Bible Cross References
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Matthew 7:27
The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, the wind blew hard against that house, and it fell. And what a terrible fall that was!"
Matthew 27:3-8
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When Judas, the traitor, learned that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.
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"I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!" he said. "What do we care about that?" they answered. "That is your business!"
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Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.
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The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury."
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After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners.
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That is why that field is called "Field of Blood" to this very day.
Acts 1:18
(With the money that Judas got for his evil act he bought a field, where he fell to his death; he burst open and all his insides spilled out.
Acts 1:19
All the people living in Jerusalem heard about it, and so in their own language they call that field Akeldama, which means "Field of Blood.")
1 Corinthians 3:11-14
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For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid.
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Some will use gold or silver or precious stones in building on the foundation; others will use wood or grass or straw.
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And the quality of each person's work will be seen when the Day of Christ exposes it. For on that Day fire will reveal everyone's work; the fire will test it and show its real quality.
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If what was built on the foundation survives the fire, the builder will receive a reward.
Hebrews 6:4-8
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For how can those who abandon their faith be brought back to repent again? They were once in God's light; they tasted heaven's gift and received their share of the Holy Spirit;
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they knew from experience that God's word is good, and they had felt the powers of the coming age.
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And then they abandoned their faith! It is impossible to bring them back to repent again, because they are again crucifying the Son of God and exposing him to public shame.
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God blesses the soil which drinks in the rain that often falls on it and which grows plants that are useful to those for whom it is cultivated.
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But if it grows thorns and weeds, it is worth nothing; it is in danger of being cursed by God and will be destroyed by fire.
Hebrews 6:11-8
Hebrews 10:38
My righteous people, however, will believe and live; but if any of them turns back, I will not be pleased with them."
2 Peter 2:19-22
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They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of destructive habits---for we are slaves of anything that has conquered us.
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If people have escaped from the corrupting forces of the world through their knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then are again caught and conquered by them, such people are in worse condition at the end than they were at the beginning.
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It would have been much better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and then turn away from the sacred command that was given them.
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What happened to them shows that the proverbs are true: "A dog goes back to what it has vomited" and "A pig that has been washed goes back to roll in the mud."
2 John 1:8
Be on your guard, then, so that you will not lose what we have worked for, but will receive your reward in full.