Bible Cross References
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Esther 8:17
In every city and province, wherever the king's proclamation was read, the Jews held a joyful holiday with feasting and happiness. In fact, many other people became Jews, because they were afraid of them now.
Jeremiah 31:27
"I, the LORD, say that the time is coming when I will fill the land of Israel and Judah with people and animals.
Daniel 3:1-6
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King Nebuchadnezzar had a gold statue made, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and he had it set up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
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Then the king gave orders for all his officials to come together---the princes, governors, lieutenant governors, commissioners, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces. They were to attend the dedication of the statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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When all these officials gathered for the dedication and stood in front of the statue,
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a herald announced in a loud voice, "People of all nations, races, and languages!
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You will hear the sound of the trumpets, followed by the playing of oboes, lyres, zithers, and harps; and then all the other instruments will join in. As soon as the music starts, you are to bow down and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
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Anyone who does not bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
Hosea 2:23
I will establish my people in the land and make them prosper. I will show love to those who were called "Unloved," and to those who were called "Not-My-People" I will say, "You are my people," and they will answer, "You are our God."
Amos 9:9
"I will give the command and shake the people of Israel like grain in a sieve. I will shake them among the nations to remove all who are worthless.
Micah 5:7
The people of Israel who survive will be like refreshing dew sent by the LORD for many nations, like showers on growing plants. They will depend on God, not people.
Acts 8:1
And Saul approved of his murder. That very day the church in Jerusalem began to suffer cruel persecution. All the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the provinces of Judea and Samaria.
Acts 8:4
The believers who were scattered went everywhere, preaching the message.
Acts 11:19-21
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Some of the believers who were scattered by the persecution which took place when Stephen was killed went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the message to Jews only.
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But other believers, who were from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and proclaimed the message to Gentiles also, telling them the Good News about the Lord Jesus.
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The Lord's power was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
Acts 13:1-38
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In the church at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (called the Black), Lucius (from Cyrene), Manaen (who had been brought up with Governor Herod ), and Saul.
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While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to do the work to which I have called them."
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They fasted and prayed, placed their hands on them, and sent them off.
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Having been sent by the Holy Spirit, Barnabas and Saul went to Seleucia and sailed from there to the island of Cyprus.
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When they arrived at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues. They had John Mark with them to help in the work.
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They went all the way across the island to Paphos, where they met a certain magician named Bar-Jesus, a Jew who claimed to be a prophet.
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He was a friend of the governor of the island, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor called Barnabas and Saul before him because he wanted to hear the word of God.
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But they were opposed by the magician Elymas (that is his name in Greek), who tried to turn the governor away from the faith.
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Then Saul---also known as Paul---was filled with the Holy Spirit; he looked straight at the magician
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and said, "You son of the Devil! You are the enemy of everything that is good. You are full of all kinds of evil tricks, and you always keep trying to turn the Lord's truths into lies!
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The Lord's hand will come down on you now; you will be blind and will not see the light of day for a time." At once Elymas felt a dark mist cover his eyes, and he walked around trying to find someone to lead him by the hand.
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When the governor saw what had happened, he believed; for he was greatly amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
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Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and came to Perga, a city in Pamphylia, where John Mark left them and went back to Jerusalem.
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They went on from Perga and arrived in Antioch in Pisidia, and on the Sabbath they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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After the reading from the Law of Moses and from the writings of the prophets, the officials of the synagogue sent them a message: "Friends, we want you to speak to the people if you have a message of encouragement for them."
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Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: "Fellow Israelites and all Gentiles here who worship God: hear me!
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The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors and made the people a great nation during the time they lived as foreigners in Egypt. God brought them out of Egypt by his great power,
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and for forty years he endured them in the desert.
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He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and made his people the owners of the land.
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All of this took about 450 years. "After this he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.
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And when they asked for a king, God gave them Saul son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, to be their king for forty years.
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After removing him, God made David their king. This is what God said about him: 'I have found that David son of Jesse is the kind of man I like, a man who will do all I want him to do.'
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It was Jesus, a descendant of David, whom God made the Savior of the people of Israel, as he had promised.
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Before Jesus began his work, John preached to all the people of Israel that they should turn from their sins and be baptized.
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And as John was about to finish his mission, he said to the people, 'Who do you think I am? I am not the one you are waiting for. But listen! He is coming after me, and I am not good enough to take his sandals off his feet.'
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"My fellow Israelites, descendants of Abraham, and all Gentiles here who worship God: it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent!
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For the people who live in Jerusalem and their leaders did not know that he is the Savior, nor did they understand the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. Yet they made the prophets' words come true by condemning Jesus.
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And even though they could find no reason to pass the death sentence on him, they asked Pilate to have him put to death.
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And after they had done everything that the Scriptures say about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
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But God raised him from death,
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and for many days he appeared to those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now witnesses for him to the people of Israel.
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And we are here to bring the Good News to you: what God promised our ancestors he would do, he has now done for us, who are their descendants, by raising Jesus to life. As it is written in the second Psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have become your Father.'
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And this is what God said about raising him from death, never to rot away in the grave: 'I will give you the sacred and sure blessings that I promised to David.'
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As indeed he says in another passage, 'You will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave.'
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For David served God's purposes in his own time, and then he died, was buried with his ancestors, and his body rotted in the grave.
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But this did not happen to the one whom God raised from death.
