2 Corinthians 10:12  We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves.  When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not […]

Job 39:26-27  “Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?  Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?” I wonder […]

Luke 23:7-12  When [Pilate] learned that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.  When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, […]

2 Corinthians 4:8-12  We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.  We always carry around in […]

Exodus 17:14-16  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the […]

Job 33:27-28  And they will go to others and say, ‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.  God has delivered me from […]

Luke 17:3-4  “So watch yourselves.  If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.  Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and seven times […]

Exodus 13:17-18  When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter.  For God said, “If they face war, they […]

1 Corinthians 14:22-25  Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.  So if the whole church comes together and everyone […]

Job 27:13, 19-20  “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty: … … He lies down wealthy, but will do so […]

Luke 11:20  But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. All three Synoptic Gospels contain this account of the […]

Exodus 7:1  Then the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.” Throughout these chapters of Exodus that deal […]

1 Corinthians 10:18-22  Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?  Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or […]

Job 20:1-3  Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.  I hear a rebuke that dishonours me, and my understanding inspires me to […]

Luke 5:39  And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, “The old is better.” All three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) record Jesus’ little ‘parables’ […]

Exodus 1:12-13  But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites and worked them ruthlessly.    The 430 years the descendants […]