| Jeremiah 31:20 | [Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. |
| Luke 7:2 | And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. |
| Acts 20:24 | But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. |
| Ephesians 5:1 | Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; |
| Colossians 1:7 | As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; |
| Colossians 1:13 | Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son: |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:8 | So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. |