Verse 9

Moreouer we haue had the fathers of our bodies which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: should we not much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, that we might liue?

Referenced Verses

  • Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell vpon their faces and saide, O God the God of the spirits, of all fleshe, hath not one man onely sinned, and wilt thou bee wroth with all the Congregation?
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God.
  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them, 19 Then shall his father and his mother take him, & bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, & vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth, 20 And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and he wil not obey our admonition: he is a ryotour, and a drunkard. 21 Then all the men of his citie shall stone him with stones vnto death: so thou shalt take away euill from among you, that all Israel may heare it, and feare.
  • Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocketh his father and despiseth the instruction of his mother, let ye rauens of the valley picke it out, and the yong eagles eate it.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the worde of the Lorde vpon Israel, sayth the Lorde, which spred the heauens, and layed the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirite of man within him.
  • Eph 6:1-4 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father & mother (which is the first commandement with promes) 3 That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst liue long on earth. 4 And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
  • Num 27:16 : 16 Let the Lorde God of the spirits of all flesh appoint a man ouer the Congregation,
  • Isa 38:16 : 16 O Lord, to them that ouerliue them, and to all that are in them, the life of my spirite shalbe knowen, that thou causedst me to sleepe and hast giuen life to me.
  • John 3:6 : 6 That which is borne of the flesh, is flesh: and that that is borne of the Spirit, is spirit.
  • Acts 2:30 : 30 Therefore, seeing hee was a Prophet, and knewe that God had sworne with an othe to him, that of the fruite of his loynes hee woulde raise vp Christ concerning the flesh, to set him vpon his throne,
  • Rom 1:3 : 3 Concerning his Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord (which was made of the seede of Dauid according to the flesh,
  • Rom 9:3 : 3 For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 Of whome are the fathers, and of whome concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God ouer all, blessed for euer, Amen.
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus sayeth God the Lord (he that created the heauens and spred them abroad: he that stretched foorth the earth, and the buddes thereof: he that giueth breath vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein)
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contende for euer, neither will I be alwayes wroth, for the spirite should fayle before me: and I haue made the breath.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.
  • Job 12:10 : 10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
  • Jas 4:7 : 7 Submit your selues to God: resist the deuill, and he will flee from you.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruant his master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my feare, sayth the Lorde of hostes vnto you, O Priestes, that despise my Name? and yee say, Wherein haue we despised thy Name?