BIBLE VERSES BY BOOK

© William F. Nape


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Contents

The Purpose of the Bible

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Abbreviations for the Books of the Bible

Bible Verses by Book

Index of Bible Verses

Summary of Topics in Index


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The Purpose of the Bible
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And how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus (NIV). 2 Timothy 3:15 Paul

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Acknowledgments
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Special recognition is given to Conard Wolf, our Minister, for covering and applying many of these Bible verses during Wednesday Night Bible Study, Sunday School and Worship Service in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

Jeff Nape, my son, gave me the Bible software and contributed his time freely in setting up the computer format.

I am very thankful to my wife, Lois Ann, for her suggestions and document review.

Finally, I was inspired by Helen Hopkins, my Junior High School and Sunday School teacher, Carrollton, Ohio.



Bill Nape

July, 1994



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Introduction
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The 714* Bible verses were selected in 1992, 1993 and 1994. Each verse is in the order it appears in the Bible--New International Version (NIV). I have outlined the speaker and the key words or thought after the verses. Although Paul is listed as the speaker for Hebrews, the author is not given in the Bible text itself.

You may find the Index (pages 63-72) helpful in locating verses. The Index has twenty-two topics. A verse may be listed under more than one topic.

A Summary of Topics in the Index is listed on page 73 as a quick reference.



*Note: 714 is 2.3 per cent of the 31,173 verses in the Bible.


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Abbreviations for the Books of the Bible
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  Genesis..........Ge   Isaiah..........Isa   Romans...........Ro             
  Exodus...........Ex   Jeremiah........Jer   1 Corinthians...1Co             
  Leviticus.......Lev   Lamentations.....La   2 Corinthians...2Co             
  Numbers..........Nu   Ezekiel.........Eze   Galations.......Gal             
  Deuteronomy......Dt   Daniel...........Da   Ephesians.......Eph             
  Joshua..........Jos   Hosea...........Hos   Philippians.....Php             
  Judges..........Jdg   Joel...........Joel   Colossians......Col             
  Ruth.............Ru   Amos.............Am   1 Thessalonians.1Th             
  1  Samuel.......1Sa   Obadiah..........Ob   2 Thessalonians.2Th             
  2  Samuel.......2Sa   Jonah...........Jnh   1 Timothy.......1Ti             
  1  Kings........1Ki   Micah...........Mic   2 Timothy.......2Ti             
  2  Kings........2Ki   Nahum............Na   Titus...........Tit             
  1  Chronicles...1Ch   Habakkuk........Hab   Philemon........Phm             
  2  Chronicles...2Ch   Zephaniah.......Zep   Hebrews.........Heb             
  Ezra............Ezr   Haggai..........Hag   James...........Jas             
  Nehemiah.........Ne   Zechariah.......Zec   1 Peter.........1Pe             
  Esther..........Est   Malachi.........Mal   2 Peter.........2Pe             
  Job.............Job   Matthew..........Mt   1 John..........1Jn             
  Psalms...........Ps   Mark.............Mk   2 John..........2Jn             
  Proverbs.........Pr   Luke.............Lk   3 John..........3Jn             
  Ecclesiastes....Ecc   John.............Jn   Jude...........Jude             
  Song  of Songs...SS   Acts.............Ac   Revelation......Rev             
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Bible Verses by Book (NIV)
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  GENESIS                                                                     
                                                                              
  Ge 1:1...... In the beginning God created the       God was                 
               heavens and the earth.                 there before            
                                                      time began.             
                                                                              
  Ge 1:27-28.. 27 So God created man in his own       Mankind was to          
               image, in the image of God he          populate, take          
               created him; male and female he        care of and             
               created them.                          rule over all           
               28 God blessed them and said to        the earth.              
               them, "Be fruitful and increase in     Human rule              
               number; fill the earth and subdue      over the earth          
               it. Rule over the fish of the sea      reflects God's          
               and the birds of the air and over      perfect rule            
               every living creature that moves on    of universe;            
               the ground."                           human gender            
                                                      is an image of          
                                                      God's character         
                                                      as the potent           
                                                      Creator and             
                                                      perfectly wise,         
                                                      loving and              
                                                      nurturing Person.       
                                                                              
  Ge 2:3...... And God blessed the seventh day and    God rested              
               made it holy, because on it he         on the                  
               rested from all the work of            seventh                 
               creating that he had done.             day.                    
                                                                              
  Ge 2:7...... the LORD God formed the man from       God breathed            
               the dust of the ground and breathed    life into               
               into his nostrils the breath of        man.                    
               life, and the man became a living                              
               being.                                                         
                                                                              
  Ge 2:15-18.. 15 The LORD God took the man and       Man to work,            
               put him in the Garden of Eden to       take care of            
               work it and take care of it.           the Garden.             
               16 And the LORD God commanded the      Is free to              
               man, "You are free to eat from any     eat from any            
               tree in the garden;                    tree.                   
               17 but you must not eat from the       But not from            
               tree of the knowledge of good and      the tree of             
               evil, for when you eat of it you       knowledge of            
               will surely die."                      good and evil.          
               18 The LORD God said, "It is not       God makes               
               good for the man to be alone. I        a helper                
               will make a helper suitable for        for man.                
               him."                                                          
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 Ge 2:22..... Then the LORD God made a woman from                           
               the rib he had taken out of the                                
               man, and he brought her to the man.                            
                                                                              
  Ge 2:24-25.. 24 For this reason a man will leave    Marriage                
               his father and mother and be united                            
               to his wife, and they will become                              
               one flesh.                                                     
               25 The man and his wife were both                              
               naked, and they felt no shame.                                 
                                                                              
  Ge 3:1...... Now the serpent was more crafty        Satan, disguised        
               than any of the wild animals the       as a serpent            
               LORD God had made. He said to the      denied God's            
               woman, "Did God really say, `You       word (3:4), led         
               must not eat from any tree in the      Eve to doubt            
               garden'?"                              God's will (3:1)        
                                                      and His good            
                                                      intentions (3:5).       
                                                                              
  Ge 3:3...... but God did say, `You must not eat     Eve added to            
               fruit from the tree that is in the     God's word--            
               middle of the garden, and you must     first lie.              
               not touch it, or you will die.'"                               
                                                                              
                                                                              
  Ge 3:6...... When the woman saw that the fruit      Man's                   
               of the tree was good for food and      "Original sin"          
               pleasing to the eye, and also                                  
               desirable for gaining wisdom, she      Eve disobeyed           
               took some and ate it. She also gave    and rebelled            
               some to her husband, who was with      against God by          
               her, and he ate it.                    taking the fruit.       
                                                                              
  Ge 3:12-17.. 12 The man said, "The woman you put    Man blames              
               here with me-- she gave me some        the woman.              
               fruit from the tree, and I ate it."                            
               13 Then the LORD God said to the       Woman blames            
               woman, "What is this you have          the serpent.            
               done?" The woman said, "The serpent                            
               deceived me, and I ate."                                       
               14 So the LORD God said to the         Curse of                
               serpent, "Because you have done        the serpent.            
               this, "Cursed are you above all the                            
               livestock and all the wild animals!                            
               You will crawl on your belly and                               
               you will eat dust all the days of                              
               your life.                                                     
               15 And I will put enmity between       First promise           
               you and the woman, and between your    of Jesus                
               offspring and hers; he will crush      with victory            
               your head, and you will strike his     over Satan.             
               heel."                                                         
               16 To the woman he said, "I will       Curse of                
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              greatly increase your pains in         woman.                 
               childbearing; with pain you will                               
               give birth to children. Your desire                            
               will be for your husband, and he                               
               will rule over you."                                           
               17 To Adam he said, "Because you       Curse of                
               listened to your wife and ate from     man.                    
               the tree about which I commanded                               
               you, `You must not eat of it,'                                 
               "Cursed is the ground because of                               
               you; through painful toil you will                             
               eat of it all the days of your                                 
               life.                                                          
                                                                              
  Ge 3:20..... Adam named his wife Eve, because       They could only         
               she would become the mother of all     hope in the             
               the living.                            promise that            
                                                      someone born to         
                                                      Eve would undo          
                                                      the curses from         
                                                      disobedience.           
                                                                              
  Ge 3:22..... And the LORD God said, "The man has    They were               
               now become like one of us, knowing     separated from          
               good and evil. He must not be          the tree of             
               allowed to reach out his hand and      life.                   
               take also from the tree of life and                            
               eat, and live forever."                                        
                                                                              
  Ge 4:4...... But Abel brought fat portions from     Abel's                  
               some of the firstborn of his flock.    sacrifice               
               The LORD looked with favor on Abel     accepted--              
               and his offering,                      motives and             
                                                      attitude are            
                                                      important.              
                                                                              
  Ge 4:25..... Adam lay with his wife again, and      The first               
               she gave birth to a son and named      family.                 
               him Seth, saying, "God has granted                             
               me another child in place of Abel,                             
               since Cain killed him."                                        
                                                                              
  Ge 6:5-7....  5 The LORD saw how great man's        God...                  
               wickedness on the earth had become,    Was grieved             
               and that every inclination of the      by peoples'             
               thoughts of his heart was only evil    sin.                    
               all the time.                                                  
                6 The LORD was grieved that he had                            
               made man on the earth, and his                                 
               heart was filled with pain.                                    
                7 So the LORD said, "I will wipe      The flood.              
               mankind, whom I have created, from                             
               the face of the earth-- men and                                
               animals, and creatures that move                               
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              along the ground, and birds of the                            
               air-- for I am grieved that I have                             
               made them."                                                    
                                                                              
  Ge 7:1...... The LORD then said to Noah, "Go        God...                  
               into the ark, you and your whole       Noah was                
               family, because I have found you       righteous and           
               righteous in this generation.          was saved               
                                                      from the flood.         
                                                                              
  Ge 8:15-17.. 15 Then God said to Noah,              God...                  
               16 "Come out of the ark, you and       To Noah                 
               your wife and your sons and their      after the               
               wives.                                 flood.                  
               17 Bring out every kind of living                              
               creature that is with you-- the                                
               birds, the animals, and all the                                
               creatures that move along the                                  
               ground-- so they can multiply on                               
               the earth and be fruitful and                                  
               increase in number upon it."                                   
                                                                              
  Ge 9:11-13.. 11 I establish my covenant with        God...                  
               you: Never again will all life be      Covenant with           
               cut off by the waters of a flood;      Noah to never           
               never again will there be a flood      again                   
               to destroy the earth."                 destroy                 
               12 And God said, "This is the sign     all living              
               of the covenant I am making between    things with             
               me and you and every living            a flood.                
               creature with you, a covenant for                              
               all generations to come:               The rainbow             
               13 I have set my rainbow in the        reminds us              
               clouds, and it will be the sign of     of God's                
               the covenant between me and the        promise.                
               earth.                                                         
                                                                              
  Ge 9:18-19.. 18 The sons of Noah who came out of    Noah's family.          
               the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.                            
               (Ham was the father of Canaan.)                                
               19 These were the three sons of                                
               Noah, and from them came the people                            
               who were scattered over the earth.                             
                                                                              
  Ge 12:1-3...  1 The LORD had said to Abram,         God...                  
               "Leave your country, your people       Promised what           
               and your father's household and go     He intended to          
               to the land I will show you.           do for Abraham          
                2 "I will make you into a great       and his                 
               nation and I will bless you; I will    offspring--             
               make your name great, and you will     today includes          
               be a blessing.                         Jesus and               
                3 I will bless those who bless        Scripture.  An          
               you, and whoever curses you I will     unconditional           
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              curse; and all peoples on earth        timeless               
               will be blessed through you."          covenant                
                                                      between God             
                                                      and man.                
                                                                              
  Ge 17:1-4...  1 When Abram was ninety-nine years    God...                  
               old, the LORD appeared to him and      Covenant of             
               said, "I am God Almighty; walk         circumcision.           
               before me and be blameless.                                    
                2 I will confirm my covenant                                  
               between me and you and will greatly                            
               increase your numbers."                                        
                3 Abram fell facedown, and God                                
               said to him,                                                   
                4 "As for me, this is my covenant                             
               with you: You will be the father of                            
               many nations.                                                  
                                                                              
  Ge 17:10-12. 10 This is my covenant with you and                            
               your descendants after you, the                                
               covenant you are to keep: Every                                
               male among you shall be                                        
               circumcised.                                                   
               11 You are to undergo circumcision,    In Christ Jesus         
               and it will be the sign of the         neither                 
               covenant between me and you.           circumcision            
               12 For the generations to come         nor                     
               every male among you who is eight      uncircumcision          
               days old must be circumcised,          has any value           
               including those born in your           Gal 5:6.                
               household or bought with money from                            
               a foreigner-- those who are not                                
               your offspring.                                                
                                                                              
  Ge 22:11-13. 11 But the angel of the LORD called    Angel...                
               out to him from heaven, "Abraham!      God's test              
               Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied.     of Abraham's            
               12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy,"     faith.                  
               he said. "Do not do anything to                                
               him. Now I know that you fear God,                             
               because you have not withheld from                             
               me your son, your only son."                                   
               13 Abraham looked up and there in a                            
               thicket he saw a ram caught by its                             
               horns. He went over and took the                               
               ram and sacrificed it as a burnt                               
               offering instead of his son.                                   
                                                                              
  EXODUS                                                                      
                                                                              
  Ex 3:3...... So Moses thought, "I will go over      The burning             
               and see this strange sight-- why       bush.                   
               the bush does not burn up."                                    
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Ex 3:7-8....  7 The LORD said, "I have indeed        God tells              
               seen the misery of my people in        Moses why               
               Egypt. I have heard them crying out    He wants                
               because of their slave drivers, and    His people              
               I am concerned about their             to be                   
               suffering.                             delivered               
                8 So I have come down to rescue       out of                  
               them from the hand of the Egyptians    bondage                 
               and to bring them up out of that       from the                
               land into a good and spacious land,    Egyptians.              
               a land flowing with milk and                                   
               honey-- the home of the Canaanites,                            
               Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,                                
               Hivites and Jebusites.                                         
                                                                              
  Ex 3:14..... God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM.     God tells               
               This is what you are to say to the     Moses what              
               Israelites: `I AM has sent me to       to say.                 
               you.'"                                                         
                                                                              
  Ex 4:13..... But Moses said, "O Lord, please        Moses...                
               send someone else to do it."           To free                 
                                                      Israelites.             
                                                                              
  Ex 6:6-7....  6 "Therefore, say to the              God...                  
               Israelites: `I am the LORD, and I      Told Moses              
               will bring you out from under the      that HE                 
               yoke of the Egyptians. I will free     promised                
               you from being slaves to them, and     and delivered           
               I will redeem you with an              the Israelites          
               outstretched arm and with mighty       from slavery            
               acts of judgment.                      in Egypt.               
                7 I will take you as my own                                   
               people, and I will be your God.        They portrayed          
               Then you will know that I am the       our salvation           
               LORD your God, who brought you out     by God                  
               from under the yoke of the             delivering              
               Egyptians.                             us from sin.            
                                                                              
  Ex 12:1-3... 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron     God...                  
               in Egypt,                                                      
               2 "This month is to be for you the                             
               first month, the first month of your                           
               year.                                                          
               3 Tell the whole community of                                  
               Israel that on the tenth day of this                           
               month each man is to take a lamb for                           
               his family, one for each household.                            
                                                                              
  Ex 12:5-7...  5 The animals you choose must be      God...                  
               year-old males without defect, and     Commanded               
               you may take them from the sheep or    sacrifice of            
               the goats.                             Passover lamb.          
                6 Take care of them until the                                 
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              fourteenth day of the month, when                             
               all the people of the community of                             
               Israel must slaughter them at                                  
               twilight.                                                      
                7 Then they are to take some of the                           
               blood and put it on the sides and                              
               tops of the doorframes of the houses                           
               where they eat the lambs.                                      
                                                                              
  Ex 12:12-13. 12 "On that same night I will pass     God...                  
               through Egypt and strike down every    The Passover.           
               firstborn-- both men and animals--                             
               and I will bring judgment on all       The tenth               
               the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.      plague.                 
               13 The blood will be a sign for you                            
               on the houses where you are; and       God commanded           
               when I see the blood, I will pass      sacrifice of            
               over you. No destructive plague        Passover lamb--         
               will touch you when I strike Egypt.    redemption by           
                                                      blood.                  
                                                                              
  Ex 13:12-13. 12 you are to give over to the LORD    Moses...                
               the first offspring of every womb.     Consecration            
               All the firstborn males of your        of newborn.             
               livestock belong to the LORD.                                  
               13 Redeem with a lamb every                                    
               firstborn donkey, but if you do not                            
               redeem it, break its neck. Redeem                              
               every firstborn among your sons.                               
                                                                              
  Ex 20:1-17..  1 And God spoke all these words:      God to Moses.           
                2 "I am the LORD your God, who                                
               brought you out of Egypt, out of       The Ten                 
               the land of slavery.                   Commandments.           
                3 "You shall have no other gods                               
               before me.                             1-Put God               
                4 "You shall not make for yourself      first.                
               an idol in the form of anything in     2-Take God              
               heaven above or on the earth             as He is.             
               beneath or in the waters below.                                
                5 You shall not bow down to them                              
               or worship them; for I, the LORD                               
               your God, am a jealous God,                                    
               punishing the children for the sin                             
               of the fathers to the third and                                
               fourth generation of those who hate                            
               me,                                                            
                6 but showing love to a thousand                              
               of those who love me and keep my                               
               commandments.                                                  
                7 "You shall not misuse the name      3-Respect               
               of the LORD your God, for the LORD       what is               
               will not hold anyone guiltless who       Holy.                 
               misuses his name.                                              
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               8 "Remember the Sabbath day by        4-Seek rest            
               keeping it holy.                         with God.             
                9 Six days you shall labor and do                             
               all your work,                                                 
               10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath                            
               to the LORD your God. On it you                                
               shall not do any work, neither you,                            
               nor your son or daughter, nor your                             
               manservant or maidservant, nor your                            
               animals, nor the alien within your                             
               gates.                                                         
               11 For in six days the LORD made                               
               the heavens and the earth, the sea,                            
               and all that is in them, but he                                
               rested on the seventh day.                                     
               Therefore the LORD blessed the                                 
               Sabbath day and made it holy.                                  
               12 "Honor your father and your         5-Make family           
               mother, so that you may live long        a priority.           
               in the land the LORD your God is                               
               giving you.                                                    
               13 "You shall not murder.              6-Respect               
                                                        human life.           
               14 "You shall not commit adultery.     7-Keep sex              
                                                        sacred.               
               15 "You shall not steal.               8-Keep a                
                                                        perspective.          
               16 "You shall not give false           9-Tell the              
               testimony against your neighbor.         truth.                
               17 "You shall not covet your          10-Be content.           
               neighbor's house. You shall not                                
               covet your neighbor's wife, or his                             
               manservant or maidservant, his ox                              
               or donkey, or anything that belongs                            
               to your neighbor."                                             
                                                                              
  LEVITICUS                                                                   
                                                                              
  Lev 17:11... For the life of a creature is in       Moses...                
               the blood, and I have given it to      Blood                   
               you to make atonement for              atonement.              
               yourselves on the altar; it is the                             
               blood that makes atonement for                                 
               one's life.                                                    
                                                                              
  Lev 18:22... "`Do not lie with a man as one lies    Moses...                
               with a woman; that is detestable.      Homosexuality           
                                                      forbidden               
                                                      Ro 1:27.                
                                                                              
  NUMBERS                                                                     
                                                                              
  Nu 6:22-26.. 22 The LORD said to Moses,             God gave                
               23 "Tell Aaron and his sons, `This     Moses the               
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              is how you are to bless the            priestly               
               Israelites. Say to them:               prayer or               
               24 "` "The LORD bless you and keep     blessing.               
               you;                                                           
               25 the LORD make his face shine                                
               upon you and be gracious to you;                               
               26 the LORD turn his face toward                               
               you and give you peace." '                                     
                                                                              
  Nu 12:3..... (Now Moses was a very humble man,                              
               more humble than anyone else on the                            
               face of the earth.)                                            
                                                                              
  Nu 14:22-23. 22 not one of the men who saw my       God had made            
               glory and the miraculous signs I       the Israelites          
               performed in Egypt and in the desert   wander forty            
               but who disobeyed me and tested me     years in the            
               ten times--                            desert.                 
               23 not one of them will ever see the                           
               land I promised on oath to their                               
               forefathers. No one who has treated                            
               me with contempt will ever see it.                             
                                                                              
  Nu 33:55-56. 55 "`But if you do not drive out the   God told the            
               inhabitants of the land, those you     Israelites to           
               allow to remain will become barbs in   drive out the           
               your eyes and thorns in your sides.    inhabitants of          
               They will give you trouble in the      Canaan.                 
               land where you will live.                                      
               56 And then I will do to you what I                            
               plan to do to them.'"                                          
                                                                              
  DEUTERONOMY                                                                 
                                                                              
  Dt 4:2...... Do not add to what I command you       Moses...                
               and do not subtract from it, but       Applied to              
               keep the commands of the LORD your     restoration             
               God that I give you.                   movement.               
                                                                              
  Dt 4:23-24.. 23 Be careful not to forget the        Moses...                
               covenant of the LORD your God that     God is a                
               he made with you; do not make for      jealous God.            
               yourselves an idol in the form of                              
               anything the LORD your God has                                 
               forbidden.                                                     
               24 For the LORD your God is a                                  
               consuming fire, a jealous God.                                 
                                                                              
  Dt 8:10..... When you have eaten and are            Moses...                
               satisfied, praise the LORD your God    Grace at meals          
               for the good land he has given you.    tradition.              
                                                                              
  Dt 18:10-11. 10 Let no one be found among you       Moses...                
               who sacrifices his son or daughter     Occult                  
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              in the fire, who practices             practices              
               divination or sorcery, interprets      forbidden               
               omens, engages in witchcraft,          Acts 19:18-19.          
               11 or casts spells, or who is a                                
               medium or spiritist or who consults                            
               the dead.                                                      
                                                                              
  JOSHUA                                                                      
                                                                              
  Jos 1:9..... Have I not commanded you? Be strong    God...                  
               and courageous. Do not be terrified;   Told Joshua to          
               do not be discouraged, for the LORD    be strong and           
               your God will be with you wherever     courageous in           
               you go."                               conquering Canaan.      
                                                                              
  1 SAMUEL                                                                    
                                                                              
  1Sa 15:22... But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD     Samuel...               
               delight in burnt offerings and         The                     
               sacrifices as much as in obeying       indispensable           
               the voice of the LORD? To obey is      virtue--                
               better than sacrifice, and to heed     to obey is              
               is better than the fat of rams.        better than             
                                                      sacrifice.              
                                                                              
