Verses

“For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? Also, what great nation is there that has such ordinances and righteous judgments as are in all this law I set before you today?”

“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes [literally: ‘a desirable thing’], and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.”

“Your judgments are a great deep”

“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”

“Sing praises to the Lord, you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness; for there is wrath in His anger, but life in His will”

“having a form of godliness but denying its power.”

“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves … unforgiving … brutal, despisers of good … lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God…”

“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!”

“For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.”

“The heart of a wise man shall understand the things from his own mouth, & he shall carry knowledge upon his lips.”

“My soul fainted because of its listlessness; establish me in Your words.”

“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”

“You will seek wisdom in the company of evil men, and you will not find it”

“All my bones shall say, ‘O Lord, who is like You?”

“I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.”

“But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.”

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know. Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were its foundations fastened, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together, and all My angels praised Me in a loud voice?”

“There is a path no bird knows, nor has the eye of a vulture seen it. The sons of the arrogant have not trodden it, nor has the lion passed over it.”

“As one went up from story to story, the side chambers became wider all around, because their supporting ledges in the wall of the temple ascended like steps; therefore, the width of the structure increased as one went up from the lowest story to the highest, by way of the middle one.”

“For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature, namely, His eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse”

“The Lord is building Jerusalem, and He will gather together the dispersed of Israel. He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up all their wounds. He numbers the multitudes of stars, and calls them all by name.”

“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), & raised us up together, & made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul”