Bible Cross References
God
Romans 3:4-6
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Certainly not! God must be true, even though all human beings are liars. As the scripture says, "You must be shown to be right when you speak; you must win your case when you are being tried."
5
But what if our doing wrong serves to show up more clearly God's doing right? Can we say that God does wrong when he punishes us? (This would be the natural question to ask.)
6
By no means! If God is not just, how can he judge the world?
Philippians 3:3
It is we, not they, who have received the true circumcision, for we worship God by means of his Spirit and rejoice in our life in union with Christ Jesus. We do not put any trust in external ceremonies.
Philippians 3:7
But all those things that I might count as profit I now reckon as loss for Christ's sake.
Philippians 3:8
Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ
that I
2 Kings 14:9-11
9
But King Jehoash sent back the following reply: "Once a thorn bush on the Lebanon Mountains sent a message to a cedar: 'Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' A wild animal passed by and trampled the bush down.
10
Now Amaziah, you have defeated the Edomites, and you are filled with pride. Be satisfied with your fame and stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and your people?"
11
But Amaziah refused to listen, so King Jehoash marched out with his men and fought against him at Beth Shemesh in Judah.
Job 31:24
I have never trusted in riches
Job 31:25
or taken pride in my wealth.
Psalm 49:6
by evil people who trust in their riches and boast of their great wealth.
Psalm 52:1
Why do you boast, great one, of your evil? God's faithfulness is eternal.
Jeremiah 9:23
The LORD says, "The wise should not boast of their wisdom, nor the strong of their strength, nor the rich of their wealth.
Jeremiah 9:24
If any want to boast, they should boast that they know and understand me, because my love is constant, and I do what is just and right. These are the things that please me. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Ezekiel 28:2
"Mortal man," he said, "tell the ruler of Tyre what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to him: Puffed up with pride, you claim to be a god. You say that like a god you sit on a throne, surrounded by the seas. You may pretend to be a god, but, no, you are mortal, not divine.
Daniel 4:30
he said, "Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty."
Daniel 4:31
Before the words were out of his mouth, a voice spoke from heaven, "King Nebuchadnezzar, listen to what I say! Your royal power is now taken away from you.
Daniel 5:20
But because he became proud, stubborn, and cruel, he was removed from his royal throne and lost his place of honor.
Daniel 5:21
He was driven away from human society, and his mind became like that of an animal. He lived with wild donkeys, ate grass like an ox, and slept in the open air with nothing to protect him from the dew. Finally he admitted that the Supreme God controls all human kingdoms and can give them to anyone he chooses.
1 Corinthians 1:29-31
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This means that no one can boast in God's presence.
30
But God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus, and God has made Christ to be our wisdom. By him we are put right with God; we become God's holy people and are set free.
31
So then, as the scripture says, "Whoever wants to boast must boast of what the Lord has done."
1 Corinthians 3:21
No one, then, should boast about what human beings can do. Actually everything belongs to you:
2 Corinthians 11:12
I will go on doing what I am doing now, in order to keep those other "apostles" from having any reason for boasting and saying that they work in the same way that we do.
2 Corinthians 12:10
I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am acting like a fool---but you have made me do it. You are the ones who ought to show your approval of me. For even if I am nothing, I am in no way inferior to those very special "apostles" of yours.
save
Isaiah 45:24
"They will say that only through me are victory and strength to be found; but all who hate me will suffer disgrace.
Isaiah 45:25
I, the LORD, will rescue all the descendants of Jacob, and they will give me praise.
Romans 1:16
I have complete confidence in the gospel; it is God's power to save all who believe, first the Jews and also the Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 1:23
As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles;
1 Corinthians 2:2
For while I was with you, I made up my mind to forget everything except Jesus Christ and especially his death on the cross.
Philippians 3:3
It is we, not they, who have received the true circumcision, for we worship God by means of his Spirit and rejoice in our life in union with Christ Jesus. We do not put any trust in external ceremonies.
Philippians 3:7-11
7
But all those things that I might count as profit I now reckon as loss for Christ's sake.
8
Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ
9
and be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.
10
All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death,
11
in the hope that I myself will be raised from death to life.
the world
Galatians 1:4
In order to set us free from this present evil age, Christ gave himself for our sins, in obedience to the will of our God and Father.
Galatians 2:20
so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.
Galatians 5:24
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires.
Acts 20:23
I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit has warned me that prison and troubles wait for me.
Acts 20:24
But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God.
Romans 6:6
And we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin.
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, my dear friends, stand firm and steady. Keep busy always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever useless.
2 Corinthians 5:14-16
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We are ruled by the love of Christ, now that we recognize that one man died for everyone, which means that they all share in his death.
15
He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but only for him who died and was raised to life for their sake.
16
No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards. Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so.
Philippians 1:20
My deep desire and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but that at all times, and especially right now, I shall be full of courage, so that with my whole being I shall bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die.
Philippians 1:21
For what is life? To me, it is Christ. Death, then, will bring more.
Philippians 3:8
Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ
Philippians 3:9
and be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.
Colossians 3:1-3
1
You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God.
2
Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.
3
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
1 John 2:15-17
15
Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.
16
Everything that belongs to the world---what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of---none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.
17
The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.
1 John 5:4
because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.
1 John 5:5
Who can defeat the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.