Bible Cross References
righteous
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked are trapped by their own words, but honest people get themselves out of trouble.
Proverbs 17:27
Those who are sure of themselves do not talk all the time. People who stay calm have real insight.
Psalm 16:3
How excellent are the LORD's faithful people! My greatest pleasure is to be with them.
Matthew 5:46-48
46
Why should God reward you if you love only the people who love you? Even the tax collectors do that!
47
And if you speak only to your friends, have you done anything out of the ordinary? Even the pagans do that!
48
You must be perfect---just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Luke 6:32-36
32
"If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them!
33
And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners do that!
34
And if you lend only to those from whom you hope to get it back, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount!
35
No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked.
36
Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.
1 Peter 2:18-21
18
You servants must submit yourselves to your masters and show them complete respect, not only to those who are kind and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
19
God will bless you for this, if you endure the pain of undeserved suffering because you are conscious of his will.
20
For what credit is there if you endure the beatings you deserve for having done wrong? But if you endure suffering even when you have done right, God will bless you for it.
21
It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.
but
Psalm 18:12
Hailstones and flashes of fire came from the lightning before him and broke through the dark clouds.
Psalm 18:13
Then the LORD thundered from the sky; and the voice of the Most High was heard.
James 1:13
If we are tempted by such trials, we must not say, "This temptation comes from God." For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
James 1:14
But we are tempted when we are drawn away and trapped by our own evil desires.
2 Peter 2:18-22
18
They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error.
19
They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of destructive habits---for we are slaves of anything that has conquered us.
20
If people have escaped from the corrupting forces of the world through their knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then are again caught and conquered by them, such people are in worse condition at the end than they were at the beginning.
21
It would have been much better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and then turn away from the sacred command that was given them.
22
What happened to them shows that the proverbs are true: "A dog goes back to what it has vomited" and "A pig that has been washed goes back to roll in the mud."
1 John 2:26
I am writing this to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
Revelation 12:9
The huge dragon was thrown out---that ancient serpent, named the Devil, or Satan, that deceived the whole world. He was thrown down to earth, and all his angels with him.
Revelation 13:14
And it deceived all the people living on earth by means of the miracles which it was allowed to perform in the presence of the first beast. The beast told them to build an image in honor of the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived.