scripture quotations

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. —Proverbs 12:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our mouths can sure get us into trouble, can't they?! This is especially true when that person's heart is tainted by evil. A person's conversation...

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? —Romans 10:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Since "calling on the name of the Lord" is essential for salvation (Acts...

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father. —1 Thessalonians 1:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In a world that falls for facades and seems to give more credit for intentions than...

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! —Psalm 107:31 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I'm not sure I can fully comprehend "unfailing love." To always do the loving thing, whether discipline or reward, fun or pain, I'm not sure...

And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. —Exodus 28:29 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Symbolically, the High Priest had all the people of Israel...

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. —Isaiah 42:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God chose the Israelites to be his special nation. This wasn't because they were...

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. —Acts 20:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How important is grace...

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? —Proverbs 17:16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What do you value more, money or wisdom? Look closely at our verse. Money without wisdom is worthless. Money will not be put to good use and will...

Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. —Acts 28:31 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So often, we give excuses why we can't do evangelism. Throughout his life, Paul showed us how lame our...

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. —Acts 1:8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Sometimes the most profound truths are very...

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? —1 John 3:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I love the Bible because it is honest about life with all the gritty dirt of real everyday...

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. —Luke 19:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus came so that the last could be first, the sick could be healed, the sinners could be saved, and the lost could be found. That was his purpose: to fix that which was broken...

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. —Psalm 141:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How important is our speech? Jesus said it revealed what was going on in our hearts. Proverbs repeatedly tells us that our words can wound and destroy or heal and bring life. The...

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way. —Proverbs 21:29 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When we harbor wickedness in our hearts, there are all sorts of "fronts" we have to keep up so people won't know the truth about us. But if righteousness is our...

I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. —Psalm 108:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Songs go where evangelism, witnessing, and planned outreach sometimes cannot go. Songs tell a story, offer praise, and deliver truth in a package...

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. —1 John 2:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Psst! I've got a great secret. Jesus died to set you free from the guilt and punishment of your own sins. Psst, #2! He didn't do it just...

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. —Ezekiel 18:31-32 (KJV)...

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. —2 Peter 3:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Far from being a vindictive God looking for some reason to...

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. —James 1:27 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Yesterday James reminded us how important our "talk" is. Today he reminds us...

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. —James 1:26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "It's no big deal!" That's the whine of a believer rationalizing vulgar, inappropriate, or hurtful speech. However...