17 Bible Verses about autonomy
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And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.
And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as all things are broken and overcome by iron, so it will have the power of crushing and smashing down all the earth.
He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.
I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.
And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.
From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.
And a great sign was seen in heaven: a A woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?
And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.
Then Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and let him be judged by your law. But the Jews said to him, We have no right to put any man to death.
Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:
He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him: