Decision

212 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

53 sections

A Prophet

1 Kings 13:8–10 But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place. …

Abel

Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

Abigail

1 Samuel 25:4–37 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. …

Abraham

Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
Hebrews 11:17–19 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son, …

Asa

2 Chronicles 15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of …

Balaam

Numbers 22:15–18 Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers. …

Caleb

Numbers 14:6–10 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes …
Numbers 14:24 But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
Numbers 14:37–38 those men who had brought out the bad report about the land— were struck down by a plague before the LORD. …
Deuteronomy 1:36 except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
Joshua 14:14 Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

Church of Sardis

Revelation 3:4 But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
Revelation 3:8 I know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. I know that you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.
Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

David

1 Samuel 17:20–54 So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry. …
2 Samuel 22:22–24 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. …
Psalm 17:3 You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Psalm 26:6 I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
Psalm 26:11 But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
Psalm 40:9–10 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know. …
Psalm 56:12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
Psalm 66:16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
Psalm 71:17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
Psalm 86:11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
Psalm 101:2–3 I will ponder the way that is blameless — when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart. …
Psalm 108:1 My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
Psalm 57:7–8 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music. …
Psalm 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalm 116:13–14 I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. …
Psalm 116:16 Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
Psalm 119:8 I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
Psalm 119:30–31 I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me. …
Psalm 119:38 Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Psalm 119:44–46 I will always obey Your law, forever and ever. …
Psalm 119:57 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
Psalm 119:94 I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
Psalm 119:106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
Psalm 119:115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Psalm 119:125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
Psalm 119:145–146 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes. …
Psalm 143:12 And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

Elijah

1 Kings 18:22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.

Enoch

Hebrews 11:5–6 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. …

Ephesians

Revelation 2:2–3 I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles. …

Esther

Esther 4:16 “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the …

Exhibited in Being on the Lord's Side

Exodus 32:26 So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

Exhibited in Blessedness of

Joshua 1:7 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

Exhibited in Following God Fully

Numbers 14:24 But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
Numbers 32:12 not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun— because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
Joshua 14:8 Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.

Exhibited in Keeping the Commandments of God

Nehemiah 10:29 hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

Exhibited in Loving God Perfectly

Deuteronomy 6:5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Exhibited in Seeking God with the Heart

2 Chronicles 15:12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

Exhibited in Serving God

Isaiah 56:6 And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants — all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

Exhortation To

Joshua 1:7 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
1 Chronicles 16:15 Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
2 Chronicles 19:11 Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before …
Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 8:21–22 Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” …
Matthew 10:32 Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
Matthew 12:30 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
Luke 9:59–62 Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” …
Luke 11:23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
Luke 12:8 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Luke 17:32 Remember Lot’s wife!
Colossians 2:6–7 Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him, …
1 Timothy 6:11–14 But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. …

Exhortations To

Joshua 24:14–15 Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. …

General Scriptures Concerning

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
Joshua 23:8 Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
Joshua 24:15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are …
1 Samuel 12:20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
1 Kings 18:21 Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
Psalm 37:34 Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
Psalm 69:13 But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
Proverbs 4:25–27 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead. …
Isaiah 50:7 Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Matthew 11:6 Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Matthew 24:13 But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Matthew 25:23 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
Mark 13:13 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Luke 7:23 Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
John 8:31 So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
John 15:4–5 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. …
John 15:7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
John 15:9 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
Acts 11:23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
Acts 13:43 After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
Acts 14:22 strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
Romans 2:7 To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
Romans 8:38–39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, …
Romans 11:22 Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
1 Corinthians 15:8 And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.
1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
Galatians 6:9 Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
Philippians 1:27 Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending together as one for the …
Philippians 4:1 Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Colossians 1:23 if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
1 Thessalonians 3:8 For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
2 Thessalonians 2:17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
2 Thessalonians 3:13 But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
2 Timothy 1:13–14 Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. …
2 Timothy 2:1 You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:3 Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:14 But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them.
Titus 1:7 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach — not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
Titus 1:9 He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
Hebrews 2:1 We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Hebrews 3:6–8 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast. …
Hebrews 3:14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
Hebrews 4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:35 So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
Hebrews 13:9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
Hebrews 13:13 Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
James 1:4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
James 1:25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so — not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer — he will be blessed in what he does.
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 5:8–9 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. …
2 Peter 1:10–11 Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble, …
2 Peter 3:17–18 Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing. …
1 John 2:24 As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
1 John 2:28 And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
2 John 8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
Jude 20–21 But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, …
Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
Revelation 2:10–11 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. …
Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
Revelation 2:25–26 than to hold fast to what you have until I come. …
Revelation 3:5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
Revelation 3:11–12 I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. …
Revelation 3:21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
Revelation 15:2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,
Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Revelation 22:11 Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

Gideon

Judges 6:25–40 On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. …
Judges 7:1 Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

Hezekiah

2 Kings 18:6 He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
2 Chronicles 15:17 The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.

Israelites

Exodus 19:7–8 So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him. …
Exodus 24:3 When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
Exodus 24:7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
Deuteronomy 4:4 But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
Deuteronomy 5:27 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
Deuteronomy 26:17 Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
Deuteronomy 29:12 so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,
Joshua 22:34 So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
Joshua 24:21–25 “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!” …
1 Kings 19:18 Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel— all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
2 Kings 11:17 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
2 Chronicles 11:16 Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 13:10–11 But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties. …
2 Chronicles 15:12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
2 Chronicles 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
2 Chronicles 23:16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
2 Chronicles 29:10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
Ezra 10:3–44 So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law. …
Nehemiah 9:38 In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
Nehemiah 10:1–39 Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah, …
Psalm 50:5 “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
Jeremiah 34:15 Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
Jeremiah 42:5–6 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us. …
Jeremiah 50:5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
Hosea 11:12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

Jacob

Genesis 28:20–21 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear, …

Jehoshaphat

1 Kings 22:7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
2 Chronicles 18:6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”

Jehu

2 Kings 9:11–37 When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied. …
2 Kings 10:1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:

Joash

2 Kings 22:2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
2 Kings 23:3 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were …
2 Kings 23:25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
2 Chronicles 34:31 So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were …

Job

Job 2:3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me …
Job 23:11–12 My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside. …

Joseph

Genesis 39:7–20 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” …

Joshua

Joshua 24:15 But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are …
Joshua 24:18–24 And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!” …

Martha

John 11:27 “Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

Matthew

Matthew 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.

Mordecai

Esther 3:2–3 All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage. …

Moses

Hebrews 11:24–26 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. …
Numbers 12:7 But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.
Hebrews 3:5 Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

Naaman

2 Kings 5:15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
2 Kings 5:17 “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.

Nathaniel

John 1:49 “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

Necessary to the Service of God

Luke 9:62 Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 6:11 But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”

Noah

Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Opposed to a Divided Service

Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Opposed to Double-Mindedness

James 1:8 He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Opposed to Halting Between Two Opinions

1 Kings 18:21 Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

Opposed to not Setting the Heart Aright

Psalm 78:8 Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Psalm 78:37 Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

Opposed to Turning to the Right or Left

Deuteronomy 5:32 So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

Paul

Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Peter

John 6:68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Phinehas

Numbers 25:7–13 On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand, …

Ruth

Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
1 Samuel 11:4–7 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud. …

Saints

Revelation 14:4 These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

The Disciples

Luke 18:28 “Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
John 6:68–69 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. …
Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 9:29 He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
Acts 26:6 And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
Romans 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
Philippians 1:20–21 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. …
Colossians 2:5 For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
2 Timothy 4:7–8 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. …

Decision

A Prophet

Abel

Abigail

Abraham

Asa

Balaam

Caleb

Church of Sardis

David

Elijah

Enoch

Ephesians

Esther

Exhibited in Being on the Lord's Side

Exhibited in Blessedness of

Exhibited in Following God Fully

Exhibited in Keeping the Commandments of God

Exhibited in Loving God Perfectly

Exhibited in Seeking God with the Heart

Exhibited in Serving God

Exhortation To

Exhortations To

General Scriptures Concerning

Gideon

Hezekiah

Israelites

Jacob

Jehoshaphat

Jehu

Joash

Job

Joseph

Joshua

Martha

Matthew

Mordecai

Moses

Naaman

Nathaniel

Necessary to the Service of God

Nehemiah

Noah

Opposed to a Divided Service

Opposed to Double-Mindedness

Opposed to Halting Between Two Opinions

Opposed to not Setting the Heart Aright

Opposed to Turning to the Right or Left

Paul

Peter

Phinehas

Ruth

Saints

The Disciples

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