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All of you, my fellow Israelites, are to know for sure that it is through Jesus that the message about forgiveness of sins is preached to you; you are to know that everyone who believes in him is set free from all the sins from which the Law of Moses could not set you free.
Acts 14:1-21
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The same thing happened in Iconium: Paul and Barnabas went to the synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of Jews and Gentiles became believers.
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But the Jews who would not believe stirred up the Gentiles and turned them against the believers.
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The apostles stayed there for a long time, speaking boldly about the Lord, who proved that their message about his grace was true by giving them the power to perform miracles and wonders.
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The people of the city were divided: some were for the Jews, others for the apostles.
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Then some Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, decided to mistreat the apostles and stone them.
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When the apostles learned about it, they fled to the cities of Lystra and Derbe in Lycaonia and to the surrounding territory.
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There they preached the Good News.
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In Lystra there was a crippled man who had been lame from birth and had never been able to walk.
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He sat there and listened to Paul's words. Paul saw that he believed and could be healed, so he looked straight at him
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and said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" The man jumped up and started walking around.
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When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they started shouting in their own Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!"
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They gave Barnabas the name Zeus, and Paul the name Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
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The priest of the god Zeus, whose temple stood just outside the town, brought bulls and flowers to the gate, for he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifice to the apostles.
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When Barnabas and Paul heard what they were about to do, they tore their clothes and ran into the middle of the crowd, shouting,
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"Why are you doing this? We ourselves are only human beings like you! We are here to announce the Good News, to turn you away from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven, earth, sea, and all that is in them.
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In the past he allowed all people to go their own way.
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But he has always given evidence of his existence by the good things he does: he gives you rain from heaven and crops at the right times; he gives you food and fills your hearts with happiness."
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Even with these words the apostles could hardly keep the crowd from offering a sacrifice to them.
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Some Jews came from Antioch in Pisidia and from Iconium; they won the crowds over to their side, stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead.
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But when the believers gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he and Barnabas went to Derbe.
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Paul and Barnabas preached the Good News in Derbe and won many disciples. Then they went back to Lystra, to Iconium, and on to Antioch in Pisidia.
Romans 11:11-15
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I ask, then: When the Jews stumbled, did they fall to their ruin? By no means! Because they sinned, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make the Jews jealous of them.
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The sin of the Jews brought rich blessings to the world, and their spiritual poverty brought rich blessings to the Gentiles. Then, how much greater the blessings will be when the complete number of Jews is included!
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I am speaking now to you Gentiles: As long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I will take pride in my work.
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Perhaps I can make the people of my own race jealous, and so be able to save some of them.
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For when they were rejected, all other people were changed from God's enemies into his friends. What will it be, then, when they are accepted? It will be life for the dead!
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Deuteronomy 30:1-4
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"I have now given you a choice between a blessing and a curse. When all these things have happened to you, and you are living among the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you, you will remember the choice I gave you.
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If you and your descendants will turn back to the LORD and with all your heart obey his commands that I am giving you today,
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then the LORD your God will have mercy on you. He will bring you back from the nations where he has scattered you, and he will make you prosperous again.
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Even if you are scattered to the farthest corners of the earth, the LORD your God will gather you together and bring you back,
1 Kings 8:47
listen to your people's prayers. If there in that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O LORD.
1 Kings 8:48
If in that land they truly and sincerely repent and pray to you as they face toward this land which you gave to our ancestors, this city which you have chosen, and this Temple which I have built for you,
Nehemiah 1:9
But then if you turn back to me and do what I have commanded you, I will bring you back to the place where I have chosen to be worshiped, even though you are scattered to the ends of the earth.'
Jeremiah 51:50
The LORD says to his people in Babylonia: "You have escaped death! Now go! Don't wait! Though you are far from home, think about me, your LORD, and remember Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 6:9
where they will live in exile. There they will remember me and know that I have punished them and disgraced them, because their faithless hearts deserted me and they preferred idols to me. And they will be disgusted with themselves because of the evil and degrading things they have done.
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Isaiah 65:9
I will bless the Israelites who belong to the tribe of Judah, and their descendants will possess my land of mountains. My chosen people, who serve me, will live there.
Isaiah 65:23
The work they do will be successful, and their children will not meet with disaster. I will bless them and their descendants for all time to come.
Acts 2:38
Peter said to them, "Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God's gift, the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:39
For God's promise was made to you and your children, and to all who are far away---all whom the Lord our God calls to himself."
Acts 3:25
The promises of God through his prophets are for you, and you share in the covenant which God made with your ancestors. As he said to Abraham, 'Through your descendants I will bless all the people on earth.'
Acts 3:26
And so God chose his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by making every one of you turn away from your wicked ways."
Acts 13:32
And we are here to bring the Good News to you: what God promised our ancestors he would do, he has now done for us, who are their descendants, by raising Jesus to life. As it is written in the second Psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have become your Father.'
Acts 13:33
Romans 11:16
If the first piece of bread is given to God, then the whole loaf is his also; and if the roots of a tree are offered to God, the branches are his also.
Romans 11:17
Some of the branches of the cultivated olive tree have been broken off, and a branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to it. You Gentiles are like that wild olive tree, and now you share the strong spiritual life of the Jews.
Romans 11:24
You Gentiles are like the branch of a wild olive tree that is broken off and then, contrary to nature, is joined to a cultivated olive tree. The Jews are like this cultivated tree; and it will be much easier for God to join these broken-off branches to their own tree again.