Songs of Songs 2

“He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.”
– Songs of Songs 2:4

Song of Songs 4

“You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart, with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.”
– Song of Songs 4:9

“Of all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the Tent of Meeting on behalf of all the Israelites, and to make atonements for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”
– Numbers 8:19

2 Samuel 4

“So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.”
– 2 Samuel 4:12

Mark 6

“because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “‘Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
– Mark 6:50

Ezekiel 45

“You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally or through ignorance; so that you are to make atonement in the temple.”
– Ezekiel 45:20

Numbers 20

“Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to the rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”
– Numbers 20:8

1 Chronicles 19

“When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench in David’s nostrils, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah and Zobah.”
– 1 Chronicles 19:6

Zephaniah 1

“Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the day of the LORD is near. The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.”
– Zephaniah 1:7

Judges 15

“Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the LORD, “‘You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
– Judges 15:18

Short Stories and Devotional Letters to Grandchildren on Every Book and Chapter of the Bible

Recent Devotionals

Mark 9

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”
~ Mark 9:37

Hebrews 1

“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?”
~ Hebrews 1:14

2 Kings 17

“They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their fathers and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the LORD had ordered them, “‘Do not do as they do,”’ and they did the things the LORD had forbidden them to do.”
~ 2 Kings 17:15

Jeremiah 52

“It was because of the LORD’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence. Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.”
~ Jeremiah 52:3

Romans 16

“Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.”
~ Romans 16:19

Psalm 37

“Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
~ Psalm 37:4

Lamentations 4

“The LORD himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor.”
~ Lamentations 4:16

Luke 23

“Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit,”’ When he had said this, he breathed his last.”
~ Luke 23:46

1 Samuel 7

“And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, ‘“If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
~ 1 Samuel 7:3