1 Corinthians 4:11-13  To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.  We work hard with our own hands.  When we are […]

Luke 2:10-14 But the angel said to [the shepherds], “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.  Today in the town of […]

Job 12:1-2  Then Job replied: “Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!  But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior […]

Genesis 45:7-8  But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.  “So then, it was not […]

Romans 14:19  Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. The people in the fellowship of believers in Rome who were receiving this […]

Esther 9:3-4 And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had seized them. Mordecai was prominent in […]

Mark 12:13-14a  Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.  They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a […]

Romans 8:33-36  Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen?  It is God who justifies.  Who then is the one who condemns?  No one. Christ Jesus who died – more than […]

Genesis 39:5  From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing […]

Esther 3:4  Day after day [the royal officials] spoke to [Mordecai] but he refused to comply [with the king’s order to kneel down and pay honour to Haman].  Therefore they told Haman […]

Mark 6:19-20  So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him.  But she was not able to, because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a […]

Genesis 34:29-31  They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.  Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble […]

Romans 2:6-11  God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”      To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honour and immortality, he will give eternal […]

Esther 6:1-2  That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. It […]

Matthew 28:16-17 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.  When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. It is helpful […]

Genesis 28:20-22  Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to […]