Bible verses about "entitlement" | Noyes

¹⁶ Lo! I send you forth as sheep into the midst of wolves. Be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

⁷ And he spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he observed how they chose out the highest places at the table, saying to them, ⁸ When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not take the highest place, lest one more honorable than thou may have been invited by him; ⁹ and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and then thou wilt begin with shame to take the lowest place. ¹⁰ But when thou art invited, go and recline in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher. Then wilt thou have honor in the presence of all who are at table with thee. ¹¹ For every one that exalteth himself will be humbled; and he that humbleth himself will be exalted.

¹ Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes, and to his disciples, ² saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses. ³ All, therefore, whatever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works; for they say, and do not. ⁴ They bind heavy burdens, and lay them on mens shoulders, and will not themselves move them with a finger. ⁵ And all their works they do to be observed by men. They make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge their fringes, ⁶ and love the first place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, ⁷ and salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi. ⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your teacher; and ye are all brethren. ⁹ And call no one your father on the earth; for one is your father, he who is in heaven. ¹⁰ Nor be ye called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ. ¹¹ But the greatest among you will be your servant. ¹² And whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled; and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted. ¹³ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites I because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in yourselves, nor suffer those who are entering to go in. ¹⁴ (...)¹⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, ye make him twofold mole a son of hell than yourselves. ¹⁶ Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whoever sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gold of the temple, is bound. ¹⁷ Fools and blind I for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? ¹⁸ And, Whoever sweareth by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, is bound. ¹⁹ Blind men! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar flint sanctifieth the gift? ²⁰ He then who sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it; ²¹ and he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him who dwelleth in it; ²² and he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who sitteth thereon. ²³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithes of the mint, and the dill, and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the Law, justice, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave those undone. ²⁴ Blind guides! who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. ²⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of robbery and licentiousness. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup, that its outside side also may become clean. ²⁷ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of dead mens bones, and of all uncleanness. ²⁸ Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. ²⁹ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, ³⁰ and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. ³¹ So that ye bear witness against yourselves, that ye are the sons of those who killed the prophets. ³² Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers! ³³ Serpents, brood of vipers! how can ye escape the punishment of hell? ³⁴ Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew, between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Truly do I say to you, All these things will come upon this generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! ³⁸ Lo! your house is left to you desolate. ³⁹ For I say to you, Ye will not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

¹ Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. ² And five of them were foolish, and five wise. ³ For the foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them. ⁴ But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ And as the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ But at midnight there was a cry, Lo! the bridegroom! go out to meet him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there will not be enough for us and you; go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. ¹¹ Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, lord, open to us. ¹² But he answering said, Truly do I say to you, I know you not, ¹³ Watch, therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour. ¹⁴ For it will be as when a man going abroad called his own servants, and intrusted to them his property; ¹⁵ and to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his ability, and went abroad. ¹⁶ He that had received the five talents went immediately and traded with the same, and gained five talents more. ¹⁷ In like manner, he that had received the two gained two more. ¹⁸ But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid his lords money. ¹⁹ And after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. ²⁰ And he that had received the five talents came and brought five talents more, saying, Lord, thou intrustedst to me five talents; see, I have gained five talents more. ²¹ His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant! thou hast been faithful over a little, I will place thee in charge of much; enter into the joy of thy lord. ²² He also that had received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou intrustedst to me two talents; see, I have gained two talents more. ²³ His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant! thou hast been faithful over a little, I will place thee in charge of much; enter into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴ Then he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee to be a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter seed; ²⁵ and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth. See! thou hast thine own. ²⁶ But his lord answered and said to him, Wicked and slothful servant! Didst thou know that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter seed? ²⁷ Thou oughtest then to have put my money with the moneydealers, and on my coming I should have received mine own with interest. ²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who hath the ten talents. ²⁹ For to every one that hath will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath will be taken away. ³⁰ And cast out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness; there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. ³¹ And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his glory, ³² and before him will be gathered all the nations; and he will separate men one from another, as a shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; ³³ and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then will the king say to those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; ³⁶ naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ or when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and come to thee? ⁴⁰ And the king will answer and say to them, Truly do I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me. ⁴¹ Then will he say also to those on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the everlasting fire, which is prepared for the Devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry, and ye gave me no food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. ⁴⁴ Then will they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? ⁴⁵ Then will he answer them, saying, Truly do I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these will go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into everlasting life.

¹⁹ Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather make room for wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."

¹⁶ And we have known and believed the love that God hath in regard to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

¹ For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. ² And having agreed with the laborers for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; ⁴ and said to them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, I will give you. And they went. ⁵ Again going out about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise. ⁶ And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? ⁷ They say to him, Because no one hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into the vineyard. ⁸ And when evening came, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their pay, beginning with the last, and going on to the first. ⁹ And they who were hired about the eleventh hour came, and received each a denary. ¹⁰ But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more; and they too received each a denary. ¹¹ And when they had received it, they murmured against the householder, ¹² saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day. ¹³ But he answering said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst not thou agree with me for a denary? ¹⁴ Take thy due, and go. But I will give to this last even as to thee. ¹⁵ Am I not free to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶ Thus the last will be first, and the first, last. And as

¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he hath sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty the oppressed,

⁸ But if any one provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

¹ I exhort you, therefore, I the prisoner in the Lord, to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, ² with all humility and meekness, with longsuffering; bearing with one another in love, ³ endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye were called in one hope of your calling; ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all. ⁷ But to each one of us was given the grace [which he hath] according to the measure of the gift of Christ. ⁸ Wherefore he saith: "When he ascended on high, he led captive a train of captives, and gave gifts to men." ⁹ Now what is implied in his ascending, but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is the same as he who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. ¹¹ And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ¹² for the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministration, for the building up of the body of Christ; ¹³ till we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a fullgrown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; ¹⁴ that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and borne about by every wind of teaching, through the dishonest tricks of men, and their cunning in the wily arts of error; ¹⁵ but cleaving to truth in love, may grow up in all things unto him who is the head, even Christ; ¹⁶ from whom the whole body, well put together and compacted by means of every supplying joint, is, according to the working of each part in its proportion, building itself up in love. ¹⁷ This therefore I say, and charge you in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind, ¹⁸ having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts; ¹⁹ who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to wantonness, to work all uncleanness in greediness. ²⁰ But not so did ye learn Christ, ²¹ if indeed ye heard him, and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus; ²² that as to your former way of life ye should put off the old man, who perisheth according to the lusts of deceit, ²³ and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ and that ye put on the new man, who was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth. ²⁵ Wherefore having put away falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbor; for we are members one of another. ²⁶ "Be angry, and sin not;" let not the sun go down upon your wrath; ²⁷ and do not give place to the Devil. ²⁸ Let him that stealeth steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands at that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need. ²⁹ Let no foul language proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for edification, as the need may be, that it may benefit the hearers; ³⁰ and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye were sealed unto the day of redemption. ³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evilspeaking, be put away from you, with all malice; ³² and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

¹² Now such we charge and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

⁶ but he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble."

¹⁰ For also when we were with you, this we commanded you: If any one will not work, neither let him eat.

¹ Whence are wars and whence are fightings among you? Are they not hence, from your lusts that war in your members? ² Ye lust, and have not; ye kill, and earnestly covet, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war. Ye have not, because ye ask not; ³ ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. ⁴ Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore chooseth to be a friend of the world, becometh an enemy of God. ⁵ Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, "Zealously doth the Spirit, which made its abode in us, long for us"? ⁶ but he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble." ⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God; resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸ Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. ⁹ Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you. ¹¹ Speak not against one another, brethren; he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. ¹² One is the Lawgiver and Judge, he who is able to save, and to destroy; but who art thou, that judgest thy neighbor?