Striving for Self-Governance (2 of 2)

God uses scripture to teach people mastery over the flesh. This list reveals the attributes of self-governance.

Planted

Wisdom

Jeremiah 17:7-8 KJV - "7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

Implication

Psalm 92:13 KJV — "Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God."

Romans 6:5 KJV — "For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:”

Testimonials

1 Corinthians 3:6 KJV — "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.”

Put-On

Instruction

Isaiah 52:1 KJV — "Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.”

Ephesians 4:24 KJV — "And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”

Ephesians 6:11 KJV — "Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

Colossians 3:12 KJV — "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"

Colossians 3:14 KJV — "And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness."

Imploration

Romans 13:12 KJV — "The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”

Wisdom​​

1 Corinthians 15:53-54 KJV — "53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”

Galatians 3:27 KJV — "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

Testimonials

Isaiah 59:17 KJV — "For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.”

Colossians 3:9-10 KJV - "9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"

Rooted

Instruction

Ephesians 3:17 KJV — "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,"

Colossians 2:7 KJV — "Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving."

Refrain

Instruction

Jeremiah 31:16 KJV — "Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy."

Acts 5:38 KJV — "And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:"

Imploration

1 Peter 3:10 KJV — "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:"

Spirit-In

Instruction

Ecclesiastes 7:9 KJV - "Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools."

Malachi 2:15-16 KJV - "15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously."

Romans 12:11 KJV - "Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;"

1 Corinthians 6:20 KJV - "For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."

2 Corinthians 7:1 KJV - "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God."

Galatians 5:25 KJV - "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."

Ephesians 4:23 KJV - "And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;"

Ephesians 5:18 KJV - "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;"

1 Thessalonians 5:19 KJV - "Quench not the Spirit."

1 Timothy 4:12 KJV - "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

1 Peter 3:4 KJV - "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."

Imploration

Romans 7:6 KJV - "But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."

Wisdom

Psalm 51:17 KJV - "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."

Proverbs 11:13 KJV - "A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter."

Proverbs 15:13 KJV - "A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken."

Proverbs 16:19 KJV - "Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud."

Proverbs 16:32 KJV - "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."

Proverbs 17:27 KJV - "He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit."

Proverbs 20:27 KJV - "The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly."

Ecclesiastes 7:8 KJV - "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit."

Isaiah 42:5 KJV - "Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:"

Matthew 26:41 KJV - "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Mark 14:38 KJV - "Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak."

John 3:5-8 KJV - "5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ... 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."

Romans 8:4-5 KJV - "4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit."

Romans 8:9 KJV - "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his."

Romans 8:11 KJV - "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you."

Romans 8:14 KJV - "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."

1 Corinthians 2:10 KJV - "But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."

1 Corinthians 2:12 KJV - "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God."

1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV - "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"

Galatians 3:5 KJV - "He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"

Galatians 5:16-17 KJV - "16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would."

1 Corinthians 7:34 KJV - "There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband."

1 Corinthians 12:3 KJV - "Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost."

Galatians 3:2 KJV - "This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"

Galatians 3:14 KJV - "That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith."

Galatians 4:6 KJV - "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."

Galatians 4:29 KJV - "But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now."

Galatians 5:18 KJV - "But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law."

Ephesians 3:5 KJV - "Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;"

1 Thessalonians 4:8 KJV - "He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit."

2 Thessalonians 2:13 KJV - "But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:"

Hebrews 4:12 KJV - "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

James 2:26 KJV - "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."

1 Peter 4:6 KJV - "For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit."

1 John 3:24 KJV - "And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us."

Implication

Psalm 34:18 KJV - "The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit."

Proverbs 29:23 KJV - "A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit."

Isaiah 57:15 KJV - "For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."

Isaiah 66:2 KJV - "For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word."

Matthew 5:3 KJV - "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Romans 8:1 KJV - "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."

Affirmation

Isaiah 26:9 KJV - "With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness."

Testimonials

Job 20:3 KJV - "I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer."

Psalm 77:6 KJV - "I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search."

Psalm 142:3 KJV - "When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me."

Psalm 143:4 KJV - "Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate."

Psalm 143:7 KJV - "Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit."

Daniel 5:12 KJV - "Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation."

Daniel 6:3 KJV - "Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm."

Luke 1:47 KJV - "And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour."

Luke 1:80 KJV - "And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel."

Luke 2:40 KJV - "And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him."

Luke 10:21 KJV - "In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight."

Luke 23:46 KJV - "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."

Acts 7:59 KJV - "And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

Romans 1:9 KJV - "For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;"

2 Corinthians 12:18 KJV - "I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?"

Galatians 3:3 KJV - "Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"

Philippians 3:3 KJV - "For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh."

1 Timothy 3:16 KJV - "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."

Testimonials – (Is In/Upon/Dwelling/Abiding/With Moved/Led/by)

Genesis 41:38 KJV - "And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?"

Numbers 11:17, 25-26, 29 KJV - "17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. ... 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. ... 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!"

Numbers 14:24 KJV - "But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it."

Numbers 27:18 KJV - "And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;"

2 Kings 2:9 KJV - "And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me."

2 Kings 2:15 KJV - "And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him."

1 Chronicles 12:18 KJV - "Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band."

Isaiah 63:11 KJV - "Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?"

Daniel 4:8-9, 18 KJV - "8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, 9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. ... 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee."

Daniel 5:11, 14 KJV - "11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; ... 14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee."

Matthew 4:1 KJV - "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil."

Matthew 22:43 KJV - "He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,"

Mark 1:12 KJV - "And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness."

Luke 2:27 KJV - "And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,"

Luke 4:1 KJV - "And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,"

Luke 4:14 KJV - "And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about."

Luke 4:18 KJV - "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,"

Luke 11:13 KJV - "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"

John 1:32-33 KJV - "32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost."

John 3:34 KJV - "For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him."

John 4:23 KJV - "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him."

John 7:39 KJV - " (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)"

Acts 2:4 KJV - "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

Acts 2:17-18 KJV - "17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:"

Acts 6:10 KJV - "And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake."

Acts 8:29 KJV - "Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot."

Acts 8:39 KJV - "And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing."

Acts 10:19 KJV - "While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee."

Acts 11:12 KJV - "And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:"

Acts 11:28 KJV - "And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar."

Acts 16:7 KJV - "After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not."

Acts 18:5 KJV - "And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ."

Acts 18:25 KJV - "This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John."

Acts 19:21 KJV - "After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome."

Acts 20:22 KJV - "And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:"

Acts 21:4 KJV - "And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem."

1 Corinthians 6:11 KJV - "And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."

1 Corinthians 7:40 KJV - "But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God."

2 Corinthians 1:22 KJV - "Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts."

Galatians 5:5 KJV - "For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith."

Revelation 1:10 KJV - "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"

Revelation 4:2 KJV - "And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne."

Revelation 17:3 KJV - "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."

Revelation 21:10 KJV - "And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,"

Prophetic

Isaiah 29:24 KJV - "They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine."

Luke 1:17 KJV - "And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

Spirit Moved

Wisdom

John 3:8 KJV — "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."

Testimonials

Acts 8:39 KJV — "And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.”

Acts 16:7 KJV — "After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.”

2 Peter 1:21 KJV — "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."

Stablished

Stablished (Stablisheth)

Instruction

2 Thessalonians 2:17 KJV — "Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work."

James 5:8 KJV — "Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”

Learning

1 Peter 5:10 KJV — "But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”

Testimonials

Colossians 2:7 KJV — "Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”

Staggard-Not

Testimonials

Romans 4:20 KJV — "He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;"

Sticketh

Wisdom

Proverbs 18:24 KJV — "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”

Still

Instruction

Exodus 14:13 KJV — "And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever."

Numbers 9:8 KJV — "And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you."

1 Samuel 9:27 KJV — "And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God."

1 Samuel 12:7 KJV — "Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers."

2 Chronicles 20:17 KJV — "Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you."

Job 37:14 KJV — "Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.”

Psalm 4:4 KJV — "Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.”

Psalm 46:10 KJV — "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."

Isaiah 23:2 KJV — "Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.”

Sure

Instruction

Numbers 32:23 KJV — "But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.”

Luke 10:11 KJV — "Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.”

2 Peter 1:10 KJV — "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:"

Wisdom

Proverbs 11:18 KJV — "The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.”

Romans 4:16 KJV — "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,”

2 Timothy 2:19 KJV — "Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

Hebrews 6:19 KJV — "Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;”

Testimonials

John 6:69 KJV — "And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God."

John 16:30 KJV — "Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.”

Romans 2:2 KJV — "But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.”

Romans 15:29 KJV — "And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.”

Temperate

Temperate (Temperance)

Instruction

Titus 1:7-8 KJV - "7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;"

Titus 2:2 KJV — "That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience."

2 Peter 1:5-6 KJV - "5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;"

Wisdom​

1 Corinthians 9:25 KJV — "And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible."

Galatians 5:22-23 KJV - "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

​​​Testimonials

Acts 24:25 KJV — "And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee."

Waiting

Waiting (Wait/Waiteth/Waited)

Instruction

Psalm 27:14 KJV — "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”

Psalm 37:7 KJV — "Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”

Psalm 37:34 KJV — "Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it."

Psalm 62:5 KJV — "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.”

Proverbs 20:22 KJV — "Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee."

Hosea 12:6 KJV — "Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually."

Zephaniah 3:8 KJV — "Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy."

Acts 1:4 KJV — "And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.”

Imploration

1 Corinthians 1:7 KJV — "So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:”

2 Thessalonians 3:5 KJV — "And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.”

Wisdom

Lamentations 3:26 KJV — "It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”

Luke 12:36 KJV — "And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately."

Romans 8:19 KJV — "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God."

Romans 8:25 KJV — "But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."

Galatians 5:5 KJV — "For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”

Implication

Psalm 25:3 KJV — "Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause."

Psalm 37:9 KJV — "For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.”

Psalm 69:6 KJV — "Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.”

Proverbs 8:34 KJV — "Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors."

Isaiah 40:31 KJV — "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

Isaiah 49:23 KJV — "And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me."

Isaiah 64:4 KJV — "For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.”

Lamentations 3:25 KJV — "The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him."

Daniel 12:12 KJV — "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”

Affirmation

Job 14:14 KJV — "If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come."

Psalm 52:9 KJV — "I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.”

Psalm 59:9 KJV — "Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.”

Isaiah 8:17 KJV — "And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him."

Jeremiah 14:22 KJV — "Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things."

Micah 7:7 KJV — "Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me."

Testimonials

Genesis 49:18 KJV — "I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.”

Psalm 25:5 KJV — "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."

Psalm 25:21 KJV — "Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.”

Psalm 33:20 KJV — "Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.”

Psalm 40:1 KJV — "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry."

Psalm 62:1 KJV — "To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.”

Psalm 69:3 KJV — "I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.”

Psalm 104:24-27 KJV - "24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. 27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season."

Psalm 123:2 KJV — "Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.”

Psalm 130:5 KJV — "I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope."

Psalm 130:6 KJV — "My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning."

Psalm 145:14-16 KJV - "14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing."

Isaiah 26:8 KJV — "Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee."

Isaiah 33:2 KJV — "O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble."

Testimonials - (Waiting for Jesus/Kingdom of God)

Mark 15:43 KJV — "Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.”

Luke 2:25 KJV — "And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him."

Luke 8:40 KJV — "And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him."

Luke 23:51 KJV — "(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God."

Romans 8:23 KJV — "And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 KJV - "9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."

Prophetic

Isaiah 25:9 KJV — "And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."

Isaiah 42:4 KJV — "He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law."

Isaiah 51:5 KJV — "My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.”

Isaiah 60:9 KJV — "Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee."

Watch

Watch (Watcheth/Watchful/Watching(s))

Instruction

Matthew 24:42 KJV — "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." (also Matthew 25:13)

Matthew 26:38 KJV — "Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.” (also Mark 14:34)

Matthew 26:41 KJV — "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (also Mark 14:38)

Mark 13:33 KJV — "Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.”

Mark 13:34 KJV — "For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.”

Mark 13:35 KJV — "Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:”

Mark 13:37 KJV — "And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.”

Luke 21:36 KJV — "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”

1 Corinthians 16:13 KJV — "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.”

Ephesians 6:18 KJV — "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”

Colossians 4:2 KJV — "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"

1 Thessalonians 5:6 KJV — "Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober."

2 Timothy 4:5 KJV — "But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry."

1 Peter 4:7 KJV — "But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer."

Revelation 3:2 KJV — "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God."

Imploration

2 Corinthians 6:1, 4-5 KJV – “1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. ... 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;”

Wisdom

Matthew 24:43 KJV — "But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.” (also Luke 12:39)

Implication

Proverbs 8:34 KJV — "Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.”

Luke 12:37-38 KJV — "37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.”

Revelation 16:15 KJV — "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame."

Affirmation

Habakkuk 2:1 KJV — "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved."

​Testimonials

2 Corinthians 11:25-27 KJV - "25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness."

(Historically)

2 Chronicles 23:6 KJV — "But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD."

Ezra 8:29 KJV — "Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD."

Well Doing

Instruction

2 Thessalonians 3:13 KJV — "But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.”

1 Peter 4:19 KJV — "Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.”

Wisdom

1 Peter 2:15 KJV — "For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:"

1 Peter 3:17 KJV — "For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.”

​​Implication

Romans 2:7 KJV — "To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:”

Galatians 6:9 KJV — "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

Yield

Yield (Yieldeth/Yielding/Yielded)

Instruction

2 Chronicles 30:8 KJV — "Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.”

Romans 6:13 KJV — "Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God."

Romans 6:19 KJV — "I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness."

Wisdom

Proverbs 12:12 KJV — "The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit."

Jeremiah 17:8 KJV — "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.”

Mark 4:3-9 KJV - "3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

Romans 6:16 KJV — "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?"

Hebrews 12:11 KJV — "Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby."

James 3:12 KJV — "Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh."

Testimonials

Daniel 3:28 KJV — "Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.”

​Prophetic

Ezekiel 36:8 KJV — "But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come."