- Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. - For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
- My doctrine shall drop as the rain,
my speech shall distil as the dew,
as the small rain upon the tender herb,
and as the showers upon the grass. - And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
- Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?Next verse!With image