Here are 96 Bible verses about holiness, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Hebrews 12:14 KJV
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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2 Corinthians 7:1 KJV
1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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1 Peter 2:9 KJV
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
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1 Peter 1:15-16 KJV
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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1 Samuel 2:2 KJV
2 There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
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Leviticus 20:26 KJV
26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
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Romans 12:1 KJV
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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Romans 6:22 KJV
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
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Matthew 5:48 KJV
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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1 Thessalonians 4:7 KJV
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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Isaiah 57:15 KJV
15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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Ephesians 5:3 KJV
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
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Isaiah 35:8 KJV
8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
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Ezekiel 38:23 KJV
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 19:2 KJV
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.
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Philippians 2:5 KJV
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
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Psalm 119:9 KJV
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
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2 Timothy 1:9 KJV
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
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1 Peter 1:14-16 KJV
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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Ezekiel 36:23 KJV
23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
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Romans 12:1-2 KJV
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Amos 5:14 KJV
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
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Isaiah 6:3 KJV
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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Psalm 139:23-24 KJV
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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Exodus 15:11 KJV
11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
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1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
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Proverbs 9:10 KJV
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
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Ephesians 1:4 KJV
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
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Luke 8:16 KJV
16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
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Philippians 2:14-16 KJV
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
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Proverbs 20:25 KJV
25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
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1 Corinthians 3:17 KJV
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
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Psalm 103:1 KJV
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
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Psalm 96:9 KJV
9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
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Romans 16:17 KJV
17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
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Psalm 68:4-5 KJV
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
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1 Peter 1:16 KJV
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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John 17:17 KJV
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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2 Timothy 2:21 KJV
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
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Leviticus 11:44 KJV
44 For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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Romans 6:19 KJV
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
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Ephesians 4:24 KJV
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
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1 John 3:6-10 KJV
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. …
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1 Peter 1:15 KJV
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
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1 Chronicles 16:29 KJV
29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
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Luke 1:75 KJV
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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Psalm 93:5 KJV
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
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1 Timothy 1:9 KJV
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
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Hebrews 12:10 KJV
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
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Exodus 3:5 KJV
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
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Leviticus 20:7 KJV
7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
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1 John 1:7 KJV
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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1 Peter 1:13-16 KJV
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is …
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2 Peter 3:11 KJV
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
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Romans 8:29 KJV
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Ephesians 4:20-24 KJV
20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which …
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1 John 3:3 KJV
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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1 Thessalonians 4:4 KJV
4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
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Colossians 1:22 KJV
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
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1 Thessalonians 3:13 KJV
13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
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1 Corinthians 1:30 KJV
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
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Hebrews 7:26 KJV
26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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1 Corinthians 6:20 KJV
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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1 Thessalonians 4:3 KJV
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
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1 Peter 2:24 KJV
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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1 Peter 1:2 KJV
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
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Revelation 1:1 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
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Philippians 4:8 KJV
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
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Leviticus 11:1-47 KJV
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, …
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Romans 6:2 KJV
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
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1 Corinthians 1:2 KJV
2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their’s and our’s:
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John 3:16 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Isaiah 6:1-13 KJV
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. …
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Philippians 2:2 KJV
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
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Revelation 4:8 KJV
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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Psalm 29:2 KJV
2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
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Zechariah 14:20 KJV
20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness Unto The Lord; and the pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
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Revelation 15:4 KJV
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
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Leviticus 11:45 KJV
45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
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Romans 7:12 KJV
12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
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Leviticus 11:44-47 KJV
44 For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every …
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1 John 1:9 KJV
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Psalm 98:1 KJV
1 O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
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1 John 5:4 KJV
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
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2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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Psalm 68:2 KJV
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
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1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
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Leviticus 19:1-37 KJV
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God. …
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3 John 1:11 KJV
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
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John 3:16-17 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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Revelation 1:1-20 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things …
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Isaiah 6:1 KJV
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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Romans 16:2 KJV
2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
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1 Timothy 1:2 KJV
2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Amos 5:2 KJV
2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.