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John 5:35
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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Ezekiel 33:32
And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.
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Proverbs 12:12
Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.
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Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
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2 Timothy 2 18-2 Timothy 2 19
who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal:“ The Lord knows those who are his,” and,“ Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
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2 Peter 2 20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
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2 Peter 2 22
What the true proverb says has happened to them:“ The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
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Jude 1:12
These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;
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Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
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Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
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1 Timothy 1 19
holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith,
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Colossians 1:23
if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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Galatians 3:4
Did you suffer so many things in vain— if indeed it was in vain?
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John 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith— that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
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John 2:23-25
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all peopleand needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
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Acts 8:13-23
Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,saying,“ Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter said to him,“ May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”
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John 15:6
If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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1 Corinthians 15 2
and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you— unless you believed in vain.
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Galatians 4:15-20
What then has become of your blessedness? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me.Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them.It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you,my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
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Job 19:28
If you say,‘ How we will pursue him!’ and,‘ The root of the matter is found in him,’
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Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
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Psalms 106:12-14
Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;
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John 12:42-43
Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.
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1 Corinthians 13 2
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
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Matthew 13:20-21
As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.
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Mark 6:20
for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
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Mark 4:16-17
And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.
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1 Thessalonians 3 5
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.
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Luke 22:31-32
“ Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
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John 8:30-32
As he was saying these things, many believed in him.So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him,“ If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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Proverbs 12:3
No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
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James 2:26
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
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1John 2:19
