• Mark 1: 14,   "Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:   repent ye, and believe the gospel."
• Matthew 4: 17, 23,   "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent:   for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ... And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."
  Luke 4: 43,   "And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also:   for therefore am I sent."
• Luke 9: 1, 2,   "Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.   And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick."
• Luke 8: 1 "And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God:   and the twelve were with him,"

Additional Testimonies:   Matthew 9: 35, 6: 33, 13: 19, Luke 9: 11, 13, 28.

• Acts 8: 12, 25,   "But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. ... And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans."
• Acts 19: 8, 10, 20,   "And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. ... And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. ... "
• Acts 28: 30, 31,   "And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him."
• Acts 26: 6,7 "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:   Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come.   For which hope's sake, king Agrippa I am accused of the Jews.
• Acts 20: 25,   "And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall seemy face no more."

• Daniel 2: 44,   "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed:   and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever."
• Haggai 2:22 "And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother."
• Revelation 11: 15,"And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."
• Daniel 7: 13-27,   "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.   And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him:   his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.   ... But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.   ... Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.   And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 25,   "For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet."
• Zechariah 14: 9,   "And the LORD shall be king over all the earth:   in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one."
• Psalm 2: 8,9,   "Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.   Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
• Psalm 110: 5,   "The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath."
• Revelation 19: 11 - 16,   "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.   His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.   And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood:   and his name is called The Word of God.   And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.   And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations:   and he shall rule them with a rod of iron:   and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.   And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."

• 1 Chronicles 28: 5; 29:23,   "And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. ... Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him."
• 2 Chronicles 9: 8,   "Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God:   because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice."
• 2 Chronicles 13: 8,   "And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods."

• Ezekiel 21: 25-27,   "And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown:   this shall not be the same:   exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.   I WILL OVERTURN, OVERTURN, OVERTURN, IT:   AND IT SHALL BE NO MORE, UNTIL HE COME WHOSE RIGHT IT IS; AND I WILL GIVE IT HIM."

• Hosea 3: 4, 5,   "For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:   Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David (Hebrew = "Beloved" and refers to Chirst) their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days."
• Luke 21: 24,   "24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations:   and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."
• Matthew 23: 36-39,   "Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.   O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."
• Isaiah 63: 17-19,   "O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.   The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while:   our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.   We are thine:   thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name."
• Daniel 8: 13, 14,   "Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."

• Amos 9: 11,   "In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:"
• Isaiah 61: 4,   "And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations."
• Isaiah 33: 20, 21,   "Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities:   thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.   But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby."
• Acts 1: 6,   "When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?"
• Luke 1: 32, 33,   "He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:   and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:   And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."
• Acts 15: 15, 16,   "And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:"
• Zechariah 2: 12,   "And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again."
• Zechariah 1: 16, 17,   "Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies:   my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.   Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem."
• Psalm 102: 12, 13,   "But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.   Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion:   for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come."

• Obadiah 17, 20, 21,   "But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. ... And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.   And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S."
• Micah 4: 6-8,   "In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation:   and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.   And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem."

• Isaiah 11: 12,   "And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth."
• Jeremiah 31: 10,   "Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock."
• Psalm 107: 2-4,   "Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.   They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in."
• Zechariah 8: 7,8,   "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem:   and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."
• Ezekiel 37: 21, 22,   "And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:   And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all:   and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:"
• Jeremiah 31: 27, 28,   "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.   And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD."
• Jeremiah 32: 42,   "For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them."
• Jeremiah 33: 14-16,   "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.   In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.   In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely:   and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness."
• Ezekiel 36: 22-24,   "Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.   And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.   For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land."
• Isaiah 54: 7, 8,   "For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.   In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer."
• Micah 4: 7,   "And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation:   and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever"
• Romans 11: 1, 2, 12, 25, 26,   "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid.   For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.   Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, ... Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?" ... For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.   And so all Israel shall be saved:   as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
• Zechariah 8: 23,   "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you:   for we have heard that God is with you."
• Malachi 3: 12,   "And all nations shall call you blessed:   for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts."

• Jeremiah 3: 17,   "At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem:   neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart."
• Micah 4: 7, 8,   "And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation:   and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.   And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem."
• Joel 3: 17,   "So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain:   then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more."
• Isaiah 24: 23,   "Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously."
• Isaiah 60: 14,   "The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel."
• Zechariah 14: 16,   "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles."
• Jeremiah 31: 23,   "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness."
• Isaiah 52: 1,   "Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city:   for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean."
• Isaiah 65: 17, 18,   "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:   and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.   But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create:   for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy."

• Psalm 48: 2,   "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King."
• Matthew 5: 34, 35,   "But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:   Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:   neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King."
• Ezekiel 48: 35,   "It was round about eighteen thousand measures:   and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there."

• Psalm 132: 11,   "The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne."
• 2 Samuel 23: 1, 3-5,   "Now these be the last words of David.   David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel ... The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.   And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure:   for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow."
• 2 Samuel 7: 12-14,   "And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.   He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.   I will be his father, and he shall be my son.   If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:"

• Acts 2: 29, 30,   "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.   Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;"
• Luke 1: 30-33,   "And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary:   for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.   He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:   and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:   And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."
• Mark 15: 2,   "And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it."
• Matthew 19: 28,   "And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
• Isaiah 9: 7,   "Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.   The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this."
• Jeremiah 33: 15,   "In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land."
• Zechariah 6: 12, 13,   "And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne:   and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."

• Revelation 3: 21,   "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.."
• 2 Timothy 2: 12,   "If we suffer, we shall also reign with him:   if we deny him, he also will deny us:"
• Revelation 5: 10,   "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests:   and we shall reign on the earth."
• Revelation 2: 26, 27,   "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:   And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers:   even as I received of my Father."
• Daniel 7: 18, 27,   "But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. ... And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."

• Psalm 149: 7-9,   "To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;   To execute upon them the judgment written:   this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD."
• 1 Corinthians 6: 2,3,   "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?   Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?"
• Luke 12: 32, 36,   "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ... And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately."
• 2 Timothy 4: 1,   "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;"
• Luke 22: 29, 30,   "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
• 2 Timothy 4: 8,   "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:   and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."
• Luke 13: 28, 29,   "There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God."
• Mark 14: 25,   "Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God."
• Luke 23: 42, 43,   "And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.   And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise."

• 1 Peter 2: 9,   "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"
• Matthew 21: 43,   "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."
• Matthew 6: 10,   "Thy kingdom come.   Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."
• Psalm 37: 11,   "But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace."
• Isaiah 32: 1,   "Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment."

• Galatians 3: 8,   "And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed."
• Genesis 12: 1-3,   "Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:   And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:   And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:   and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."

• Genesis 13: 14-17,   "And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:   For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.   And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth:   so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.   Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee."
• Genesis 12: 1-3, 7,   "Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:   And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:   And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:   and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. ... And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land:   and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him."
• Genesis 15: 8-18,   "And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?   And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.   And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another:   but the birds divided he not.   And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.   And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge:   and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again:   for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:"
• Genesis 17: 8,   "And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."

• Genesis 26: 2-4,   "And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:   Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;"
• Genesis 28: 3-4,   "And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham."
• Genesis 28: 13, 14,   "And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac:   the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south:   and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed."

• Acts 7: 5,   "And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on:   yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child."
• Hebrews 11: 8,9,   "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went   By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:   For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."
• Hebrews 11: 13,   "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. "
• Galatians 3: 16, 29,   "Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. ... And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
• Romans 15: 8,   "Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:"
• Luke 1: 68-73,   "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:   That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,"

• Isaiah 11: 9,   "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain:   for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea."
• Isaiah 2: 4,   "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people:   and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:   nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
• Psalm 72: 4, 17,   "He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. ... His name shall endure for ever:   his name shall be continued as long as the sun:   and men shall be blessed in him:   all nations shall call him blessed."
• Jeremiah 4: 2,   "And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."
• Isaiah 11: 9, 10,   "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain:   for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea   And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek:   and his rest shall be glorious."
• Isaiah 32: 1-6,   "Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment   And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land   And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken   The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly   The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful   For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail"
• Jeremiah 3: 17,   "At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem:   neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart."
• Zechariah 9: 10,   "And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off:   and he shall speak peace unto the heathen:   and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth."
• Isaiah 33: 5, 6,   "The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high:   he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness   And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation:   the fear of the LORD is his treasure."
• Psalm 67: 4,   "O let the nations be glad and sing for joy:   for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.   Selah."

• Leviticus 26: 42,   "Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land."
• Joel 2: 18,   "Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people."
• Joel 2: 21,   "Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice:   for the LORD will do great things."
• Deuteronomy 11: 12,   "A land which the LORD thy God careth for:   the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year."
• Ezekiel 36: 34-36,   "And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by   And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited   Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate:   I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it."
• Isaiah 51: 3,   "For the LORD shall comfort Zion:   he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody."
• Isaiah 62: 4,   "Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate:   but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah:   for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married."
• Isaiah 60: 15,   "Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations."
• Luke 13: 28,   "There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out."
• Matthew 8: 11,   "And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven."
• Micah 7: 20,   "Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old."

• 2 Timothy 4: 1,   "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;"
• Acts 1: 9-11,   "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight   And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."
• Matthew 16: 27,   "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works."
• Psalm 102: 16, 21,   "When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. ... To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;"
• Acts 3: 20, 21,   "And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:   Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began."
• Isaiah 25: 9,   "And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us:   this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."
• Hebrews 9: 28,   "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation."
• 1 Thessalonians 4: 16,   "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:   and the dead in Christ shall rise first:"
• 1 Peter 1: 13,   "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ"
• Philippians 3: 20,   "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:"
• 1 Corinthians 1: 7,   "So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:"
• 1 John 2: 28,   "And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming."

• 1 Thessalonians 2: 12,   "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory."
• Luke 12: 32,   "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
• James 2: 5,   "Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?"
• Matthew 25: 34,   "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:"
• 2 Peter 1: 11,   "For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
• Luke 13: 29,   "And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God."
• John 3: 5,   "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 50,   "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."
• 1 Corinthians 6: 9,   "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived:   neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,"

• Revelation 20: 1-9,   "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand   And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled:   and after that he must be loosed a little season   And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:   and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years   But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished   This is the first resurrection   Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:   on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years   And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle:   the number of whom is as the sand of the sea   And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city:   and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."

• Revelation 20: 12-15,   "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened:   and another book was opened, which is the book of life:   and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works   And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them:   and they were judged every man according to their works   And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire   This is the second death   And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

• Daniel 7: 14,   "And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him:   his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."
• Isaiah 65: 20,   "There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days:   for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 24-28, Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power   For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet   The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death   For he hath put all things under his feet   But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him   And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all."

