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
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heartbe pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.