Isaiah 63

“I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing.”
– Isaiah 63:3

1 Peter 2

“For in Scripture it says: ““See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”
– 1 Peter 2:6

2 Kings 18

“He held fast to the LORD and did not cease to follow him; he kept the commands the LORD had given Moses.”
– 2 Kings 18:6

Jeremiah 3

“I myself said, ““‘How gladly would I treat you like sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.”’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me.”
– Jeremiah 3:19

1 Kings 14

“Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave and free. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is gone.”
– 1 Kings 14:10

Nehemiah 4

“Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.”
– Nehemiah 4:4

Jonah 2

“He said: ‘“In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.”
– Jonah 2:2

Matthew 23

“For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
– Matthew 23:12

John 12

“There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.”
– John 12:48

1 Corinthians 2

“The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritual discerned.”
– 1 Corinthians 2:14

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Isaiah 15

“In the streets they wear sackcloth; on the roofs and in the public squares they all wail, prostrate with weeping.”
~ Isaiah 15:3

Isaiah 57

“For this is what the high and lofty One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “‘I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to relieve the heart of the contrite.”
~ Isaiah 57:15

Mark 13

“If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, who he has chosen, he has shortened them.”
~ Mark 13:20

Psalm 15

“He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart.”
~ Psalm 15:2

Joshua 18

"So Joshua said to the Israelites: How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?" ~ Joshua 18:3 Hi James and Ellen, Do you accept the fault for something that should have been done...

Zechariah 9

“Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
~ Zechariah 9:9

1 Kings 1

“I will surely carry out today what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Solomon your son will be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
~ 1 Kings 1:30

Numbers 26

“Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.”
~ Numbers 26:55

Ecclesiastes 3

“I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.”
~ Ecclesiastes 3:14

Psalm 50

“for every animal of the forest is mine and the cattle on a thousand hills.”
~ Psalm 50:10

Jeremiah 36

“Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat of the day and the frost by night.”
~ Jeremiah 36:30

Hosea 9

"When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your fathers, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved."...