Aslan International Ministry – Compliments

Aslan International Ministry – Compliments

Compliments

Proverbs 26:28 ESV / 34 helpful votes
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 28:23 ESV / 28 helpful votes
Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.

Romans 15:2 ESV / 26 helpful votes
Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Proverbs 24:1-34 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble. By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might, …

2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

James 1:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Ephesians 5:1-6:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 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. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Ephesians 5:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Thessalonians 2:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness.

1 Corinthians 11:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Proverbs 19:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

Revelation 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Romans 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
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.

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:1-36 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. …

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Isaiah 3:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms. And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them. And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. …

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Psalm 100:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Aslan International Ministry – Complaints

Aslan International Ministry – Complaints

Complaints

Job 7:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes
“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes
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.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Psalm 64:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Galatians 6:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes
One who is taught the word must share all good things with the one who teaches.

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Romans 1:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Psalm 73:1-28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. …

John 3:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Isaiah 55:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

Exodus 34:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote
(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

Acts 6:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote
Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.

Acts 2:44-45 ESV / 1 helpful vote
And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.

Luke 10:34 ESV / 1 helpful vote
He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

Deuteronomy 7:3-4 ESV / 1 helpful vote
You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.

Leviticus 19:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote
“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

ASLAN International Ministry Scripture Verses About Advent

ASLAN International Ministry Scripture Verses About  

Advent

John 3:16 ESV / 31 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Micah 5:2 ESV / 30 helpful votes
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 30 helpful votes
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 1:18-25 ESV / 27 helpful votes
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: …

Isaiah 11:1-10 ESV / 26 helpful votes
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. …

John 1:14 ESV / 21 helpful votes
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Luke 1:26-38 ESV / 20 helpful votes
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. …

Isaiah 9:6-7 ESV / 19 helpful votes
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Luke 2:1-20 ESV / 17 helpful votes
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. …

Matthew 2:1-2 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 16 helpful votes
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.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 16 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 2:13-14 ESV / 16 helpful votes
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

Jeremiah 33:14-16 ESV / 16 helpful votes
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

Revelation 22:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

Revelation 17:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

Revelation 12:14 ESV / 14 helpful votes
But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

Revelation 11:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes
But do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.

John 14:6 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 8:12 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Luke 2:8-20 ESV / 14 helpful votes
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” …

Luke 2:6-7 ESV / 14 helpful votes
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. …

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Romans 15:12-13 ESV / 12 helpful votes
And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.” 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.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Matthew 3:1-12 ESV / 12 helpful votes
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’” Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, …

Isaiah 7:10-14 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 2:1-12 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: …

Galatians 4:4-5 ESV / 10 helpful votes
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 10 helpful votes
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

John 1:29 ESV / 10 helpful votes
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Luke 2:21 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Luke 1:67-80 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; …

Mark 1:1-3 ESV / 10 helpful votes
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”

Matthew 2:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes
After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.

Isaiah 11:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

Psalm 100:1-5 ESV / 10 helpful votes
A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 1:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
He was in the beginning with God.

Luke 2:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes
This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Matthew 5:14-16 ESV / 9 helpful votes
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood …

Romans 15:4-13 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, …

Romans 12:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

John 3:1-8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. …

Luke 21:25-36 ESV / 8 helpful votes
“And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. …

Luke 21:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes
You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.

Luke 18:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Luke 3:4-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”

Luke 2:15-16 ESV / 8 helpful votes
When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.

Luke 2:7-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. …

Luke 1:14-17 ESV / 8 helpful votes
And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

Matthew 24:31 ESV / 8 helpful votes
And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Matthew 24:30 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Matthew 2:12-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes
And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Isaiah 40:1-11 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” …

Revelation 4:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes
After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

Revelation 3:20-21 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

1 John 4:7-16 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. …

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
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.

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith? Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, 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.

John 1:1-3 ESV / 7 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Luke 2:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

Luke 2:8-9 ESV / 7 helpful votes
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.

Matthew 2:10-11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Matthew 1:18 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 40:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

Isaiah 9:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.

Proverbs 10:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes
The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Revelation 7:1-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, 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 I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, …

Philippians 4:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.

