Witnessing


4. Pointers on how to be a good witness:
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PRO 18:13. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

JAM 1:19. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

PRO 20:5. Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

MAT 12:34. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

ACT 26:27. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

ACT 17:23. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

ACT 17:24. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

ACT 17:25. Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

ACT 17:26. And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

ACT 17:27. That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

ACT 17:28. For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

1COR 9:19. For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

1COR 9:20. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

1COR 9:21. To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

1COR 9:22. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

ACT 26:1. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

ACT 26:2. I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

ACT 26:3. Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

ACT 26:4. My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

ACT 26:5. Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

ACT 26:6. And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:

ACT 26:7. Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

ACT 26:8. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

ACT 26:9. I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

ACT 26:10. Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

ACT 26:11. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

ACT 26:12. Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

ACT 26:13. At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

ACT 26:14. And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

ACT 26:15. And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

ACT 26:16. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

ACT 26:17. Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

ACT 26:18. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

ACT 26:19. Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

ACT 26:20. But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

MAR 4:2. And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

LUK 13:1. There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

LUK 13:2. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?

LUK 13:3. I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

LUK 13:4. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

LUK 13:5. I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

ACT 2:40. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

PSA 126:5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

PSA 126:6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

MAT 9:36. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

1COR 13:1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

1SA 16:23. And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

LUK 14:23. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

1KI 18:21. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

JOSH 24:15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

HEB 3:7. Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

HEB 3:8. Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

2COR 6:2. For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.