Topic

Lost Souls

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James 5:20

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Luke 15:4

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

1 Timothy 2:4

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

Mark 16:16

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Matthew 10:6

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Luke 19:9–10

Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 36:25–27

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. — read the full passage →

John 14:15

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Jeremiah 17:9–10

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? — read the full passage →

Lamentations 3:22–23

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 4:1–4

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint. — read the full passage →

Luke 15:1–32

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

Luke 15:1–10

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Psalms 22:1–4

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Job 10:8–12

“‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me. — read the full passage →

Acts 17:16

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.

Jude 1:22–23

On some have compassion, making a distinction, — read the full passage →

John 3:14

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

Genesis 1:27

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

Romans 1:18–32

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, — read the full passage →

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”

Acts 5:42

Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

Job 2:1–13

Again, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh. — read the full passage →

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Isaiah 10:1–34

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; — read the full passage →

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

1 Corinthians 11:1–34

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Matthew 28:18–20

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Titus 1:9

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

Ezekiel 37:15–28

Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Revelation 19:7–9

Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.” — read the full passage →

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

John 1:5

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

Ezekiel 25:17

I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay my vengeance on them.

1 Timothy 4:10

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Luke 15:7

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

Exodus 21:22–25

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow. — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Romans 9:1–5

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

Acts 4:12

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Luke 15:6

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

Isaiah 41:10

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

1 Peter 2:25

For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Ephesians 6:1–24

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Romans 10:9

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

John 10:10

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Matthew 22:37

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Psalms 23:1

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

Joshua 1:9

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

2 Corinthians 4:3

Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

Acts 17:26

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

John 3:15

that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Luke 15:24

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Lamentations 3:22

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Psalms 23:4

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 1:6

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

Matthew 15:24

But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

Isaiah 40:31

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

1 Peter 5:10

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Philippians 4:6–7

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Acts 3:19–21

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, — read the full passage →

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.

Luke 15:32

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

Luke 15:28

But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

Luke 15:27

He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’

Luke 15:15

He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

Matthew 18:11

For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

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