scripture quotations

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. —Matthew 4:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Like Esau, we get so diverted by the mundane things of life and the growling of our bellies, we forget the...

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: —Philippians 1:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God finished his creation work in the world in 6 days. He sustains it with his powerful word. He is still working...

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. —Psalm 138:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... For Christians, God's temple is one of two related things: either the Christian's body (1...

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. —Psalm 18:30 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God is a shield whose Word can be trusted. His way is not only true, but it is also life-giving. But, we must take refuge in him if...

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. —Matthew 24:35 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What do you have that will last? Not much — the love you have for God and his children, the praise you offer him, and the Word he has spoken to us through his Spirit, the...

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. —Psalm 33:12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What is the god of our culture and our nation? Certainly our God is the LORD, Yahweh, King of Israel and Redeemer of the lost. He is King of...

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. —Jeremiah 17:9-10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus told us that what...

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. —Zechariah 14:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Jesus taught us to pray for the day that the LORD would be The recognized King over all the...

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. —Psalm 138:8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God has a purpose and plan for each of our lives. The greatest thing we can do is to find that purpose and live it...

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. —Matthew 16:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The key to life is letting go of ourselves and welcoming Jesus and his will into our lives. Please don't forget to relinquish your life...

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. —Leviticus 19:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Hanging on to bitterness and keeping alive grudges is consuming work. It leaves little energy for...

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. —Jeremiah 23:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... There is no hiding from God, but for those who willingly and joyously seek him, there is comfort, power, and hope...

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... It is easy for us to live victoriously for the Lord when we soar on the...

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. —Psalm 121:7-8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our lives are not lived out on our own, alone. The Lord is with us...

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. —Psalm 91:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How good it is to be as close to God as his shadow and to share in the comfort of his sheltering presence. He is not far if our hearts choose to...

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, —Ephesians 5:25-26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... For husbands, there is sacrificial love in our purpose and purpose in...

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. —Ephesians 6:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Mothers have such an inside road with children that it is interesting that God commands fathers to be about the work of spiritual...

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. —Psalm 68:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I can't help but think of what James...

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. —Psalm 103:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Compassion. Not pity, not anger, not shame, not impatience, not intolerance, not rejection, but compassion is what God, my Father, gives to me. He cares for my pain...

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. —Proverbs 23:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The greatest gift I can give my father, and my Father, is to be righteous in my heart and life. My Prayer... Holy and righteous...