Basic Bible Verses 500

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Therefore in your going; disciple of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

If you declare with your mouth. "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds of the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God- this is true worship.

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."

Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again."

He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will.

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me."

So Christ himself gave the apostles. the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned-

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

So God created human beings in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here!

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

For, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

"Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

"If you love me, keep my commandments."

"A new command I give to you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

I can do all things through him who gives me strength.

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever-

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to the dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.

Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit."

In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude of mind Christ Jesus had:

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of human beings who suppress the truth by their wickedness

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of death will not overcome it.

Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live in the body, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne."

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free."

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;"

"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life."

"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophecy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions."

Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds."

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all of your heart and all of your soul and with all your mind."

While we wait for the blessed hope- the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things.

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?"

He has shown all you people what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable."

They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved- you and your household."

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary they will walk and not be faint.

What shall we say then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?

"If a brother or sister sins, go and point out the fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over."

But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

Not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

For everyone who asks receives; those who seek find; and to those who knock, the door will be opened.

"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot."

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father- Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

"But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve....as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."

When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:

For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves."

Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. People reap what they sow.

Then he said to his disciples, " The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you."

"I will make you into a great nation

and I will bless you;

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing."

"I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.

So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?"

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you."

"You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you."

He replied," Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet." For three days they could not give the answer.

"Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them.

Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go."

Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.

But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.

But Samuel replied: "Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king."

May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth. Selah

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?

Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

I will say the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me.

"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord-

In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation."

"Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor; for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.

Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor, and he made treasures for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables.

With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.

"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter- when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.

Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

As he says in Hosea: " I will call them 'my people' who are not my people; and I will call her 'my loved one' who is not my loved one."

Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.

He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.

The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.

The Lord protects and preserves them - they are counted among the blessed in the land - he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

" The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe.

in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

For we live by faith, not by sight.

The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.

The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.

But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;

I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty.

Give us today our daily bread.

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.

Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.

In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.

You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble. The Lord protects and preserves them- they are counted among the blessed in the land- he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.

The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.

Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

“Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

“Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’

let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you.

We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.

We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord, and the guilt of our ancestors; we have indeed sinned against you.

To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.

But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’

On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.” He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse...Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”

Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.

Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.

“‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.

And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Even while these people were worshiping the Lord, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.

Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.

Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.

You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me.

And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest,7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” - Salvation for Gentiles

His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.

Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.’

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.”

Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

As the Scripture says,"Anyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame"

Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom of many

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

The grass withers and flowers fall, but the Word of our God stands forever

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophesy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are luckwarm- neither hot nor cold- I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again

How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?

I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me. 2 Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. 7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)

In the past, he let all nations go their own way. 17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”

Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth.

After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, buy do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord.

He says: "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."

For this is what the Lord has commanded us:“‘I have made you[f] a light for the Gentiles, that you[g] may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: "'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways, for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.

He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.

God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth: and he determinded the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.

(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law,

since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)

You may ask me for anything in my name, I will do it.

Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.

for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable.

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

But the man who had doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.

May the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