• 1 Timothy 2: 5,   "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;"
• Deuteronomy 6: 4,   "Hear, O Israel:   The LORD our God is one LORD:"
• Mark 12: 29,   "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:"
• 1 Corithians 8: 6,   "But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."
• Ephesians 4: 5,6,   "One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."
• Isaiah 45: 5,6,   "I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:   I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:   That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me   I am the LORD, and there is none else."
• John 17: 3,   "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
• 1 Timothy 6: 15,16,   "Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see:   to whom be honour and power everlasting   Amen."
• 1 Kings 8: 30, 34, 39,   "And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place:   and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place:   and when thou hearest, forgive. ... Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. ... Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)"
• Matthew 6: 9,   "After this manner therefore pray ye:   Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name."
• Psalm 123: 1,   "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens."

• Genesis 1: 2,   "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."

• Psalm 89: 2-12,   "For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:   thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens   I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations   Selah   And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD:   thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints   For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him   O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? Thou rulest the raging of the sea:   when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them   Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm   The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:   as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them   The north and the south thou hast created them:   Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name."
• Job 33: 4,   "The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life."
• Job 26: 13,   "By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent."
• Psalm 104: 30,   "Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:   and thou renewest the face of the earth."
• Judges 14: 6,   "And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand:   but he told not his father or his mother what he had done."
• Numbers 27: 18,   "And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;"
• Nehemiah 9: 30,   "Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets:   yet would they not give ear:   therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands."
• 2 Peter 1: 21,   "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man:   but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."

• Luke 1: 35,   "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:   therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
• Acts 10: 38,   "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power:   who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."
• John 14: 26,   "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

• Matthew 3: 11,   "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance:   but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:   he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:"
• Acts 1: 5-8,   "For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence   When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power   But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:   and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
• Acts 2: 2-4,   "And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting   And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them   And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."
• Acts 11: 15, 16,   "And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning   Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost."
• Acts 8: 17-19,   "Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost   And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost."

• Luke 1: 35,   "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:   therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."
• Matthew 1: 20,   "But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife:   for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost."
• Isaiah 9: 6,   "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:   and the government shall be upon his shoulder:   and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace."
• Acts 2: 22,   "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:"
• Acts 10: 38,   "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power:   who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."
• Luke 4: 18,   "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,"
• John 14: 10,   "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself:   but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."
• Matthew 3: 16, 17,   "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:   and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:   And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
• John 3: 34, 35,   "For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:   for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him   The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand."
• John 5: 30,   "I can of mine own self do nothing:   as I hear, I judge:   and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me."
• John 14: 28,   "Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you   If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father:   for my Father is greater than I."
• John 7: 16,   "Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me."
• Matthew 19: 17,   "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God:   but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
• Mark 15: 34,   "And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

• 1 Timothy 2: 5,   "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;"
• Romans 8: 3,   "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:"

• Hebrews 2: 14,   "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;"
• Galatians 4: 4,   "But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons."
• 2 Corinthians 5: 21,   "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 21, 45,   "For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. ... And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit."
• Romans 5: 15, 19,   "But not as the offence, so also is the free gift   For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. ... For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."
• Hebrew 5: 7, 8,   "Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;"
• Hebrew 2: 17,   "Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people."
• Hebrews 4: 15,   "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

• John 1: 29,   "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
• Hebrew 9: 26,   "For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world:   but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."
• John 3: 16,   "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life."
• Galatians 1: 4,   "Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:"
• Titus 2: 14,   "Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."
• 2 Corinthians 5: 21,   "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
• Acts 10: 43,   "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins."
• Romans 3: 25,   "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;"
• Acts 4: 12,   "Neither is there salvation in any other:   for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

• Acts 2: 24,   "Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:   because it was not possible that he should be holden of it."
• Acts 5: 30,   "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree."
• Acts 10: 40,41,   "Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead."
• Acts 17: 31,   "Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead   And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked:   and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter."
• Romans 1: 3, 4,   "Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:"
• 2 Corinthians 13: 4,   "For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God   For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you."
• Romans 6: 9,   "Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him."
• Acts 3: 13,   "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go."
• Ephesians 1: 20,21,   "Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:"
• Hebrew 3: 1,   "Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways."
• Hebrews 4: 14,15,   "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession   For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."
• Hebrews 8: 1,   "Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum:   We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;"

• Hebrews 2: 14,   "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;"
• Romans 6: 23,   "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
• Hebrews 9: 26,   "For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world:   but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."
• James 4: 7,   "Submit yourselves therefore to God   Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
• Hebrews 12: 4,   "Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin."
• John 13: 2,   "And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;"
• John 6: 70,   "Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
• Acts 5: 3, 9,   "But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? ... Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out."

• James 1: 14,15,   "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed   Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin:   and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death."
• Ephesian 2: 2,   "Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:"
• 1 Timothy 5: 14,15,   "I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully   For some are already turned aside after Satan."
• 1 Timothy 1: 20,   "Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme."
• Matthew 16: 23,   "But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:   thou art an offence unto me:   for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men."
• Mark 8: 33,   "But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan:   for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men."
• Luke 4: 8,   "And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan:   for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."
• 1 Thessalonians 2: 18,   "Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us."
• Revelation 2: 12,13,   "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is:   and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth."
• 1 Peter 5: 8,   "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
• Revelation 2: 10,   "Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer:   behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days:   be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."

• Genesis 3: 15,   "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
• Psalm 68: 21,   "But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses."
• Jeremiah 51: 20,   "Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war:   for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;"
• Revelation 12: 3-17,   "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. ... And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
• Revelation 20: 2,   "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years"
• Psalm 110: 6,   "He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries."
• Daniel 2: 44,   "And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed:   and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever."

• Deuteronomy 32: 17,   "They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not."
• Psalm 106: 37,   "Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,"
• 2 Chronicles 11: 15,   "And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made."
• Leviticus 17: 7,   "And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring   This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations."
• 1 Corinthians 10: 20,   "But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils."
• Matthew 17: 15-18,   "Lord, have mercy on my son:   for he is lunatick, and sore vexed:   for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water   And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him   Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me   And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him:   and the child was cured from that very hour."

• Matthew 12: 22,   "Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb:   and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw."
• Mark 9: 17,   "And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;"

• Genesis 2: 7,   "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

• Genesis 3: 19,   "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken:   for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
• Genesis 5: 2,   "Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created."
• Genesis 3: 23,   "Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."
• Job 33: 6,   "Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead:   I also am formed out of the clay."
• Job 4: 19,   "How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?"
• Psalm 103: 14,   "For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust."
• Genesis 18: 27,   "And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:"
• Job 10: 9,   "Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?"
• 1 Peter 1: 24,   "For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass   The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:"
• James 1: 10, 11,   "But the rich, in that he is made low:   because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away   For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth:   so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways."
• Ecclesiastes 3: 19-20,   "For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them:   as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast:   for all is vanity.   All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again."
• Job 14: 10,   "But man dieth, and wasteth away:   yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?"
• Ecclesiastes 12: 7,   "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:   and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."
• Psalm 104: 29,   "Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled:   thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust."
• Isaiah 45: 9,   "Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth   Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?"
• Isaiah 64: 8,   "But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand."
• John 3: 31,   "He that cometh from above is above all:   he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth:   he that cometh from heaven is above all."
• John 3: 6,   "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 47-49,   "The first man is of the earth, earthy:   the second man is the Lord from heaven   As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy:   and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly   And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."

• Job 4: 17,   "Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?"
• Romans 5: 12,   "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:"
• Genesis 2: 17,   "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:   for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
• Genesis 3: 19,   "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken:   for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
• Genesis 3: 22-23,   "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:   and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:   Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 22,   "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."
• Psalm 89: 48,   "What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah."
• Psalm 30: 3,   "O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave:   thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit."
• Psalm 86: 13,   "For great is thy mercy toward me:   and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell."
• Job 33: 22,   "Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers."
• Genesis 7: 22,   "All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died."
• Isaiah 2: 22,   "Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils:   for wherein is he to be accounted of?"
• 1 Timothy 6: 15,16,   "Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see:   to whom be honour and power everlasting   Amen."
• 1 Timothy 1: 17,   "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever   Amen."

• Psalm 6: 5,   "For in death there is no remembrance of thee:   in the grave who shall give thee thanks?"
• Ecclesiastes 9: 5-6,   "For the living know that they shall die:   but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten   Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun."
• Ecclesiastes 9: 10,   "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest."

• Psalm 146: 3-4,   "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help   His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish."
• Isaiah 38: 18, 19,   "For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee:   they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth   The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day:   the father to the children shall make known thy truth."
• Job 3: 11-17,   "Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept:   then had I been at rest, With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:   Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light   There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest   There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor   The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master."
• Job 14: 10-12,   "But man dieth, and wasteth away:   yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:   So man lieth down, and riseth not:   till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep."
• Job 10: 18, 19,   "Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave."
• 2 Samuel 12: 22, 23,   "And he (King David)said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept:   for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."
• Psalm 39: 12, 13,   "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears:   for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were   O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more."
• Acts 13: 36,   "For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:"
• Acts 2: 29-34,   "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day   Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption   This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses   Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear   For David is not ascended into the heavens:   but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,"
• Genesis 15: 15,   "And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age."
• Genesis 25: 8,   "Then Abraham gave up the ghost (gava = expired), and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people."

• Genesis 35: 29,   "And Isaac gave up the ghost (gava = expired), and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days:   and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him."
• Genesis 49: 33,   "And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost (gava = expired), and was gathered unto his people."