  1Sa 16:7.... But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do       God to Samuel.          
               not consider his appearance or his     God judges              
               height, for I have rejected him.       the heart.              
               The LORD does not look at the                                  
               things man looks at. Man looks at                              
               the outward appearance, but the                                
               LORD looks at the heart."                                      
                                                                              
  2 SAMUEL                                                                    
                                                                              
  2Sa 7:16.... Your house and your kingdom will       God...                  
               endure forever before me; your         The Davidic             
               throne will be established             Covenant--              
               forever.'"                             promised that           
                                                      the Messiah             
                                                      would be a              
                                                      descendant              
                                                      of David.               
                                                                              
  2Sa 22:31...."As for God, his way is perfect;       David...                
               the word of the LORD is flawless.      God's way is            
               He is a shield for all who take        perfect and His         
               refuge in him.                         word is flawless.       
                                                                              
  1 KINGS                                                                     
                                                                              
  1Ki 3:9..... So give your servant a discerning      Solomon's               
               heart to govern your people and to     prayer for              
               distinguish between right and          wisdom.                 
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              wrong. For who is able to govern                              
               this great people of yours?"                                   
                                                                              
  PSALMS                                                                      
                                                                              
  Ps 12:6..... And the words of the LORD are          David...                
               flawless, like silver refined in a     The words of the        
               furnace of clay, purified seven        Lord are                
               times.                                 flawless.               
                                                                              
  Ps 23:1-6...  1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall    David...                
               not be in want.                        The Twenty-             
                2 He makes me lie down in green       third                   
               pastures, he leads me beside quiet     Psalm.                  
               waters,                                                        
                3 he restores my soul. He guides                              
               me in paths of righteousness for                               
               his name's sake.                                               
                4 Even though I walk through the                              
               valley of the shadow of death, I                               
               will fear no evil, for you are with                            
               me; your rod and your staff, they                              
               comfort me.                                                    
                5 You prepare a table before me in                            
               the presence of my enemies. You                                
               anoint my head with oil; my cup                                
               overflows.                                                     
                6 Surely goodness and love will                               
               follow me all the days of my life,                             
               and I will dwell in the house of                               
               the LORD forever.                                              
                                                                              
  Ps 30:5..... For his anger lasts only a moment,     David...                
               but his favor lasts a lifetime;        Rejoicing comes         
               weeping may remain for a night, but    in the morning.         
               rejoicing comes in the morning.                                
                                                                              
  PROVERBS                                                                    
                                                                              
  Pr 3:5-6....  5 Trust in the LORD with all your     Solomon...              
               heart and lean not on your own         God will                
               understanding;                         bring you               
                6 in all your ways acknowledge        to your                 
               him, and he will make your paths       appointed               
               straight.                              goal.                   
                                                                              
  Pr 3:15..... She is more precious than rubies;      Solomon...              
               nothing you desire can compare with    Wisdom...the            
               her.                                   precious                
                                                      possession.             
                                                                              
  Pr 3:34..... He mocks proud mockers but gives       Solomon...              
               grace to the humble.                   God's grace             
                                                      to the humble.          
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 Pr 9:10..... "The fear of the LORD is the            Solomon...              
               beginning of wisdom, and knowledge     The fear of the         
               of the Holy One is understanding.      Lord is the             
                                                      beginning of            
                                                      wisdom and              
                                                      knowledge (1:7).        
                                                                              
  Pr 13:20.... He who walks with the wise grows       Solomon...              
               wise, but a companion of fools         Be with wise men        
               suffers harm.                          and become wise.        
                                                                              
  Pr 22:6..... Train a child in the way he should     Solomon...              
               go, and when he is old he will not     Train a                 
               turn from it.                          child.                  
                                                                              
  ECCLESIASTES                                                                
                                                                              
  Ec 1:2......"Meaningless! Meaningless!"             Solomon...              
               says the Teacher.                      All is vanity           
              "Utterly meaningless!                   without God's           
               Everything is meaningless."            Spirit breathing        
                                                      through our             
                                                      lives.                  
                                                                              
  Ec 3:1.....  There is a time for everything, and    Solomon...              
               a season for every activity under      There is a              
               heaven:                                time for                
                                                      everything.             
                                                                              
  Ec 12:13-14. 13 Now all has been heard; here is     Solomon...              
               the conclusion of the matter: Fear     The great               
               God and keep his commandments, for     conclusion--            
               this is the whole of man.              fear God and            
               14 For God will bring every deed       keep His                
               into judgment, including every         commandments,           
               hidden thing, whether it is good or    for this is             
               evil.                                  the entire              
                                                      duty of man.            
                                                                              
  Isaiah                                                                      
                                                                              
  Isa 7:14.... Therefore the Lord himself will        Isaiah...               
               give you a sign: The virgin will be    Prophecy that           
               with child and will give birth to a    Mary will have          
               son, and will call him Immanuel.       the Christ.             
                                                                              
  Isa 40:31... but those who hope in the LORD will    Isaiah...               
               renew their strength. They will soar   Describes God's         
               on wings like eagles; they will run    power to sustain        
               and not grow weary, they will walk     and to help.            
               and not be faint.                                              
                                                                              
  Isa 64:8.... Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We    Isaiah...               
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              are the clay, you are the potter; we   The potter,            
               are all the work of your hand.         the clay.               
                                                                              
  LAMENTATIONS                                                                
                                                                              
  La 3:22..... Because of the LORD's great love we    Jeremiah...             
               are not consumed, for his              The unfailing           
               compassions never fail.                mercies of God.         
                                                                              
                                                                              
  EZEKIEL                                                                     
                                                                              
  Eze 28:17... Your heart became proud on account     Ezekiel...              
               of your beauty, and you corrupted      Verse may               
               your wisdom because of your            describe                
               splendor. So I threw you to the        Satan's                 
               earth; I made a spectacle of you       fall.                   
               before kings.                                                  
                                                                              
  DANIEL                                                                      
                                                                              
  Da 6:10..... Now when Daniel learned that the       Daniel...               
               decree had been published, he went     The                     
               home to his upstairs room where the    unchangeable            
               windows opened toward Jerusalem.       habit of                
               Three times a day he got down on       prayer.                 
               his knees and prayed, giving thanks                            
               to his God, just as he had done                                
               before.                                                        
                                                                              
  HOSEA                                                                       
                                                                              
  Hos 6:3..... Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us    Hosea...                
               press on to acknowledge him. As        The way                 
               surely as the sun rises, he will       to divine               
               appear; he will come to us like the    blessing.               
               winter rains, like the spring rains                            
               that water the earth."                                         
                                                                              
  MICAH                                                                       
                                                                              
  Mic 6:8..... He has showed you, O man, what is      Micah...                
               good. And what does the LORD           Practical               
               require of you? To act justly and      religion                
               to love mercy and to walk humbly       for people              
               with your God.                         of God.                 
                                                                              
  HABAKKUK                                                                    
                                                                              
  Hab 2:14.... For the earth will be filled with      Habakkuk...             
               the knowledge of the glory of the      Worldwide               
               LORD, as the waters cover the sea.     missions.               
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 MALACHI                                                                    
                                                                              
  Mal 3:10.... Bring the whole tithe into the         Malachi...              
               storehouse, that there may be food     The tither's            
               in my house. Test me in this," says    promise.                
               the LORD Almighty, "and see if I                               
               will not throw open the floodgates                             
               of heaven and pour out so much                                 
               blessing that you will not have                                
               room enough for it.                                            
                                                                              
  Mal 3:16-17. 16 Then those who feared the LORD      Malachi...              
               talked with each other, and the        The Lord's              
               LORD listened and heard. A scroll      treasured               
               of remembrance was written in his      possession--            
               presence concerning those who          believers.              
               feared the LORD and honored his                                
               name.                                                          
               17 "They will be mine," says the                               
               LORD Almighty, "in the day when I                              
               make up my treasured possession. I                             
               will spare them, just as in                                    
               compassion a man spares his son who                            
               serves him.                                                    
                                                                              
  MATTHEW                                                                     
                                                                              
  Mt 1:20-21.. 20 But after he had considered         Matthew...              
               this, an angel of the Lord appeared    An angel said           
               to him in a dream and said, "Joseph    that Jesus              
               son of David, do not be afraid to      is from the             
               take Mary home as your wife,           Holy Spirit.            
               because what is conceived in her is                            
               from the Holy Spirit.                                          
               21 She will give birth to a son,                               
               and you are to give him the name                               
               Jesus, because he will save his                                
               people from their sins."                                       
                                                                              
  Mt 3:15-17.. 15 Jesus replied, "Let it be so        Matthew...              
               now; it is proper for us to do this    Jesus                   
               to fulfill all righteousness." Then    baptized                
               John consented.                        by John the             
               16 As soon as Jesus was baptized,      Baptist.                
               he went up out of the water. At                                
               that moment heaven was opened, and                             
               he saw the Spirit of God descending                            
               like a dove and lighting on him.                               
               17 And a voice from heaven said,                               
               "This is my Son, whom I love; with                             
               him I am well pleased."                                        
                                                                              
  Mt 4:1-11...  1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit    Matthew...              
               into the desert to be tempted by       Satan tempted           
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              the devil.                             Jesus who              
                2 After fasting forty days and        refused to              
               forty nights, he was hungry.           fall into sin           
                3 The tempter came to him and         by quoting              
               said, "If you are the Son of God,      Scripture.              
               tell these stones to become bread."                            
                4 Jesus answered, "It is written:     See Dt 8:3.             
               `Man does not live on bread alone,                             
               but on every word that comes from                              
               the mouth of God.'"                                            
                5 Then the devil took him to the                              
               holy city and had him stand on the                             
               highest point of the temple.                                   
                6 "If you are the Son of God," he                             
               said, "throw yourself down. For it                             
               is written: "`He will command his                              
               angels concerning you, and they                                
               will lift you up in their hands, so                            
               that you will not strike your foot                             
               against a stone.'"                                             
                7 Jesus answered him, "It is also     See Dt 6:16.            
               written: `Do not put the Lord your                             
               God to the test.'"                                             
                8 Again, the devil took him to a                              
               very high mountain and showed him                              
               all the kingdoms of the world and                              
               their splendor.                                                
                9 "All this I will give you," he                              
               said, "if you will bow down and                                
               worship me."                                                   
               10 Jesus said to him, "Away from       See Dt 6:13.            
               me, Satan! For it is written:                                  
               `Worship the Lord your God, and                                
               serve him only.'"                                              
               11 Then the devil left him, and                                
               angels came and attended him.                                  
                                                                              
                                                                              
  Mt 4:19..... "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and    Jesus...                
               I will make you fishers of men."       Fishers of              
                                                      men.                    
                                                                              
  Mt 5:1-12...  1 Now when he saw the crowds, he      Jesus...                
               went up on a mountainside and sat      The                     
               down. His disciples came to him,       Beatitudes.             
                2 and he began to teach them,                                 
               saying:                                                        
                3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit,                            
               for theirs is the kingdom of           Note: Matthew           
               heaven.                                chapters                
                4 Blessed are those who mourn, for    6-7 is                  
               they will be comforted.                commonly                
                5 Blessed are the meek, for they      called "The             
               will inherit the earth.                Sermon on               
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               6 Blessed are those who hunger and    the Mount".            
               thirst for righteousness, for they                             
               will be filled.                                                
                7 Blessed are the merciful, for       Jesus                   
               they will be shown mercy.              shows how a             
                8 Blessed are the pure in heart,      person                  
               for they will see God.                 should                  
                9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for    conduct his             
               they will be called sons of God.       or her                  
               10 Blessed are those who are           life.                   
               persecuted because of                                          
               righteousness, for theirs is the                               
               kingdom of heaven.                                             
               11 "Blessed are you when people        The Beatitudes          
               insult you, persecute you and          are eight               
               falsely say all kinds of evil          traits of               
               against you because of me.             people in the           
               12 Rejoice and be glad, because        process of              
               great is your reward in heaven, for    turning to              
               in the same way they persecuted the    God.                    
               prophets who were before you.                                  
                                                                              
                                                                              
  Mt 5:13-16.. 13 "You are the salt of the earth.     Jesus...                
               But if the salt loses its              Believers are           
               saltiness, how can it be made salty    like salt and           
               again? It is no longer good for        light--they             
               anything, except to be thrown out      bring out the           
               and trampled by men.                   best in people.         
               14 "You are the light of the world.                            
               A city on a hill cannot be hidden.                             
               15 Neither do people light a lamp      We should               
               and put it under a bowl. Instead       glow like               
               they put it on its stand, and it       lights--                
               gives light to everyone in the         showing others          
               house.                                 what Christ             
               16 In the same way, let your light     is like.                
               shine before men, that they may see                            
               your good deeds and praise your                                
               Father in heaven.                                              
                                                                              
  Mt 5:17-18.. 17 "Do not think that I have come       Jesus...               
               to abolish the Law or the Prophets;     Fulfills               
               I have not come to abolish them but     the Old                
               to fulfill them.                        Testament.             
               18 I tell you the truth, until                                 
               heaven and earth disappear, not the                            
               smallest letter, not the least                                 
               stroke of a pen, will by any means                             
               disappear from the Law until                                   
               everything is accomplished.                                    
                                                                              
  Mt 5:23-24.. 23 "Therefore, if you are offering     Jesus...                
               your gift at the altar and there       Seek                    
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              remember that your brother has         reconciliation         
               something against you,                 with your               
               24 leave your gift there in front      brother before          
               of the altar. First go and be          offering your           
               reconciled to your brother; then       gift.                   
               come and offer your gift.                                      
                                                                              
  Mt 5:39..... But I tell you, Do not resist an       Jesus...                
               evil person. If someone strikes you    Do good to              
               on the right cheek, turn to him the    those who               
               other also.                            wrong us.               
                                                                              
  Mt 5:44..... But I tell you: Love your enemies      Jesus...                
               and pray for those who persecute       Love your               
               you,                                   enemies.                
                                                                              
  Mt 6:8-13...  8 Do not be like them, for your       Jesus...                
               Father knows what you need before      Teaches                 
               you ask him.                           about                   
                9 "This, then, is how you should      prayer                  
               pray: "`Our Father in heaven,          to His                  
               hallowed be your name,                 disciples.              
               10 your kingdom come, your will be                             
               done on earth as it is in heaven.      The Lord's              
               11 Give us today our daily bread.      Prayer.                 
               12 Forgive us our debts, as we also                            
               have forgiven our debtors.                                     
               13 And lead us not into temptation,                            
               but deliver us from the evil one.'                             
                                                                              
  Mt 6:14-15.. 14 For if you forgive men when they    Jesus...                
               sin against you, your heavenly         As God forgives         
               Father will also forgive you.          us, we should           
               15 But if you do not forgive men       forgive others.         
               their sins, your Father will not                               
               forgive your sins.                                             
                                                                              
  Mt 6:20..... But store up for yourselves            Jesus...                
               treasures in heaven, where moth and    Treasures.              
               rust do not destroy, and where                                 
               thieves do not break in and steal.                             
                                                                              
  Mt 6:21..... For where your treasure is, there      Jesus...                
               your heart will be also.                                       
                                                                              
  Mt 6:24..... "No one can serve two masters.         Jesus...                
               Either he will hate the one and        God and                 
               love the other, or he will be          money.                  
               devoted to the one and despise the                             
               other. You cannot serve both God                               
               and Money.                                                     
                                                                              
