Wednesday, December 31, 2014

I Will Praise The Lord

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Praise ye the Lord. Praise 
the Lord, O my soul.
146:1 

Let every thing that hath breath 
praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Psalm 150:6

My mouth will speak in praise of the 
LORD. Let every creature praise his 
holy name for ever and ever.
Psalm 145:21

The LORD is my strength and my defense; 
he has become my salvation. He is my God, 
and I will praise him, my father's God, 
and I will exalt him.
Exodus 15:2

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, 
an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should 
shew forth the praises of him who hath called 
you out of darkness into his marvelous light...
1 Peter 2:9

"By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to 
God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips 
giving thanks to his name."
Hebrews 13:15
~ ~ ~ 
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) - Matt Redman
New Doxology

Monday, December 29, 2014

His Holy Name

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Sing the praises of the Lord, you his 
faithful people; praise his holy name.
Psalm 30:4 

Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost 
being, praise his holy name.
Psalm 103:1 

For this is what the high and exalted One says 
he who lives forever, whose name is holy...
Isaiah 57:15 

I myself will set my face against him and will cut 
him off from his people; for by sacrificing his 
children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary 
and profaned my holy name.
Leviticus 20:3

Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred 
offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not 
profane my holy name. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22:2 

Friday, December 26, 2014

Always Righteous

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
The Lord is righteous in all his ways 
and kind in all his works.
Psalm 145:17

If you know that He is righteous, you may be 
sure that everyone who practices righteousness 
has been born of him.
1 John 2:29 

But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and the 
Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
Isaiah 5:16 

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that 
in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for 
faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:17 

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and 
all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:33 
~ ~ ~ 
Seek Ye First

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Follow Jesus

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
My sheep hear my voice, and I 
know them, and they follow me.
John 10:27

Whoever does not take up their cross 
and follow me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 10:38

And whoever does not carry their cross 
and follow me cannot be my disciple.
Luke 14:27

And he said to all, "If anyone would come 
after me, let him deny himself and take 
up his cross daily and follow me."
Luke 9:23 

And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, 
he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, 
let him deny himself and take up 
his cross and follow me."
Mark 8:34 


Monday, December 22, 2014

Pursue Righteousness

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
But you, O man of God, flee these things 
and pursue righteousness, godliness, 
faith, love, patience, gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:11

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness
and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33

The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but he 
loves those who pursue righteousness.
Proverbs 15:9

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who 
seek the Lord: look to the rock from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn...
Isaiah 51:1

Friday, December 19, 2014

Jesus Was Tempted

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SATAN TEMPTS JESUS 
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands,  so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”

11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
Matthew 4:1-11

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Obey Your Parents

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Children, obey your parents in 
the Lord, for this is right.
Ephesians 6:1 

A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.
Proverbs 13:1-25

Honor your father and your mother, as 
the LORD your God has commanded you, 
so that you may live long and that it may go 
well with you in the land the LORD 
your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 5:16

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and 
forsake not your mother's teaching...
Proverbs 1:8 

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and 
your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father 
or mother must surely die.’
Matthew 15:4 

Monday, December 15, 2014

The Heart

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Keep your heart with all vigilance, 
for from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:23

You brood of vipers! How can you 
speak good, when you are evil? For 
out of the abundance of the 
heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:34 

Create in me a clean heart, O God; 
and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalms 51:10

May the words of my mouth and the 
meditation of my heart be pleasing in 
your sight, O LORD, my Rock 
and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and 
lean not on your own understanding
Proverbs 3:5

Friday, December 12, 2014

Help From The Lord

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Surely God is my help; the Lord 
is the one who sustains me.
Psalm 54:4

The LORD is with me; He is my helper
I look in triumph on my enemies.
Psalm 118:7

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for 
help, and rely on horses, who trust in 
chariots because they are many, and in 
horsemen because they are very strong, 
but who do not look to the Holy One 
of Israel, nor seek the Lord!
Isaiah 31:1

Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalm 20:7

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.
Isaiah 41:10

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Do Not Grieve The Holy Spirit

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
1 Thessalonians 5:19
Do not quench the Spirit.

Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit
So he turned and became their enemy and 
he himself fought against them.
Isaiah 63:10

How much more severely do you think someone 
deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son 
of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing 
the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and 
who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews 10:29

“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still 
uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: 
You always resist the Holy Spirit!"
Acts 7:51

Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled 
your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept 
for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 
Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, 
wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of 
doing such a thing? You have not lied 
just to human beings but to God.”
Acts 5:3-4

Monday, December 8, 2014

See Me - See Him

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
The Son is the image of the invisible God
the firstborn over all creation.
Colossians 1:15

Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, 
even after I have been among you such a long 
time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the 
Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
John 14:9 

Then they asked him, "Where is your father?" "You 
do not know me or my Father," Jesus replied. "If 
you knew me, you would know my Father also."
John 8:19

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact 
representation of his being, sustaining all things by his 
powerful word. After he had provided purification for 
sins, he sat down at the right hand 
of the Majesty in heaven.
Hebrews 1:3

We know also that the Son of God has come and has given 
us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. 
And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ
He is the true God and eternal life.
1 John 5:20

Friday, December 5, 2014

The Lord Chastens

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Those whom I love I rebuke and 
discipline. So be earnest and repent.
Revelation 3:19

