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Discover it. #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Now the Lord energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel. 1 Kings 18.46 NET. God gives the power to do his bidding. #Bible #BibleVerses #power npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth. The worth of wisdom. Have you acquired it? #Bible #BibleVerses #wisdom npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus joyfully. Luke 19.6 NET. Do you know who this was? Will you do this as well? #Bible #BibleVerses #joy npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well. Hebrews 7.12 NET. This change was planned for, to insert the Christ at the right moment. #Bible #BibleVerses #time npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies. Psalm 17.7 NET. “There are at least a dozen words for prayer in the Hebrew language, and this one (tepilla) can also mean ‘to intervene.’” W. Weirsbe #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground. Amos 5.7 NET. And these were God’s people. Have Christians learned the lesson? #Bible #BibleVerses #justice npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Sing to God! Sing! Sing to our king! Sing! Psalm 47.6 NET. Messiah, anyone? #Bible #BibleVerses #Christ npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow. Psalm 104.13 NET. Be it material or spiritual, God gives the growth. #Bible #BibleVerses #fruit npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread all the time!” John 6.34 NET. Do you think with your stomach as well? #Bible #BibleVerses #gospel npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The person who gets wisdom loves himself. And, the one who possesses understanding will succeed. Proverbs 19.8 IEB. Listen to this author when he tells what self-love is all about. #Bible #BibleVerses #wisdom npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible If you had only obeyed Me, then you would have had peace, like a gentle river. Good things would have flowed to you, like the waves of the ocean. Isaiah 48.18 IEB. What was true for the Israelites hundreds of years before Christ is true today for us 2000 years after Christ. #Bible #BibleVerses #obedience npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” Matthew 4.3 NET. Temptation draws you an attractive picture. #Bible #BibleVerses #sin npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death. Leviticus 24.17 NET. The principle in effect since Genesis 9. #Bible #BibleVerses #death npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. Luke 2.38 NET. At every step along the way the Spirit pointed to Jesus as the One. #Bible #BibleVerses #Jesus npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love and for the amazing things he has done for people. Psalm 107.21 NET. Gratitude properly has God as its focus. #Bible #BibleVerses #gratitude npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13.52 NET. What a way to finish a narrative (see chapter) with opposition and persecution! #Bible #BibleVerses #joy npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Let’s make a small, private upper room and furnish it with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there. 2 Kings 4.10 NET. Such generous hospitality! “Its seclusion was convenient for study and meditation” (IEBible). Be hospitable to God’s workers! #Bible #BibleVerses #hospitality npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink. 3 John 13 NET. There’s no substitute for personal contact. Get with a friend today. #Bible #BibleVerses #friends npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed.The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice. Isaiah 59.15 NET. Honesty: always a rare commodity. #Bible #BibleVerses #Isaiah npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come. 1 Corinthians 16.2 NET. So many reasons to meet with God’s people on the first day. Here’s another. #Bible #BibleVerses #giving npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel?’ Acts 7.42 NET. Stephen showed the Jewish leaders their rebellious character. How does ours appear? #Bible #BibleVerses #Acts npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they, too, may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory. 2 Timothy 2.10 NET. Who is willing for such sacrifice? Is it not the work of every saint? #Bible #BibleVerses #salvation npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. John 10.2 NET. The door is the One who perfectly does the will of God and represents his cause on earth. #Bible #BibleVerses #Jesus npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Pay attention to do everything I have told you, and do not even mention the names of other gods—do not let them be heard on your lips. Exodus 23.13 NET. Is there anything that God says that you can lay aside? #Bible #BibleVerses #attention npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified. Mark 15.15 NET. Wanting to please the crowd leads to heinous acts. #Bible #BibleVerses #crucifixion npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying, Acts 11.4 NET. A shame that God’s plan had to be explained, again, to God’s people. #Bible #BibleVerses #Acts npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The Lord will do all this for my sake. Your faithful love lasts forever, Lord! Don’t let go of what your hands have made. Psalm 138.8 CEB. God accomplishes his purpose in his people, including me. #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something, 1 Corinthians 1.28 NET. You can’t out-god God. #Bible #BibleVerses #something npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible You performed awesome signs against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians had acted presumptuously against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day. Nehemiah 9.10 NET. God didn’t merely make an impact. He demonstrated his own nature. #Bible #BibleVerses #God npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. Psalm 146.2 NET. This is no superficial statement in the excitement of the moment. The writer has seen