Matthew 8:9
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9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
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Titus 2:9
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9 Exhort (A)bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back,
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Colossians 3:22
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22 (A)Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.
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Luke 7:8
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8 For I also am a man placed under (A)authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
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Luke 4:35-36
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35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, [a]“Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. 36 Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.”
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- Luke 4:35 Lit. Be muzzled
Psalm 107:25-29
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25 For He commands and (A)raises the stormy wind,
Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
26 They mount up to the heavens,
They go down again to the depths;
(B)Their soul melts because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And [a]are at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
29 (C)He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
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- Psalm 107:27 Lit. all their wisdom is swallowed up
Luke 4:39
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39 So He stood over her and (A)rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.
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Mark 4:39-41
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39 Then He arose and (A)rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, (B)“Peace,[a] be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. 40 But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? (C)How[b] is it that you have no faith?” 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”
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Ezekiel 14:17-21
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17 “Or if (A)I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I (B)cut off man and beast from it, 18 even (C)though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
19 “Or if I send (D)a pestilence into that land and (E)pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast, 20 even (F)though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”
21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when (G)I send My four [a]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?
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- Ezekiel 14:21 Lit. evil
Jeremiah 47:6-7
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6 “O you (A)sword of the Lord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
7 How can [a]it be quiet,
Seeing the Lord has (B)given it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has (C)appointed it.”
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- Jeremiah 47:7 Lit. you
Psalm 148:8
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8 Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
Psalm 119:91
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91 They continue this day according to (A)Your ordinances,
For all are Your servants.
Job 38:34-35
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34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That an abundance of water may cover you?
35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,
And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?
Ephesians 6:5-6
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Bondservants and Masters
5 (A)Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, (B)with fear and trembling, (C)in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 6 (D)not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
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