• Genesis 1: 24,   "And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature(Dr Adam Clarke, remarking on this text says,   "nephesh chayiah is a general term to express all creatures endued with animal life, in any of its infinitely varied graduations".   It is the same original word translated "soul" as applied to Adam,) after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:   and it was so."
• Genesis 1: 20,   "And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."
• Job 12: 10,   "In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind."
• 1 Kings 17: 21-22,   "And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again   And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived."
• Genesis 35: 18,   "And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni:   but his father called him Benjamin."
• Isaiah 29: 8,   "It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty:   or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite:   so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion."
• Exodus 12: 16,   "And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man (mgn = Hebrew=soul)must eat, that only may be done of you."
• Proverbs 6: 30,   "Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;"
• Compare above with Leviticus 17: 10-12,   "And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.   For the life of the flesh is in the blood:   and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls:   for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul   Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood."
• Numbers 31: 28,   "And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle:   one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:"
• Leviticus 22: 11,   "But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house:   they shall eat of his meat."
• Joshua 11: 11,   "And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them:   there was not any left to breathe:   and he burnt Hazor with fire."
• Joshua 10: 32,   "And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah."
• Jeremiah 4: 10,   "Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul."
• Job 36: 14,   "They (mgn Hebrew=Their soul dieth)die in youth, and their life is among the unclean."
• Jeremiah 2: 34,   "Also in thy skirts is found THE BLOOD OF THE SOULS of the poor innocents:   I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these."
• Ezekiel 13: 18,19,   "And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, TO SLAY THE SOULS that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am "
• Ezekiel 22: 25-27,   "There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; THEY HAVE DEVOURED SOULS; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof   Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things:   they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them   Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain."
• Job 7: 15,   "So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life."
• Psalm 105: 18,   "Whose feet they hurt with fetters:   he was laid in iron (mgn Hebrew=his soul was laid in iron):"
• Judges 16: 30,   "And Samson said, Let me (mgn Hebrew=my soul)die with the Philistines   And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein   So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life."
• Acts 3: 23,   "And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people."
• Isaiah 38: 17,   "Behold, for peace I had great bitterness:   but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption:   for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back."
• Ezekiel 18: 4, 20,   "Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine:   the soul that sinneth, it shall die. ... The soul that sinneth, it shall die   The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son:   the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him."
• Matthew 16: 25, 26,   "For whosoever will save his life (psuche) shall lose it:   and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it   For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (psuche - translated "life" in verse 25) or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul(psuche) ?"

• Luke 12: 19, 20,   "And I will say to my soul(psuche) , Soul(psuche) , thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry   But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul (psuche)shall be required of thee:   then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?"
• Matthew 10: 28,   "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul(psuche):   but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul(psuche) and body in hell(gehenna)."
• Matthew 2: 20,   "Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel:   for they are dead which sought the young child's life(psuche)."
• Acts 27: 22,   "22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer:   for there shall be no loss of any man's life(psuche) among you, but of the ship."
• Revelation 16: 3,   "And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man:   and every living soul(psuche) died in the sea."
• Revelation 6: 9-10,   "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:   And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

• Isaiah 53: 11,12,   "He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:   by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities   Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death:   and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin "
• Acts 2: 31,   "He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption."
• Psalm 16: 10,   "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."
• Isaiah 1: 14,   "Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth:   they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them."

• Jeremiah 6: 8,   "Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited."
• Matthew 12: 18,   "Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased:   I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles."

• Genesis 6: 17,   "And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath(Hebrew ruach) of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die."
• James 2: 26,   "For as the body without the spirit(pneuma, mgn='breath') is dead, so faith without works is dead also."

• Genesis 49: 33,   "And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, a nd yielded up the ghost(gava=expired), and was gathered unto his people."
• Matthew 27: 50,   "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost (pneuma)."

• Acts 7: 59,   "And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit (pneuma)."
• 1 Samuel 1: 15,   "And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit(Hebrew ruach) :   I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD."
• Eclesiastes 3: 21,   "Who knoweth the spirit (Hebrew ruach) of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?"
• 1 Peter 3: 19,   "By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;"
• Joshua 5: 1,   "And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit (Hebrew ruach) in them any more, because of the children of Israel."
• Genesis 3: 8,   "And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool (Hebrew ruach, mgn='wind')of the day:   and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden."
• Genesis 8: 1,   "And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark:   and God made a wind(ruach) to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;"
• Ecclesiastes 8: 8,   "There is no man that hath power over the spirit(ruach) to retain the spirit(ruach); neither hath he power in the day of death:   and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it."
• Hebrews 12: 23,   "To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,"

• Hebrews 1: 14,   "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"

• 1 John 4: 1, 2,   "Beloved, believe not every spirit(pneuma), but try the spirits whether they are of God:   because many false prophets are gone out into the world   Hereby know ye the Spirit of God:   Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:"
• Mark 6: 49,   "But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit (original='phantasma'), and cried out:"

