Romans 11:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

Boast not thy selfe against the branches: and if thou boast thy selfe, thou bearest not the roote, but the roote thee.

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  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Well: through vnbeliefe they are broken off, and thou standest by faith: bee not hie minded, but feare.
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth, take heede lest he fall.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.
  • Eph 2:19-20 : 19 Nowe therefore ye are no more strangers and forreiners: but citizens with the Saintes, and of the houshold of God, 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Iesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner stone,
  • 1 Kgs 20:11 : 11 And the King of Israel answered, and sayd, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth his harneis, boast himselfe, as he that putteth it off.
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an high minde before the fall.
  • Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, That there shall yet come people, and the inhabitants of great cities. 21 And they that dwell in one citie, shal go to another, saying, Vp, let vs go & pray before the Lord, and seeke the Lord of hostes: I wil go also. 22 Yea, great people and mightie nations shal come to seeke the Lorde of hostes in Ierusalem, and to pray before the Lord. 23 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, In those dayes shall ten men take holde out of all languages of the nations, euen take holde of the skirt of him that is a Iewe, and say, We will go with you: for we haue heard that God is with you.
  • Matt 26:33 : 33 But Peter aunswered, and sayde vnto him, Though that al men should be offended by thee, yet will I neuer be offended.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 He spake also this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were iust, and despised other. 10 Two men went vp into the Temple to pray: the one a Pharise, and the other a Publican. 11 The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
  • John 4:22 : 22 Ye worship that which ye knowe not: we worship that which we knowe: for saluation is of the Iewes.
  • John 10:16 : 16 Other sheepe I haue also, which are not of this folde: them also must I bring, and they shall heare my voyce: and there shalbe one sheepefolde, and one shepheard.
  • Rom 3:27 : 27 Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 11:15-17
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    15For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiuing be, but life from the dead?

    16For if the first fruites be holy, so is the whole lumpe: and if the roote be holy, so are the branches.

    17And though some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wilde Oliue tree, wast graft in for them, and made partaker of the roote, and fatnesse of the Oliue tree.

  • Rom 11:19-25
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    87%

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

    20Well: through vnbeliefe they are broken off, and thou standest by faith: bee not hie minded, but feare.

    21For if God spared not the naturall branches, take heede, least he also spare not thee.

    22Beholde therefore the bountifulnesse, and seueritie of God: towarde them which haue fallen, seueritie: but toward thee, bountifulnesse, if thou continue in his bountifulnesse: or els thou shalt also be cut off.

    23And they also, if they abide not still in vnbeliefe, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graffe them in againe.

    24For if thou wast cut out of the Oliue tree, which was wilde by nature, & wast graffed contrary to nature in a right Oliue tree, how much more shall they that are by nature, bee graffed in their owne Oliue tree?

    25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this secret (least ye should bee arrogant in your selues) that partly obstinacie is come to Israel, vntill the fulnesse of the Gentiles be come in.

  • Judg 9:9-14
    6 verses
    73%

    9But the oliue tree said vnto them, Should I leaue my fatnes, wherewith by me they honour God & man, & go to aduance me aboue ye trees?

    10Then the trees sayde to the fig tree, Come thou, and be King ouer vs.

    11But the fig tree answered them, Should I forsake my sweetenesse, and my good fruite, and goe to aduance me aboue the trees?

    12Then sayd the trees vnto the Vine, Come thou, and be king ouer vs.

    13But the Vine sayde vnto them, Should I leaue my wine, whereby I cheare God and man, and goe to aduance me aboue the trees?

    14Then said all the trees vnto the bramble, Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.

  • John 15:4-6
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    72%

    4Abide 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.

    5I 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.

    6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branche, and withereth: and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they burne.

  • Job 18:16
    72%

    16His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.

  • Job 14:8
    72%

    8Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, & the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,

  • Ezek 31:9-10
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    71%

    9I made him faire by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, enuied him.

    10Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God, Because he is lift vp on high, and hath shot vp his toppe among the thicke boughes, and his heart is lift vp in his height,

  • 2 Cor 10:17
    71%

    17But let him that reioyceth, reioyce in the Lorde.

  • Ps 80:15
    71%

    15And the vineyard, that thy right hand hath planted, and the young vine, which thou madest strong for thy selfe.

  • Jer 11:16
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    16The Lord called thy name, A greene oliue tree, faire, and of goodly fruite: but with noyse and great tumult he hath set fyre vpon it, and the branches of it are broken.

  • 2 Cor 11:17-18
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    70%

    17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

    18Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.

  • Ezek 17:6
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    6And it budded vp, and was like a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward it, and the rootes thereof were vnder it: so it became a vine, and it brought foorth branches, and shot foorth buds.

  • Ezek 17:8-9
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    70%

    8It was planted in a good soyle by great waters, that it should bring forth branches, and beare fruite, and be an excellent vine.

    9Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, Shall it prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes thereof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to drie? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

  • Ezek 19:11
    70%

    11And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that beare rule, and her stature was exalted among the branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

  • John 15:2
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    2Euery branch that beareth not fruite in me, he taketh away: and euery one that beareth fruite, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruite.

  • 1 Cor 4:7
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    7For who separateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? If thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it?

  • Jer 2:21
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    21Yet I had planted thee, a noble vine, whose plants were all natural: howe then art thou turned vnto me into the plants of a strange vine?

  • Isa 10:15
    69%

    15Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therewith? or shall the sawe exalt it selfe against him that moueth it? as if the rod shoulde lift vp it selfe against him that taketh it vp, or the staffe should exalt it selfe, as it were no wood.

  • Ezek 15:2
    69%

    2Sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree aboue all other trees? and of the vine braunch, which is among the trees of ye forest?

  • Isa 18:5
    69%

    5For afore the haruest when the floure is finished, and the fruite is riping in the floure, then he shall cut downe the branches with hookes, and shall take away, and cut off the boughes:

  • Rom 11:11-12
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    69%

    11I demaund then, Haue they stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid: but through their fall, saluation commeth vnto the Gentiles, to prouoke them to follow them.

    12Wherefore if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their aboundance be?

  • Jas 4:16
    69%

    16But nowe ye reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.

  • Job 15:32-33
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    32His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.

    33God shall destroy him as the vine her sower grape, and shall cast him off, as the oliue doeth her flowre.

  • Luke 3:9
    69%

    9Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: therefore euery tree which bringeth not foorth good fruite, shalbe hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

  • Isa 11:1
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    1Bvt there shall come a rodde foorth of the stocke of Ishai, and a grasse shall growe out of his rootes.

  • Matt 3:10
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    10And now also is the axe put to the roote of the trees: therfore euery tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen downe, & cast into ye fire.

  • Rom 2:17
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    17Beholde, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the Lawe, and gloriest in God,

  • Luke 13:9
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    9And if it beare fruite, well: if not, then after thou shalt cut it downe.

  • Deut 28:40
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    40Thou shalt haue Oliue trees in all thy coastes, but shalt not anoynt thy selfe with the oyle: for thine oliues shall fall.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe.