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Key Passages
from the Tanakh
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This section contains a selection of the Tanakh's (a.k.a. the Old Testament) most important passages to study and contemplate for spiritual self-understanding. All translations are from the King James Bible. |
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| Genesis |
Let
there be Light |
| Genesis
1:1 |
In
the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. |
| Genesis
1:2 |
And
the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face
of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. |
| Genesis
1:9 |
And
God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto
one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. |
| Genesis
1:24 |
And
God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind,
cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and
it was so. |
| Genesis
1:25 |
And
God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their
kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and
God saw that it was good. |
| Genesis
1:26 |
And
God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let
them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth. |
| Genesis
1:27 |
So
God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him;
male and female created He them. |
| Genesis
1:28 |
And
God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish
of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing
that moveth upon the earth. |
| Genesis
2:7 |
And
the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. |
| Genesis
2:9 |
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant
to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst
of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. |
| Genesis
2:10 |
And
a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was
parted, and became into four heads. |
| Genesis
2:17 |
But
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of
it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. |
| Genesis
2:21 |
And
the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and
he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; |
| Genesis
2:22 |
And
the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man. |
| Genesis
2:23 |
And
Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she
shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. |
| Genesis
3:22 |
And
the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good
and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: |
| Genesis
4:7 |
If
thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well,
sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt
rule over him. |
| Genesis
5:22 |
And
Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years,
and begat sons and daughters: |
| Genesis
5:24 |
And
Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. |
| Genesis
6:3 |
And
the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that
he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. |
| Genesis
6:9 |
These
are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his
generations, and Noah walked with God. |
| Genesis
14:22 |
And
Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD,
the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, |
| Genesis
14:23 |
That
I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will
not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made
Abram rich: |
| Genesis
15:1 |
After
these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying,
Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. |
| Genesis
17:1 |
And
when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram,
and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou
perfect. |
| Genesis
24:63 |
And
Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted
up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. |
| Genesis
25:27 |
And
the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and
Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. |
| Genesis
32:10 |
I
am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed
over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. |
| Genesis
32:11 |
Deliver
me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau:
for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with
the children. |
| Genesis
32:27 |
And
he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. |
| Genesis
32:28 |
And
he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as
a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. |
| Genesis
41:39 |
And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this,
there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: |
| Exodus
2:7 |
Then
said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a
nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? |
| Exodus
2:8 |
And
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the
child's mother. |
| Exodus
2:9 |
And
Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it
for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child,
and nursed it. |
| Exodus
2:10 |
And
the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he
became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because
I drew him out of the water. |
| Exodus
4:1 |
And
Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor
hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared
unto thee. |
| Exodus
4:2 |
And
the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. |
| Exodus
4:3 |
And
he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it
became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. |
| Exodus
4:4 |
And
the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail.
