Bible Verses about 'Regard'
- So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.
- Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
- Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.
- Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.
- And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.
- He was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not care. - So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.
- Though he was God,
he did not think of equality with God
as something to cling to.
Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
he took the humble position of a slave
and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form,
he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross. - Those who feel free to eat anything must not look down on those who don’t. And those who don’t eat certain foods must not condemn those who do, for God has accepted them.
- Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
- But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
- Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.
- Only a fool despises a parent’s discipline;
whoever learns from correction is wise. - And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
- Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent;
with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent. - For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says,
‘The stone that you builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.’ - The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
they imagine it to be a high wall of safety. - For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.
- Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
Then the Lord will be your delight.
I will give you great honor
and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob.
I, the Lord, have spoken! - I have chosen to be faithful;
I have determined to live by your regulations. - God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
- As I learn your righteous regulations,
I will thank you by living as I should! - The very essence of your words is truth;
all your just regulations will stand forever. - But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.
- And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.
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