Ephesians 2:12-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. …

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Galatians 5:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Romans 14:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

John 9:4-5 ESV / 6 helpful votes
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 7:37-38 ESV / 6 helpful votes
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

John 7:1-53 ESV / 6 helpful votes
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand. So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” For not even his brothers believed in him. …

John 1:9-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. …

John 1:1-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. …

Luke 2:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

Luke 2:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.

Luke 2:17-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.

Luke 2:10-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Luke 2:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Luke 2:1-5 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

Luke 1:57-66 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, but his mother answered, “No; he shall be called John.” And they said to her, “None of your relatives is called by this name.” …

Luke 1:46-56 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. …

Luke 1:39-45 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? …

Luke 1:39-56 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? …

Luke 1:39-66 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? …

Luke 1:26-35 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. …

Luke 1:26-33 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. …

ASLAN International Ministry Scripture Verses About Advice

ASLAN International Ministry Scripture Verses About  

Advice

Proverbs 19:20 ESV / 197 helpful votes
Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.

Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 184 helpful votes
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 126 helpful votes
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 24:6 ESV / 117 helpful votes
For by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 116 helpful votes
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 74 helpful votes
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.

Proverbs 14:15 ESV / 58 helpful votes
The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

1 Kings 12:6-8 ESV / 56 helpful votes
Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.” But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.

Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 51 helpful votes
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 40 helpful votes
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 13:10 ESV / 39 helpful votes
By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 4:13 ESV / 25 helpful votes
Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.

Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 25 helpful votes
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Psalm 119:24 ESV / 25 helpful votes
Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.

Proverbs 12:5 ESV / 24 helpful votes
The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV / 23 helpful votes
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 22 helpful votes
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

James 1:5 ESV / 20 helpful votes
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Luke 14:28 ESV / 20 helpful votes
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV / 19 helpful votes
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 19 helpful votes
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.

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 19 helpful votes
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 30:18-19 ESV / 18 helpful votes
Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 18 helpful votes
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Jeremiah 38:15 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 17 helpful votes
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 6:20-23 ESV / 17 helpful votes
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Proverbs 3:12 ESV / 17 helpful votes
For the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Ephesians 4:2-3 ESV / 16 helpful votes
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.

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

1 Corinthians 4:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Proverbs 27:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

Proverbs 12:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

John 3:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 31:10 ESV / 14 helpful votes
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Proverbs 19:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.

Proverbs 15:31-33 ESV / 14 helpful votes
The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise. Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence. The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

James 3:17 ESV / 13 helpful votes
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Romans 8:1-4 ESV / 13 helpful votes
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Proverbs 16:9 ESV / 13 helpful votes
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Hebrews 13:1-25 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” …

Colossians 3:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Mark 10:9 ESV / 12 helpful votes
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Ecclesiastes 4:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes
And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 12 helpful votes
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 15:22 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.

Ruth 1:16-17 ESV / 12 helpful votes
But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.”

Revelation 3:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.

1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes
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.

James 4:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Ephesians 4:2 ESV / 11 helpful votes
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

John 10:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Luke 14:28-30 ESV / 11 helpful votes
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

Matthew 7:24 ESV / 11 helpful votes
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Isaiah 30:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
“Ah, stubborn children,” declares the Lord, “who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin;

Ecclesiastes 11:2 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.

Proverbs 21:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Romans 12:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 15:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Proverbs 24:27 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.

Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Proverbs 3:1-35 ESV / 10 helpful votes
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. …

2 Kings 2:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes
And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

John 13:6-9 ESV / 9 helpful votes
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”

Proverbs 27:5-6 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Proverbs 23:19-21 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way. Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 12:26 ESV / 9 helpful votes
One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood …

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

James 3:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

1 Timothy 4:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
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.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Song of Solomon 8:7 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Many 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.

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 8 helpful votes
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

Job 2:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.

Genesis 1:27-28 ESV / 8 helpful votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Ephesians 5:15-16 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Matthew 19:4-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes
He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Malachi 2:14-15 ESV / 7 helpful votes
But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.

Proverbs 26:1-28 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. …

Proverbs 12:1-28 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns. No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved. An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. …

Psalm 133:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes
A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!

