Bible Cross References
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Isaiah 28:9-13
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They complain about me. They say, "Who does that man think he's teaching? Who needs his message? It's only good for babies that have just stopped nursing!
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He is trying to teach us letter by letter, line by line, lesson by lesson."
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If you won't listen to me, then God will use foreigners speaking some strange-sounding language to teach you a lesson.
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He offered rest and comfort to all of you, but you refused to listen to him.
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That is why the LORD is going to teach you letter by letter, line by line, lesson by lesson. Then you will stumble with every step you take. You will be wounded, trapped, and taken prisoner.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
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I am a free man, nobody's slave; but I make myself everybody's slave in order to win as many people as possible.
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While working with the Jews, I live like a Jew in order to win them; and even though I myself am not subject to the Law of Moses, I live as though I were when working with those who are, in order to win them.
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In the same way, when working with Gentiles, I live like a Gentile, outside the Jewish Law, in order to win Gentiles. This does not mean that I don't obey God's law; I am really under Christ's law.
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Among the weak in faith I become weak like one of them, in order to win them. So I become all things to all people, that I may save some of them by whatever means are possible.
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All this I do for the gospel's sake, in order to share in its blessings.
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Matthew 9:15
Jesus answered, "Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Matthew 9:23
Then Jesus went into the official's house. When he saw the musicians for the funeral and the people all stirred up,
1 Kings 1:40
Then they all followed him back, shouting for joy and playing flutes, making enough noise to shake the ground.
Isaiah 30:29
But you, God's people, will be happy and sing as you do on the night of a sacred festival. You will be as happy as those who walk to the music of flutes on their way to the Temple of the LORD, the defender of Israel.
Jeremiah 9:17-20
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The LORD Almighty said, "Think about what is happening! Call for the mourners to come, for the women who sing funeral songs."
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The people said, "Tell them to hurry and sing a funeral song for us, until our eyes fill with tears, and our eyelids are wet from crying."
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Listen to the sound of crying in Zion: "We are ruined! We are completely disgraced! We must leave our land; our homes have been torn down."
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I said, "Listen to the LORD, you women, and pay attention to his words. Teach your daughters how to mourn, and your friends how to sing a funeral song.
Jeremiah 31:4
Once again I will rebuild you. Once again you will take up your tambourines and dance joyfully.
Luke 15:25
"In the meantime the older son was out in the field. On his way back, when he came close to the house, he heard the music and dancing.