I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.


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John 15 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
2 John 1 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
John 13 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John 15 17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
John 12 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Psalms 19 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
1 Corinthians 7 6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
John 14 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Philippians 1 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
John 13 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John 14 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
2 John 1 12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
Ecclesiastes 5 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Deuteronomy 6 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Proverbs 7 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Jeremiah 13 15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
3 John 1 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
Deuteronomy 11 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
John 8 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
1 Samuel 2 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
John 14 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
John 15 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Matthew 10 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Job 23 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
2 John 1 6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
1 Thessalonians 4 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Acts 20 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
John 12 50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Deuteronomy 30 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
1 John 3 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Job 42 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Proverbs 27 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Job 33 32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
1 John 4 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1 Corinthians 14 37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
1 John 3 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
2 Corinthians 2 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
Job 33 3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
John 15 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
Ezra 10 4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
1 John 2 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Hebrews 13 22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
Ephesians 4 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ecclesiastes 8 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
2 Corinthians 2 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
Nehemiah 6 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Romans 16 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
John 14 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
2 Peter 3 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
Proverbs 8 6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.