Acts 9:31

Bible in Basic English 1965

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:18

Is not the Lord your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for the Lord has given the people of the land into my hands, and the land is overcome before the Lord and before his people.

1 Chronicles 22:9

But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

Nehemiah 5:15

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

Nehemiah 5:9

And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?

Job 28:28

And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

Psalm 86:11

Make your way clear to me, O Lord; I will go on my way in your faith: let my heart be glad in the fear of your name.

Psalm 94:13

So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Proverbs 23:17

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

Isaiah 11:10

And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.

Isaiah 33:6

And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.

Zechariah 8:20

This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,

Acts 12:24

But the word of the Lord went on increasing.

Acts 16:5

So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

Acts 2:47

Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

Acts 20:32

And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

Acts 5:11

Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

Acts 6:7

And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

Acts 8:1

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:19

So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

Romans 15:13

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:5

And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

1 Corinthians 14:12

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

1 Corinthians 14:26

What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For though I might take pride in our authority which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction, it will not be a cause of shame to me:

2 Corinthians 12:19

It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

2 Corinthians 13:10

For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

Ephesians 4:12

For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

Ephesians 4:16

Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

Ephesians 5:21

Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

Deuteronomy 12:10

But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;

Philippians 2:1

If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

Colossians 1:10

Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

1 Thessalonians 5:11

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

1 Timothy 1:4

Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;

Hebrews 4:9

So that there is still a Sabbath-keeping for the people of God.

Joshua 21:44

And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.

Jude 1:20

But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,

Judges 3:30

So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.