2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false
prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among
you who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the
Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.
:2 And many will follow their
destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be
blasphemed.
Jer 42:1 Now all the captains of the
forces, Johanan the son of Kareah, Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and
all the people, from the least to the greatest, came near
:2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet,
“Please, let our petition be acceptable to you and pray for us to
the Lord your God, for all this remnant (since we are left but a few
of many, as you can see)
:3 that the Lord your God may show us
the way in which we should walk and the thing we should do.”
Matt 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate;
for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction,
and there are many who go in by it.
:14 Because narrow is the gate and
difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find
it.
Lk 1:68 “Blessed is the Lord God of
Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people,
:69 and has raised up a horn of
salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
:70 as He spoke by the mouth of His
holy prophets, who have been since the world began,
:71 that we should be saved from our
enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
:72 to perform the mercy promised to
our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
:73 the oath which He swore to our
father Abraham:
:74 to grant us that we, being
delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear,
:75 in holiness and righteousness
before Him all the days of our life.
:76”And you, child, will be called
the prophet of the Highest; for you will go before the face of the
Lord to prepare His ways,
:77 to give knowledge of salvation to
His people by the remission of their sins,
:78 through the tender mercy of our
God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us:
:79 to give light to those who sit in
darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of
peace.”
Heb 12:14 Pursue peace with all people,
and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that
brings salvation has appeared to all men,
Is 30:21 Your ears shall hear a word
behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it, “ whenever you
turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left.
Prov 12:15 The way of a fool is right
in his own eyes, but he who heeds counsel is wise.
Is 8:19 And when they say to you, “Seek
those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should
not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of
the living?
:20 To the law and to the testimony! If
they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no
light in them.
:21 They will pass through it hard
pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that
they will be enraged and curse their king and their God, and look
upward.
:22 Then they will look to the earth,
and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be
driven into darkness.
Are you in the way and on the way?
Acts 19:8 And he went into the
synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading
concerning the things of the kingdom of God.
:9 But when some were hardened and did
not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he
departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the
school of Tyrannus.
:23 And about that time there arose a
great commotion about the Way.
Acts 24:22 But when Felix heard these
things, having more accurate knowledge of the Way, he adjourned the
proceedings and said,”When Lysias the commander comes down, I will
make a decision on your case.”
2 Tim 3:10 But you have carefully
followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering,
love, perserverance,
Is 5:20 Woe to those who call evil
good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for
darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Rom 2:21 You, therefore, who teach
another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should
not steal, do you steal?
:22 You who say, “Do not commit
adultery, “ do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob
temples?
:23 You who make your boast in the law,
do you dishonor God through breaking the law?
:24 For “the name of God is
blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.
John 1:5 And the light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Jn 3:19 And this is the condemnation,
that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather
than light, because their deeds were evil.
:20 For everyone practicing evil hates
the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be
exposed.
:21 But he who does the truth comes to
the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been
done in God.”
Jn 15:18 “If the world hates you, you
know that it hated Me before it hated you.
:19 If you were of the world, the world
would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose
you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
:20 Remember the word that I said to
you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted
Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will
keep yours also.
1 Jn 3:1 Behold what manner of love the
Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!
Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
Jn 7:7 The world cannot hate you, but
it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.
Jn 15:25 But this happened that the
word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hate Me
without a cause.”
Jn 16:33 These things I have spoken to
you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have
tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
Lk 10:16 He who hears you hears Me, he
who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who
sent Me.
Ez 44:23 And they shall teach My people
the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to
discern between the unclean and the clean.
:24 In controversy they shall stand as
judges, and judge it according to My judgments. They shall keep My
laws and My statutes in all My appointed meetings, and they shall
hallow My Sabbaths.
Ez 33:30 As for you, son of man, the
children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in
the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone
saying to his brother, 'Please come and hear what the word is that
comes from the Lord.'
:31 So they come to you as people do,
they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they
do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their
hearts pursue their own gain.
:32 Indeed 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 do not do them.
Phil 3:10 that I may know Him and the
power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings,
being conformed to His death,
:11 if, by any means, I may attain to
the resurrection from the dead.
1 Pet 4:13 but rejoice to the extent
that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is
revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
:14 If you are reproached for the name
of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests
upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is
glorified.
1 Cor 2:9 But as it is written: “Eye
has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man
the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Rom 8:18 For I consider that the
sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with
the glory which shall be reveled in us.
