2 Chronicles 10:8  But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. The enthusiasm and single-mindedness […]

Luke 23:23-25  But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.  So Pilate decided to grant their demand.  He released the man who had been thrown into […]

Habakkuk 1:5-7  “Look at the nations and watch – and be utterly amazed.  For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were […]

1 John 4:4-6  You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.  They are […]

Luke 17:1-3a  Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.  It would be better for them to […]

Micah 7:7-8  But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Saviour; my God will hear me.  Do not gloat over me, my enemy!  Though I […]

2 Peter 1:3-4  His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.  Through these […]

1 Chronicles 24:19  This was their appointed order of ministering when they entered the temple of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their ancestor Aaron, as the […]

Luke 11:8-9  I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up […]

1 Peter 2:1-3  Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.  Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may […]

Luke 5:8  When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord;  I am a sinful man!” Amos 9:10 warns us of the danger of […]

Amos 9:10  All the sinners among my people will die by the sword, all those who say, ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’ Amos’ prophecy is very confronting, with particular […]

James 1:1-3  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,  To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:  Greetings.  Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many […]

Psalm 149:4-6  For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.  Let his faithful people rejoice in this honour and sing for joy on their beds.  May the praise […]

Amos 3:1-2  Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the LORD has spoken against you – against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: “You only have I chosen […]

Hebrews 8:13  By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear. The line of argument throughout the Book of […]