[Jesus] also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.  Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed […]

“On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Godly men buried Stephen and mourned […]

Judges 3:5-8a The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.  They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their […]

Jeremiah 15:16 When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty. Poor Jeremiah found himself in a […]

Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?” As we […]

 Praise the LORD.  Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above.  Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his heavenly hosts.  Praise him, sun and moon, […]

 [Jesus, the Christ (Messiah)] must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.  For Moses said, “The […]

 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.  Who then is the faithful and wise servant, […]

My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.  My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort […]

Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them: Your eyes have seen all that the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials and to all his land.  […]

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong […]

The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.  Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s right hand has done […]

Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth. Deuteronomy 23:23 This chapter in Deuteronomy, […]

I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. … … My own hand […]

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures for ever.  Let the redeemed of the LORD say this – those he redeemed from the hand of the […]

Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.  Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.  The tongue […]