Bible Cross References
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2 Corinthians 3:5
There is nothing in us that allows us to claim that we are capable of doing this work. The capacity we have comes from God;
2 Corinthians 4:7
Yet we who have this spiritual treasure are like common clay pots, in order to show that the supreme power belongs to God, not to us.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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But to keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw, I was given a painful physical ailment, which acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.
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Three times I prayed to the Lord about this and asked him to take it away.
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But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.
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I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Job 40:14
Then I will be the first to praise you and admit that you won the victory yourself.
Psalm 22:29
All proud people will bow down to him; all mortals will bow down before him.
Psalm 44:5-7
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and by your power we defeat our enemies.
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I do not trust in my bow or in my sword to save me;
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but you have saved us from our enemies and defeated those who hate us.
Proverbs 28:26
It is foolish to follow your own opinions. Be safe, and follow the teachings of wiser people.
Jeremiah 9:23
The LORD says, "The wise should not boast of their wisdom, nor the strong of their strength, nor the rich of their wealth.
Jeremiah 9:24
If any want to boast, they should boast that they know and understand me, because my love is constant, and I do what is just and right. These are the things that please me. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 17:5-7
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The LORD says, "I will condemn those who turn away from me and put their trust in human beings, in the strength of mortals.
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He is like a bush in the desert, which grows in the dry wasteland, on salty ground where nothing else grows. Nothing good ever happens to him.
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"But I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.
Ezekiel 33:13
I may promise life to someone good, but if he starts thinking that his past goodness is enough and begins to sin, I will not remember any of the good he did. He will die because of his sins.
Luke 18:9
Jesus also told this parable to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else.
in God
2 Corinthians 4:13
The scripture says, "I spoke because I believed." In the same spirit of faith we also speak because we believe.
2 Corinthians 4:14
We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus to life, will also raise us up with Jesus and take us, together with you, into his presence.
Ezekiel 37:1-14
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I felt the powerful presence of the LORD, and his spirit took me and set me down in a valley where the ground was covered with bones.
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He led me all around the valley, and I could see that there were very many bones and that they were very dry.
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He said to me, "Mortal man, can these bones come back to life?" I replied, "Sovereign LORD, only you can answer that!"
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He said, "Prophesy to the bones. Tell these dry bones to listen to the word of the LORD.
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Tell them that I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to them: I am going to put breath into you and bring you back to life.
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I will give you sinews and muscles, and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you and bring you back to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD."
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So I prophesied as I had been told. While I was speaking, I heard a rattling noise, and the bones began to join together.
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While I watched, the bones were covered with sinews and muscles, and then with skin. But there was no breath in the bodies.
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God said to me, "Mortal man, prophesy to the wind. Tell the wind that the Sovereign LORD commands it to come from every direction, to breathe into these dead bodies, and to bring them back to life."
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So I prophesied as I had been told. Breath entered the bodies, and they came to life and stood up. There were enough of them to form an army.
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God said to me, "Mortal man, the people of Israel are like these bones. They say that they are dried up, without any hope and with no future.
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So prophesy to my people Israel and tell them that I, the Sovereign LORD, am going to open their graves. I am going to take them out and bring them back to the land of Israel.
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When I open the graves where my people are buried and bring them out, they will know that I am the LORD.
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I will put my breath in them, bring them back to life, and let them live in their own land. Then they will know that I am the LORD. I have promised that I would do this---and I will. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Romans 4:17-25
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as the scripture says, "I have made you father of many nations." So the promise is good in the sight of God, in whom Abraham believed---the God who brings the dead to life and whose command brings into being what did not exist.
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Abraham believed and hoped, even when there was no reason for hoping, and so became "the father of many nations." Just as the scripture says, "Your descendants will be as many as the stars."
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He was then almost one hundred years old; but his faith did not weaken when he thought of his body, which was already practically dead, or of the fact that Sarah could not have children.
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His faith did not leave him, and he did not doubt God's promise; his faith filled him with power, and he gave praise to God.
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He was absolutely sure that God would be able to do what he had promised.
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That is why Abraham, through faith, "was accepted as righteous by God."
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The words "he was accepted as righteous" were not written for him alone.
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They were written also for us who are to be accepted as righteous, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from death.
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Because of our sins he was given over to die, and he was raised to life in order to put us right with God.
Hebrews 11:19
Abraham reckoned that God was able to raise Isaac from death---and, so to speak, Abraham did receive Isaac back from death.