What Does the Bible Say About Bringing The Lost Home?

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

1 John 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 22:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

James 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

Titus 2:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. ...

Romans 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

Acts 9:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 16:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ...

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Mark 9:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Jonah 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”

Proverbs 15:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. ...

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Deuteronomy 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children—

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

34 Bible Verses about Bringing The Lost Home

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 22:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 2:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 9:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 9:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Bringing The Lost Home

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Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 5:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 22:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Titus 2:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 9:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 9:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jonah 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote