Acts 9:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.

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  • Jonah 1:3 : 3 And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 2:16 : 16 And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 3:7 : 7 And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;
  • John 15:5 : 5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
  • Josh 19:46 : 46 And on the west was ... opposite Joppa.
  • John 15:8 : 8 Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.
  • Acts 10:4-5 : 4 And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind. 5 Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • 1 Thess 4:10 : 10 And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;
  • 1 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price; 10 But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
  • Prov 5:19 : 19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.
  • Song 2:9 : 9 My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.
  • Song 3:5 : 5 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.
  • Song 8:14 : 14 Come quickly, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of spice.

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