Matthew 8:9
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9 For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me, and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.”
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Titus 2:9
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9 Urge slaves to be submissive to their masters in everything, to be pleasing, not talking back,(A)
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Colossians 3:22
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22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters[a] in everything, not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.[b](A)
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Luke 7:8
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8 For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me, and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.”
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Ephesians 6:5-6
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Slaves and Masters
5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect[a] and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ,(A) 6 not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul.
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- 6.5 Or fear
Luke 4:39
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39 Then he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them.(A)
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Luke 4:35-36
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35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” Then the demon, throwing the man down before them, came out of him without doing him any harm.(A) 36 They were all astounded and kept saying to one another, “What kind of word is this, that with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits and they come out?”(B)
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Mark 4:39-41
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39 And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?”(A) 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
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Ezekiel 14:17-21
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17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Let a sword pass through the land,” and I cut off humans and animals from it,(A) 18 though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would save neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be saved. 19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off humans and animals from it,(B) 20 even if Noah, Daniel,[a] and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would save neither son nor daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness.
21 Therefore thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four deadly acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild animals, and pestilence, to cut off humans and animals from it!(C)
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- 14.20 Or Danel
Jeremiah 47:6-7
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6 Ah, sword of the Lord!
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
rest and be still!(A)
7 How can it[a] be quiet,
when the Lord has given it an order?
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore—
there he has appointed it.(B)
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- 47.7 Gk Vg: Heb you
Psalm 148:8
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8 fire and hail, snow and frost,
stormy wind fulfilling his command!(A)
Psalm 119:91
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91 By your appointment they stand today,
for all things are your servants.(A)
Psalm 107:25-29
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25 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.(A)
26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their calamity;(B)
27 they reeled and staggered like drunkards
and were at their wits’ end.(C)
28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out from their distress;
29 he made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.(D)
Job 38:34-35
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34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
so that a flood of waters may cover you?(A)
35 Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?(B)
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