Psalm 59

“But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.”
– Psalm 59:16

2 Kings 20

“Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.”” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.”
– 2 Kings 20:3

2 Chronicles 23

“All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priests of Baal in front of the altars.”
– 2 Chronicles 23:17

Psalm 61

“Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.”
– Psalm 61:1

Numbers 23

“The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, ‘“Go back to Balak and give him this message.”
– Numbers 23:16

“The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
– Ezekiel 7:27

Mark 1

“Come, follow me,”” Jesus said, ““and I will make you fishers of men.”
– Mark 1:7

Psalm 3

“But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.”
– Psalm 3:3

Psalm 95

“for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice,”
– Psalm 95:7

Matthew 16

“Then Jesus said to his disciples, ““If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
– Matthew 16:24

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2 Kings 8

“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the harm you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women.”
~ 2 Kings 8:12

Leviticus 19

“Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so that you will not share in his guilt.”
~ Leviticus 19:17

Job 13

"Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated." ~ Job 13:18 Hi James and Ellen, Do you have days when nothing seems to go right for you? Do you have times when everyone seems to be against you? Do you have moments when you wish that everyone...

Job 15

“Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the craft.”
~ Job 15:5

Jeremiah 45

“Should you then seek great things for yourself? Seek them not. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.”
~ Jeremiah 45:5

Isaiah 7

“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.”
~ Isaiah 7:14

Joshua 13

“As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you.”
~ Joshua 13:6

Ezekiel 35

“therefore as surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, I will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and will make myself known among them when I judge you.”
~ Ezekiel 35:11

Zechariah 8

“I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.”
~ Zechariah 8:8

Zechariah 13

“This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them, I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.”
~ Zechariah 13:9

Jeremiah 39

“I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the LORD.”
~ Jeremiah 39:18

Ecclesiastes 2

“To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”
~ Ecclesiastes 2:26