Matthew 18:9

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And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

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  • Matt 18:8 : 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say to you, everyone who is angry with their brother without cause will be subject to judgment. Whoever says to their brother, ‘Raka!’ will be answerable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
  • Matt 5:29 : 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
  • Matt 19:17 : 17 Jesus replied, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
  • Matt 19:23-24 : 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I tell you, it is hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."
  • Mark 9:47 : 47 If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
  • Luke 9:24-25 : 24 'For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.' 25 'What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit their very self?'
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.'
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same example of disobedience.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Mark 9:42-48
    7 verses
    96%

    42'If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.'

    43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go into hell, where the fire never goes out.

    44Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

    45If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell, where the fire never goes out.

    46Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

    47If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

    48Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

  • Matt 5:28-30
    3 verses
    91%

    28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

    29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

    30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

  • Matt 18:6-8
    3 verses
    90%

    6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

    7Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

  • Matt 6:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Luke 11:34-35
    2 verses
    77%

    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is full of darkness.

    35See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

  • Luke 17:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Jesus said to his disciples, 'It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!'

    2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

    3Be on guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

  • Matt 7:3-6
    4 verses
    73%

    3Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?

    4Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own eye?

    5Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

    6Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.

  • Deut 19:21
    73%

    21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Matt 13:41-42
    2 verses
    72%

    41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all things that cause sin and all who practice lawlessness.

    42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Deut 25:12
    72%

    12then you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    72%

    41Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

    42How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

  • Matt 18:10
    71%

    10See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

  • Matt 13:50
    71%

    50They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • John 9:41
    70%

    41Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

  • Luke 9:62
    70%

    62Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'

  • Exod 21:24
    70%

    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

  • Matt 5:38
    70%

    38You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

  • Exod 21:26
    70%

    26If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye.

  • Matt 13:16
    70%

    16But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

  • Matt 15:14
    69%

    14Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

  • Matt 19:21
    69%

    21Jesus replied, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

  • Matt 10:28
    69%

    28Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Prov 4:25
    69%

    25Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

  • Matt 7:19
    68%

    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Lev 24:20
    68%

    20Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one inflicts on another must also be inflicted on them.

  • Matt 19:24
    68%

    24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

  • Luke 3:9
    68%

    9The axe is already laid at the root of the trees, so every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Matt 25:30
    68%

    30And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Matt 22:13
    68%

    13Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him out into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

  • Mark 10:25
    68%

    25'It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.'

  • Matt 18:15
    68%

    15If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.