the difference between the help that man can give, and God’s. #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible But Jesus called for the children, saying, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Luke 18.16 NET. In God’s Kingdom things are not turned on their head. They’ve been righted. #Bible #BibleVerses #KingdomOfGod npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. Jeremiah 29.12 NET. This prayer represented repentance on the part of God’s people. He is always willing to welcome his people back. #Bible #BibleVerses #repentance npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The Lord strengthens his people; he protects and delivers his chosen king. Psalm 28.8 NET. Lord, make your church strong. So many contrary winds! #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth: Ecclesiastes 3.1 NET. Wisdom is knowing when. #Bible #BibleVerses #wisdom npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. Luke 17.29 NET. So Jesus said. So it must have happened that way. #Bible #BibleVerses #gospel npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness—but who can bear a crushed spirit? Proverbs 18.14 NET. Mind over matter? Attitude certainly makes a difference. #Bible #BibleVerses #mind npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Since you were a child you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise. And that wisdom leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3.15 NCV. Open that Book! Find out what to do. #Bible #BibleVerses #salvation npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me. Jeremiah 2.5 NET. People are still finding fault in God. Not a sign of a good relationship. #Bible #BibleVerses npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible ‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ Deuteronomy 27.17 NET. Look out for your neighbor’s good; do no harm. #Bible #BibleVerses #LoveYourNeighbor npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us. 1 John 3.24 NET. The Holy Spirits resides in God’s people by the keeping of his commandments. #Bible #BibleVerses #God npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman. Proverbs 30.18-19 NET. It’s amazing how God has made this world and all it contains. #Bible #BibleVerses #creation npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes. 2 Chronicles 34.19 NET. What might Josiah have heard? Is it something we need to hear? #Bible #BibleVerses npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord, and understanding begins with knowing the Holy One. Proverbs 9.10 NCV. Stop being a fool. Know God. #Bible #BibleVerses #Proverbs npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you. Psalm 147.13 NET. Blessed are the people who trust in the Lord. #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible “I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit.” Jeremiah 27.5 NET. God has never given up control of his creation. #Bible #BibleVerses #DivineSovereignty npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land. Deuteronomy 23.7 NET. Hate has no place among God’s people. #Bible #BibleVerses #hate npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible If good people are rewarded here on earth, then surely those who do evil will also get what they deserve. Proverbs 11.31 ERV. Justice will be served. Patience! #Bible #BibleVerses #justice npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip. Psalm 66.9 NET. What confidence! What experience! What peace! #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is my body.” Matthew 26.26 NET. Before his betrayal, Jesus established his supper for his followers. It contained new elements, and old. #Bible #BibleVerses #LordsSupper npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The Lord’s message came to me: Ezekiel 28.1 NET. True prophets claimed that God spoke to them. They proved it, too. #Bible #BibleWords #prophecy npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Brotherly love must continue. Hebrews 13.1 NET. Don’t think about saving your own skin and abandoning your family in Christ. #Bible #BibleVerses #love npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment. James 5.12 NET. Too many are falling into judgment for this reason. Are you one? #Bible #BibleVerses #words npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. 1 Thessalonians 3.4 NET. Jesus and the apostles said it in advance. So why does it surprise you? #Bible #BibleVerses #persecution npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. Matthew 14.19 NET. Disciples give the bread of life to others. #Bible #BibleVerses #mission npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; Acts 17.24 ESV. A lesson that needs to be relearned. #Bible #BibleVerses #God npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly. 1 Peter 2.19 NET. Who thinks like God? #Bible #BibleVerses #suffering npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!” Acts 2.40 NET. To let God save you (read verse 38) is to save yourself, not only from personal sin but from the world around you. #Bible #BibleVerses #salvation npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Romans 14.17 NET. The nature of the Kingdom determines our actions. See context. #Bible #BibleVerses #KingdomOfGod npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible But from those who were influential (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people)—those influential leaders added nothing to my message. Galatians 2.6 NET. Not who, but what. #Bible #BibleVerses #gospel npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. Exodus 31.16 NET. The sabbath was part of the Mosaic covenant for the Israelites. #Bible #BibleVerses #OldLaw npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible So [the prodigal son] got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him. Luke 15.20 NET. God wants us near himself. #Bible #BibleVerses #love npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments. Deuteronomy 26.18 NET. Identity and obedience go hand in hand. #Bible #BibleVerses #church npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign. Luke 23.8 NET. Many people today are like Herod, hoping to see Jesus perform a miracle, preferably, for their benefit. #Bible #BibleVerses #miracles npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible He brings an end to wars throughout the earth. He shatters the bow and breaks the spear; he burns the shields with fire. Psalm 46.9 NET. The Lord acts for his purpose and his people. He is sovereign and omnipotent. None can stand before him when he acts. #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Don’t you realize the Lord’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light—gloomy blackness, not bright light? Amos 5.20 NET. The disobedient will have an unhappy surprise on that day. #judgment #Bible #BibleVerses npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Do not reject me in my old age. When my strength fails, do not abandon me. Psalm 71.9 NET. People abandon the elderly when they have no more use for them. God does not. #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. John 3.5 NET. Immersion is necessary to enter the Kingdom of God. #Bible #BibleVerses #KingdomOfGod npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly. Psalm 119.36 NET. God’s rules are the best. #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say. 1 Corinthians 10.15 NET. Christians are (to be) wise and sensible. They can consider proper arguments and identify inconsistencies. #Bible #BibleVerses #sensible npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen. Romans 16.27 NET. Only God is wise and the source of wisdom, so only he deserves all praise and glory. #Bible #BibleVerses #God npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. Luke 16.10 NET. So Jesus said. And so he will judge each one. #Bible #BibleVerses npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible … Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews, but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!” Acts 18.14-15 NET. Politicians are used to discussions about words and names and such, but Gallio missed the real issue here. Have you missed it? #Bible #BibleVerses #Acts npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible When they came, Paul said to them, “You know about my life from the first day I came to Asia. You know the way I lived all the time I was with you. Acts 20.18 ERV. Consistency is a rare but necessary jewel. #Bible #BibleVerses #Acts npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God? 1 Peter 4.17 NET. This is New Testament. Don’t think the gospel is all love and hugs. #Bible #BibleVerses #judgment npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible There they continued to proclaim the good news. Acts 14.7 NET. When persecution requires leaving one place, you go to another to speak the word of salvation. #Bible #BibleVerses #Acts npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear? Acts 15.10 NET. So many religious yokes still exist. #Bible #BibleVerses #Acts npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible For You have been a defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall. Isaiah 25.4 NASB. The ever-present God cares for his people, even when evidence points to the contrary. #Bible #BibleVerses #God npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” Mark 14.32 NET. Some things Jesus had to do alone. #Bible #BibleVerses npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible [Apollos] began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately. Acts 18.26 NET. Content matters. We must get all the facts, and get the facts straight. The Gospel depends upon it. #Bible #BibleVerse #facts npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8.31 NET. So what must I do? Make sure I’m on God’s side. #Bible #BibleVerses #ForAndAgainst npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit, maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life. Jude 20-21 NET. An upbeat, heart-warming finish to a necessary, vigorous warning. #Bible #BibleVerses #buildUp npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! 1 Corinthians 15.57 NET. This verse might make a good statement for the theme of the book of Revelation. #Bible #BibleVerse #victory npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. Proverbs 28.9 NET. Does God hear the prayer of the sinner? Hear the inspired writer of Proverbs. #Bible #BibleVerse #Proverbs #prayer npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Yahweh is very great. He dwells in a high place. He fills Jerusalem with fairness and justice. Isaiah 33.5 IEB. “Divine judgment demonstrates the Lord’s deity against blasphemous human challenges.” ─C.M. Woods, Isaiah (POTN), 140. #Bible #BibleVerses #Isaiah npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” Exodus 34.27 NET. It was written down. We have it today. Jesus caused his covenant to be written down as well. It’s called the New Testament. That’s why we spend so much time reading it. #Bible #BibleVerses #NewTestament npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. Mark 13.7 NET. Don’t think you’ve got an inside track on when the end will come. #Bible #BibleVerses #TheEnd npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. Luke 8.14 NET. Maybe the majority group of all the types of soil (heart). Do you fit here? #Bible #BibleVerses #parables npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible Do not become angry easily. James 1.19c NCV. You can control it. #Bible #BibleVerses #anger npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible The entirety of your word is truth, each of your righteous judgments endures forever. Psalm 119.160 CSB. It doesn’t get any better than that. #Bible #BibleVerses #Psalms npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue. 1 Corinthians 14.19 NET. It has to make sense to others. #Bible #BibleVerses #communcation npub1hxy92ve9h7sqmdh0fers486g6gez3fl7nlu9lafs6dzkl0jncsls033cg4 Bible [God] desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2.4 ESV. We are saved by knowing the truth. Have you learned it? #Bible #BibleVerses #truth