Bible Verses about 'A'
- A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. - Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path. - A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. - A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity. - No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.
- What a person desires is unfailing love;
better to be poor than a liar. - A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. - I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look lustfully at a young woman. - Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me. - The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble. - A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger. - The soothing tongue is a tree of life,
but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. - You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
- A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night. - A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends. - Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler! - A person finds joy in giving an apt reply—
and how good is a timely word! - Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin condemns any people. - One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. - My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise. - There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens. - But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
- An honest witness does not deceive,
but a false witness pours out lies. - I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
- He who finds a wife finds what is good
and receives favor from the Lord. - The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating. - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. - There is a way that appears to be right,
but in the end it leads to death. - Like a city whose walls are broken through
is a person who lacks self-control. - Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up. - But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city. - The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. - A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. - Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked. - It is a trap to dedicate something rashly
and only later to consider one’s vows. - For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning. - Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips
and spreads slander is a fool. - A person’s riches may ransom their life,
but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes. - Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
- Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame. - Till the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
and the desert becomes a fertile field,
and the fertile field seems like a forest. - Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and victorious,
lowly and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey. - Fools give full vent to their rage,
but the wise bring calm in the end. - A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. - I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. - There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.
- They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.
- Fools show their annoyance at once,
but the prudent overlook an insult.
Bible verse of the day
Better a little with the fear of the Lordthan great wealth with turmoil.