You should know in your heart that 
as a man chastens his son, so the Lord 
your God chastens you.
Deuteronomy 8:5

Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord,
the one you teach from your law...
Psalm 94:12

My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord 
disciplines those he loves, as a father 
the son he delights in.
Proverbs 3:11-12

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Control Your Body

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
He who commits adultery lacks sense
he who does it destroys himself.
Proverbs 6:32 

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality
each man should have his own wife and 
each woman her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:2 

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a 
person commits is outside the body, but the sexually 
immoral person sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:18

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman 
with lustful intent has already committed 
adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:28 ESV

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the 
marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge 
the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Hebrews 13:4 

Monday, December 1, 2014

Beware Of Covetousness

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Therefore put to death your members which
are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion,
evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5
 
For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person,
nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Ephesians 5:5
 
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not
covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant,
his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Exodus 20:17
 
The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You
shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”
and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in
this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Romans 13:9

Friday, November 28, 2014

God Loves The World

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
But God demonstrates His own love
toward us
, in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8
 
But when the fullness of the time had come,
God sent forth His Son, born of a woman,
born under the law, to redeem those who
were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption as sons
.
Galatians 4:4-5
 
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one comes to the Father
except through Me
.
John 14:6
 
For God did not send His Son into the world to
condemn the world, but that the world
through Him might be saved
.
John 3:17
 
In this the love of God was manifested toward us,
that God has sent His only begotten Son into the
world, that we might live through Him.
1 John 4:9
 


Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Come Boldly

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
In him and through faith in him we may
approach God with
freedom
and
confidence
.
Ephesians 3:12
 
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter
the Holiest by the blood of Jesus...
Hebrews 10:19
 
So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.  What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:6

Monday, November 24, 2014

Holy, Holy, Holy

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But thou art holy, O thou that
inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Psalms 22:3
 
There is none holy like the Lord;
there is none besides you; there
is no rock like our God."
1 Samuel 2:2
 
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of
those rejoice who seek the Lord!
1 Chronicles 16:10
 
“Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like You, glorious in holiness,
Fearful in praises, doing wonders?"
Exodus 15:11
 
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will
be hallowed among the children of Israel:
I am the LORD which hallow you...
Leviticus 22:32
 
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none
beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
1 Samuel 2:2
 


Friday, November 21, 2014

Pleasing In Your Sight

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Those who are in the realm of the
flesh cannot please God
.
Romans 8:8
 
And do not forget to do good and to
share with others, for with such
sacrifices God is pleased
.
Hebrews 13:16
 
Those who are dominated by the sinful nature
think about sinful things, but those who are
controlled by the Holy Spirit think about
things that please the Spirit
.
Romans 8:5
 
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view
of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living
sacrifice, holy and
pleasing to God - this is
your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1
 
But without faith no one can please God. We must believe
that God is real and that he rewards everyone
who searches for him.
Hebrews 11:6

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Keep Me From Evil

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
And lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil.
Matthew 6:13 

Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has 
done to me; I will render to the man 
according to his work.”
Proverbs 24:29

Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave 
room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine 
to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
Romans 12:19

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong
but always strive to do what is good for each 
other and for everyone else.
1 Thessalonians 5:15

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the 
contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you 
were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 3:9

Monday, November 17, 2014

Do Not Lose Heart

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Therefore, since through God's mercy we 
have this ministry, we do not lose heart.
2 Corinthians 4:1

Then He spoke a parable to them, that men 
always ought to pray and not lose heart...
Luke 18:1

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for 
in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
Galatians 6:9

...but those who hope in the LORD will renew their 
strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will 
run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31

Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, 
so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:3


Friday, November 14, 2014

Love With Actions

(A study/comparison of similar verses)

So they come to you as people do, they sit before
you as My people, and they hear your words, but
they do not do them; for with their mouth they
show much love, but their hearts
pursue their own gain
.
Ezekiel 33:31
 
We remember before our God and Father your work
produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and
your endurance inspired by hope
in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
 
Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily
food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm
and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs,
what good is it
? In the same way, faith by itself,
if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
James 2:15-17


Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Forgive And Forget

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
"For I will forgive their wickedness and
will remember their sins no more."
Hebrews 8:12
 
Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more."
Hebrews 10:17
 
Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such
anguish. In your love you kept me from the
pit of destruction; you have put all
my sins behind your back
.
Isaiah 38:17

"I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for
my own sake, and remembers your sins no more."
Isaiah 43:25
 
I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed
against me and will forgive all their sins
of rebellion against me.
Jeremiah 33:8
 


Monday, November 10, 2014

Mercy And Comfort

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
The Lord is good to all, and his mercy
is over all that he has made.
Psalm 145:9 
 
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end; they are
new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
 
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne
of grace, that we may receive mercy and
find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16
 
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4
 
Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able
to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort
with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 1:4

Friday, November 7, 2014

Love God And Others

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
If you love Me, keep My commandments.
John 14:15
 
Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord
your God
with all your heart, with all your
soul, and with all your mind."
Matthew 22:37
 
And we know that all things work together for
good to those who love God, to those who are
the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28
 
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:5
 
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with
all your strength. This is the first commandment. And
the second, like it, is this:
You shall love your
neighbor
as yourself.  There is no other
commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:30-31
 
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one
another
; as I have loved you,
that you
also love one another
.
John 13:34