piety, reverence, piety towards God, godliness
piety, reverence, piety towards God, godliness. Primary meaning: piety, reverence, piety towards God, godliness. Strong's: piety; specially, the gospel scheme. Lexical nuances: piety, reverence (towards parents and others).
pious, godly, devout
pious, godly, devout. Primary meaning: pious, godly, devout. Strong's: well-reverent, i.e. pious. Lexical nuances: pious, godly, devout : Ac 10:2 , 7 , II Pe 2:9 .†
to reverence, show piety towards
to reverence, show piety towards. Primary meaning: to reverence, show piety towards. Strong's: to be pious, i.e. (towards God) to worship, or (towards parents) to respect (support). Lexical nuances: to reverence, show piety towards ; c. acc (elsewhere more freq. seq. εἰς., περί, πρός ): οἶκον , I Ti 5:4 ; θεόν , Ac 17:23 (Cremer, 525).†
ungodliness, impiety, ungodly deeds
ungodliness, impiety, ungodly deeds. Primary meaning: ungodliness, impiety, ungodly deeds, desires for ungodly things. Strong's: impiety, i.e. (by implication) wickedness. Lexical nuances: ungodliness , impiety : Ro 1:18 11:26 , II Ti 2:16 , Tit 2:12 ; ἔργα ἀσεβείας , ungodly deeds , Ju 15 ; ἐπιθυηίαι τ. ἀσεβειῶν , desires for ungodly things or deeds , Ju 18 ( DB , iv, 532; Cremer, 523; MM, s.v.).†
1 Timothy • Chapter 2 (15 verses)
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Adam .
ungodly, impious
ungodly, impious. Primary meaning: ungodly, impious. Strong's: irreverent, i.e. (by extension) impious or wicked. Lexical nuances: ungodly , impious : Ro 4:5 5:6 , I Ti 1:9 , I Pe 4:18 , II Pe 2:5 , 6 3:7 , Ju 4 , 15 .†
wisdom, skill, godly discernment
wisdom, skill, godly discernment. Skillful living, moral insight, master craftsmanship; theological personification in Proverbs 8 co-working with God at creation; fear of the Lord is its beginning.
1 Timothy • Chapter 6 (21 verses)
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they a... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
divine, the Deity
divine, the Deity. Primary meaning: divine, the Deity. Strong's: godlike (neuter as noun, divinity). Lexical nuances: divine : δύναμις , II Pe 1:3 ; φύσις (for parallel in π. , v. MM, Exp. , xv), II Pe 1:4 ; τὸ θ. , the Deity (so in cl.; of God, in Philo and FlJ), Ac 17:29 .†
2 Corinthians • Chapter 11 (33 verses)
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ . But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Abram/Abraham , Macedonia , Achaia , Damascus .
Psalms • Chapter 12 (8 verses)
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud ...
1 Timothy • Chapter 3 (16 verses)
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Titus • Chapter 1 (16 verses)
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ , according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his w... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Crete .
1 Timothy • Chapter 4 (16 verses)
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, 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 ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 3 (40 verses)
WHEN the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest , and his hatred of wickedness, it came to pass that even the kings themselves did honor the place, and glorify the temple with the noblest presents... Mentions: Simon , Benjamin , Asia , Phoenicia , Jerusalem .
New Testament • 3 Chapters
Titus (New Testament, 3 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah . Key places: Crete , Nicopolis . Opens with: "Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is a..."
Titus • Chapter 2 (15 verses)
But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good thin... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Psalms • Chapter 4 (8 verses)
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. But know that the Lord h...
2 Timothy • Chapter 2 (26 verses)
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus . And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, David .
2 Peter • Chapter 1 (21 verses)
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ , to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as hi... Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah.
Baruch • Chapter 5 (9 verses)
Put off, O Jerusalem , the garment of your mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that comes from God for ever. Cast about you the robe of the righteousness which comes from God; set a diadem on your head of the glory of the Everlasting. For God will sho... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .
2 Timothy • Chapter 3 (17 verses)
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despise... Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , Antioch 1 , Iconium , Lystra .
2 Peter • Chapter 3 (18 verses)
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: Knowing this fi... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
The Wisdom of Solomon • Chapter 14 (31 verses)
Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves, Calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carries him; For that vessel the hunger for gains devised, And an artificer, even wisdom, built it; And your providence, O Father, guideth it alon...
The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 12 (20 verses)
When he, too, had undergone blessed martyrdom, and died in the caldron into which he had been thrown, the seventh, the youngest of all, came forward: whom the tyrant pitying, though he had been dreadfully reproached by his brethren, seeing him already encompassed with chains, had...
2 Corinthians • Chapter 7 (16 verses)
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. I speak not this to condemn you: ... Mentions: Macedonia .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 49 (16 verses)
The memorial of Josiah is like the composition of incense Prepared by the work of the apothecary: It shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, And as music at a banquet of wine. He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, And took away the abominations of iniquity... Mentions: Josiah , David , Hezekiah , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Adam .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 12 (18 verses)
If you do good, know to whom you do it; And your good deeds shall have thanks. Do good to a godly man, and you shall find a recompense; And if not from him, yet from the Most High. There shall no good come to him that continueth to do evil, Nor to him that gives no alms.
1 Timothy • Chapter 1 (20 verses)
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus , when I we... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Ephesus , Macedonia .
Psalms • Chapter 32 (11 verses)
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
3 John • Chapter 1 (14 verses)
The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest...
2 Peter • Chapter 2 (22 verses)
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by... Mentions: Noah , Lot , Yeshua the Messiah , Sodom .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 16 (28 verses)
Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, Neither delight in ungodly sons. If they multiply, delight not in them, Except the fear of the Lord be with them. Trust not you in their life, Neither rely on their condition: For one is better than a thousand; And to die childless... Mentions: Lot .
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 27 (30 verses)
Many have sinned for a thing indifferent; And he that seeks to multiply gain will turn his eye away. A nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones; And sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling. Unless a man hold on diligently in the fear of the Lord, His ho...
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 11 (32 verses)
The wisdom of the lowly shall lift up his head, And make him to sit in the midst of great men. Commend not a man for his beauty; And abhor not a man for his outward appearance. The bee is little among such as fly; And her fruit is the chief of sweetmeats.
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 33 (31 verses)
There shall no evil happen to him that fears the Lord; But in temptation once and again will he deliver him. A wise man will not hate the law; But he that is a hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm. A man of understanding will put his trust in the law; And the law is faithful... Mentions: Adam .