And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his
hand: |
| Exodus
4:10 |
And
Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore,
nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech,
and of a slow tongue. |
| Exodus
4:11 |
And
the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the
dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? |
| Exodus
4:12 |
Now
therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou
shalt say. |
| Exodus
4:15 |
And
thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be
with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall
do. |
| Exodus
4:16 |
And
he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he
shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead
of God. |
| Exodus
4:17 |
And
thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. |
| Exodus
4:18 |
And
Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him,
Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt,
and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. |
| Exodus
8:23 |
And
I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall
this sign be. |
| Exodus
13:18 |
But
God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red
sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of
Egypt. |
| Exodus
14:13 |
And
Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation
of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom
ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. |
| Exodus
15:26 |
And
said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God,
and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his
commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases
upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD
that healeth thee. |
| Exodus
19:10 |
And
the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day
and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, |
| Exodus
19:11 |
And
be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come
down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai. |
| Exodus
19:17 |
And
Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and
they stood at the nether part of the mount. |
| Exodus
19:18 |
And
Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon
it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace,
and the whole mount quaked greatly. |
| Exodus
19:19 |
And
when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder,
Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. |
| Exodus
32:18 |
And
he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither
is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of
them that sing do I hear. |
| Exodus
33:4 |
And
when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did
put on him his ornaments. |
| Exodus
33:13 |
Now
therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me
now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight:
and consider that this nation is thy people. |
| Exodus
33:14 |
And
he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. |
| Exodus
33:18 |
And
he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. |
| Exodus
34:6 |
And
the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God,
merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, |
| Exodus
34:29 |
And
it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two
tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount,
that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked
with him. |
| Exodus
35:5 |
Take
ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing
heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver,
and brass, |
| Leviticus
26:6 |
And
I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall
make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither
shall the sword go through your land. |
| Leviticus
26:9 |
For
I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you,
and establish my covenant with you. |
| Leviticus
26:12 |
And
I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. |
| Leviticus
26:40 |
If
they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers,
with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also
they have walked contrary unto me; |
| Leviticus
26:41 |
And
that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into
the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled,
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: |
| Numbers
12:3 |
(Now
the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face
of the earth.) |
| Numbers
15:39 |
And
it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember
all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not
after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
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| Numbers
35:33 |
So
ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth
the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed
therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. |
| Numbers
35:34 |
Defile
not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for
I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. |
| Deuteronomy
2:7 |
For
the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he
knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years
the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. |
| Deuteronomy
4:9 |
Only
take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget
the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy
heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons'
sons; |
| Deuteronomy
4:29 |
But
if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him,
if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. |
| Deuteronomy
4:36 |
Out
of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee:
and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his
words out of the midst of the fire. |
| Deuteronomy
5:23 |
And
it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness,
(for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even
all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; |
| Deuteronomy
6:4 |
Hear,
O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: |
| Deuteronomy
6:5 |
And
thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might. |
| Deuteronomy
6:6 |
And
these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: |
| Deuteronomy
6:7 |
And
thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of
them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the
way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. |
| Deuteronomy
6:8 |
And
thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as
frontlets between thine eyes. |
| Deuteronomy
6:9 |
And
thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. |
| Deuteronomy
6:12 |
Then
beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. |
| Deuteronomy
6:18 |
And
thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD:
that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess
the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, |
| Deuteronomy
8:3 |
Man
doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of
the mouth of the Lord |
| Deuteronomy
8:11 |
Beware
that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments,
and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: |
| Deuteronomy
8:12 |
Lest
when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and
dwelt therein; |
| Deuteronomy
8:13 |
And
when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold
is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; |
| Deuteronomy
8:14 |
Then
thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought
thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; |
| Deuteronomy
8:17 |
And
thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten
me this wealth. |
| Deuteronomy
8:18 |
But
thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee
power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware
unto thy fathers, as it is this day. |
| Deuteronomy
14:1 |
Ye
are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves,
nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. |
| Deuteronomy
17:16 |
But
he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return
to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the
LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. |
| Deuteronomy
22:9 |
Thou
shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy
seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. |
| Deuteronomy
30:16 |
In
that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his
ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments,
that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless
thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. |
| Deuteronomy
30:17 |
But
if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn
away, and worship other gods, and serve them; |
| Deuteronomy
32:46 |
And
he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify
among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe
to do, all the words of this law. |
| Deuteronomy
32:47 |
For
it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through
this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over
Jordan to possess it. |
| Deuteronomy
33:27 |
The
eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms:
and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy
them. |
| Deuteronomy
33:29 |
Happy
art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD,
the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and
thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon
their high places. |
| 1
Samuel 9:9 |
(Beforetime
in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and
let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime
called a Seer.) |
| 2
Samuel 23:2 |
The
Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. |
| 2
Kings 3:12 |
And
Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel
and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. |
| Psalms
3:1 |
A
Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.>> LORD, how
are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against
me. |
| Psalms
3:2 |
Many
there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. |
| Psalms
3:3 |
But
thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine
head. |
| Psalms
3:4 |
I
cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill.
