1 Kings 18:36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.

Matthew 23:3

NASB: therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.

NLT: So practice and obey whatever they say to you, but don't follow their example. For they don't practice what they teach.

1 Kings 18:12

NASB: It will come about when I leave you that the Spirit of the Lord will carry you where I do not know; so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth.

NLT: But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the Lord all my life.

Mark 10:30 who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.

Matthew 23:23 “How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You give to God one tenth even of the seasoning herbs, such as mint, dill, and cumin, but you neglect to obey the really important teachings of the Law, such as justice and mercy and honesty. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.

Luke 14:19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’

John 15:7

GNT: If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.

NLT: But if you stay joined to me and my words remain in you, you may ask any request you like, and it will be granted!

1 Thessalonians 4:11

NKJV: that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

GNT: Make it your aim to live a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to earn your own living, just as we told you before.

Joshua 14:9 So that day Moses promised me, 'The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your special possession and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.

Joshua 14:11

NLT: I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then.

GNT: and am just as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out. I am still strong enough for war or for anything else.