  Mt 6:27..... Who of you by worrying can add a       Jesus...                
               single hour to his life?               Worry.                  
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  Mt 6:33-34.. 33 But seek first his kingdom and      Jesus...                
               his righteousness, and all these       Seek his                
               things will be given to you as         kingdom and             
               well.                                  His                     
               34 Therefore do not worry about        righteousness.          
               tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry                              
               about itself. Each day has enough                              
               trouble of its own.                                            
                                                                              
  Mt 7:1-2....  1 "Do not judge, or you too will      Jesus...                
               be judged.                             About                   
                2 For in the same way you judge       criticizing.            
               others, you will be judged, and                                
               with the measure you use, it will                              
               be measured to you.                                            
                                                                              
  Mt 7:7-12...  7 "Ask and it will be given to        Jesus...                
               you; seek and you will find; knock     Asking, seeking         
               and the door will be opened to you.    and knocking--          
                8 For everyone who asks receives;     the three-fold          
               he who seeks finds; and to him who     promise.                
               knocks, the door will be opened.                               
                9 "Which of you, if his son asks                              
               for bread, will give him a stone?                              
               10 Or if he asks for a fish, will      Our Father              
               give him a snake?                      delights in             
               11 If you, then, though you are        giving good             
               evil, know how to give good gifts      gifts--James            
               to your children, how much more        1:17.                   
               will your Father in heaven give                                
               good gifts to those who ask him!                               
               12 So in everything, do to others      The Golden              
               what you would have them do to you,    Rule.                   
               for this sums up the Law and the                               
               Prophets.                                                      
                                                                              
  Mt 7:16..... By their fruit you will recognize      Jesus...                
               them. Do people pick grapes from       By their                
               thornbushes, or figs from thistles?    fruit..                 
                                                                              
  Mt 7:20..... Thus, by their fruit you will          Jesus...                
               recognize them.                        Our behavior            
                                                      exhibits our            
                                                      beliefs.                
                                                                              
  Mt 7:24..... "Therefore everyone who hears these    Jesus...                
               words of mine and puts them into       Building on             
               practice is like a wise man who        rock or                 
               built his house on the rock.           sand.                   
                                                                              
  Mt 9:37-38.. 37 Then he said to his disciples,      Jesus...                
               "The harvest is plentiful but the      Commanded His           
               workers are few.                       disciples to            
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              38 Ask the Lord of the harvest,        pray that God          
               therefore, to send out workers into    will call and           
               his harvest field."                    send out workers        
                                                      to evangelize.          
                                                                              
  Mt 10:1-8...  1 He called his twelve disciples      Jesus...                
               to him and gave them authority to      Sent out                
               drive out evil spirits and to heal     His twelve              
               every disease and sickness.            disciples               
                2 These are the names of the          with these              
               twelve apostles: first, Simon (who     instructions            
               is called Peter) and his brother       in Matthew              
               Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and      10:1-39.                
               his brother John;                                              
                3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas      The twelve              
               and Matthew the tax collector;         disciples.              
               James son of Alphaeus, and                                     
               Thaddaeus;                                                     
                4 Simon the Zealot and Judas                                  
               Iscariot, who betrayed him.                                    
                5 These twelve Jesus sent out with                            
               the following instructions: "Do not                            
               go among the Gentiles or enter any                             
               town of the Samaritans.                                        
                6 Go rather to the lost sheep of      Jesus sent His          
               Israel.                                disciples only to       
                7 As you go, preach this message:     the Jews who            
               `The kingdom of heaven is near.'       were to tell            
                8 Heal the sick, raise the dead,      the rest of             
               cleanse those who have leprosy,        the world               
               drive out demons. Freely you have      about Him.              
               received, freely give.                                         
                                                                              
  Mt 10:14.... If anyone will not welcome you or      Gesture to              
               listen to your words, shake the        show people             
               dust off your feet when you leave      making wrong            
               that home or town.                     choice.                 
                                                                              
  Mt 10:16.... I am sending you out like sheep        Jesus...                
               among wolves. Therefore be as                                  
               shrewd as snakes and as innocent as                            
               doves.                                                         
                                                                              
  Mt 10:19-20. 19 But when they arrest you, do not    Jesus...                
               worry about what to say or how to                              
               say it. At that time you will be                               
               given what to say,                     The Holy                
               20 for it will not be you speaking,    Spirit will             
               but the Spirit of your Father          speak through           
               speaking through you.                  the disciples.          
                                                                              
  Mt 10:26-28. 26 "So do not be afraid of them.       The true                
               There is nothing concealed that        motives of              
               will not be disclosed, or hidden       the religious           
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              that will not be made known.           leaders will           
               27 What I tell you in the dark,        be revealed in          
               speak in the daylight; what is         the judgment.           
               whispered in your ear, proclaim        Go public               
               from the roofs.                        with the message.       
               28 Do not be afraid of those who       Obedience to            
               kill the body but cannot kill the      God is far              
               soul. Rather, be afraid of the One     more crucial.           
               who can destroy both soul and body     God is in               
               in hell.                               charge of               
                                                      physical                
                                                      as well as              
                                                      spiritual life.         
                                                                              
  Mt 10:30.... And even the very hairs of your        The Father              
               head are all numbered.                 is aware of             
                                                      our situation.          
                                                                              
  Mt 10:32.... "Whoever acknowledges me before        Confess Jesus           
               men, I will also acknowledge him       to others and           
               before my Father in heaven.            He will confess         
                                                      us before the           
                                                      Father.                 
                                                                              
  Mt 10:34.... "Do not suppose that I have come to    Conflict may            
               bring peace to the earth. I did not    arise between           
               come to bring peace, but a sword.      those choosing          
                                                      to follow               
                                                      Christ and              
                                                      those who don't.        
                                                                              
  Mt 10:39.... Whoever finds his life will lose       We find our             
               it, and whoever loses his life for     lives by giving         
               my sake will find it.                  them to Jesus.          
                                                                              
  Mt 11:28-30. 28 "Come to me, all you who are        Jesus...                
               weary and burdened, and I will give    The rest                
               you rest.                              verse--He frees         
               29 Take my yoke upon you and learn     us from burdens         
               from me, for I am gentle and humble    so we may have          
               in heart, and you will find rest       love, healing           
               for your souls.                        and peace with          
               30 For my yoke is easy and my          God.                    
               burden is light."                                              
                                                                              
  Mt 12:26-28. 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is    Jesus...                
               divided against himself. How then      Accused of              
               can his kingdom stand?                 being under             
               27 And if I drive out demons by        Satan's                 
               Beelzebub, by whom do your people      power.                  
               drive them out? So then, they will                             
               be your judges.                                                
               28 But if I drive out demons by the                            
               Spirit of God, then the kingdom of                             
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              God has come upon you.                                        
                                                                              
  Mt 12:31-32. 31 And so I tell you, every sin and    Jesus...                
               blasphemy will be forgiven men, but    Sin against             
               the blasphemy against the Spirit       the Holy Spirit         
               will not be forgiven.                  is not forgiven.        
               32 Anyone who speaks a word against                            
               the Son of Man will be forgiven,                               
               but anyone who speaks against the                              
               Holy Spirit will not be forgiven,                              
               either in this age or in the age to                            
               come.                                                          
                                                                              
  Mt 12:36.... But I tell you that men will have      Jesus...                
               to give account on the day of          We are                  
               judgment for every careless word       responsible             
               they have spoken.                      for all of our          
                                                      words and               
                                                      actions.                
                                                                              
