We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
2 Peter 1:19-21
“And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be to you as an heathen man and a publican” (Matthew 18:17).
The Lord Jesus says: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10:27-28
A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies. Proverbs 14:25
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19
Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:10
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did it not. Jonah 3:10
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. Proverbs 20:27