Selah. |
| Psalms
3:5 |
I
laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. |
| Psalms
3:6 |
I
will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves
against me round about. |
| Psalms
3:7 |
Arise,
O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon
the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. |
| Psalms
3:8 |
Salvation
belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. |
| Psalms
5:9 |
For
there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness;
their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. |
| Psalms
8:1 |
O
LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast
set thy glory above the heavens. |
| Psalms
8:2 |
Out
of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because
of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. |
| Psalms
8:3 |
When
I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars,
which thou hast ordained; |
| Psalms
8:4 |
What
is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou
visitest him? |
| Psalms
8:5 |
For
thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned
him with glory and honour. |
| Psalms
8:6 |
Thou
madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put
all things under his feet: |
| Psalms
8:7 |
All
sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; |
| Psalms
8:8 |
The
fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through
the paths of the seas. |
| Psalms
8:9 |
O
LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! |
| Psalms
9:10 |
And
they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD,
hast not forsaken them that seek thee. |
| Psalms
9:12 |
When
he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth
not the cry of the humble. |
| Psalms
9:13 |
Have
mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that
hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: |
| Psalms
9:14 |
That
I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion:
I will rejoice in thy salvation. |
| Psalms
9:15 |
The
heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they
hid is their own foot taken. |
| Psalms
9:16 |
The
LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared
in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. |
| Psalms
9:17 |
The
wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. |
| Psalms
9:18 |
For
the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor
shall not perish for ever. |
| Psalms
9:19 |
Arise,
O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. |
| Psalms
9:20 |
Put
them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but
men. Selah. |
| Psalms
10:7 |
His
mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief
and vanity. |
| Psalms
39:1 |
To
the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.>> I said,
I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep
my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. |
| Psalms
46:10 |
Be
still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen,
I will be exalted in the earth. |
| Psalms
48:11 |
Let
mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy
judgments. |
| Psalms
49:3 |
My
mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be
of understanding. |
| Psalms
51:8 |
Make
me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may
rejoice. |
| Psalms
119:11 |
Thy
word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
| Psalms
134:1 |
Behold,
bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand
in the house of the LORD. |
| Psalms
134:2 |
Lift
up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. |
| Psalms
134:3 |
The
LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. |
| Psalms
139:7 |
Whither
shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
| Psalms
139:8 |
If
I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold,
thou art there. |
| Psalms
139:9 |
If
I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of
the sea; |
| Psalms
139:10 |
Even
there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
| Psalms
139:14 |
I
will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous
are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. |
| Psalms
140:3 |
They
have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under
their lips. Selah. |
| Proverbs
3:6 |
In
all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. |
| Proverbs
5:3 |
For
the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother
than oil: |
| Proverbs
5:4 |
But
her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. |
| Proverbs
6:17 |
A
proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, |
| Proverbs
6:18 |
An
heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running
to mischief, |
| Proverbs
6:19 |
A
false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. |
| Proverbs
8:13 |
The
fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil
way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. |
| Proverbs
10:19 |
In
the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth
his lips is wise. |
| Proverbs
10:20 |
The
tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little
worth. |
| Proverbs
10:21 |
The
lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. |
| Proverbs
11:10 |
When
it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked
perish, there is shouting. |
| Proverbs
12:18 |
There
is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the
wise is health. |
| Proverbs
12:19 |
The
lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but
for a moment. |
| Proverbs
13:14 |
The
law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of
death. |
| Proverbs
18:19 |
A
brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions
are like the bars of a castle. |
| Proverbs
20:15 |
There
is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a
precious jewel. |
| Proverbs
21:3 |
To
do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. |
| Proverbs
21:26 |
He
coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth
not. |
| Proverbs
29:18 |
Where
there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law,
happy is he. |
| Proverbs
31:13 |
She
seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. |
| Proverbs
31:20 |
She
stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands
to the needy. |
|
Ecclesiastes |
Vanity
of vanities, all is vanity! |
| Ecclesiastes
1:2 |
Vanity
of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. |
| Ecclesiastes
1:7 |
All
the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place
from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. |
| Ecclesiastes
3:1 |
To
every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the
heaven. |
| Ecclesiastes
3:2 |
A
time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck
up that which is planted; |
| Ecclesiastes
3:3 |
A
time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to
build up; |
| Ecclesiastes
3:4 |
A
time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
| Ecclesiastes
3:10 |
I
have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be
exercised in it. |
| Ecclesiastes
3:19 |
For
that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing
befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have
all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for
all is vanity. |
| Ecclesiastes
4:13 |
Better
is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no
more be admonished. |
| Ecclesiastes
5:11 |
When
goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there
to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? |
| Ecclesiastes
5:15 |
As
he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he
came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away
in his hand. |
| Ecclesiastes
6:3 |
If
a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days
of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also
that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than
he. |
| Ecclesiastes
6:7 |
All
the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. |
| Ecclesiastes
6:10 |
That
which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither
may he contend with him that is mightier than he. |
| Ecclesiastes
6:11 |
Seeing
there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? |
| Ecclesiastes
8:8 |
There
is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither
hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that
war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. |
| Ecclesiastes
8:15 |
Then
I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun,
than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with
him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the
sun. |
| Ecclesiastes
9:2 |
All
things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to
the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him
that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so
is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. |
| Ecclesiastes
9:3 |
This
is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there
is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full
of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that
they go to the dead. |
| Ecclesiastes
9:11 |
I
returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet
riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but
time and chance happeneth to them all. |
| Ecclesiastes
9:16 |
Then
said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's
wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. |
| Ecclesiastes
9:17 |
The
words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth
among fools. |
| Ecclesiastes
9:18 |
Wisdom
is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
|
| Ecclesiastes
10:4 |
If
the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for
yielding pacifieth great offences. |
| Ecclesiastes
10:20 |
Curse
not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber:
for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings
shall tell the matter. |
| Ecclesiastes
11:4 |
He
that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds
shall not reap. |
| Ecclesiastes
11:6 |
In
the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand:
for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or
whether they both shall be alike good. |
| Ecclesiastes
11:6 |
Keep
on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow-perhaps it all
will. |
| Song
of Songs 2:3 |
As
the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the
sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit
was sweet to my taste. |
|
Isaiah |
It was the will of God to bruise him. - Isaiah's prophesy of the Messiah |
|
Isaiah |
Tell the just ones, all is well. |
| Isaiah
2:15 |
And
upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, |
| Isaiah
4:1 |
And
in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will
eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by
thy name, to take away our reproach. |
| Isaiah
4:2 |
In
that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and
the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are
escaped of Israel. |
| Isaiah
4:3 |
And
it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth
in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among
the living in Jerusalem: |
| Isaiah
4:4 |
When
the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion,
and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof
by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. |
|
Isaiah 5:8 |
Woe
unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there
be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! |
| Isaiah
5:24 |
Therefore
as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff,
so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up
as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and
despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. |
| Isaiah
6:3 |
And
one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts:
the whole earth is full of his glory. |
| Isaiah
6:6 |
Then
flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which
he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: |
| Isaiah
6:7 |
And
he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips;
and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. |
| Isaiah
6:9 |
And
he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not;
and see ye indeed, but perceive not. |
| Isaiah
6:10 |
Make
the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their
eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand
with their heart, and convert, and be healed. |
| Isaiah
6:12 |
And
the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in
the midst of the land. |
| Isaiah
7:6 |
Let
us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein
for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: |
| Isaiah
7:7 |
Thus
saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. |
| Isaiah
7:9 |
And
the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's
son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. |
| Isaiah
7:10 |
Moreover
the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, |
| Isaiah
7:11 |
Ask
thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the
height above. |
| Isaiah
7:14 |
Therefore
the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive,
and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. |
| Isaiah
9:12 |
The
Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel
with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his
hand is stretched out still. |
| Isaiah
25:8 |
He
will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears
from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away
from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. |
| Isaiah
29:13 |
Wherefore
the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth,
and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from
me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: |
| Isaiah
38:12 |
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life. |
| Isaiah
38:19 |
The
living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father