  Mt 16:15-19. 15 "But what about you?" he asked.     Jesus...                
               "Who do you say I am?"                                         
               16 Simon Peter answered, "You are      Peter...                
               the Christ, the Son of the living      "You are the            
               God."                                  Christ..."              
               17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you,    Confession of           
               Simon son of Jonah, for this was       faith.                  
               not revealed to you by man, but by                             
               my Father in heaven.                                           
               18 And I tell you that you are         Jesus...                
               Peter, and on this rock I will         Instituted              
               build my church, and the gates of      the church.             
               Hades will not overcome it.                                    
               19 I will give you the keys of the                             
               kingdom of heaven; whatever you                                
               bind on earth will be bound in                                 
               heaven, and whatever you loose on                              
               earth will be loosed in heaven."                               
                                                                              
  Mt 16:26-28. 26 What good will it be for a man      Jesus...                
               if he gains the whole world, yet       Said to His             
               forfeits his soul? Or what can a       disciples.              
               man give in exchange for his soul?                             
               27 For the Son of Man is going to      Value of                
               come in his Father's glory with his    our soul.               
               angels, and then he will reward                                
               each person according to what he                               
               has done.                                                      
               28 I tell you the truth, some who      May refer               
               are standing here will not taste       to Jesus'               
               death before they see the Son of       transfigura-            
               Man coming in his kingdom."            tion.                   
                                                                              
  Mt 17:1-5...  1 After six days Jesus took with      Matthew...              
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              him Peter, James and John the          Jesus is               
               brother of James, and led them up a    transfigured            
               high mountain by themselves.           on the                  
                2 There he was transfigured before    mountain.               
               them. His face shone like the sun,                             
               and his clothes became as white as                             
               the light.                                                     
                3 Just then there appeared before                             
               them Moses and Elijah, talking with                            
               Jesus.                                                         
                4 Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it                              
               is good for us to be here. If you                              
               wish, I will put up three                                      
               shelters-- one for you, one for                                
               Moses and one for Elijah."                                     
                5 While he was still speaking, a                              
               bright cloud enveloped them, and a                             
               voice from the cloud said, "This is                            
               my Son, whom I love; with him I am                             
               well pleased. Listen to him!"                                  
                                                                              
  Mt 18:2-5...  2 He called a little child and had    Jesus...                
               him stand among them.                  Greatness in the        
                3 And he said: "I tell you the        kingdom is not          
               truth, unless you change and become    based on great          
               like little children, you will never   works or words,         
               enter the kingdom of heaven.           but on childlike        
                4 Therefore, whoever humbles          humility of             
               himself like this child is the         spirit.                 
               greatest in the kingdom of heaven.                             
                5 "And whoever welcomes a little                              
               child like this in my name welcomes                            
               me.                                                            
                                                                              
  Mt 18:20.... For where two or three come            Jesus...                
               together in my name, there am I        I will be               
               with them."                            with them.              
                                                                              
  Mt 19:6..... So they are no longer two, but one.    Jesus...                
               Therefore what God has joined          God intended            
               together, let man not separate."       marriage to             
                                                      be permanent.           
                                                                              
  Mt 19:24-26. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier      Jesus...                
               for a camel to go through the eye      To His                  
               of a needle than for a rich man to     disciples.              
               enter the kingdom of God."                                     
               25 When the disciples heard this,                              
               they were greatly astonished and                               
               asked, "Who then can be saved?"                                
               26 Jesus looked at them and said,      With God                
               "With man this is impossible, but      all things              
               with God all things are possible."     are possible.           
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 Mt 19:30.... But many who are first will be         Jesus...               
               last, and many who are last will be                            
               first.                                                         
                                                                              
  Mt 20:16.... "So the last will be first, and the    Jesus...                
               first will be last."                                           
                                                                              
  Mt 20:26-28. 26 Not so with you. Instead,           Jesus...                
               whoever wants to become great among    Teaches                 
               you must be your servant,              about                   
               27 and whoever wants to be first       serving                 
               must be your slave--                   others.                 
               28 just as the Son of Man did not                              
               come to be served, but to serve,                               
               and to give his life as a ransom                               
               for many."                                                     
                                                                              
  Mt 22:1-3...  1 Jesus spoke to them again in        Jesus...                
               parables, saying:                      Kingdom is              
                2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a    now expanded            
               king who prepared a wedding banquet    to all                  
               for his son.                           individuals--           
                3 He sent his servants to those       response is             
               who had been invited to the banquet    essential.              
               to tell them to come, but they                                 
               refused to come.                                               
                                                                              
  Mt 22:14.... "For many are invited, but few are     Jesus...                
               chosen."                                                       
                                                                              
  Mt 22:21.... "Caesar's," they replied. Then he      Jesus...                
               said to them, "Give to Caesar what     Man has both            
               is Caesar's, and to God what is        political and           
               God's."                                spiritual               
                                                      responsibility.         
                                                                              
  Mt 22:30.... At the resurrection people will        Jesus...                
               neither marry nor be given in          Procreation             
               marriage; they will be like the        will be                 
               angels in heaven.                      unnecessary.            
                                                                              
  Mt 22:36-40. 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest     Jesus...                
               commandment in the Law?"                                       
               37 Jesus replied: "`Love the Lord      The first and           
               your God with all your heart and       greatest                
               with all your soul and with all        commandment.            
               your mind.'                                                    
               38 This is the first and greatest      Obey these              
               commandment.                           two command-            
               39 And the second is like it: `Love    ments and you           
               your neighbor as yourself.'            will be obey-           
               40 All the Law and the Prophets        ing all the             
               hang on these two commandments."       ten commandments.       
                                                      The Old                 
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                                                     Testament              
                                                      develops and            
                                                      amplifies these         
                                                      two points.             
                                                                              
  Mt 24:12-14. 12 Because of the increase of          Jesus...                
               wickedness, the love of most will      Told about              
               grow cold,                             the end to              
               13 but he who stands firm to the       His disciples.          
               end will be saved.                                             
               14 And this gospel of the kingdom                              
               will be preached in the whole world                            
               as a testimony to all nations, and                             
               then the end will come.                                        
                                                                              
  Mt 24:23-25. 23 At that time if anyone says to      Jesus...                
               you, `Look, here is the Christ!'       Told about              
               or, `There he is!' do not believe      false                   
               it.                                    teachers.               
               24 For false Christs and false                                 
               prophets will appear and perform                               
               great signs and miracles to deceive                            
               even the elect-- if that were                                  
               possible.                                                      
               25 See, I have told you ahead of                               
               time.                                                          
                                                                              
  Mt 24:30-31. 30 "At that time the sign of the       Jesus...                
               Son of Man will appear in the sky,     Told about              
               and all the nations of the earth       His return.             
               will mourn. They will see the Son                              
               of Man coming on the clouds of the                             
               sky, with power and great glory.                               
               31 And he will send his angels with                            
               a loud trumpet call, and they will                             
               gather his elect from the four                                 
               winds, from one end of the heavens                             
               to the other.                                                  
                                                                              
  Mt 24:35-36. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away,    Jesus...                
               but my words will never pass away.     Told about              
               36 "No one knows about that day or     remaining               
               hour, not even the angels in           watchful.               
               heaven, nor the Son, but only the                              
               Father.                                                        
                                                                              
  Mt 24:44.... So you also must be ready, because     Jesus...                
               the Son of Man will come at an hour                            
               when you do not expect him.                                    
                                                                              
  Mt 25:31-34. 31 "When the Son of Man comes in       Jesus...                
               his glory, and all the angels with     Told about              
               him, he will sit on his throne in      the final               
               heavenly glory.                        judgment.               
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              32 All the nations will be gathered                           
               before him, and he will separate                               
               the people one from another as a                               
               shepherd separates the sheep from                              
               the goats.                                                     
               33 He will put the sheep on his                                
               right and the goats on his left.                               
               34 "Then the King will say to those                            
               on his right, `Come, you who are                               
               blessed by my Father; take your                                
               inheritance, the kingdom prepared                              
               for you since the creation of the                              
               world.                                                         
                                                                              
