Bible Cross References
Obey
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your former leaders, who spoke God's message to you. Think back on how they lived and died, and imitate their faith.
1 Samuel 8:19
The people paid no attention to Samuel, but said, "No! We want a king,
1 Samuel 15:19
Why, then, did you not obey him? Why did you rush to grab the loot, and so do what displeases the LORD?"
1 Samuel 15:20
"I did obey the LORD," Saul replied. "I went out as he told me to, brought back King Agag, and killed all the Amalekites.
Proverbs 5:13
I wouldn't listen to my teachers. I paid no attention to them.
Philippians 2:12
So then, dear friends, as you always obeyed me when I was with you, it is even more important that you obey me now while I am away from you. Keep on working with fear and trembling to complete your salvation,
Philippians 2:29
Receive him, then, with joy, as a believer in the Lord. Show respect to all such people as he,
1 Thessalonians 5:12
We beg you, our friends, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life.
1 Thessalonians 5:13
Treat them with the greatest respect and love because of the work they do. Be at peace among yourselves.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
It may be that some there will not obey the message we send you in this letter. If so, take note of them and have nothing to do with them, so that they will be ashamed.
1 Timothy 5:17
The elders who do good work as leaders should be considered worthy of receiving double pay, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
submit
Genesis 16:9
He said, "Go back to her and be her slave."
1 Corinthians 16:16
to follow the leadership of such people as these, and of anyone else who works and serves with them.
Ephesians 5:21
Submit yourselves to one another because of your reverence for Christ.
James 4:7
So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.
1 Peter 5:5
In the same way you younger people must submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble."
watch
Ezekiel 3:17-21
17
"Mortal man," he said, "I am making you a lookout for the nation of Israel. You will pass on to them the warnings I give you.
18
If I announce that someone evil is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, he will die, still a sinner, but I will hold you responsible for his death.
19
If you do warn an evil man and he doesn't stop sinning, he will die, still a sinner, but your life will be spared.
20
"If someone truly good starts doing evil and I put him in a dangerous situation, he will die if you do not warn him. He will die because of his sins---I will not remember the good he did---and I will hold you responsible for his death.
21
If you do warn a good man not to sin and he listens to you and doesn't sin, he will stay alive, and your life will also be spared."
Ezekiel 33:2
"Mortal man," he said, "tell your people what happens when I bring war to a land. The people of that country choose one of their number to be a lookout.
Ezekiel 33:7-9
7
"Now, mortal man, I am making you a lookout for the nation of Israel. You must pass on to them the warnings I give you.
8
If I announce that an evil person is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, then he will die, still a sinner, and I will hold you responsible for his death.
9
If you do warn an evil person and he doesn't stop sinning, he will die, still a sinner, but your life will be spared."
Acts 20:24-26
24
But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God.
25
"I have gone about among all of you, preaching the Kingdom of God. And now I know that none of you will ever see me again.
26
So I solemnly declare to you this very day: if any of you should be lost, I am not responsible.
Acts 20:28-26
1 Corinthians 4:1
You should think of us as Christ's servants, who have been put in charge of God's secret truths.
1 Corinthians 4:2
The one thing required of such servants is that they be faithful to their master.
1 Peter 5:2
to be shepherds of the flock that God gave you and to take care of it willingly, as God wants you to, and not unwillingly. Do your work, not for mere pay, but from a real desire to serve.
1 Peter 5:3
Do not try to rule over those who have been put in your care, but be examples to the flock.
give account
Luke 16:2
so he called him in and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Turn in a complete account of your handling of my property, because you cannot be my manager any longer.'
Romans 14:12
Every one of us, then, will have to give an account to God.
2 Corinthians 5:10
For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.
2 Corinthians 5:11
We know what it means to fear the Lord, and so we try to persuade others. God knows us completely, and I hope that in your hearts you know me as well.
with joy
Philippians 1:4
and every time I pray for you all, I pray with joy
Philippians 2:16
as you offer them the message of life. If you do so, I shall have reason to be proud of you on the Day of Christ, because it will show that all my effort and work have not been wasted.
Philippians 4:1
So then, my friends, how dear you are to me and how I miss you! How happy you make me, and how proud I am of you!---this, dear friends, is how you should stand firm in your life in the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 2:19
After all, it is you---you, no less than others!---who are our hope, our joy, and our reason for boasting of our victory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes.
1 Thessalonians 2:20
Indeed, you are our pride and our joy!
1 Thessalonians 3:9
Now we can give thanks to our God for you. We thank him for the joy we have in his presence because of you.
1 Thessalonians 3:10
Day and night we ask him with all our heart to let us see you personally and supply what is needed in your faith.
with grief
Exodus 32:31
Moses then returned to the LORD and said, "These people have committed a terrible sin. They have made a god out of gold and worshiped it.
Jeremiah 13:17
If you will not listen, I will cry in secret because of your pride; I will cry bitterly, and my tears will flow because the LORD's people have been taken away as captives.
Philippians 3:18
I have told you this many times before, and now I repeat it with tears: there are many whose lives make them enemies of Christ's death on the cross.