1 Corinthians 15:8-10a  … and last of all [the Risen Lord Jesus Christ] appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.  For I am the least of the apostles […]

Job 28:1-3 [Job:] “There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.  Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.  Man puts an […]

Luke 10:3, 17-18  Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. … … The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in […]

Exodus 6:6-7  Therefore, say to the Israelites: “I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.  I will free you from being […]

1 Corinthians 9:3-7  This is my defence to those who sit in judgment on me.  Don’t we have the right to food and drink?  Don’t we have the right to […]

Job 21:3   Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, mock on. Job continues to contend with his ‘comforters’, and in this chapter he tries to get […]

Luke 6:5   Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”The Jewish religious leaders, who saw themselves as the faithful interpreters and guardian ‘protectors’ of […]

Genesis 50:25-26   And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath and said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up from […]

1 Corinthians 3:1-3   Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly – mere infants in Christ.  I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not […]

Job 14:18-22 [Job continued], “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place, as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, […]

Luke 1:30-33 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favour with God.  You will be with child and give birth to a son, and […]

Genesis 46:29-30 Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel.  As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father […]

Romans 13:1 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. A […]

Job 8:5-7 But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty, if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore […]

Mark 11:12-14 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.  Seeing in the distance a fig-tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. […]

Genesis 40:20-23 Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker […]