“I do not accept ¹  praise ²  from people, ³ 

I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept ¹  me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept ²  him.

This is the offering you ¹  are to accept from them: gold, silver, bronze,

Accept instruction ¹  from his mouth and store up his words ²  in your heart.

May he take notice ¹  of your offerings; may he accept ²  your burnt sacrifice! (Selah)

O Lord, please accept the freewill offerings of my praise! ¹  Teach me your regulations!

May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering! ¹ 

And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come.

(I do not accept ¹  human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me.

Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, ¹  “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. ²  As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”

“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see ¹  and subverts the words of the righteous.

For the company of the godless is barren, ¹  and fire ²  consumes the tents of those who accept bribes. ³ 

Then you will accept ¹  the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed ²  on your altar. ³ 

Listen, my child, ¹  and accept my words, so that ²  the years of your life will be many. ³ 

He ¹  said to them, “Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.

Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept ¹  my teaching. ² 

and are advocating ¹  customs that are not lawful for us to accept ²  or practice, ³  since we are ⁴  Romans.”

Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses. ¹ 

Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.