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John 5:35
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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Ezekiel 33:32
Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.
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Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
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Hosea 6:4
“ Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
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2 Timothy 2 18-2 Timothy 2 19
men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal,“ The Lord knows those who are his,” and,“ Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”
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2 Peter 2 20
For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it 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 a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.
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2 Peter 2 22
But it has happened to them according to the true proverb,“ The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and“ the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”
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Jude 1:12
These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
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Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
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1 Timothy 1 19
holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith,
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Colossians 1:23
if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
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Galatians 3:4
Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
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John 15:2
Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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Ephesians 3:17
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end 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, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.But Jesus didn’t entrust himself to them, because he knew everyone,and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
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Acts 8:13-23
Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,saying,“ Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on 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 isn’t right before God.Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”
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John 15:6
If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
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1 Corinthians 15 2
by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you— unless you believed in vain.
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Galatians 4:15-20
What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
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Job 19:28
If you say,‘ How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,
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Galatians 3:1
Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?
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Psalms 106:12-14
Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
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John 12:42-43
Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.
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1 Corinthians 13 2
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.
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Matthew 13:20-21
What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
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Mark 6:20
for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
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Mark 4:16-17
These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.They have no root in themselves, but are short- lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
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1 Thessalonians 3 5
For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
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Luke 22:31-32
The Lord said,“ Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
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John 8:30-32
As he spoke these things, many believed in him.Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him,“ If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
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Proverbs 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
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James 2:26
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.
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1John 2:19