  Mt 25:40-41. 40 "The King will reply, `I tell       Jesus...                
               you the truth, whatever you did for    Whatever you            
               one of the least of these brothers     did for one of          
               of mine, you did for me.'              the least of            
               41 "Then he will say to those on       these brothers          
               his left, `Depart from me, you who     of mine, you            
               are cursed, into the eternal fire      did for me.             
               prepared for the devil and his                                 
               angels.                                                        
                                                                              
  Mt 25:46.... "Then they will go away to eternal     Jesus...                
               punishment, but the righteous to       Eternal                 
               eternal life."                         punishment...           
                                                      life.                   
                                                                              
  Mt 26:26-29. 26 While they were eating, Jesus       Jesus...                
               took bread, gave thanks and broke      Instituted              
               it, and gave it to his disciples,      communion               
               saying, "Take and eat; this is my      at the Lord's           
               body."                                 supper.                 
               27 Then he took the cup, gave          A fellowship            
               thanks and offered it to them,         with Jesus and          
               saying, "Drink from it, all of you.    celebration             
               28 This is my blood of the             with our                
               covenant, which is poured out for      brothers and            
               many for the forgiveness of sins.      sisters in              
               29 I tell you, I will not drink of     Christ.                 
               this fruit of the vine from now on     The bread               
               until that day when I drink it anew    symbolizing             
               with you in my Father's kingdom."      His flesh               
                                                      (humanness)             
                                                      and juice His           
                                                      blood shed              
                                                      as a sacrifice          
                                                      for forgiveness         
                                                      of sin.                 
                                                                              
  Mt 27:46.... About the ninth hour Jesus cried       Jesus dies              
               out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi,      on the cross.           
               lama sabachthani?"-- which means,      His substitut-          
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              "My God, my God, why have you          ionary death           
               forsaken me?"                          paid the price          
                                                      that sets us            
                                                      free from the           
                                                      power of sin            
                                                      and death.              
                                                                              
              Ps 22:1 My God, my God, why have you    David...                
                      forsaken me? Why are you so                             
                      far from saving me, so far                              
                      from the words of my                                    
                      groaning?                                               
                                                                              
  Mt 28:5-7...  5 The angel said to the women, "Do    Angel...                
               not be afraid, for I know that you     Christ's                
               are looking for Jesus, who was         resurrection            
               crucified.                             and events              
                6 He is not here; he has risen,       of that day.            
               just as he said. Come and see the                              
               place where he lay.                                            
                7 Then go quickly and tell his                                
               disciples: `He has risen from the                              
               dead and is going ahead of you into                            
               Galilee. There you will see him.'                              
               Now I have told you."                                          
                                                                              
  Mt 28:16-20. 16 Then the eleven disciples went      Matthew...              
               to Galilee, to the mountain where      Christ has              
               Jesus had told them to go.             risen.                  
               17 When they saw him, they                                     
               worshiped him; but some doubted.                               
               18 Then Jesus came to them and         Jesus...                
               said, "All authority in heaven and     The                     
               on earth has been given to me.         Great                   
               19 Therefore go and make disciples     Commission.             
               of all nations, baptizing them in                              
               the name of the Father and of the                              
               Son and of the Holy Spirit,            Make disciples.         
               20 and teaching them to obey                                   
               everything I have commanded you.                               
               And surely I am with you always, to                            
               the very end of the age.""                                     
                                                                              
  LUKE                                                                        
                                                                              
  Lk 10:19-20. 19 I have given you authority to       Jesus...                
               trample on snakes and scorpions and    The disciples'          
               to overcome all the power of the       joy should              
               enemy; nothing will harm you.          not be for              
               20 However, do not rejoice that the    what they               
               spirits submit to you, but rejoice     can do, but             
               that your names are written in         from their              
               heaven."                               personal                
                                                      relationship            
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                                                     with God.              
                                                                              
  Lk 12:22-26. 22 Then Jesus said to his              Jesus...                
               disciples: "Therefore I tell you,      Worry does not          
               do not worry about your life, what     change the              
               you will eat; or about your body,      situation.              
               what you will wear.                                            
               23 Life is more than food, and the                             
               body more than clothes.                                        
               24 Consider the ravens: They do not                            
               sow or reap, they have no storeroom                            
               or barn; yet God feeds them. And                               
               how much more valuable you are than                            
               birds!                                                         
               25 Who of you by worrying can add a                            
               single hour to his life?                                       
               26 Since you cannot do this very                               
               little thing, why do you worry                                 
               about the rest?                                                
                                                                              
  Lk 12:48.... But the one who does not know and      Jesus...                
               does things deserving punishment       From those              
               will be beaten with few blows. From    given much,             
               everyone who has been given much,      much will               
               much will be demanded; and from the    be demanded.            
               one who has been entrusted with                                
               much, much more will be asked.                                 
                                                                              
  Lk 17:21.... nor will people say, `Here it is,'     Jesus...                
               or `There it is,' because the          Kingdom of              
               kingdom of God is within you."         God is within           
                                                      you.                    
                                                                              
  Lk 19:10.... For the Son of Man came to seek and    Jesus...                
               to save what was lost."                To Zacchaeus.           
                                                                              
  Lk 19:41.... As he approached Jerusalem and saw     Luke...                 
               the city, he wept over it              Jesus wept              
                                                      the second              
                                                      time.                   
                                                                              
  JOHN                                                                        
                                                                              
  Jn 1:1-4....  1 In the beginning was the Word,      John...                 
               and the Word was with God, and the     The Word                
               Word was God.                          is Jesus.               
                2 He was with God in the              God, through            
               beginning.                             Jesus, created          
                3 Through him all things were         all things              
               made; without him nothing was made     perfect, yet by         
               that has been made.                    choice we were          
                4 In him was life, and that life      separated from          
               was the light of men.                  God.                    
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 Jn 1:12..... Yet to all who received him, to        John...                
               those who believed in his name, he     Jesus offers            
               gave the right to become children of   to recreate us          
               God--                                  in God's image          
                                                      --to reunite us.        
                                                                              
  Jn 1:14..... The Word became flesh and made his     John...                 
               dwelling among us. We have seen his    Jesus is                
               glory, the glory of the One and        God in                  
               Only, who came from the Father,        human form.             
               full of grace and truth.                                       
                                                                              
  Jn 1:29..... The next day John saw Jesus coming     John...                 
               toward him and said, "Look, the        God chose               
               Lamb of God, who takes away the sin    to provide              
               of the world!                          the sacrifice           
                                                      himself.                
                                                                              
  Jn 3:3...... In reply Jesus declared, "I tell       John...                 
               you the truth, no one can see the      Jesus...                
               kingdom of God unless he is born       A spiritual             
               again."                                rebirth.                
                                                                              
  Jn 3:16..... "For God so loved the world that he    Jesus...                
               gave his one and only Son, that        The greatest            
               whoever believes in him shall not      verse--                 
               perish but have eternal life.          God's greatest          
                                                      promise.                
                                                                              
  Jn 4:24..... God is spirit, and his worshipers      Jesus...                
               must worship in spirit and in          God is Spirit.          
               truth."                                                        
                                                                              
  Jn 5:18..... For this reason the Jews tried all     John...                 
               the harder to kill him; not only       Jesus claimed           
               was he breaking the Sabbath, but he    to be                   
               was even calling God his own           divine.                 
               Father, making himself equal with                              
               God.                                                           
                                                                              
  Jn 5:24..... "I tell you the truth, whoever         Jesus...                
               hears my word and believes him who     Gives eternal           
               sent me has eternal life and will      life.                   
               not be condemned; he has crossed                               
               over from death to life.                                       
                                                                              
  Jn 5:26..... For as the Father has life in          Jesus...                
               himself, so he has granted the Son     Is source               
               to have life in himself.               of life.