Acts 2:40

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

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  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
  • Deut 32:5 : 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
  • Matt 3:7-9 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Matt 16:4 : 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
  • Num 16:28-34 : 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. 30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. 31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
  • Mark 8:38 : 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
  • John 21:25 : 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
  • Acts 10:42 : 42 And he commanded us to preh unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
  • Acts 15:32 : 32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
  • Acts 20:2 : 2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
  • Acts 20:9 : 9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long prehing, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
  • Acts 20:11 : 11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
  • Acts 20:21 : 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the gre of God.
  • Acts 28:23 : 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
  • Gal 5:3 : 3 For I testify ain to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
  • Heb 3:12-13 : 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
  • Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
  • 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
  • Rev 3:17-19 : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and incased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wtched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fi, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I buke and chasten: be zealous thefo, and pent.
  • Rev 18:4-5 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye ceive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have ached unto heaven, and God hath membed her iniquities.

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    38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

    39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

  • 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

  • 18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

  • 14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

  • 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

  • 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

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    30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

    31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

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    15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

    16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

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  • Acts 1:4-5
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    4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

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  • 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the spe of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

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  • 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be prehed to them the next sabbath.

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