Psalm 32:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Colossians 3:18-19 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

John 15:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For nothing will be impossible with God.”

ASLAN International Ministry Scripture Verses for Bible

ASLAN International Ministry Scripture Verses for Scripture

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 227 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Romans 15:4 ESV / 125 helpful votes
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 107 helpful votes
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Matthew 24:35 ESV / 78 helpful votes
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 75 helpful votes
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 69 helpful votes
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Hebrews 4:12-14 ESV / 64 helpful votes
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 60 helpful votes
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 19:7-11 ESV / 58 helpful votes
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Jeremiah 23:29 ESV / 53 helpful votes
Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Matthew 22:29 ESV / 47 helpful votes
But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 46 helpful votes
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Psalm 119:9 ESV / 41 helpful votes
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

Hebrews 2:1 ESV / 37 helpful votes
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Jeremiah 15:16 ESV / 35 helpful votes
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.

Proverbs 4:20-23 ESV / 34 helpful votes
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Isaiah 40:8 ESV / 32 helpful votes
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Isaiah 55:8-11 ESV / 27 helpful votes
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Romans 1:16 ESV / 26 helpful votes
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

John 17:17 ESV / 26 helpful votes
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Matthew 7:24 ESV / 25 helpful votes
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Psalm 37:31 ESV / 25 helpful votes
The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.

James 1:23-25 ESV / 24 helpful votes
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 20 helpful votes
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 20 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

John 16:13 ESV / 18 helpful votes
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

John 7:37-38 ESV / 18 helpful votes
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

John 5:39 ESV / 18 helpful votes
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

Psalm 107:20 ESV / 18 helpful votes
He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 18 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. …

Deuteronomy 29:29 ESV / 18 helpful votes
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 17 helpful votes
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

John 10:35 ESV / 16 helpful votes
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—

John 3:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

James 1:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Psalm 119:114 ESV / 15 helpful votes
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

2 Peter 3:15-16 ESV / 14 helpful votes
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes
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.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 21:24-25 ESV / 14 helpful votes
This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true. Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

John 1:1 ESV / 14 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 11:27-28 ESV / 14 helpful votes
As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Psalm 56:4 ESV / 14 helpful votes
In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Psalm 1:1-3 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Matthew 28:20 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Psalm 119:93 ESV / 13 helpful votes
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.

Revelation 22:18-19 ESV / 12 helpful votes
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

Acts 17:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 12 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes
But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Psalm 119:11 ESV / 11 helpful votes
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 12:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes
The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

1 John 4:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes
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.

James 1:22 ESV / 10 helpful votes
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Matthew 5:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Psalm 22:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes
The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 Peter 1:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

Psalm 119:49 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope.

Psalm 40:7-8 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

1 Peter 2:2-3 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Ephesians 4:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

John 15:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 8 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. …

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes
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.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 8 helpful votes
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 119:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes
I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

Psalm 40:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

Psalm 12:6-7 ESV / 8 helpful votes
The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. You, O Lord, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

John 7:38 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

Mark 12:24 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes
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.

Psalm 37:30-31 ESV / 7 helpful votes
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.

1 Kings 18:36 ESV / 7 helpful votes
And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

Colossians 3:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Romans 15:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
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.

Romans 12:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
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.

Luke 1:37-38 ESV / 6 helpful votes
For nothing will be impossible with God.” 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.

Proverbs 20:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes
There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

2 Timothy 4:1-7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. …

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Aslan International Ministry – Communication In Marriages

Aslan International Ministry – 

Communication In Marriages

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

1 Corinthians 7:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
(but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. …

Mark 10:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her,

Romans 7:2-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.

Mark 12:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong.”

Isaiah 6:1-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” …

Isaiah 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.”

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 1 helpful vote
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

Genesis 30:14-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote
In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also?” Rachel said, “Then he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.” When Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he lay with her that night.

Genesis 4:23-24 ESV / 1 helpful vote
Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me. If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”

Aslan International Ministry – Coarse Joking

Aslan International Ministry – 

Coarse Joking

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 264 helpful votes
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 144 helpful votes
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.

