Witness Matthew 5:16 ESV / 42 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.Psalm 66:16 ESV / 30 helpful votes Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.Matthew 18:16 ESV / 27 helpful votes But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.Colossians 4:6 ESV / 24 helpful votes Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.Acts 1:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 22 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,Isaiah 6:8 ESV / 22 helpful votes And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”Romans 1:16 ESV / 17 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.Acts 4:20 ESV / 17 helpful votes For we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”1 Timothy 5:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.Daniel 12:3 ESV / 15 helpful votes And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.Hebrews 10:28 ESV / 14 helpful votes Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.2 Timothy 1:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,Deuteronomy 17:6 ESV / 14 helpful votes On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.2 Corinthians 13:1 ESV / 13 helpful votes This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.Acts 5:32 ESV / 13 helpful votes And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”Psalm 40:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.Deuteronomy 19:15 ESV / 13 helpful votes “A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.Psalm 71:24 ESV / 12 helpful votes And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.Numbers 35:30 ESV / 12 helpful votes “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.Romans 15:13 ESV / 11 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.1 John 5:7 ESV / 10 helpful votes For there are three that testify:2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,Acts 18:8-10 ESV / 10 helpful votes Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”John 1:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Proverbs 19:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Witnesses?
Witnesses Deuteronomy 19:15-21 ESV / 22 helpful votes “A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established. If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. …Matthew 18:15-17 ESV / 16 helpful votes “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 9 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,1 John 1:1-4 ESV / 6 helpful votes That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.2 Peter 1:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,”1 Peter 1:8-12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.Acts 1:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”Isaiah 44:1-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes “But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen! Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen. For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They shall spring up among the grass like willows by flowing streams. This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s,’ another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’ and name himself by the name of Israel.” …1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”1 John 3:1-2 ESV / 5 helpful votes See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.Acts 4:32-33 ESV / 5 helpful votes Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.John 12
Witnessing?
Witnessing 1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 144 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,Mark 16:15-16 ESV / 91 helpful votes And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.Colossians 4:6 ESV / 77 helpful votes Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.Matthew 5:16 ESV / 70 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.Romans 1:16 ESV / 66 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.Matthew 28:18-20 ESV / 56 helpful votes And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 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.”Mark 16:15 ESV / 41 helpful votes And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.Acts 1:8 ESV / 40 helpful votes But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”John 3:17 ESV / 33 helpful votes 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.Isaiah 43:10 ESV / 30 helpful votes “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.1 Corinthians 9:22 ESV / 23 helpful votes To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.John 3:16-20 ESV / 23 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. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.Romans 10:14 ESV / 22 helpful votes How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?Luke 24:46-49 ESV / 22 helpful votes And said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 21 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.”2 Corinthians 5:18-21 ESV / 20 helpful votes All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.Romans 15:13 ESV / 17 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 2:37-38 ESV / 17 helpful votes 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.Galatians 6:9 ESV / 16 helpful votes And let us not grow weary of doing good, for i
Witnessing To Others?
Witnessing To Others Mark 16:15 ESV / 335 helpful votes And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 277 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,Jeremiah 1:7-8 ESV / 226 helpful votes But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.”Matthew 5:16 ESV / 189 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.Acts 1:8 ESV / 171 helpful votes But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”Romans 10:17 ESV / 102 helpful votes So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.Colossians 4:2-6 ESV / 97 helpful votes Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.Matthew 28:18-20 ESV / 87 helpful votes And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 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 28:19-20 ESV / 70 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.”Galatians 2:20 ESV / 62 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.2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 60 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.Romans 1:16 ESV / 59 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.Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 57 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.2 Timothy 1:8-12 ESV / 55 helpful votes Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.Psalm 40:9-10 ESV / 53 helpful votes I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord. I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.Matthew 4:19 ESV / 46 helpful votes And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”Acts 26:22-29 ESV / 43 helpful votes To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.” And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.” But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking true and rational words. For the king knows about these thin
Wives?
Wives Ephesians 5:22-33 ESV / 54 helpful votes Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, …Proverbs 31:10 ESV / 48 helpful votes An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.Proverbs 21:19 ESV / 36 helpful votes It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.1 Peter 3:1-5 ESV / 35 helpful votes Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. 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. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 30 helpful votes Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 29 helpful votes Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,Colossians 3:19 ESV / 25 helpful votes Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.Ephesians 5:28 ESV / 24 helpful votes In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 22 helpful votes Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 19 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.Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 19 helpful votes However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 16 helpful votes Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.Ephesians 5:31 ESV / 16 helpful votes “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”Proverbs 14:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.Matthew 5:28 ESV / 15 helpful votes But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.Proverbs 19:13-14 ESV / 15 helpful votes A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 14 helpful votes Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.Genesis 3:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”Ephesians 5:21 ESV / 11 helpful votes Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.1 Peter 3:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.Titus 2:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes And so train the young women to love their husbands and children,1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.Colossians 3:17 ESV / 10 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.1 Peter 3:8-9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Wolf?
