Acts 9:31

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The church in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace. And with the help of the Holy Spirit, these groups of believers became stronger in faith and showed their respect for the Lord by the way they lived. So the church everywhere grew in numbers.

Cross References

Psalm 111:10

Wisdom begins with fear and respect for the Lord. Those who obey him are very wise. Praises will be sung to him forever.

Isaiah 33:6

Jerusalem, you are rich with wisdom and knowledge of God. You are rich with salvation. You respect the Lord, and that makes you rich.

Proverbs 23:17

Never envy evil people, but always respect the Lord.

Psalm 86:11

Lord, teach me your ways, and I will live and obey your truths. Help me make worshiping your name the most important thing in my life.

Romans 5:5

And this hope will never disappoint us. We know this because God has poured out his love to fill our hearts through the Holy Spirit he gave us.

Proverbs 1:7

Knowledge begins with fear and respect for the Lord, but stubborn fools hate wisdom and refuse to learn.

Romans 15:13

I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace as you trust in him. Then you will have more and more hope, and it will flow out of you by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:1

Saul agreed that the killing of Stephen was a good thing. Some godly men buried Stephen and cried loudly for him. On that day the Jews began to persecute the church in Jerusalem, making them suffer very much. Saul was also trying to destroy the group. He went into their houses, dragged out men and women, and put them in jail. All the believers left Jerusalem. Only the apostles stayed. The believers went to different places in Judea and Samaria.

Proverbs 8:13

To respect the Lord means to hate evil. I hate pride and boasting, evil lives and hurtful words.

Job 28:28

Then he said to humans, ‘To fear and respect the Lord is wisdom. To turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Nehemiah 5:9

So I continued speaking. I said, “What you people are doing is not right! You know that you should fear and respect our God. You should not do the shameful things other people do!

Ephesians 4:12

Christ gave these gifts to prepare God’s holy people for the work of serving, to make the body of Christ stronger.

2 Corinthians 13:10

I’m writing this before I come so that when I am there I will not have to use my authority to punish you. The Lord gave me that authority to make you stronger, not to destroy you.

2 Corinthians 10:8

It may seem as though we boast too much about the authority the Lord gave us. But he gave us this authority to strengthen you, not to hurt you. So I will not be ashamed of whatever boasting we do.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Dear friends, we have these promises from God. So we should make ourselves pure—free from anything that makes our body or our soul unclean. Our respect for God should make us try to be completely holy in the way we live.

Acts 16:5

So the churches were becoming stronger in their faith, and the number of believers was growing every day.

Acts 12:24

The message of God was spreading, reaching more and more people.

Acts 6:7

The word of God was reaching more and more people. The group of followers in Jerusalem became larger and larger. Even a big group of Jewish priests believed and obeyed.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the governors who ruled before me made life hard for the people. The governors forced everyone to pay 1 pound of silver. They also made the people give them food and wine. The leaders under these governors also ruled over the people and made life even harder. But I respected and feared God, so I didn’t do things like that.

Jude 1:20

But you, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up even stronger. Pray with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 4:9

This shows that the seventh-day rest for God’s people is still to come.

1 Timothy 1:4

Tell them not to give their time to meaningless stories and to long lists of names to prove their family histories. Such things only cause arguments. They don’t help God’s work, which is done only by faith.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

So encourage each other and help each other grow stronger in faith, just as you are already doing.

Colossians 1:10

that this will help you live in a way that brings honor to the Lord and pleases him in every way; that your life will produce good works of every kind and that you will grow in your knowledge of God;

Philippians 2:1

Think about what we have in Christ: the encouragement he has brought us, the comfort of his love, our sharing in his Spirit, and the mercy and kindness he has shown us. If you enjoy these blessings,

Ephesians 5:21

Be willing to serve each other out of respect for Christ.

Ephesians 4:29

When you talk, don’t say anything bad. But say the good things that people need—whatever will help them grow stronger. Then what you say will be a blessing to those who hear you.

Ephesians 4:16

and the whole body depends on him. All the parts of the body are joined and held together, with each part doing its own work. This causes the whole body to grow and to be stronger in love.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Do you think that we have been defending ourselves to you all this time? No, we say these things in Christ and before God. You are our dear friends, and everything we do is to make you stronger.

1 Corinthians 14:26

So, brothers and sisters, what should you do? When you meet together, one person has a song, another has a teaching, and another has a new truth from God. One person speaks in a different language, and another interprets that language. The purpose of whatever you do should be to help everyone grow stronger in faith.

1 Corinthians 14:12

That’s why you who want spiritual gifts so much should prefer those gifts that help the church grow stronger.

Romans 14:19

So let’s try as hard as we can to do what will bring peace. Let’s do whatever will help each other grow stronger in faith.

Romans 14:17

In God’s kingdom, what we eat and drink is not important. Here is what is important: a right way of life, peace, and joy—all from the Holy Spirit.

Zechariah 8:20

The Lord All-Powerful says, “In the future, people from many cities will come to Jerusalem.

Isaiah 11:10

At that time there will be someone special from Jesse’s family. He will be like a flag that all the nations gather around. The nations will come to him and ask him what they should do. And the place where he is will be filled with glory.

Psalm 94:13

You help them stay calm when trouble comes. You will help them until the wicked are put in their graves.

1 Chronicles 22:18

David said to these leaders, “The Lord your God is with you. He has given you a time of peace. He helped me defeat the people living around us. The Lord and his people are now in control of this land.

1 Chronicles 22:9

But you have a son who is a man of peace. I will give your son a time of peace. His enemies around him will not bother him. His name is Solomon. And I will give Israel peace and quiet during the time that he is king.

Judges 3:30

So on that day the Israelites began to rule over the Moabites, and there was peace in the land for 80 years.

Joshua 21:44

And the Lord allowed them to have peace on all sides of their land, just as he had promised their ancestors. None of their enemies defeated them. The Lord allowed the Israelites to defeat every enemy.

Deuteronomy 12:10

But you will go across the Jordan River and live in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. There he will give you rest from all your enemies, and you will be safe.

Acts 2:47

The believers praised God and were respected by all the people. More and more people were being saved every day, and the Lord was adding them to their group.

Acts 5:11

The whole church and all the other people who heard about this were filled with fear.

Acts 20:32

“Now I am putting you in God’s care. I am depending on the message about his grace to make you strong. That message is able to give you the blessings that God gives to all his holy people.