Topic
Hedges
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Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times. — read the full passage →
And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. — read the full passage →
And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.
The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him. — read the full passage →
Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.
And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →
and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse;
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: — read the full passage →
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain. — read the full passage →
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever. ש SHIN.
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest. — read the full passage →
And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire; — read the full passage →
And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: — read the full passage →
By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.
I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land. — read the full passage →
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? — read the full passage →
For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven. — read the full passage →
Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth. — read the full passage →
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. — read the full passage →
and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel other than that which we preached unto you, let him be anathema.
Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words. — read the full passage →
For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written.
But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many: — read the full passage →
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →
On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. — read the full passage →
Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. — read the full passage →
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.
Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, — read the full passage →
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.
Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, — read the full passage →
Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth. — read the full passage →
Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →
Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place? — read the full passage →
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me.
And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Jehovah spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Jehovah gave them unto me.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.