Wolf Matthew 7:15 ESV / 89 helpful votes “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.Isaiah 65:25 ESV / 70 helpful votes The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.Luke 10:3 ESV / 56 helpful votes Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.Isaiah 11:6-9 ESV / 48 helpful votes The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.John 10:12 ESV / 34 helpful votes He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.Matthew 10:16 ESV / 32 helpful votes “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.Genesis 49:27 ESV / 28 helpful votes “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil.”Acts 20:29 ESV / 27 helpful votes I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;Ezekiel 22:27 ESV / 22 helpful votes Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.Zephaniah 3:3 ESV / 17 helpful votes Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.Isaiah 11:6 ESV / 17 helpful votes The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.Habakkuk 1:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes Their horses are swifter than leopards, more fierce than the evening wolves; their horsemen press proudly on. Their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle swift to devour.Jeremiah 5:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down; a wolf from the desert shall devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.Matthew 7:15-20 ESV / 9 helpful votes “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. …2 Peter 2:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ESV / 7 helpful votes For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.Matthew 24:11-13 ESV / 5 helpful votes And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.Matthew 8:1-34 ESV / 5 helpful votes When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, …Isaiah 6:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”Ezekiel 24:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary,
Woman At The Well?
Woman At The Well John 4:4-42 ESV / 30 helpful votes And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) …Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 10 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 14:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.1 John 4:4 ESV / 6 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.John 4:42 ESV / 5 helpful votes They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”John 4:29 ESV / 5 helpful votes “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”John 4:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”John 4:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)John 4:1-54 ESV / 5 helpful votes Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. …John 3:16 ESV / 5 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.1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 4 helpful votes The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 4 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.John 4:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”John 4:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.Luke 23:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.Mark 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.Matthew 5:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. …Psalm 139:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 3 helpful votes And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a
Womanhood?
Womanhood Proverbs 14:1 ESV / 47 helpful votes The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 36 helpful votes An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. …Proverbs 11:22 ESV / 25 helpful votes Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 24 helpful votes He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.Proverbs 19:14 ESV / 23 helpful votes House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.Genesis 3:16 ESV / 22 helpful votes To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 21 helpful votes Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.1 Peter 3:5 ESV / 20 helpful votes For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,Psalm 68:11 ESV / 20 helpful votes The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:1 Peter 3:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,Genesis 1:27 ESV / 19 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 Corinthians 11:12 ESV / 16 helpful votes For as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.Galatians 3:28 ESV / 14 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.Ephesians 5:22-24 ESV / 13 helpful votes Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 12 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.1 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.Luke 10:38-42 ESV / 12 helpful votes Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 11 helpful votes Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,Psalm 113:9 ESV / 11 helpful votes He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!1 Timothy 2:9-12 ESV / 10 helpful votes Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.Luke 2:36-38 ESV / 9 helpful votes And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.Judges 5:24-27 ESV / 9 helpful votes “Most blessed of wome
Womb?
Womb Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 324 helpful votes “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 292 helpful votes For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.Psalm 127:3 ESV / 213 helpful votes Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.Job 31:15 ESV / 187 helpful votes Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?Psalm 127:3-5 ESV / 177 helpful votes Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.Isaiah 44:2 ESV / 171 helpful votes Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.Psalm 139:13 ESV / 169 helpful votes For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.Isaiah 49:5 ESV / 149 helpful votes And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him— for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength—Jeremiah 1:4-5 ESV / 144 helpful votes Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”Isaiah 44:24 ESV / 138 helpful votes Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: “I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,Luke 1:44 ESV / 125 helpful votes For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.Psalm 22:9-10 ESV / 124 helpful votes Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.Isaiah 49:1 ESV / 122 helpful votes Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.Galatians 1:15 ESV / 118 helpful votes But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,Luke 1:41 ESV / 113 helpful votes And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,Genesis 29:31 ESV / 96 helpful votes When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.Luke 1:15 ESV / 94 helpful votes 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.Isaiah 66:9 ESV / 94 helpful votes Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?” says the Lord; “shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?” says your God.Psalm 100:3 ESV / 89 helpful votes 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.Exodus 20:13 ESV / 87 helpful votes “You shall not murder.Ecclesiastes 11:5 ESV / 84 helpful votes As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.Job 10:8-12 ESV / 84 helpful votes Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.Luke 2:23 ESV / 78 helpful votes (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)Genesis 20:18 ESV / 76 helpful votes For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Women?
Women Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 1,641 helpful votes Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.Proverbs 14:1 ESV / 1,531 helpful votes The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.1 Timothy 2:11-15 ESV / 1,171 helpful votes Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.Proverbs 11:16 ESV / 1,106 helpful votes A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches.Genesis 2:18 ESV / 1,072 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.”Proverbs 31:26 ESV / 1,070 helpful votes She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 1,069 helpful votes Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.1 Timothy 3:11 ESV / 1,020 helpful votes Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.Proverbs 21:9 ESV / 1,010 helpful votes It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.Proverbs 31:25 ESV / 956 helpful votes Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.Proverbs 31:10 ESV / 874 helpful votes An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.Proverbs 31:10-31 ESV / 824 helpful votes An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. …1 Corinthians 14:34-35 ESV / 801 helpful votes The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.1 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 791 helpful votes But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.Psalm 46:5 ESV / 787 helpful votes God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.Colossians 3:18 ESV / 775 helpful votes Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.1 Timothy 2:9-10 ESV / 774 helpful votes Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 770 helpful votes The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. …Proverbs 21:19 ESV / 765 helpful votes It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.Proverbs 12:4 ESV / 755 helpful votes An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.Genesis 3:16 ESV / 728 helpful votes To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”Proverbs 19:13 ESV / 705 helpful votes A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.Proverbs 31:30-31 ESV / 683 helpful votes Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.Galatians 3:28 ESV / 673 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.