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2 Corinthians 7 7
and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
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Romans 14:18
Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.
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2 Timothy 2 15
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.
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Romans 11:20
That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.
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Psalms 2:11
Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
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2 Corinthians 2 6
For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough,
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1 Timothy 5 21-1 Timothy 5 22
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
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Titus 3:8
The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
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1 Peter 1 17
And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
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2 Corinthians 9 2
for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them.
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Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
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Psalms 38:9
O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
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Daniel 6:14
Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel. And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him.
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Isaiah 26:8
In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
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2 Samuel 12 5-2 Samuel 12 7
Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan,“ As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”Nathan said to David,“ You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,‘ I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
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Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
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Psalms 69:9
For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
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Mark 9:43-48
And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
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Zechariah 12:10-14
“ And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.The land shall mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves;and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.
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Mark 3:5
And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man,“ Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
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Jude 1:23
save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
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Proverbs 14:16
One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
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Song of Solomon 8 6
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.
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Revelation 3:19
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
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Job 42:6
therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
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John 2:17
His disciples remembered that it was written,“ Zeal for your house will consume me.”
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1 Peter 2 2
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have heard Ephraim grieving,‘ You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.For after I had turned away, I relented, and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh; I was ashamed, and I was confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the Lord.
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Philippians 2:12
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
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Genesis 44:6-7
When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words.They said to him,“ Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
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Psalms 130:6
my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
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Psalms 145:19
He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.
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Psalms 35:13
But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
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Nehemiah 5:6-13
I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them,“ You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against themand said to them,“ We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say.So I said,“ The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest.Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.”Then they said,“ We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests and made them swear to do as they had promised.I also shook out the fold of my garment and said,“ So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said“ Amen” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
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1 Corinthians 12 25
that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
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Psalms 42:1
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
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Hebrews 12:15-16
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no“ root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
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Matthew 5:29-30
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.
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1 Corinthians 5 2
And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.
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Isaiah 66:2
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.
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Nehemiah 13:25
And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying,“ You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
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Acts 17:16
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.
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1 Corinthians 5 13
God judges those outside.“ Purge the evil person from among you.”
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2 Corinthians 7 1
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
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2 Corinthians 6 4
but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,
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Psalms 119:139
My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget your words.
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2 Corinthians 13 7
But we pray to God that you may not do wrong— not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.
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Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.
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Ephesians 4:26
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
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2 Corinthians 7 9
As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.