I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
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Luke 6:45:
Good people bring good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and evil people bring evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
(NIV)
The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks.
(AMP)
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
(KJV)
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Isaiah 52:7:
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, 'Your God reigns!'
(NIV)
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns! [Acts 10:36; Rom. 10:15; Eph. 6:14-16.](AMP)
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
(KJV)
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Hebrews 6:7:
Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.
(NIV)
For the soil which has drunk the rain that repeatedly falls upon it and produces vegetation useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated partakes of a blessing from God.
(AMP)
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
(KJV)
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Colossians 1:6:
That has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world – just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God's grace.
(NIV)
Which has come to you. Indeed, in the whole world [that Gospel] is bearing fruit and still is growing [by its own inherent power], even as it has done among yourselves ever since the day you first heard and came to know and understand the grace of God in truth. [You came to know the grace or undeserved favor of God in reality, deeply and clearly and thoroughly, becoming accurately and intimately acquainted with it.](AMP)
Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
(KJV)
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Titus 2:11:
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.
(NIV)
For the grace of God (His unmerited favor and blessing) has come forward (appeared) for the deliverance from sin and the eternal salvation for all mankind.
(AMP)
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
(KJV)
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John 12:24:
Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
(NIV)
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.
(AMP)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
(KJV)
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Hebrews 1:6:
And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, 'Let all God's angels worship him.'
(NIV)
Moreover, when He brings the firstborn Son again into the habitable world, He says, Let all the angels of God worship Him.
(AMP)
And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
(KJV)
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.
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John 15:5:
'I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.'
(NIV)
I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
(AMP)
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
(KJV)
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth man's minds about to religion.
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The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Proverbs 29:15
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Matthew 17:1:
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
(NIV)
AND SIX days after this, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.
(AMP)
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
(KJV)
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It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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