Psalm 32:5  I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the iniquity of […]

1 Samuel 13:19-22   Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears.”  But every one […]

Psalm 27:11   Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies. The word translated ‘enemies’ is not the most common Hebrew word for […]

Jeremiah 48:13-15  Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.  How do you say, ‘We are heroes and mighty men of war’?  The […]

Romans 8:16-18  The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided […]

1 Samuel 9:1-2  There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of […]

Psalm 18:46-48a, 50   The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!  Exalted be God my Saviour!  He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me, who saves me […]

1 Samuel 2:11-12  Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy [Samuel] ministered before the LORD under Eli the priest.  Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the LORD. The […]

Psalm 14:6-7  You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.  Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!  When the LORD restores his people, let Jacob […]

Jeremiah 38:17-18  Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life […]

Acts 25:18-19  [Festus reported to Agrippa]: “When [Paul’s] accusers got up to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.  Instead, they had some points of […]

Judges 20:27-28  And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there, with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministering […]

Acts 23:12-13  The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. More than forty men were […]

Psalm 2:7-12  I will proclaim the LORD’s decree:  He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father.  Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the […]

Jeremiah 31:33-34  “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the LORD.  “I will put my law in their minds and write it on […]