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7:00
7th Commandment “You must not commit adultery.
(Exodus 20:14 NLT)
7:01
I come to you for protection, O Lord my God. Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
(Psalms 7:1 NLT)
“When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies,”
2 Samuel 7:1 NLT
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
(2 Corinthians 7:1 NIV)
“Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.”
Proverbs 7:1 NLT
7:02
Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.
(Proverbs 7:2 NLT)
“Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies— so the living should take this to heart.”
Ecclesiastes 7:2 NLT
For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.
(Matthew 7:2 NLT)
7:03
“When all the people of Israel saw the fire coming down and the glorious presence of the Lord filling the Temple, they fell face down on the ground and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying, “He is good! His faithful love endures forever!””
2 Chronicles 7:3 NLT
“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?
(Matthew 7:3 NLT)
Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
(Proverbs 7:3 NLT)
“Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.”
Proverbs 7:3 NIV
“Nathan replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.””
2 Samuel 7:3 NLT
7:04
I have spoken to you with great frankness; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.
(2 Corinthians 7:4 NIV)
But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “God is great!”
(Psalms 70:4 NLT)
“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.”
Ecclesiastes 7:4 NIV
You can’t become famous if you hide like this! If you can do such wonderful things, show yourself to the world!”
(John 7:4 NLT)
The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.
(1 Corinthians 7:4 NIV)
So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
(Romans 7:4 NIV)
7:05
“So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.”
Genesis 7:5 NLT
Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool.
(Ecclesiastes 7:5 NLT)
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
(Matthew 7:5 NIV)
“When we arrived in Macedonia, there was no rest for us. We faced conflict from every direction, with battles on the outside and fear on the inside. But God, who encourages those who are discouraged, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus. His presence was a joy, but so was the news he brought of the encouragement he received from you. When he told us how much you long to see me, and how sorry you are for what happened, and how loyal you are to me, I was filled with joy!”
2 Corinthians 7:5-7 NLT
“For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.”
John 7:5 NLT
7:06
“For you are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Of all the people on earth, the Lord your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.”
Deuteronomy 7:6 NLT
But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.
(Romans 7:6 NLT)
“But God, who encourages those who are discouraged, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.”
2 Corinthians 7:6 NLT
“Jesus replied, “You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote, ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.”
Mark 7:6 NLT
““Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.”
Matthew 7:6 NIV
7:07
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (Matthew 7:7 NIV)
“But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.”
Micah 7:7 NIV
7:08
“For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Matthew 7:8 NIV
Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride. (Ecclesiastes 7:8 NLT)
“Do not gloat over me, my enemies! For though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.”
Micah 7:8 NLT
“You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.””
Mark 7:8 NIV
7:09
If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’ ”
(Isaiah 7:9b NIV)
Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool.
(Ecclesiastes 7:9 NLT)
“After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands.”
Revelation 7:9 NLT
Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way.
(2 Corinthians 7:9 NLT)
Understand, therefore, that the LORD your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.
(Deuteronomy 7:9 NLT)
“I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth.”
2 Samuel 7:9 NIV
“After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.”
Revelation 7:9 NIV
7:10
God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are true and right. (Psalms 7:10 NLT)
“This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the Law of the Lord and to teach those decrees and regulations to the people of Israel.”
Ezra 7:10 NLT
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
(2 Corinthians 7:10 NLT)
“Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.”
Ecclesiastes 7:10 NIV
7:11
In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
(Psalm 71:1 NIV)
“So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.”
Matthew 7:11 NLT
“Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 7:11 NIV
“Therefore, you must obey all these commands, decrees, and regulations I am giving you today.”
Deuteronomy 7:11 NLT
““Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.””
Isaiah 7:11 NIV
“Just see what this godly sorrow produced in you! Such earnestness, such concern to clear yourselves, such indignation, such alarm, such longing to see me, such zeal, and such a readiness to punish wrong. You showed that you have done everything necessary to make things right.”
2 Corinthians 7:11 NLT
“Come, my love, let us go out to the fields and spend the night among the wildflowers.”
Song of Songs 7:11 NLT
“And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God.”
Revelation 7:11 NLT
7:12
“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.
(Matthew 7:12 NLT)
saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
(Revelation 7:12 NIV)
“But still, the law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good.”
