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Bible Verses About love – Proverbs 29:3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.
Bible Verses About love – Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Bible Scriptures – Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
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Bible Verses About love – 1-Corinthians 16:14
Let all you do be done in love.
Bible Verses About love – Genesis 29:20
And Jacob did seven years’ work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
Bible Verses About heads – Numbers 36:1
Now the heads of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came to Moses, the chiefs and the heads of families of the children of Israel being present,
Bible Verses About curses – Isaiah 51:7
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.
Bible Verses About countries – Ezekiel 5:5
This is what the Lord has said: This is Jerusalem: I have put her among the nations, and countries are round her on every side;
Bible Verses About full – Psalms 105:30
Their land was full of frogs, even in the rooms of the king.
Bible Verses About lamech – Genesis 4:24
If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain’s death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech’s.
Bible Verses About eighth – 1-Kings 12:33
He went up to the altar he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the month fixed by him at his pleasure; and he gave orders for a feast for the people of Israel, and went up to the altar, and there he made the smoke of his offerings go up.
Bible Verses About comes – Zephaniah 2:2
Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord’s wrath comes on you.
Bible Verses About hushai – 2-Samuel 15:37
So Hushai, David’s friend, went into the town, and Absalom came to Jerusalem.
Bible Verses About zoar – Isaiah 15:5
My heart is crying out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they go up with weeping by the slope of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send up a cry of destruction.
Bible Verses About sense – 1-Corinthians 14:13
For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.
Bible Verses About apostle – 2-Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
Bible Verses About greatest – Mark 9:34
But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.
Bible Verses About gideon – Judges 7:15
Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.
Bible Verses About joshua – Joshua 15:15
From there he went up against the people of Debir: (now the name of Debir before that was Kiriath-sepher.)
Bible Verses About zichri – 1-Chronicles 26:25
And his brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
Bible Verses About stoning – 1-Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
Bible Verses About smell – Numbers 28:27
And give a burned offering for a sweet smell to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year;
Bible Verses About point – 1-Chronicles 5:9
And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.
Bible Verses About widow – Isaiah 1:17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
Bible Verses About townsmen – Judges 20:5
And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.
Bible Verses About birth – Genesis 38:28
And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.
Bible Verses About fear – Isaiah 8:9
Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:
Bible Verses About prayer – Job 21:15
What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
Bible Verses About hope – Hebrews 12:5
And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord’s punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;
Bible Verses About life – 1-Samuel 7:15
And Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.
Bible Verses About water – Leviticus 14:50
And put one of the birds to death in a vessel of earth over flowing water;
Bible Verses About baptism – John 4:2
(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),
Bible Verses About tongue – Romans 3:13
Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:
Bible Verses About husbands – Jeremiah 44:19
And the women said, When we were burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes in her image and give her our drink offerings without the knowledge of our husbands?
Bible Verses About women – Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.
Bible Verses About joy – Luke 1:44
For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.
Bible Verses About heaven – 2-Kings 7:19
And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
Bible Verses About wife – Genesis 4:17
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.
Bible Verses About fathers – Jeremiah 16:3
For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and about their mothers who have given them birth, and about their fathers who have given life to them in this land:
Bible Verses About peace – Isaiah 48:18
If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Bible Verses About salvation – Isaiah 63:1
Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation.
Bible Verses About dreams – Zechariah 10:2
For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.
Bible Verses About grace – Isaiah 60:10
And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.
Bible Verses About strength – 1-Samuel 2:4
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
Bible Verses About love – Psalms 119:167
My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.
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Bible Verses About women – Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Bible Verses About lying – Psalms 109:2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Bible Verses About joy – Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Bible Verses About faith – Philippians 3:9
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Bible Verses About struggle – Genesis 25:22
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
Bible Verses About strength – Isaiah 33:23
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Bible Verses About worship – Revelations 22:8
And I John saw these things, and heard [them]. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things.
Bible Verses About health – Jeremiah 8:22
[Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Bible Verses About youth – Samuel-1 17:33
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou [art but] a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
Bible Verses About visions – Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
Bible Verses About carpenter – Matthew 13:55
Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
Bible Verses About arabia – Jeremiah 25:24
And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
Bible Verses About cost – Timothy-1 2:9
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
Bible Verses About cistern – Isaiah 36:16
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make [an agreement] with me [by] a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Bible Verses About pasture – Joel 1:18
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Bible Verses About punishment – Lamentations 4:22
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
Bible Verses About ignorant – Timothy-1 1:13
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly in unbelief.
Bible Verses About oppressor – Jeremiah 22:3
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Bible Verses About settle – Luke 21:14
Settle [it] therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
Bible Verses About disobedience – Colossians 3:6
For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
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Bible Scriptures About daughters – Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Bible Scriptures About wrath – Numbers 25:11
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Bible Scriptures About abraham – Genesis 17:24
And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Bible Scriptures About righteous – Proverbs 21:26
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Bible Scriptures About holy – Isaiah 48:17
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go.
Bible Scriptures About honour – Hebrews 3:3
For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
Bible Scriptures About gospel – Philippians 2:22
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
Bible Scriptures About together – Job 3:18
[There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Bible Scriptures About face – Daniel 10:9
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
Bible Scriptures About become – Samuel-1 28:16
Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
Bible Scriptures About filled – Revelations 19:21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Bible Scriptures About second – Corinthians-1 12:28
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
Bible Scriptures About part – Acts 22:21
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
Bible Scriptures About gate – Ezekiel 21:15
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that [their] heart may faint, and [their] ruins be multiplied: ah! [it is] made bright, [it is] wrapped up for the slaughter.
Bible Scriptures About power – Habakkuk 1:11
Then shall [his] mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, [imputing] this his power unto his god.
Bible Scriptures About kings – Genesis 14:10
And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Bible Scriptures About wine – Isaiah 55:1
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Bible Scriptures About cattle – Exodus 9:21
And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Bible Scriptures About multitude – Acts 15:12
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
Bible Scriptures About man – Esther 5:5
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Bible Verses About higher – Numbers 24:7
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed [shall be] in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Bible Verses About glorified – Matthew 9:8
But when the multitude saw [it], they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
Bible Verses About heaviness – Psalms 119:28
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Bible Verses About strangers – Timothy-1 5:10
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
Bible Verses About tarry – Psalms 40:17
But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Bible Verses About loud – Revelations 1:7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Bible Verses About sarah – Genesis 23:1
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: [these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
Bible Verses About deliverance – Ezra 9:13
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities [deserve], and hast given us [such] deliverance as this;
Bible Verses About reuben – Numbers 2:10
On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Bible Verses About satan – Job 1:12
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath [is] in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
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