Luke 19:21 Cross References

Luke 19:21

21: I was afraid because you are a hard man to deal with, taking what isn't yours and harvesting crops you didn't plant.'

David was now afraid of the LORD and asked, "How can I ever bring the Ark of the LORD back into my care?"
So David decided not to move the Ark of the LORD into the City of David. He took it instead to the home of Obed-edom of Gath.
The Ark of the LORD remained there with the family of Obed-edom for three months, and the LORD blessed him and his entire household.

"Don't be afraid," Samuel reassured them. "You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the LORD with all your heart and that you don't turn your back on him in any way.

"Yet you say, `The Lord isn't being just!' Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one who is unjust, or is it you?
When righteous people turn from being good and start doing sinful things, they will die for it. Yes, they will die because of their sinful deeds.
And if wicked people turn away from their wickedness, obey the law, and do what is just and right, they will save their lives.
They will live, because after thinking it over, they decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.
And yet the people of Israel keep saying, `The Lord is unjust!' O people of Israel, it is you who are unjust, not I.

So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his family--calling him "Father, dear Father."

And they said to Moses, "You tell us what God says, and we will listen. But don't let God speak directly to us. If he does, we will die!"
"Don't be afraid," Moses said, "for God has come in this way to show you his awesome power. From now on, let your fear of him keep you from sinning!"

He will bring the people of the world to judgment. He will convict the ungodly of all the evil things they have done in rebellion and of all the insults that godless sinners have spoken against him."

Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us.

For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will.

"Then the servant with the one bag of gold came and said, 'Sir, I know you are a hard man, harvesting crops you didn't plant and gathering crops you didn't cultivate.
I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth and here it is.'

For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

"You have said, `What's the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands or by trying to show the LORD Almighty that we are sorry for our sins?
From now on we will say, "Blessed are the arrogant." For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them go free of harm.'"

All this, even though they say to God, `Go away. We want no part of you and your ways.
Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us if we pray?'

And the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as the person who has broken all of God's laws.

But the LORD killed seventy men from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the LORD. And the people mourned greatly because of what the LORD had done.
"Who is able to stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God?" they cried out. "Where can we send the Ark from here?"
So they sent messengers to the people at Kiriath-jearim and told them, "The Philistines have returned the Ark of the LORD. Please come here and get it!"

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