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23 Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
View on BibleGateway20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
View on BibleGateway33 You shall walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.
View on BibleGateway17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
View on BibleGateway1 "And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
View on BibleGateway22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
View on BibleGateway16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
View on BibleGateway58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
View on BibleGateway21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
View on BibleGateway2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
View on BibleGateway27 "But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
View on BibleGateway19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
View on BibleGateway3 and keep the charge of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,
View on BibleGateway8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
View on BibleGateway7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
View on BibleGateway1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
View on BibleGateway2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
View on BibleGateway11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
View on BibleGateway23 And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
View on BibleGateway27 And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
View on BibleGateway32 And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."
View on BibleGateway1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
View on BibleGateway11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
View on BibleGateway32 so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
View on BibleGateway36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
View on BibleGateway17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
View on BibleGateway10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
View on BibleGateway17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
View on BibleGateway10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
View on BibleGateway20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
View on BibleGateway15 And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
View on BibleGateway19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, 20 and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.
View on BibleGateway6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
View on BibleGateway5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;
View on BibleGateway20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
View on BibleGateway23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;
View on BibleGateway5 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
View on BibleGateway5 Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
View on BibleGateway48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
View on BibleGateway21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
View on BibleGateway25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
View on BibleGateway9 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
View on BibleGateway13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
View on BibleGateway26 saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer."
View on BibleGateway10 Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.
View on BibleGateway3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.
View on BibleGateway8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
View on BibleGateway9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!"
View on BibleGateway12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
View on BibleGateway21 "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
View on BibleGateway31 "So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the LORD.
View on BibleGateway6 God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
View on BibleGateway36 And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
View on BibleGateway8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints.
View on BibleGateway11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
View on BibleGateway17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
View on BibleGateway3 "If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, 4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
View on BibleGateway42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
View on BibleGateway28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord GOD."
View on BibleGateway2 You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you.
View on BibleGateway34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
View on BibleGateway4 I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
View on BibleGateway10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
View on BibleGateway23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;
View on BibleGateway6 God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
View on BibleGateway4 I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
View on BibleGateway26 saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer."
View on BibleGateway5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;
View on BibleGateway31 "So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the LORD.
View on BibleGateway3 "If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, 4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
View on BibleGateway2 You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you.
View on BibleGateway33 You shall walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.
View on BibleGateway17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
View on BibleGateway1 "And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
View on BibleGateway8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
View on BibleGateway3 and keep the charge of the LORD your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,
View on BibleGateway12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
View on BibleGateway8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints.
View on BibleGateway20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
View on BibleGateway5 Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
View on BibleGateway10 Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many.
View on BibleGateway20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
View on BibleGateway17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
View on BibleGateway28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord GOD."
View on BibleGateway21 "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
View on BibleGateway19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and be careful to obey my rules, 20 and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.
View on BibleGateway9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!"
View on BibleGateway3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.
View on BibleGateway2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
View on BibleGateway13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
View on BibleGateway36 And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
View on BibleGateway15 And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
View on BibleGateway27 "But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
View on BibleGateway23 And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
View on BibleGateway27 And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
View on BibleGateway48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
View on BibleGateway23 Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
View on BibleGateway16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
View on BibleGateway21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
View on BibleGateway36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
View on BibleGateway17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
View on BibleGateway42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
View on BibleGateway32 And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."
View on BibleGateway34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
View on BibleGateway19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.
View on BibleGateway1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
View on BibleGateway2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
View on BibleGateway11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
View on BibleGateway1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
View on BibleGateway5 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
View on BibleGateway32 so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.
View on BibleGateway58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
View on BibleGateway10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
View on BibleGateway17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
View on BibleGateway11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
View on BibleGateway6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
View on BibleGateway8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
View on BibleGateway11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
View on BibleGateway9 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
View on BibleGateway22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
View on BibleGateway25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
View on BibleGateway7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
View on BibleGateway21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
View on BibleGateway20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
View on BibleGateway