Tuesday, November 8, 2011

63:15Look 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?Log in to add notes

63:16Doubtless 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.Log in to add notes

63:17O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.Log in to add notes

63:18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.Log in to add notes

63:19We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.Log in to add notes

64:1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,Log in to add notes

64:2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!Log in to add notes

64:3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.Log in to add notes

64:4For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.Log in to add notes

64:5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.Log in to add notes

8But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.Log in to add notes

9Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.Log in to add notes

1Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,Log in to add notes

2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.Log in to add notes

3Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.Log in to add notes

4Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:Log in to add notes

5Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?Log in to add notes

6Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?Log in to add notes

7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.Log in to add notes

8The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.Log in to add notes

9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.Log in to add notes

10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.Log in to add notes

11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.Log in to add notes

12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.Log in to add notes

7But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest.Log in to add notes

8For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years.Log in to add notes

9But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.Log in to add notes

10He pleased God, and was beloved of him: so that living among sinners he was translated.Log in to add notes

11Yea speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.Log in to add notes

12For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.Log in to add notes

13He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time:Log in to add notes

14For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.Log in to add notes

15This the people saw, and understood it not, neither laid they up this in their minds, That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect unto his chosen.Log in to add notes

16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Log in to add notes

17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;Log in to add notes

18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.Log in to add notes

19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.Log in to add notes

20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.Log in to add notes

21And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.Log in to add notes

22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.Log in to add notes

2:20Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,Log in to add notes

2:21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;Log in to add notes

2:22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?Log in to add notes

2:23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.Log in to add notes

3:1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.Log in to add notes

3:2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.Log in to add notes

3:3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.Log in to add notes

6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.Log in to add notes

7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?Log in to add notes

8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.Log in to add notes

9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?Log in to add notes

10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.Log in to add notes

11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.Log in to add notes

12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;Log in to add notes

13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.Log in to add notes

25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:Log in to add notes

26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.Log in to add notes

27And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.Log in to add notes

1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.Log in to add notes

2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.Log in to add notes

3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.Log in to add notes

4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.Log in to add notes

5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.Log in to add notes

6The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.Log in to add notes

7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.Log in to add notes

8Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:Log in to add notes

9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.Log in to add notes

10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.Log in to add notes

1And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.Log in to add notes

2And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.Log in to add notes

3Give us day by day our daily bread.Log in to add notes

4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.Log in to add notes

5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;Log in to add notes

6For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?Log in to add notes

7And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.Log in to add notes

8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.Log in to add notes

9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.Log in to add notes

10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.Log in to add notes

23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.Log in to add notes

24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.Log in to add notes

25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.Log in to add notes

26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.Log in to add notes

27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!Log in to add notes

15:17These things I command you, that ye love one another.Log in to add notes

15:18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.Log in to add notes

15:19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.Log in to add notes

15:20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.Log in to add notes

15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.Log in to add notes

15:22If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.Log in to add notes

15:23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.Log in to add notes

15:24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.Log in to add notes

15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.Log in to add notes

15:26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:Log in to add notes

15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.Log in to add notes

16:1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.Log in to add notes

16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.Log in to add notes