Romans 10:18-21  But I ask: Did [Israel] not hear?  Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”  Again I ask: […]

Job 5:17-18  “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.  For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also […]

Genesis 38:27-29  When the time came for [Tamar] to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.  As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the […]

Romans 4:5   However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness. This statement of Paul is central to his […]

Esther 8:1-2   That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews.  And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told […]

Genesis 30:31-33   “What shall I give you?” [Laban] asked.  “Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied.  “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending […]

Esther 1:1   This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush: Thus begins the only book in the […]

Genesis 23:1-4   Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for […]

Hebrews 5:12-14  In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s Word all over again. You need milk, […]

Hebrews 5:12-14  In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s Word all over again. You need milk, […]

2 Kings 22:18-19  Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says concerning the words you heard:  Because […]

Psalm 139:13-16  For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that […]

Hosea 13:4-6   But I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.  You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Saviour except me.  I cared for you […]

Titus 1:4  To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.There is some depth of feeling contained in this […]