Matthew 5:30

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And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

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  • Matt 5:29 : 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
  • Mark 9:43 : 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go into hell, where the fire never goes out.
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after killing, has the authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
  • Luke 17:2 : 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
  • Rom 9:33 : 33 Just as it is written: 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.'
  • Rom 14:20-21 : 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.
  • 1 Cor 8:13 : 13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.
  • Gal 5:11 : 11 Brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? If that were the case, the offense of the cross would be eliminated.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.' They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were determined to do.
  • Matt 11:6 : 6 Blessed is the one who does not stumble on account of Me."
  • Matt 13:21 : 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
  • Matt 16:23 : 23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns."
  • Matt 18:6-7 : 6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
  • Matt 22:13 : 13 Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him out into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
  • Matt 25:20 : 20 The servant who had received five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted me with five talents; see, I have gained five more.’
  • Matt 26:31 : 31 Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of Me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

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  • Matt 5:28-29
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    94%

    28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

    29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

  • Matt 18:6-9
    4 verses
    89%

    6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

    7Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

    9And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

  • Mark 9:42-48
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    88%

    42'If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.'

    43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go into hell, where the fire never goes out.

    44Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

    45If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell, where the fire never goes out.

    46Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

    47If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

    48Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

  • Deut 25:12
    76%

    12then you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.

  • Matt 5:31
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    31It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

  • Luke 17:2
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    2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Matt 5:38-39
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    38You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

    39But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.

  • Deut 19:20-21
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    20Then the rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and they will never again commit such an evil thing among you.

    21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Exod 21:24
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    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

  • Matt 5:23
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    23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • Matt 5:21
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    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.

  • 1 Cor 12:15
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    15If the foot should say, 'Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.

  • Matt 25:30
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    30And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Lev 18:29
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    29For anyone who commits any of these detestable practices will be cut off from among their people.

  • Matt 10:28
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    28Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Lev 23:29
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    29Anyone who does not humble themselves on this very day will be cut off from their people.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; keep your foot away from evil.

  • 1 Cor 5:5
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    5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

  • John 15:6
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    6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

  • Deut 13:9
    68%

    9do not yield to him or listen to him. Show no pity or compassion, and do not shield him.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Luke 11:34
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    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is full of darkness.

  • Matt 7:5-6
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    5Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

    6Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.

  • Matt 6:3
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    3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

  • Num 15:31
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    31Because they have despised the word of the Lord and broken His commandment, they must be cut off completely. Their guilt remains on them.

  • Luke 13:9
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    9If it bears fruit next year, fine! But if not, then cut it down.'

  • Luke 9:25
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    25'What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit their very self?'

  • Matt 15:5
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    5But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

  • Col 3:5
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    5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

  • Matt 3:10
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    10Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Luke 9:62
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    62Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'

  • Deut 23:1
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    1A man shall not marry his father’s wife or dishonor his father’s bed.

  • Eccl 5:6
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    6Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore, fear God.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9The axe is already laid at the root of the trees, so every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.