Affections
16 references
- Should be supremely set upon God Deut. 6:5; Mark 12:30
- Should be set upon the commandments of God Ps. 19:8-10; 119:20,97,103,167
- Should be set upon the house and worship of God 1 Chr. 29:3; Ps. 26:8; 27:4; 84:1,2
- Should be set upon the people of God Ps. 16:3; Rom. 12:10; 2 Cor. 7:13-16; 1 Thess. 2:8
- Should be set upon heavenly things Col. 3:1,2
- Should be zealously engaged for God Ps. 69:9; 119:139; Gal. 4:18
- Christ claims the first place in Matt. 10:37; Luke 14:26
- Enkindled by communion with Christ Luke 24:32
- Blessedness of making God the object of Ps. 91:14
- Should not grow cold Ps. 106:12,13; Matt. 24:12; Gal. 4:15; Rev. 2:4
- Of saints, supremely set on God Ps. 42:1; 73:25; 119:10
- Of the wicked, not sincerely set on God Isa. 58:1,2; Ezek. 33:31,32; Luke 8:13
- Carnal, should be mortified Rom. 8:13; 13:14; 1 Cor. 9:27; Col. 3:5; 1 Thess. 4:5
- Carnal affections crucified in saints Rom. 6:6; Gal. 5:24
- False teachers seek to captivate Gal. 1:10; 4:17; 2 Tim. 3:6; 2 Pet. 2:3,18; Rev. 2:14,20
- Of the wicked, are unnatural and perverted Rom. 1:31; 2 Tim. 3:3; 2 Pet. 2:10
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.