TOPICAL BIBLE
Self-Denial
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Genesis 13:9Is not all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.’Genesis 22:1And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, ‘Abraham;’ and he saith, ‘Here am I.’Genesis 22:2And He saith, ‘Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.’Genesis 22:3And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him.Genesis 22:4On the third day—Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar;Genesis 22:5and Abraham saith unto his young men, ‘Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.’Genesis 22:6And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together.Genesis 22:7And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, ‘My father,’ and he saith, ‘Here am I, my son.’ And he saith, ‘Lo, the fire and the wood, and where the lamb for a burnt-offering?’Genesis 22:8and Abraham saith, ‘God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;’ and they go on both of them together.Genesis 22:9And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood;Genesis 22:10and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife—to slaughter his son.Genesis 22:11And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, ‘Abraham, Abraham;’ and he saith, ‘Here am I;’Genesis 22:12and He saith, ‘Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.’Numbers 16:15And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, ‘Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.’1 Samuel 12:3Lo, here am I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it?—and I restore to you.’1 Samuel 12:4And they say, ‘Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.’2 Samuel 24:24And the king saith unto Araunah, ‘Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;’ and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,1 Kings 17:12And she saith, ‘Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it—and died.’1 Kings 17:13And Elijah saith unto her, ‘Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make—last;1 Kings 17:14for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah’s giving a shower on the face of the ground.’1 Kings 17:15And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household—days;Esther 4:16Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that is not according to law, and when I have perished—I have perished.’Psalm 132:3‘If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed,Psalm 132:4If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids—slumber,Psalm 132:5Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.Proverbs 16:32Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.Proverbs 23:2And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.Jeremiah 35:6And they say, ‘We do not drink wine: for Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, charged us, saying, Ye do not drink wine, ye and your sons—unto the age;Jeremiah 35:7and a house ye do not build, and seed ye do not sow, and a vineyard ye do not plant, nor have ye any; for in tents do ye dwell all your days, that ye may live many days on the face of the ground whither ye are sojourning.Daniel 1:8And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king’s portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself.Daniel 5:16and I—I have heard of thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, lo—thou art able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know—purple thou dost put on, and a bracelet of gold is on thy neck, and third in the kingdom thou dost rule.’Daniel 5:17Then hath Daniel answered and said before the king, ‘Thy gifts be to thyself, and thy fee to another give; nevertheless, the writing I do read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;Daniel 10:3desirable bread I have not eaten, and flesh and wine hath not come in unto my mouth, and I have not anointed myself at all, till the completion of three weeks of days.Matthew 4:20and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.Matthew 5:29‘But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.Matthew 5:30‘And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.Matthew 8:19and a certain scribe having come, said to him, ‘Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;’Matthew 8:20and Jesus saith to him, ‘The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.’Matthew 8:21And another of his disciples said to him, ‘Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;’Matthew 8:22and Jesus said to him, ‘Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.’Matthew 9:9And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, ‘Be following me,’ and he, having risen, did follow him.Matthew 10:37‘He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,Matthew 10:38and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.Matthew 10:39‘He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.Matthew 13:44‘Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.Matthew 13:45‘Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,Matthew 13:46who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.Matthew 16:24Then said Jesus to his disciples, ‘If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,Matthew 16:25for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,Matthew 18:8‘And if thy hand or thy foot doth cause thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee; it is good for thee to enter into the life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast to the fire the age-during.Matthew 18:9‘And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.Matthew 19:12for there are eunuchs who from the mother’s womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive it—let him receive.’Matthew 19:21Jesus said to him, ‘If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.’Matthew 19:27Then Peter answering said to him, ‘Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?’Mark 1:16And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers,Mark 1:17and Jesus said to them, ‘Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;’Mark 1:18and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.Mark 1:19And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets,Mark 1:20and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.Mark 2:14and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, ‘Be following me,’ and he, having risen, did follow him.
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