What Does The Bible Say About?

Speaking Up

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Ephesians 5:11

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Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

1 Peter 3:15-16

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But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

Proverbs 31:9

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Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

Romans 1:16

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I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Proverbs 31:8

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Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

Romans 10:9

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that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Ephesians 4:29

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Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Acts 18:9-10

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One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent. For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”

2 Corinthians 10:5

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We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Colossians 3:16

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Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

Colossians 4:6

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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Ephesians 4:15

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Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

James 1:19

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My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Proverbs 15:4

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A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Galatians 6:1

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Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Proverbs 10:19

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When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 15:1

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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Psalm 141:3

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Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

Isaiah 1:17

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Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

Ephesians 5:19

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Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

Proverbs 13:3

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He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Proverbs 17:28

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Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.

2 Timothy 3:16

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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Hebrews 13:15

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Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

Matthew 18:15

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If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Proverbs 31:8-9

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Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.

Acts 5:1-42

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Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet. Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land? Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!” On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened. . . .

Psalm 94:16

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Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

Acts 4:18-20

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Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God. For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

James 5:13

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Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

Luke 6:45

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The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Ephesians 5:1

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Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

Proverbs 18:21

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Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Acts 19:1-41

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While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied. Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. . . .

Luke 18:35-43

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As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him. So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” . . .

1 Peter 3:9

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Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Proverbs 11:9

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With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Ephesians 4:25

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Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Zechariah 8:16

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These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

Ezekiel 3:18-19

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If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood. But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.

Matthew 12:36

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But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Matthew 7:21-23

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Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

James 3:2

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We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

James 5:20

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consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

Proverbs 21:23

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He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

Proverbs 29:7

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The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

Psalm 19:14

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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

1 Samuel 19:4

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Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

Matthew 6:7

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And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Proverbs 16:24

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Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

James 1:26

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If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

1 Corinthians 14:1-40

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Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy. For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit. But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort. The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified. . . .

Acts 2:1-47

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When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. . . .

Colossians 3:8

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But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

1 Peter 3:15

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But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,

1 Samuel 20:32

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“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”

Galatians 2:11-14

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When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned. For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Matthew 18:15-17

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If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Proverbs 11:12

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Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Proverbs 31:7

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Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

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a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

Proverbs 18:13

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He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

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The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Ephesians 5:11-12

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Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

Luke 12:3

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What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

Proverbs 11:13

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A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

Proverbs 15:22

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Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Psalm 71:8

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My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.

1 John 3:18

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Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

Hosea 4:6

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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

John 14:27

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Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

Philippians 4:13

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Proverbs 15:23

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A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!

James 3:5

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In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

Luke 1:37

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For no word from God will ever fail.”

Proverbs 27:6

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The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Psalm 105:1

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Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

1 Peter 3:10

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For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

John 3:20

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Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Proverbs 29:20

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Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Romans 8:26

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In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

Proverbs 17:9

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Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

Proverbs 25:11

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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

1 Timothy 3:1-16

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This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task. An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity. For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God? . . .

Job 29:12

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because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Matthew 18:1-35

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At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Jesus invited a little child to stand among them. “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me. . . .

Ephesians 6:12

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For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Luke 17:3

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Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

Psalm 34:13

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Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

Titus 3:1-2

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Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work, to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.

Colossians 3:17

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And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Luke 11:28

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But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

Matthew 6:24

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No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

1 John 5:1-21

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Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. . . .

Ephesians 4:26

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“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

Proverbs 26:20

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Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Revelation 1:1-20

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Revelation 1:2

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who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Acts 5:27-42

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They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them. “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.” But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree. God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel. . . .

John 6:67-71

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So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?” Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.” Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.

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