Tuesday, October 4, 2011

200 Miscellaneous Commands from the Bible


    (84 to 92 out of 200)

            84       

Know how to control body

1 Thessalonians 4:4  

That each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable,

            85       

Lay not up treasures on earth

Matthew 6:19  

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

            86       

Lay up treasures in heaven

Matthew 6:20  

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Luke 12:33-34  

33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

87       

Lay hold on eternal life

1 Timothy 6:12

 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

            88    
   
Leave parents and cleave to wife

Matthew 19:5  

And said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?


Mark 10:7  

‘For this reason

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

            89

Lend, hoping for nothing again

Luke 6:35  

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

            90

Lie not

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

            91

Lift up hands that hang down

Hebrews 12:12  

Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.

            92     
              
Look not everyone on own things only

Philippians 2:4  

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

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