Matthew 5:29

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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.

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  • Mark 9:43-48 : 43 If 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. 44 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 45 If 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. 46 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 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, 48 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
  • Rom 6:6 : 6 We know this: our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, and we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  • Gal 5:24 : 24 Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
  • 1 Pet 4:1-3 : 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body on our behalf, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has ceased from sin. 2 As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God. 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
  • Matt 18:8-9 : 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. 9 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.
  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 Rather, I discipline my body and bring it under control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
  • Prov 5:8-9 : 8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house. 9 Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel; 10 Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner. 11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent. 12 You will say, 'How I hated discipline, and my heart despised correction!' 13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. 14 I was on the verge of total ruin in the midst of the assembly and the congregation.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 Do 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.
  • 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?
  • 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?'
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after killing, has the authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
  • Matt 19:12 : 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, there are eunuchs who were made that way by others, and there are eunuchs who made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone who can accept this accept it.
  • Matt 23:15 : 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as you are.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?
  • Mark 8:36 : 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 5:30-31
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    94%

    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.

    31It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

  • Matt 18:6-9
    4 verses
    91%

    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.

    9And 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.

  • Mark 9:42-48
    7 verses
    90%

    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 6:22-23
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    77%

    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!

  • Matt 5:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

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

  • Luke 11:34-35
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Deut 25:12
    74%

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

  • Matt 7:3-6
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    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.

  • Luke 17:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    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 5:38-39
    2 verses
    72%

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

    39But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.

  • Prov 4:25
    71%

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

  • Deut 19:21
    71%

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

  • Luke 6:41-42
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    70%

    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.

  • 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.

  • Exod 21:24
    70%

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

  • John 9:41
    69%

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

  • Matt 5:23
    69%

    23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • Lev 24:20
    69%

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

  • Luke 9:25
    68%

    25'What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit their very self?'

  • Prov 6:25
    68%

    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • Matt 19:21
    68%

    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."

  • 1 Cor 12:16
    68%

    16And if the ear should say, 'Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.

  • Matt 25:30
    68%

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

  • Matt 16:26
    68%

    26For 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?

  • Deut 28:34
    68%

    34You will go mad because of the things you see with your own eyes.

  • Matt 10:28
    68%

    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.

  • Deut 28:54
    67%

    54Even the most tender and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who are still alive.

  • Luke 9:62
    67%

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

  • Mark 8:36
    67%

    36What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

  • Col 3:5
    67%

    5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

  • Prov 4:27
    67%

    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; keep your foot away from evil.