1 Thessalonians 4:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore he who despises does not despise man, but God, who has also given unto us His Holy Spirit.

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  • Luke 10:16 : 16 He who hears you hears me; and he who despises you despises me; and he who despises me despises him who sent me.
  • 1 John 3:24 : 24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
  • 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
  • Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.
  • John 12:48 : 48 He who rejects me and does not receive my words has that which judges him: the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
  • Neh 9:30 : 30 Yet for many years You had patience with them and testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not give ear; therefore, You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Prov 23:9 : 9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
  • Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to the servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you.
  • Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
  • Acts 5:3-4 : 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own power? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.
  • Acts 13:41 : 41 Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I am working a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though a man declare it to you.
  • 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
  • 1 Cor 7:40 : 40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
  • Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.'
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which have now been reported to you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.
  • 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For the prophecy did not come in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 And you have this day rejected your God, who Himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
  • Jude 1:8 : 8 Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.

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