11 Bible Verses about Welcoming Other People
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I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.'
But a spirit empowered Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said: "We are yours, O David! We support you, O son of Jesse! May you greatly prosper! May those who help you prosper! Indeed your God helps you!" So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.
The Lord said to me: "Son of man, pay attention, watch closely and listen carefully to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord's house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.
The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold.
Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.
Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,
By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.
And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?
Bible Theasaurus
- Welcoming (4 instances)