Acts 13:40

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Beware therefore, lest that come upon [you] which is spoken in the prophets:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Hab 1:5 : 5 Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
Mal 3:2 : 2 But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap:
Mal 4:1 : 1 For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Matt 3:9-9 : 9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire: 12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
Isa 29:14 : 14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Acts 13:41
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41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.
Mark 13:23
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23But take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
Mark 13:35-37
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35Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Mark 13:33
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33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Luke 12:40
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40Be ye {G3767} also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
1 Cor 10:11-12
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11Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Matt 7:15
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15Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Luke 21:34-36
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34But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:
35for [so] {G3803} shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.
36But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Acts 13:39
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39and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Mark 13:21
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21And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; or, Lo, there; believe [it] not:
Matt 10:17
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17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;
Mark 13:9
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9But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and {G2476} before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.
Mark 13:5
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5And Jesus began to say unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
Ezek 13:3
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3Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
2 Pet 3:17
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17Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.
Jer 5:13
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13and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
1 Thess 5:20
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20despise not prophesyings;
Luke 11:35
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35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
Luke 17:23
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23And they shall say to you, Lo, there! {G2228} Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after [them]:
Mark 13:14
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14But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
Acts 3:23-24
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23And it shall be, that every {G302} soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.
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2 Pet 3:2
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2that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
Ezek 33:33
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33And when this cometh to pass, (behold, it cometh,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
2 John 1:8
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8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.
Jude 1:17
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Mark 13:11
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Luke 6:26
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26Woe [unto you], when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
Acts 5:35
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35And he said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as touching these men, what ye are about to do.
Heb 3:12
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12Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
Acts 3:18
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18But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he {G4137} thus fulfilled.
Jer 13:15
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15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.
Matt 23:31
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31Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
Luke 13:28
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29even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.
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Ezek 13:1
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1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Matt 24:23
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23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe [it] not.
Hab 1:5
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5Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
Matt 24:42
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42Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
John 13:19
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19From henceforth I tell you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he].
Matt 13:14
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14And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
Zech 13:4
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Acts 7:52
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