• Herodotus, the oldest historian, writes as follows:   "The Egyptians say that Ceres (the goddess of corn), and Bacchus (the god of wine), hold the chief sway in the infernal regions; and the Egyptians also were the first who asserted the doctrine that the soul of man is immortal" (Herod. Book 2;Sec123).
• Mosheim says,   "Its first promoters argued from that known doctrine of the Platonic School, which was also adopted by Origen and his disciples, that the divine nature was diffused through all human souls; or in other words, that the faculty of reason, from which proceed the health and vigour of the mind, was an emanation from God into the human soul, and comprehended it in the principles and elements of all truth, human and divine" (Ecclesiastical History, vol 1, page 86; Plato page 169).
• Justin Martyr (A.D. 150) said,   "For if you have conversed with some that are indeed called Christians, and do not maintain these opinions, but even dare to blaspheme the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and say that there is no resurrection of the dead, but that the souls, as soon as they leave the body are received up into heaven, take care that you do not look upon these   But I, and all those Christians that are really orthodox in every respect, do know that there will be a resurrection of the body and a thousand years in Jerusalem, when it is built again, and adorned, as Ezekiel, and Esaias, and the rest of the prophets declare (Dialogue with Trypho, the Jew, section 80).
• An extract from the canon which was passed under Leo X, by the Council of Lateran, shows that the doctrine of an "immortal soul" that lives when the man is dead was supported in those days, as it generally has been since, by the authority of creeds, rather than the Word of God:   "Some have dared to assert, concerning the nature of the reasonable soul, that it is mortal; we, with the approbation of the sacred council, do condemn and reprobate all such, seeing according to the canon of Pope Clement the Fifth, the soul is immortal; and we strictly inhibit all from dogmatising otherwise; and we decree that all who adhere to the like erroneous assertions, shall be shunned and punished as heretics" (Caranza, page 412, 1681).
• Martin Luther ironically responded to the decrees of the Council of the Lateran held during the pontificate of Pope Leo:   "I permit the Pope to make articles of faith for himself and his faithful - such as the soul is the substantial form of the human body - the soul is immortal - with all those monstrous opinions to be found in the Roman dunghill of decretals; that such as his faith is, such may be his gospel, such his disciples, and such his church, that the mouth may have meat suitable for it, and the dish a cover worthy of it" (Luther's Works, vol. II, Folio 107, Wittemburg, 1562).
• In an old work printed in 1772, entitled Historical View of the Intermediate State, on page 348, when speaking of Martin Luther's belief in the relation to the state of the dead between death and resurrection, it is said to be held "that they lie in a profound sleep, in which opinion he followed many of the fathers of the ancient church."
• William Tyndale declares that "In putting departed souls in heaven, hell, and purgatory, you destroy the arguments wherewith Christ and Paul prove the resurrection   What God doth with them, that we shall know when we come to them   The true faith putteth the resurrection, which we be warned to look for every hour   The heathen philosophers denying that, did put that the souls did ever live   And the Pope joineth the spiritual doctrine of Christ, and the fleshly doctrine of philosophers together - things so contrary that they cannot agree   .. And because the flesh-minded Pope consenteth unto the heathen doctrine, therefore he corrupteth the scriptures to establish it... If the souls be in heaven, tell me why they be not in as good case as the angels be? And then what cause is there of the resurrection?" This translator of the scriptures into English suffered martyrdom in 1536.
• Gibbon declares that "The doctrine of the immortality of the soul is omitted in the Law of Moses" (Gibbon, chapter 15).
• Richard Watson remarks,   "That the soul is naturally immortal, is contradicted by scripture, which makes our immortality a gift, dependent on the will of the Giver" (Institutes, vol ii, page 250).
• George Combe says,   "No idea can be more erroneous, than to suppose that man is an immortal being, on account of the substance of which he is composed" (System of Phrenology, pp. 595-7).
• The Hebrew word "nephesh" is found in the original about 750 times, but in the common version, nephesh is translated in 45 different ways; soul 475 times; life, lives, living 120 times; persons 3 times; fish 1 time; and applied indiscriminately to man and beast 9 times, etc, etc.
• Parkhurst says,   "As a noun, nephesh hath been supposed to signify the spiritual part of a man, or, what we commonly call his soul; I must, for myself, confess that I can find no passage where it hath undoubtedly this meaning." (Hebrew Lexicon).
• The Greek work "psuche," synonymous with nephesh, used in the New Testament, has 7 different renderings, soul, life, lives, mind, heart, you, etc., etc.
• The word "soul" though frequently occurring in the Bible, is not found in one instance as indicating it being immortal, immaterial, indestructible, or "never-dying."
• The word "immortal" is found but once in the scriptures (See 1 Timothy 1:17).

• 2 Timothy 1: 10,   "But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:"
• John 6: 40,   "And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life:   and I will raise him up at the last day."
• John 11: 25,   "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:   he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:"
• Romans 6: 23,   "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
• 1 John 2: 25,   "And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life."
• 2 Timothy 1: 1,   "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,"
• Titus 1: 2,   "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;"
• Titus 3: 7,   "That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."
• Romans 8: 24, 25,   "For we are saved by hope:   but hope that is seen is not hope:   for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."
• Hebrews 11: 1,   "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
• Galatians 6: 8,   "For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."
• John 3: 16,   "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
• 1 John 5: 11-12,   "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son   He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."

• Revelation 22: 14,   "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
• John 3: 26,   "And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him."
• John 12: 25,   "He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal."
• Mark 10: 30,   "But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life."
• Romans 2: 7,   "To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:"
• Luke 20: 35, 36,   "But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:   Neither can they die any more:   for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."
• John 10: 28,   " ...My sheep ... And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand."
• John 17: 2,   "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him."
• James 1: 12,   "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation:   for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."
• 1 John 2: 17,   "And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof:   but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."
• 2 Corinthians 5: 1-4,   "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens   For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:   If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked   For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened:   not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 54, 55,   "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory   O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"
• Revelation 21: 4,   "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain:   for the former things are passed away."
• Revelation 2: 11, 7,   "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. ... He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."

• Daniel 12: 2,   "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
• John 5: 29,   "And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
• Luke 14: 14,   "And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee:   for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just."
• John 6: 39, 40, 44,   "And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day   And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life:   and I will raise him up at the last day. ... No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him:   and I will raise him up at the last day."
• John 11: 24,   "Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
• 1 Thessalonians 4: 16,   "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:   and the dead in Christ shall rise first:"
• Isaiah 26: 19,   "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise   Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust:   for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead."
• Acts 24: 15,   "And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 42-44,   "So also is the resurrection of the dead   It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:   It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory:   it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:   It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body   There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body."

• 1 Corinthians 15: 51-53,   "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:   for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed   For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."

