickness » Saints » Are resigned under
But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?"In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Sin » Saints » Dead to
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Sin » Saints » Have yet the remains of, in them
but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
Sin » Saints » Abhor themselves on account of
And there you shall remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed.
Sin » Saints » Cannot live in
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
Sin » Saints » Profess to have ceased from
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh,arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
Sin » Saints » Ashamed of having committed
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Sin » Saints » Made free from
Sin » Saints » Resolve against
teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
Slander » Saints » Should lay aside
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
Slander » Saints » Should give no occasion for
having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Slander » Saints » Should keep their tongue from
For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;
Slander » Saints » Characterized as avoiding
O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?
who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
Slander » Saints » Should return good for
when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.
Slander » Saints » Blessed in enduring
"Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Slander » Saints » Should be warned against
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Exhorted to
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
Thanksgiving » Saints » Resolved to offer
For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations, and sing to your name.
that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Thanksgiving » Saints » Abound in the faith with
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Offer sacrifices of
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Should enter God's gate with
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
Thanksgiving » Saints » Habitually offer
When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Magnify God by
I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving » Saints » Come before God with
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
The Devil » Saints » Tempted by
Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.
The Devil » Saints » Overcome
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.
And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
The Devil » Saints » Should resist
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
The Devil » Saints » Afflicted by, only as God permits
And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face." And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life." read more.
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
The Devil » Saints » Should be watchful against
so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
The Devil » Saints » Should be armed against
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. read more.
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;
The Devil » Saints » Shall finally triumph over
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
The Devil » Saints » Sifted by
"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,that he might sift you like wheat,
The favor of God » Saints » Obtain
A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of evil devices he condemns.
The favor of God » Saints » Exalted in
For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
The favor of God » Saints » Sometimes tempted to doubt
The favor of God » Saints » Victorious through
for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.
The favor of God » Saints » Encompassed by
For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.
The favor of God » Saints » Strengthened by
By your favor, O LORD, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
The favor of God » Saints » Preserved through
You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.
Theft » Saints » Warned against
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in love
Union with Christ » Saints » Exhorted to maintain
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in mind
"For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in sufferings
if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Union with Christ » Saints » Identified with Christ by
And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'
Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in his death
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. read more.
We know that our old selfwas crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
Union with Christ » Saints » Enjoy, in the lord's supper
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
Union with Christ » Saints » Have, in spirit
Union with Christ » Saints » Are complete through
and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
Union with Christ » Saints » Have assurance of
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
Vanity » Saints » Pray to be kept from
Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
Vanity » Saints » Hate the thoughts of
Vanity » Saints » Avoid those given to
Vanity » Saints » Avoid
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
Warfare of saints » Saints » Encouraged in
"I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.
Warfare of saints » Saints » Strengthened by God in
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Warfare of saints » Saints » Strengthened by Christ in
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Warfare of saints » Saints » Thank God for victory in
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Warfare of saints » Saints » Helped by God in
For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, "Fear not, I am the one who helps you." Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Warfare of saints » Saints » Exhorted to diligence in
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
Warfare of saints » Saints » Comforted by God in
For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn--fighting without and fear within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
Warfare of saints » Saints » Must stand firm in
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Warfare of saints » Saints » Are all engaged in
engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
Warfare of saints » Saints » Delivered by Christ in
The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Warfare of saints » Saints » Protected by God in
O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
Widow's » Saints » Disappoint not
"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Widow's » Saints » Cause joy to
The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Widow's » Saints » Relieve
So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
Works, good » Saints » Should be careful to maintain
The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
Works, good » Saints » Should be established in
comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
Works, good » Saints » Exhorted to put on
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
Works, good » Saints » Should abound to all
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
Works, good » Saints » Followed into rest by their
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.""Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!"
Works, good » Saints » Should be fruitful in
so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Works, good » Saints » Should be furnished unto all
Works, good » Saints » Should be prepared unto all
Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
Works, good » Saints » Should avoid ostentation in
"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, read more.
so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. "And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. "And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Works, good » Saints » Created in Christ unto
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Works, good » Saints » Should be rich in
They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
Works, good » Saints » Should provoke each other to
Works, good » Saints » Should be perfect in
equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Works, good » Saints » Should manifest, with meekness
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
Works, good » Saints » Are zealous of
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Works, good » Saints » Bring to the light their
But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."
Works, good » Saints » Should be ready to all
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Works, good » Saints » Being Full of
Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.
Topics on Saints
Afflicted Saints
Psalm 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.
Afflicted Saints, Examples Of
Genesis 39:20-23And Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.
All Believers Are Saints
Romans 1:7To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Character Of Saints
Psalm 15:2He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;
Death Of The Saints
1 Corinthians 15:18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Death Of The Saints, Examples Of
Genesis 25:8Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
Death Of The Saints, Results In
Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
Glorified Saints
2 Thessalonians 1:10when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
Hated Saints
Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy'; but it is they who shall be put to shame.
Holiness Of The Saints
Romans 8:29For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Hope, of The Saints
Ephesians 4:4There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call--
Immovable Saints
Psalm 15:5who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Love Of Jesus, To The Saints
Song of Solomon 8:7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.
Martyrdom Of The Saints
Matthew 10:21Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,
Privileges of saints
2 Corinthians 8:4begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints--
Saints, As Pilgrims
Luke 9:58And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
Saints, Care For The Poor
Psalm 112:9He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Saints, Communion With God
Psalm 42:1As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
Steps Of The Saints
Job 14:16For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin;
Suffering Saints
1 Peter 4:19Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
Temporary Affliction Of Saints
2 Corinthians 4:17For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
The Saints, Without Offence
Philippians 1:10so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
Tribulation Saints
1 Thessalonians 1:10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
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