Psalm 12:6  And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. David’s life situation at the time of writing this Psalm […]

Jeremiah 37:15-16  [The Israeli officials] were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison.  Jeremiah […]

Acts 26:24-28 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defence. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted.  “Your great learning is driving you insane.”  “I am not insane, most excellent […]

Judges 21:25 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit. This is the last verse in the Book of Judges and, for me, it hasn’t come […]

Psalm 1:1-2  Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. […]

Jeremiah 30:7  How awful that day will be!  None will be like it.  It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.In […]

Acts 20:28-31a 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 […]

Judges 15:19-20  Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it.  When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived.  So the spring was […]

Mark 13:7-8  When you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.  Nation will rise against […]

Jeremiah 24:5-7  Then the word of the LORD came to me:  “This is what the LORD , the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles […]

Acts 14:5-7  There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to ill-treat [Paul and Barnabas] and stone them.  But they found out about it […]

Judges 9:22-24  After Abimelech had governed Israel for three years, God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem, who acted treacherously against Abimelech.  God did this […]

Mark 7:20-23  [Jesus] went on: “What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean’.  For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, […]

Jeremiah 20:1-4   When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, the chief officer in the temple of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and […]

Acts 8:9-11   Now for some time a man named Simon had practised sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria.  He boasted that he was someone great, […]

Judges 3:28-30   “Follow me,” [Ehud] ordered, “for the LORD has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.”  So they followed him down and, taking possession of the fords of the Jordan […]