Verse 18

do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:20 : 20 by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 and if ye `are' of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise -- heirs.
  • Eph 2:19-20 : 19 Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God, 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-`stone',
  • 1 Kgs 20:11 : 11 And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing `his armour'.'
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Before destruction `is' pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'
  • Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities, 21 Yea, gone have inhabitants of one To another, saying: We go diligently, To appease the face of Jehovah, To seek Jehovah of Hosts -- I go, even I. 22 Yea, come in have many peoples, and mighty nations, To seek Jehovah of Hosts in Jerusalem, And to appease the face of Jehovah. 23 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: In those days take hold do ten men of all languages of the nations, Yea, they have taken hold on the skirt of a man, a Jew, saying: We go with you, for we heard God `is' with you!
  • Matt 26:33 : 33 And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: 10 `Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer; 11 the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;
  • John 4:22 : 22 ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;
  • John 10:16 : 16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.
  • Rom 3:27 : 27 Where then `is' the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Because of this `it is' of faith, that `it may be' according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which `is' of the law only, but also to that which `is' of the faith of Abraham,