1 Corinthians 12:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the eye cannot say vnto the hand, I haue no neede of thee: nor the head againe to the feete, I haue no neede of you.

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  • Num 10:31-32 : 31 Then he sayd, I pray thee, leaue vs not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wildernesse: therefore thou mayest be our guide. 32 And if thou go with vs, what goodnes the Lord shall shew vnto vs, the same will we shewe vnto thee.
  • 1 Sam 25:32 : 32 Then Dauid said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meete me.
  • Ezra 10:1-5 : 1 Whiles Ezra prayed thus, and confessed himselfe weeping, and falling downe before the house of God, there assembled vnto him of Israel a very great Congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept with a great lamentation. 2 Then Shechaniah the sonne of Iehiel one of the sonnes of Elam answered, & sayd to Ezra, We haue trespassed against our God, & haue taken strange wiues of the people of the land, yet nowe there is hope in Israel concerning this. 3 Now therfore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues (and such as are borne of them) according to the counsell of the Lord, and of those that feare the commandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Lawe. 4 Arise: for the matter belogeth vnto thee: we also wil be with thee: be of comfort and do it. 5 Then arose Ezra, and caused the chiefe Priestes, the Leuites, and all Israel, to sweare that they would doe according to this worde. So they sware.
  • Neh 4:16-21 : 16 And from that day, halfe of the yong men did the labour, and the other halfe part of them helde the speares, and shieldes, and bowes, and habergins: and the rulers stoode behinde all the house of Iudah. 17 They that buylded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, and they that laded, did the worke with one hand, and with the other helde the sworde. 18 For euery one of the buylders had his sworde girded on his loynes, and so buylded: and he that blewe the trumpet, was beside me. 19 Then saide I vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The worke is great and large, and we are separated vpon the wall, one farre from another. 20 In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shall fight for vs. 21 So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, till the starres came foorth.
  • Job 29:11 : 11 And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 86%

    22 Yea, much rather those members of the body, which seeme to be more feeble, are necessarie.

    23 And vpon those members of the body, which wee thinke most vnhonest, put wee more honestie on: and our vncomely parts haue more comelinesse on.

    24 For our comely partes neede it not: but God hath tempered the body together, and hath giuen the more honour to that part which lacked,

    25 Lest there should be any diuision in the body: but that the members shoulde haue the same care one for another.

    26 Therefore if one member suffer, all suffer with it: if one member be had in honour, all the members reioyce with it.

    27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members for your part.

  • 85%

    12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, which is one, though they be many, yet are but one body: euen so is Christ.

    13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we bee Iewes, or Grecians, whether we be bonde, or free, and haue bene all made to drinke into one Spirit.

    14 For the body also is not one member, but many.

    15 If the foote would say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

    16 And if the eare would say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

    17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

    18 But nowe hath God disposed the members euery one of them in the bodie at his owne pleasure.

    19 For if they were all one member, where were the body?

    20 But now are there many members, yet but one body.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    78%

    4 For as wee haue many members in one body, and all members haue not one office,

    5 So we being many are one body in Christ, and euery one, one anothers members.

  • 19 And holdeth not the head, whereof all the body furnished and knit together by ioyntes and bands, increaseth with the increasing of God.

  • 16 By whome al the body being coupled and knit together by euery ioynt, for ye furniture therof (according to the effectual power, which is in the measure of euery part) receiueth increase of the body, vnto the edifying of itselfe in loue.

  • 11 Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.

  • 9 Simon Peter sayd vnto him, Lord, not my feete onely, but also the hands and the head.

  • 30 For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.

  • John 15:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4 Abide in me, and I in you: as the branche cannot beare fruite of it selfe, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

    5 I am that vine: ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, & I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruite: for without me can ye doe nothing.

  • Heb 12:12-13
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    67%

    12 Wherfore lift vp your hands which hang downe, and your weake knees,

    13 And make straight steppes vnto your feete, lest that which is halting, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.

  • 23 The life is more then meate: and the body more then the raiment.

  • 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hande for hand, foote for foote,

  • 19 Or a man that hath a broken foote, or a broken hande,

  • 34 Yea, ye knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

  • 12 That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

  • 15 Knowe yee not, that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

  • 34 The light of the bodie is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, then is thy whole bodie light: but if thine eye be euill, then thy bodie is darke.

  • 6 Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.

  • 6 From the sole of the foote vnto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds, and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they haue not bene wrapped, nor bound vp, nor mollified with oyle.

  • Jas 2:15-16
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    15 For if a brother or a sister bee naked and destitute of daily foode,

    16 And one of you say vnto them, Depart in peace: warme your selues, and fil your bellies, notwithstading ye giue them not those things which are needefull to the body, what helpeth it?

  • 12 The Lord hath made both these, euen the eare to heare, and the eye to see.

  • Matt 5:29-30
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    29 Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, & cast it from thee: for better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

    30 Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

  • 24 Neuerthelesse, to abide in the flesh, is more needefull for you.

  • 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hande: thine eye shall not spare her.

  • 40 God prouiding a better thing for vs, that they without vs should not be made perfite.

  • 6 And there are diuersities of operations, but God is the same which worketh all in all.

  • 22 The light of the body is the eye: if then thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.

  • 17 For we that are many, are one bread and one body, because we all are partakers of one bread.

  • 1 Bvt of the times and seasons, brethren, yee haue no neede that I write vnto you.

  • 21 Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote.

  • 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches are broken off, that I might be graft in.

  • 7 They haue handes and touche not: they haue feete and walke not: neither make they a sound with their throte.