Romans 13:11

     And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to wake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

ref. - 1 Co 15:34 - Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God:  I speak this to...

1 Thessalonians 4:8

      He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

ref. - Lk 10:16 - He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him...

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd)

Matthew 6:8 

       Be not ye therefore like unto them:  for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

ref. - Ps 139:2 - Thou knows my downsizing and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought...

Romans 4:11

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had being yet uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

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2 Corinthians 8:7-9

7  Therefore, as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

8  I speak not by commandment, but by the occasion of the forwardness of others, and...

Acts 7:17-23

17  But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

18  Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

19  The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that...

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd)

Matthew 7:28,29

28  And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

29  For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

ref. - Mk 1:22 - And they were astonished at his...

The Sermon on the mount (cont'd)

Matthew 7:26,27

26  And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat...

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd)

Matthew 7:24,25

24  Therefore whosoever hearth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon th...

The Sermon on the mount(cont'd)

Matthew 7:22,23

22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?  And in thy name cast out devils?  And in thy name done many wonderful works?

23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew...