Acts 13:40

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So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;

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  • Hab 1:5 : 5 See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.
  • Mal 3:2 : 2 But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.
  • Mal 4:1 : 1 For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
  • Matt 3:9-9 : 9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham. 10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire. 11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire: 12 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
  • Isa 29:14 : 14 For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

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  • 41 See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.

  • 23 But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

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    35 So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

    36 For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

    37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

  • 33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

  • 40 So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

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    11 Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.

    12 So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.

  • 15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

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    34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

    35 For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

    36 But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

  • 39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

  • 21 And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:

  • 17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

  • 9 But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

  • 5 And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone.

  • 3 This is what the Lord has said: A curse on the foolish prophets who go after the spirit which is in them and have seen nothing!

  • 17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

  • 13 And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.

  • 20 Do not make little of the words of the prophets;

  • 35 So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

  • 23 And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

  • 14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

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    23 And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.

    24 And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.

  • 2 So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

  • 33 And when this comes about (see, it is coming), then it will be clear to them that a prophet has been among them.

  • 8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

  • 17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 11 And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

  • 26 Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

  • 35 And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.

  • 12 My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

  • 18 But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

  • 15 Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.

  • 31 So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.

  • 28 There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.

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    29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

    30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

  • 1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 23 Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;

  • 5 See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.

  • 42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

  • 19 From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

  • 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • 4 And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit:

  • 17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • 52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;