Gen. 25 Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. 6 But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east. 7 Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. 8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died…

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Except by J. C. Ryle Mark 4:1-20 We are taught, in the first place, that there are some hearers of the Gospel, whose hearts are like the wayside in a field. These are they who hear sermons, but pay no attention to them. They go to a place of worship, for form or fashion, or…

Luke 17 11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.12And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:13And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.14¶And…

Luke 2 39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him. 41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to…

Luke 2 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the…

Luke 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town…

Romans 1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God 2 which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 and declared to…

John 12 23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will…

Psalms 4To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness!You have relieved me in my distress;Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.2How long, O you sons of men,Will you turn my glory to shame?How long will you love worthlessnessAnd seek falsehood?Selah3But know that…

Psalm 3 1 Lord, how many are my foes!    How many rise up against me!2 Many are saying of me,    “God will not deliver him.”[b] 3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me,    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.4 I call out to the Lord,    and he answers me from his holy mountain. 5 I lie down and sleep;    I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.6 I…

Psalm 21 Why do the nations conspire[a]    and the peoples plot in vain?2 The kings of the earth rise up    and the rulers band together    against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,3 “Let us break their chains    and throw off their shackles.” 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs;    the Lord scoffs at them.5…

Psalm 11 Blessed is the one    who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take    or sit in the company of mockers,2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,    and who meditates on his law day and night.3 That person is like a tree planted…

Job 42 Then Job replied to the Lord: 2 “I know that you can do all things;    no purpose of yours can be thwarted.3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’    Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,    things too wonderful for me to know. 4 “You said, ‘Listen…

Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)“How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”—Romans 6:2. Before I can live a Christian life, I must be a Christian. Am I such? I ought to know this. Do I know it, and in knowing it, know whose I am and whom I serve? Or is my title…

Psalm 70 Make haste, o God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say,…

Psalm 69 Save me, O God,    for the waters have come up to my neck.2 I sink in the miry depths,    where there is no foothold.I have come into the deep waters;    the floods engulf me.3 I am worn out calling for help;    my throat is parched.My eyes fail,    looking for my God.

Psalm 68 19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,    who daily bears our burdens.20 Our God is a God who saves;    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.21 Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

Zechariah 2 In another vision I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he answered, “to see how long and how wide it is.” 3 Then I saw the angel who had been speaking to me step forward, and another angel came…

Proverbs 16New King James Version 16 The preparations[a] of the heart belong to man,But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,But the Lord weighs the spirits. 3 Commit[b] your works to the Lord,And your thoughts will be established. 4 The…

Proverbs 15New International Version15 A gentle answer turns away wrath,    but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,    but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. 3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,    keeping watch on the wicked and the good. 4 The soothing tongue is a…

2 Timothy 1:9 “… the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.”

Daniel 7 13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him:…

Daniel 4 24 “This is the interpretation [of your dream], Your Majesty, and this is the decree the Most High has issued against my lord the king: 25 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched with the dew…

Daniel 3 14 “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? 15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and…

Daniel 2 8 Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided: 9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping…

Daniel 1 1 Three years after King Jehoiakim began to rule in Judah, Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem with his armies, and the Lord gave him victory over Jehoiakim. When he returned to Babylon, he took along some of the sacred cups from the Temple of God and placed them in the treasury of his…

Dueteronmy 64 1 Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint;    protect my life from the threat of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,    from the plots of evildoers.3 They sharpen their tongues like swords    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;   …

Dueteronmy 32 48 Then the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying: 49 “Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession; 50 and die on the…

Ephesians 5 15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with…

Daniel 6 3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable…

Daniel 5 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? 14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is…

Colossians 3 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Romans 15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you…

1 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything…

Matthew 4 23¶And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments,…

Matthew 4 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.21¶And going on…

2 Corinthians 1 12  This is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[b] and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace. 13 For we do not write you anything you cannot read…

2 Corinthians 2:10 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought…

Isaiah 53 3 He is despised and [d]rejected by men,A Man of [e]sorrows and acquainted with [f]grief.And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely He has borne our [g]griefsAnd carried our [h]sorrows;Yet we [i]esteemed Him stricken,[j]Smitten by God, and afflicted.5 But He was…

I John 3 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. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but…

Jude 22 And have mercy on those who waver; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh. Final Blessing24 Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you…

Jude 1 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. Old and New Apostates5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew…

2 Corinthians 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.3 Blessed be God,…

When you are feeling fearful, you can pray these Scriptures over yourself and whatever situation you are in. These Scriptures will help bring you peace as you ask the Lord to be present in the midst of your fear. “Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the…

Except from PRACTICAL RELIGION, Pgs. 106-107 The Bible. This is the Book whose doctrines turned the world upside down in the days of the Apostles. Eighteen centuries have now passed away since God sent forth a few Jews from a remote corner of the earth, to do a work which according to man’s judgment must…

John 4Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman4 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. 4 Now he had to…

Matthew 6 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field,…

Matthew 6:11“Give us this day our daily bread.” John 6:32–35Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from…

2 Timothy 4 2 Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. 12 I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.…