Bible Verses about “acceptance”

“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

“‹Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?›”

“‹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?›”

“¶ ‹Judge not, that ye be not judged.›”

“¶ ‹Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.›”

“¶ ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?›”

“‹(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.›”

“‹And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:›”

“‹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.›”

“‹Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,› [shall he] ‹not much more› [clothe] ‹you, O ye of little faith?›”

“‹Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?›”

“‹For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.›”

“‹And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?›”

“‹Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.›”

“‹Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam› [is] ‹in thine own eye?›”

“¶ ‹Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:›”

“¶ ‹Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.›”

“¶ ‹Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.›”

“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.”

“‹Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?›”

“‹And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.›”

“‹Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.›”

“‹Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?›”

“‹Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.›”

“‹Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.›”

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”

“‹A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither› [can] ‹a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.›”

“‹Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.›”

“¶ Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”

“And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”

“‹Because strait› [is] ‹the gate, and narrow› [is] ‹the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.›”

“‹Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide› [is] ‹the gate, and broad› [is] ‹the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:›”

“‹Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:›”

“‹And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:›”

“‹For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.›”

“‹And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.›”

“‹And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.›”

“‹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?›”

“‹Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?›”

“‹Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?›”

“And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:”

“For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes.”

“¶ I charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;”

“But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.”

“¶ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:”

“For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.”

“¶ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.”

“‹All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.›”