• 1 Corinthians 15: 13,14,   "But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:   And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain."
• Job 19: 25-27,   "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:   And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:   Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 32,   "If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die."
• Philippians 3: 8, 11,   "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:   for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, ... If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead."
• Luke 20: 37, 38,   "Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob   For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living:   for all live unto him."

• Proverbs 11: 31,   "Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth:   much more the wicked and the sinner."
• Matthew 5: 5,   "Blessed are the meek:   for they shall inherit the earth."
• Psalm 78: 69,   "And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever."
• Ecclesiastes 1: 4. "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh:   but the earth abideth for ever."
• Psalm 37: 9,   "For evildoers shall be cut off:   but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth."
• Psalm 37: 11,   "But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace."
• Psalm 37: 22,   "For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off."
• Psalm 37: 29,   "The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever."
• Psalm 37: 34,   "Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land:   when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it."
• Proverbs 10: 30,   "The righteous shall never be removed:   but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth."
• Romans 4: 13,   "For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith."
• Hebrews 11: 8,   "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went."
• Revelation 5: 9,   "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof:   for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;"
• Daniel 7: 27,   "And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."

• Isaiah 45: 18,   "For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited:   I am the LORD; and there is none else."
• Psalm 115: 16,   "The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S:   but the earth hath he given to the children of men."
• John 3: 13,   "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven."
• Acts 2: 29, 34,   "Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. ... For David is not ascended into the heavens:   but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,"
• John 13: 33,   "Little children, yet a little while I am with you   Ye shall seek me:   and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you."
• John 14: 2-3,   "In my Father's house are many mansions:   if it were not so, I would have told you   I go to prepare a place for you.   And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

• Job 14: 13,   "O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave(sheol), that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!"
• Ezekiel 32: 27,   "And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell(sheol, grave) with their weapons of war:   and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living".   Compare with Ezekiel 31: 14-17.
• Psalm 9: 17,   "The wicked shall be turned into hell(sheol, grave), and all the nations that forget God."
• Psalm 31: 17,   "Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee:   let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave(sheol)."
• Psalm 16: 10,   "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell(sheol, grave); neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption".   - refer to Peter's application of this to the resurrection of Christ:   Acts 2: 27, 30-32.
• Psalm 116: 3,   "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell(sheol, grave) gat hold upon me:   I found trouble and sorrow."
• Jonah 2: 1-3,   "Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice   For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about:   all thy billows and thy waves passed over me."
• Luke 16: 23,   "And in hell(hades) he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom."

• Psalm 86: 13,   "For great is thy mercy toward me:   and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell (sheol, grave - see margin)."
• Psalm 63: 9, But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth."
• Matthew 11: 23,   "And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell(hades):   for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day."

• Matthew 16: 18,   "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell(hades, grave) shall not prevail against it."

• Acts 2: 31,   "He (David)seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell (hades=grave), neither his flesh did see corruption."
• Revelation 1: 18,   "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell(hades, grave) and of death."
• 1 Corinthians 15: 55,   "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? - refer Hosea 13: 14."
• Revelation 20: 13-15 "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell(hades, grave) delivered up the dead which were in them:   and they were judged every man according to their works   And death and hell(hades, grave) were cast into the lake of fire   This is the second death   And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

• Mark 9: 43,   "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off:   it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell(Gehenna=Valley of Hinnom), into the fire that never shall be quenched:"

• Isaiah 66: 24,   "And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me:   for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh."
• Matthew 10: 28,   "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul(psuche, life):   but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul(psuche, life) and body in hell(Gehenna)."

• Jude 7,   "Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."

• Isaiah 34: 8-10,   "For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion   And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch   It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever:   from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever".   - refer also Jermeiah 7: 17-20,27, 2 Chronicles 34: 25.
• Matthew 3: 12,   "Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
• Psalm 21: 8,9 "Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies:   thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee   Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger:   the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them."
• Isaiah 33: 14,   "The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites   Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?"
• Hebrews 12: 29,   "For our God is a consuming fire."
• Malachi 4:1-3,   "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:   and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch   But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall   And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."
• Revelation 21: 8,   "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:   which is the second death."
• Romans 1: 32,   "Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."
• 2 Peter 2: 4,   "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell(tartarus), and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;" Jude 6,   "Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."

• Psalm 37: 20,   "But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs:   they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away."
• Obadiah 15-16,   "For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen:   as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee:   thy reward shall return upon thine own head   For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been."
• Psalm 37: 10,   "For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be:   yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be."
• Psalm 37: 34,   "Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land:   when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it."
• 2 Thessalonians 1: 9-10,   "Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day."
• Proverbs 24: 19,20 "Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out."
• 2 Peter 2: 12,   "But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;"
• Psalm 145: 20,   "The LORD preserveth all them that love him:   but all the wicked will he destroy."
• Psalm 104: 35,   "Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more   Bless thou the LORD, O my soul   Praise ye the LORD."
• Job 21: 30,   "That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath."
• 2 Corinthians 2: 15, 16,   "For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:   To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life   And who is sufficient for these things?"
• Poverbs 13: 13,   "Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed:   but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded."
• Matthew 25: 46,   "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment:   but the righteous into life eternal."

• Isaiah 26: 13, 14,   "O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us:   but by thee only will we make mention of thy name   They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise:   therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish."
• Jeremiah 51: 39,   "In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD."
• Proverbs 21: 16,   "The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
• Jeremiah 51: 57,   "And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men:   and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts."
• Romans 5: 12,   "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:"
• Ephesians 4: 17, 18,   "This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, BEING ALIENATED FROM THE LIFE OF GOD THROUGH THE IGNORANCE THAT IS IN THEM, because of the blindness of their heart:"
• 2 Corinthians 4: 3,   "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:"
• Psalm 49: 19,20,   "He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light   Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish."
• Acts 24: 15,   "And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust."
• 2 Timothy 4: 1,   "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;"
• 2 Corinthians 5: 10,   "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."
• Romans 14: 10-12,   "But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ   For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God   So then every one of us SHALL GIVE account of himself to God."

• Matthew 12: 36,37,   "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, THEY SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT thereof in the day of judgment   For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."
• John 5: 28,29,   "Marvel not at this:   for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
• Galatians 6: 8,   "For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."
• 1 John 2: 28,   "And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming."
• Matthew 24: 46,   "Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing."
• Matthew 24: 48-51,   "But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites:   there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
• Mark 8: 38,   "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
• Matthew 16: 27,"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works."
• Matthew 13: 47-50,   "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:   Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away   So shall it be at the end of the world:   the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire:   there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
• Matthew 25: 31-46,   "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:   And before him shall be gathered all nations:   and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:   And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left   Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:   For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat:   I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:   I was a stranger, and ye took me in:   Naked, and ye clothed me:   I was sick, and ye visited me:   I was in prison, and ye came unto me   Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me   Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:   For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat:   I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:   I was a stranger, and ye took me not in:   naked, and ye clothed me not:   sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not   Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me   And these shall go away into everlasting punishment:   but the righteous into life eternal."
• Daniel 12: 2,   "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
• Luke 19: 15,   "And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading."
• Luke 13: 25-30,   "When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:   Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets   But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity   There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out   And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God   And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last."
• Hebrews 9: 27,   "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:"
• Revelation 22: 11,12,   "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still:   and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still:   and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still:   and he that is holy, let him be holy still   And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."
• 1 Peter 4: 5,   "Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead."
• 1 Peter 1: 17,   "And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:"
• 1 Corinthians 3: 13,   "Every man's work shall be made manifest:   for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is."
• Revelation 11: 18,   "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."
• John 12: 48,   "He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him:   the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day."
• 2 Corinthians 4: 11,   "For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh."
• 1 John 4: 17,   "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment:   because as he is, so are we in this world."
• 1 Corinthians 4: 5,   "Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts:   and then shall every man have praise of God."

• Mark 16: 15, 16,   "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature   He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

• John 3: 5,   "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
• Acts 2: 38-41,   "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost   For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call   And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation   Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:   and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."
• Acts 8: 12,   "But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women."
• Acts 8: 38,   "And he commanded the chariot to stand still:   and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him."
• Acts 9: 18,   "And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales:   and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized."
• Acts 16: 15,   "And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there   And she constrained us."
• Acts 16: 27, 33-34,   "And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. ... And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway   And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house."
• Acts 19: 5,   "When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus."
• 1 Peter 3: 21,   "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:"
• Romans 6: 3-5,   "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:   that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life   For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:"
• Galatians 3: 27-29,   "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ   There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female:   for ye are all one in Christ Jesus   And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

• Matthew 7: 13,14,   "Enter ye in at the strait gate:   for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:   Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
• Mathew 22: 14,   "Many are called but few are chosen."
• James 2: 5,   "Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?"
• 1 Corinthians 1: 26,27,   "For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:   But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;"
• 1 Corinthians 3: 19,   "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God   For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."
• 1 Corinthians 1: 27-28,   "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:"
• John 17: 9, 20,   "I pray for them:   I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. ... Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;"
• Acts 28: 22,   "But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest:   for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against."
• Luke 6: 22,   "Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake."
• 1 Peter 4: 14-16,   "If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you:   on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified   But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters   Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf."
• John 17: 14,   "I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."

• Matthew 15: 9,   "But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."
• 1 Peter 4: 11,   "If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth:   that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever   Amen."

• 2 Peter 3: 3,4,   "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
• 2 Timothy 4: 3,4,   "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And THEY SHALL TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE TRUTH, AND SHALL BE TURNED UNTO FABLES."
• Luke 18: 8,   "I tell you that he will avenge them speedily   Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith (ten pistin, the faith)on the earth?"

• 1 Timothy 4: 1-3,   "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith(tes pistios), giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth."
• Acts 20: 29,30,   "For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock   Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them."
• 2 Thessalonians 2: 11,   "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:"
• 2 Thessalonians 2: 7,8,   "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:   only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way   And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:"
• Revelation 17: 5,   "And upon her forehead (said to be the forehead of the woman representing Papal Rome - see Revelation 17: 18)was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS(state religions) AND ABOMINATIONS(the innumerable sects) OF THE EARTH."
• Isaiah 60: 2,   "For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people:   but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee."
• Matthew 24: 37-39,   "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be   For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

• Jeremiah 16: 19-21,   "O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit   Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD."
• Isaiah 26: 9,   "With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early:   for when thy judgments are in the earth, THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD WILL LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS."
• Isaiah 25: 6,7,   "And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined   And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations."
• Zechariah 8: 23,22,   "Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you:   for we have heard that God is with you. ... Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD."
• Micah 5: 2,   "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."
• Isaiah 2: 3,   "And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:   for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem."
• Zechariah 14: 16,   "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles."
• Habakkuk 2: 14,   "For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea."