Matthew 6:33ESV / 186 helpful votes
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Romans 14:17ESV / 174 helpful votes
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
John 18:36ESV / 171 helpful votes
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”
Mark 1:15ESV / 154 helpful votes
And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Luke 17:20-21ESV / 148 helpful votes
Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”
Matthew 4:17ESV / 124 helpful votes
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Luke 17:21ESV / 110 helpful votes
Nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”
Matthew 6:10ESV / 101 helpful votes
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 12:28ESV / 96 helpful votes
But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Mark 9:1ESV / 92 helpful votes
And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”
Matthew 5:3ESV / 90 helpful votes
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:10ESV / 89 helpful votes
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Daniel 2:44ESV / 88 helpful votes
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,
1 Corinthians 4:20ESV / 80 helpful votes
For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
Galatians 5:19-21ESV / 79 helpful votes
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Luke 11:20ESV / 75 helpful votes
But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Matthew 7:21ESV / 72 helpful votes
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Revelation 11:15ESV / 69 helpful votes
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.”
1 Corinthians 6:9-10ESV / 68 helpful votes
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
John 3:5ESV / 66 helpful votes
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Matthew 4:23ESV / 62 helpful votes
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
Matthew 5:20ESV / 57 helpful votes
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 10:9ESV / 54 helpful votes
Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
Matthew 13:11ESV / 54 helpful votes
And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
1 Corinthians 6:9ESV / 53 helpful votes
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
Acts 28:31ESV / 53 helpful votes
Proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
John 3:3ESV / 49 helpful votes
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 19:14ESV / 48 helpful votes
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 13:33ESV / 48 helpful votes
He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”
Zechariah 14:9ESV / 48 helpful votes
And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.
Matthew 11:12ESV / 46 helpful votes
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.
Daniel 7:27ESV / 46 helpful votes
And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.’
Luke 9:2ESV / 45 helpful votes
And he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
Matthew 7:21-23ESV / 44 helpful votes
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
1 Corinthians 15:50ESV / 43 helpful votes
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
Luke 8:10ESV / 43 helpful votes
He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
Luke 16:16ESV / 41 helpful votes
“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.
Matthew 25:34ESV / 41 helpful votes
Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Psalm 103:19ESV / 41 helpful votes
The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
Acts 14:22ESV / 40 helpful votes
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
Mark 4:30-32ESV / 40 helpful votes
And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
Matthew 5:19-20ESV / 40 helpful votes
Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 10:7ESV / 39 helpful votes
And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Mark 1:14-15ESV / 37 helpful votes
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Matthew 13:44ESV / 37 helpful votes
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Matthew 6:19-21ESV / 35 helpful votes
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 3:2ESV / 35 helpful votes
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Acts 28:23ESV / 34 helpful votes
When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.
Acts 1:3ESV / 33 helpful votes
He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
Philippians 3:20ESV / 32 helpful votes
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Matthew 16:19ESV / 32 helpful votes
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 24:14ESV / 31 helpful votes
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Matthew 13:45-46ESV / 31 helpful votes
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Mark 1:14ESV / 30 helpful votes
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,
Acts 19:8ESV / 29 helpful votes
And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.
Matthew 7:13-14ESV / 29 helpful votes
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Luke 11:2ESV / 28 helpful votes
And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.
Matthew 9:35ESV / 28 helpful votes
And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.
Matthew 3:1-2ESV / 28 helpful votes
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
2 Thessalonians 1:5ESV / 27 helpful votes
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—
Luke 12:32ESV / 27 helpful votes
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 8:1ESV / 27 helpful votes
Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,
Mark 10:15ESV / 27 helpful votes
Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Colossians 1:13ESV / 26 helpful votes
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
John 3:16ESV / 26 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Luke 6:20ESV / 26 helpful votes
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Mark 14:25ESV / 26 helpful votes
Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 13:1-58ESV / 26 helpful votes
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, ...
Acts 20:25ESV / 25 helpful votes
And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.
Matthew 13:31-32ESV / 25 helpful votes
He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
Revelation 5:10ESV / 24 helpful votes
And you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”
Ephesians 5:5ESV / 24 helpful votes
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Matthew 23:13ESV / 24 helpful votes
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
Matthew 18:23-35ESV / 24 helpful votes
“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. ...
Matthew 5:1-48ESV / 24 helpful votes
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...
Acts 1:6ESV / 23 helpful votes
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
Luke 4:43ESV / 23 helpful votes
But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.”
Psalm 45:6ESV / 23 helpful votes
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
Matthew 5:5ESV / 22 helpful votes
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
1 Corinthians 15:24ESV / 21 helpful votes
Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
Matthew 21:43ESV / 21 helpful votes
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
Matthew 13:24-30ESV / 21 helpful votes
He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ ...
2 Corinthians 5:17ESV / 20 helpful votes
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Acts 8:12ESV / 20 helpful votes
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Luke 18:17ESV / 20 helpful votes
Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Matthew 28:18ESV / 20 helpful votes
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
1 Corinthians 15:50-53ESV / 19 helpful votes
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
John 3:16-17ESV / 19 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Matthew 26:29ESV / 19 helpful votes
I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.”
Isaiah 32:1ESV / 19 helpful votes
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
Isaiah 11:1-9ESV / 19 helpful votes
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. ...
John 3:1-36ESV / 18 helpful votes
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...
Luke 18:29-30ESV / 18 helpful votes
And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
Mark 15:43ESV / 18 helpful votes
Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Matthew 19:28ESV / 18 helpful votes
Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 5:8ESV / 18 helpful votes
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Mark 4:11-12ESV / 17 helpful votes
And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, so that “‘they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.’”
Matthew 21:28-32ESV / 17 helpful votes
“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went. And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.
Matthew 19:23-24ESV / 17 helpful votes
And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
1 Corinthians 6:11ESV / 16 helpful votes
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.