Romans 7:12 NLT
7:13
Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
(Psalm 71:3 NIV)
“Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?”
Ecclesiastes 7:13 NIV
7:14
Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
(2 Chronicles 7:14 NLT)
“All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).”
Isaiah 7:14 NLT
“When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.”
Ecclesiastes 7:14 NIV
7:15
For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
(Psalm 71:5 NIV)
“And the Lord will protect you from all sickness. He will not let you suffer from the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all your enemies!”
Deuteronomy 7:15 NLT
“When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship before the Lord. Then he returned to the Israelite camp and shouted, “Get up! For the Lord has given you victory over the Midianite hordes!””
Judges 7:15 NLT
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
(Romans 7:15 NIV)
““Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.”
Matthew 7:15 NIV
7:16
Yes, you have been with me from birth; from my mother’s womb you have cared for me. No wonder I am always praising you! (Psalms 71:6 NLT)
From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.
(Psalm 71:6 NIV)
“All the nations of the world will stand amazed at what the Lord will do for you. They will be embarrassed at their feeble power. They will cover their mouths in silent awe, deaf to everything around them.”
Micah 7:16 NLT
“You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?”
Matthew 7:16 NLT
7:17
My life is an example to many, because you have been my strength and protection.
(Psalms 71:7 NLT)
I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.
(Psalm 7:17 NIV)
“Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.”
John 7:17 NLT
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
(Matthew 7:17 NIV)
Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
(1 Corinthians 7:17 NIV)
“On the other hand, don’t be too wicked either. Don’t be a fool! Why die before your time?”
Ecclesiastes 7:17 NLT
“A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.”
Matthew 7:17 NLT
7:18
Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.
(Micah 7:18 NIV)
That is why I can never stop praising you; I declare your glory all day long.
(Psalms 71:8 NLT)
But in the end, the holy people of the Most High will be given the kingdom, and they will rule forever and ever.”
(Daniel 7:18 NLT)
“Pay attention to these instructions, for anyone who fears God will avoid both extremes.”
Ecclesiastes 7:18 NLT
7:19
For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
(Hebrews 7:19 NLT)
Remember the great terrors the Lord your God sent against them. You saw it all with your own eyes! And remember the miraculous signs and wonders, and the strong hand and powerful arm with which he brought you out of Egypt. The Lord your God will use this same power against all the people you fear.
(Deuteronomy 7:19 NLT)
Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
(Psalm 71:9 NIV)
Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean! Micah 7:19
7:20
You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.
(Micah 7:20 NLT)
“Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.”
Matthew 7:20 NLT
Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins. (Ecclesiastes 7:20 NLT)
But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
(Romans 7:20 NLT)
7:21
“No, do not be afraid of those nations, for the LORD your God is among you, and he is a great and awesome God.
(Deuteronomy 7:21 NLT)
“Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known to your servant.”
2 Samuel 7:21 NLT
“At that very time, Jesus cured many people of their diseases, illnesses, and evil spirits, and he restored sight to many who were blind.”
Luke 7:21 NLT
“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
(Matthew 7:21 NLT)
“Are you a slave? Don’t let that worry you—but if you get a chance to be free, take it.”
1 Corinthians 7:21 NLT
7:22
“How great you are, Sovereign Lord ! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
(2 Samuel 7:22 NIV)
I love God’s law with all my heart.
(Romans 7:22 NLT)
7:23
God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world.
(1 Corinthians 7:23 NLT)
“but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you.”
Jeremiah 7:23 NIV
7:24
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
(Romans 7:24, 25a NIV)
““Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.”
Matthew 7:24-25 NIV
“Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.””
John 7:24 NIV
“You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.”
2 Samuel 7:24 NIV
7:25
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!
(Romans 7:24, 25a NIV)
Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf. (Hebrews 7:25 NLT)
May he endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.
(Psalm 72:5 NIV)
““Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.”
Matthew 7:24-25 NIV
7:25 military time
“I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.”
Job 19:25 NIV
7:26
He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.
(Hebrews 7:26 NLT)
“so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The Lord Almighty is God over Israel!’ And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight.”
2 Samuel 7:26 NIV
“May the king’s rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth.”
Psalms 72:6 NLT
7:27
Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.’
(Daniel 7:27 NIV)
“Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem!”
Ezra 7:27 NLT
““O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray this prayer to you because you have revealed all this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you—a dynasty of kings!’”
2 Samuel 7:27 NLT
“John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’”
Luke 7:27 NLT
“Unlike those other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices every day. They did this for their own sins first and then for the sins of the people. But Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins.”
Hebrews 7:27 NLT
“In his days may the righteous flourish and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.”
Psalms 72:7 NIV
7:28
For you are God, O Sovereign Lord. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
(2 Samuel 7:28 NLT)
“When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,”
Matthew 7:28 NIV
7:29
And now, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you have spoken, and when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign Lord, it is an eternal blessing!”
(2 Samuel 7:29 NLT)
“but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.””
John 7:29 NIV
“for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.”
Matthew 7:29 NLT
“But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.””
Ecclesiastes 7:29 NLT
“May the desert tribes bow before him and his enemies lick the dust.”
Psalms 72:9 NIV
7:30
Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.
(John 7:30 NLT)
Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
(Proverbs 7:3 NLT)
I do want to point out, friends, that time is of the essence. There is no time to waste, so don’t complicate your lives unnecessarily. Keep it simple—in marriage, grief, joy, whatever. Even in ordinary things—your daily routines of shopping, and so on. Deal as sparingly as possible with the things the world thrusts on you. This world as you see it is on its way out.
(1 Corinthians 7:29-31 MSG)
7:31
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
(Psalm 73:1 NIV)
7:32
I want you to be free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord’s work and thinking how to please him.
(1 Corinthians 7:32 NLT)
‘I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses shook with terror and did not dare to look.
(Acts of the Apostles 7:32 NLT)
7:33
But Jesus told them, “I will be with you only a little longer. Then I will return to the one who sent me. (John 7:33 NLT)
““Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.”
Acts of the Apostles 7:33 NLT
7:34
“The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’”
Luke 7:34 NLT
You will search for me but not find me. And you cannot go where I am going.”
(John 7:34 NLT)
7:35
But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it. ”
(Luke 7:35 NLT)
“I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible.”
1 Corinthians 7:35 NLT
7:36
He led them out of Egypt and performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the wilderness.
(Acts 7:36 NIV)
7:37
People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
(Mark 7:37 NIV)
7:38
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
(John 7:38 NIV)
7:39
A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.
(1 Corinthians 7:39 NIV)
7:40
“When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.””
John 7:40 NLT
I have spoken to you with great frankness; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds. (2 Corinthians 7:4 NIV)
7:41
Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee?
(John 7:41 NLT)
“Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people—500 pieces of silver to one and 50 pieces to the other.”
Luke 7:41 NLT
7:42
But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?”
(Luke 7:42 NLT)
7:43
Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt.” “That’s right,” Jesus said.
(Luke 7:43 NLT)
7:44
Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Look at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn’t offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
(Luke 7:44 NLT)
7:45
You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. (Luke 7:45 NLT)
7:46
You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume. (Luke 7:46 NLT)
7:47
“I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.”
(Luke 7:47 NLT)
7:48
Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
(Luke 7:48 NLT)
7:49
‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you build me a temple as good as that?’ asks the LORD. ‘Could you build me such a resting place?
(Acts of the Apostles 7:49 NLT)
7:50
And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (Luke 7:50 NLT)
Didn’t my hands make both heaven and earth?’
(Acts of the Apostles 7:50 NLT)
7:51
We thank you, O God! We give thanks because you are near. People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds.
(Psalms 75:1 NLT)
7:52
God says, “At the time I have planned, I will bring justice against the wicked.
(Psalms 75:2 NLT)
7:53
When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps its foundations firm. Interlude
(Psalms 75:3 NLT)
7:54
“I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!’ I told the wicked, ‘Don’t raise your fists!
(Psalms 75:4 NLT)
7:55
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand.
(Acts of the Apostles 7:55 NLT)
7:56
And he told them, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand!”
(Acts of the Apostles 7:56 NLT)
7:57
It is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall.
(Psalms 75:7 NLT)
7:58
dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.
(Acts 7:58 NIV)
7:59
But as for me, I will always proclaim what God has done; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. (Psalms 75:9 NLT)
As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died.
(Acts of the Apostles 7:59-60 NLT)