Ephesians 5:1-33 ESV / 106 helpful votes
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 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. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 81 helpful votes
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

James 1:26 ESV / 67 helpful votes
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 59 helpful votes
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 47 helpful votes
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Proverbs 26:19 ESV / 44 helpful votes
Is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 40 helpful votes
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 33 helpful votes
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. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, …

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 27 helpful votes
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 27 helpful votes
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Colossians 3:9 ESV / 22 helpful votes
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

Romans 12:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Ephesians 5:5 ESV / 19 helpful votes
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

James 3:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Ephesians 5:8-12 ESV / 16 helpful votes
For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 13 helpful votes
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. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 10 helpful votes
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Hebrews 3:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes
But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Ephesians 5:5-7 ESV / 9 helpful votes
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them;

Luke 1:37 ESV / 9 helpful votes
For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Psalm 4:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood …

Colossians 3:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Ephesians 5:1-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 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. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. …

Ephesians 1:22 ESV / 8 helpful votes
And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,

Proverbs 12:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

1 John 2:16 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.

1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Ephesians 5:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Ephesians 5:3-4 ESV / 7 helpful votes
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.

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Matthew 5:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

Jude 1:8-10 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Ephesians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 5:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

Ephesians 4:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 6 helpful votes
He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ …

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Proverbs 10:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.

Psalm 101:3 ESV / 6 helpful votes
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Genesis 19:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, “Up! Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes
That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Ephesians 5:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

Ephesians 5:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 5:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

Ephesians 4:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes
There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—

Ephesians 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes
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.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 15:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Luke 6:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Proverbs 15:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.

Proverbs 14:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.

1 Kings 18:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”

1 Peter 1:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Ephesians 5:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ruth 1:1-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. …

Exodus 20:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

1 John 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

James 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

James 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 5:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Ephesians 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”

Ephesians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

Ephesians 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

John 16:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes
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.”

John 14:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 6:45 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Matthew 24:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.

Matthew 15:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Matthew 12:36-37 ESV / 2 helpful votes
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Matthew 5:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

Matthew 5:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

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1 Corinthians 14:40 ESV / 36 helpful votes
But all things should be done decently and in order.

Ecclesiastes 3:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes
A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 20 helpful votes
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Ephesians 5:26-27 ESV / 14 helpful votes
That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Matthew 6:19-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Luke 12:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Mark 4:19 ESV / 8 helpful votes
But the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

1 Samuel 2:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.

Philippians 3:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

Matthew 6:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

2 Kings 7:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes
So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied and the donkeys tied and the tents as they were.”

Luke 3:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”

Ecclesiastes 10:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

Proverbs 17:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Numbers 2:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.

Matthew 19:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes
When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

2 Kings 20:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.’”

2 Samuel 17:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

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Matthew 24:42 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Acts 17:30-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

Acts 3:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,

Acts 2:40 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Matthew 24:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

Matthew 24:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Acts 3:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

Matthew 24:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Matthew 24:21-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?”

Matthew 12:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes
I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Psalm 6:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?

Leviticus 19:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes
You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Ephesians 1:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote
Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Galatians 1:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote
Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

1 Corinthians 15:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,

Romans 13:11 ESV / 1 helpful vote
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.

Romans 13:1-7 ESV / 1 helpful vote
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. …

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 1 helpful vote
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:37-39 ESV / 1 helpful vote
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 1 helpful vote
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. …

John 1:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 21:36 ESV / 1 helpful vote
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.”

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1 Corinthians 14:40 ESV / 36 helpful votes
But all things should be done decently and in order.

Ecclesiastes 3:6 ESV / 21 helpful votes
A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 20 helpful votes
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Ephesians 5:26-27 ESV / 14 helpful votes
That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Matthew 6:19-20 ESV / 10 helpful votes
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Luke 12:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Mark 4:19 ESV / 8 helpful votes
But the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

1 Samuel 2:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world.

Philippians 3:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

Matthew 6:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

2 Kings 7:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes
So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied and the donkeys tied and the tents as they were.”

Luke 3:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”

Ecclesiastes 10:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

Proverbs 17:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

Numbers 2:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.

Matthew 19:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes
When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

2 Kings 20:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.’”

2 Samuel 17:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.