- Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
- Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
- Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.
- My son, keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. - Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
- Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
- Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
- If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.
- So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. - I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands. - Keep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord.
- For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
- Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
- When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
- Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.
- Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong. - Do not envy the violent
or choose any of their ways.
For the Lord detests the perverse
but takes the upright into his confidence. - Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
- Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.
- When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.
- The Lord will vindicate me;
your love, Lord, endures forever—
do not abandon the works of your hands. - Observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go.
- For, “Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
They must turn from evil and do good;
they must seek peace and pursue it.”
Bible verse of the day
My times are in your hands;deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
from those who pursue me.