to the children shall make known thy truth. |
| Isaiah
39:2 |
And
Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious
things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment,
and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures:
there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah
shewed them not. |
| Isaiah
40:3 |
The
voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the
LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. |
| Isaiah
40:8 |
The
grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand
for ever. |
| Isaiah
41:18 |
I
will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys:
I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs
of water. |
| Isaiah
45:1 |
Thus
saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden,
to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to
open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; |
| Isaiah
45:6 |
That
they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there
is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. |
| Isaiah
45:7 |
I
form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil:
I the LORD do all these things. |
| Isaiah
45:6-7 |
**
I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create
darkness. I make peace, and create evil. (...) |
| Isaiah
45:15 |
Verily
thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. |
| Isaiah
48:3 |
I
have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth
out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came
to pass. |
| Isaiah
49:2 |
And
he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand
hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he
hid me; |
| Isaiah
49:2 |
**
In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me. |
| Isaiah
63:15 |
Look
down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and
of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy
bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? |
| Isaiah
63:16 |
Doubtless
thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge
us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from
everlasting. |
| Isaiah
65:14 |
Behold,
my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow
of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. |
| Isaiah
66:1 |
Thus
saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool:
where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of
my rest? |
| Isaiah
66:2 |
For
all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been,
saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor
and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. |
| Jeremiah
14:14 |
Then
the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent
them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they
prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought,
and the deceit of their heart. |
| Jeremiah
15:3 |
And
I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay,
and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of
the earth, to devour and destroy. |
| Jeremiah
22:13 |
Woe
unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers
by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth
him not for his work; |
| Jeremiah
23:23 |
Am
I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? |
| Jeremiah
23:24 |
Can
any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the
LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. |
| Jeremiah
23:39 |
Therefore,
behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you,
and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my
presence: |
| Lamentations
4:1 |
How
is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones
of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. |
| Ezekiel
1:4 |
And
I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud,
and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out
of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the
fire. |
| Ezekiel
1:19 |
And
when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the
living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted
up. |
| Ezekiel
1:20 |
Whithersoever
the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and
the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living
creature was in the wheels. |
| Ezekiel
2:6 |
And
thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their
words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among
scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks,
though they be a rebellious house. |
| Ezekiel
16:48 |
As
I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor
her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. |
| Ezekiel
16:49 |
Behold,
this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread,
and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did
she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. |
| Ezekiel
17:7 |
There
was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and,
behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her
branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. |
| Ezekiel
17:9 |
Say
thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up
the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it
shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power
or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. |
| Ezekiel
18:2 |
What
mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set
on edge? |
| Ezekiel
18:4 |
Behold,
all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the
son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. |
| Ezekiel
18:17 |
That
hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury
nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes;
he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. |
| Ezekiel
18:18 |
As
for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by
violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even
he shall die in his iniquity. |
| Ezekiel
18:23 |
Have
I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD:
and not that he should return from his ways, and live? |
| Ezekiel
18:25 |
Yet
ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel;
Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? |
| Ezekiel
19:5 |
Now
when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took
another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. |
| Ezekiel
19:8 |
Then
the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread
their net over him: he was taken in their pit. |
| Hosea
4:18 |
Their
drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers
with shame do love, Give ye. |
| Hosea
4:19 |
The
wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because
of their sacrifices. |
| Hosea
5:5 |
And
the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel
and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. |
| Hosea
6:6 |
For
I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than
burnt offerings. |
| Hosea
8:7 |
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swal |