Friday, February 28, 2014

Under Your Wings

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
He shall cover you with His feathers,
and under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
Psalm 91:4
 
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!
For my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow
of Your wings I will make my refuge
, until
these calamities have passed by.
Psalm 57:1
 
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust
under the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 36:7
 
I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;
I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
Psalm 61:4
 
The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be
given you by the Lord God of Israel, under
whose wings you have come for refuge.

Ruth 2:12
 
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets
and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted
to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood
under her wings, but you were not willing!

Luke 13:34

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Vine And Branches

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
I am the true vine, and My Father
is the vinedresser.
John 15:1
 
Every branch in Me that does not bear
fruit He takes away; and every branch
that bears fruit He prunes, that it
may bear more fruit.
John 15:2
 
Remain in me, as I also remain in you.
No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must
remain in the vine.
Neither can you bear
fruit unless you remain in me.
John 15:4
 
If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out
as a branch and is withered
; and they gather them
and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:6

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

A Person's Own Folly

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
To answer before listening,
that is folly and shame.
Proverbs 18:13
 
A foolish woman is clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9:13
 
The discerning heart seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Proverbs 15:14
 
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand
his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:8
 
He shall die for lack of instruction, and in the
greatness of his folly he shall go astray
.
Proverbs 5:23
 
But they will not get very far because, as in the case
of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
2 Timothy 3:9

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Godly Lives

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in
Christ Jesus
will suffer persecution.
2 Timothy 3:12
 
For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness
is profitable for all things
, having promise of the
life that now is and of that which is to come.
1 Timothy 4:8
 
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared
to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously,
and godly
in the present age...
Titus 2:11-12

Monday, February 24, 2014

Oh Give Thanks

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is
good! For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 107:1
 
...in everything give thanks; for this is
the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
 
...giving thanks always for all things to God the
Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Ephesians 5:20
 
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
God
the Father through Him.
Colossians 3:17
 
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you
have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
to the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be
silent.  O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
Psalm 30:11-12

Sunday, February 23, 2014

A Soft Answer

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Do you see a man hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 29:20
 
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24
 
The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly,
But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.
Proverbs 15:2
 
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21
 
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to
become in every respect the mature body of him
who is the head, that is, Christ.
Ephesians 4:15

Saturday, February 22, 2014

No Other Name

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
For the wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord
.
Romans 6:23
 
Therefore I said to you that you will die
in your sins; for if you do not believe
that I am He
, you will die in your sins.
John 8:24
 
For God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son
, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
 
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 no other foundation can anyone lay than
that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:11
 
For there is one God and one Mediator between
God and men, the Man Christ Jesus
,  who gave
Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time...
1 Timothy 2:5-6
 
And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His
name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21
 


Friday, February 21, 2014

Marvelous Are Your Works

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
O Lord, how great are Your works!
Your thoughts are very deep.
Psalm 92:5
 
Declare his glory among the nations,
His marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Psalm 96:3
 
They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and
marvelous are Your works
, Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!"
Revelation 15:3

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Love The Lord Your God

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
We love Him because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19
 
You shall love the Lord your God with
all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:5
 
I love the Lord, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
Psalm 116:1
 
Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints!  For the
Lord preserves the faithful, and fully
repays the proud person.
Psalm 31:23
 
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 now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require
of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His
ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul...
Deuteronomy 10:12

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The Lord Is Good

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
For the Lord is good; his
mercy is everlasting, and His
truth endures to all generations.
Psalm 100:5
 
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
Psalm 34:8
 
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.

Psalm 145:8
 
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:25
 
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness,
forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing
that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Romans 2:4

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Let Your Light Shine

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying,
“I am the light of the world. He who follows
Me shall not walk in darkness,
but have the light of life.”

John 8:12
 
For you were once darkness, but now you are
light in the Lord. Walk as children of light...

Ephesians 5:8
 
Do all things without complaining and disputing,
that you may become blameless and harmless,
children of God without fault in the midst of a
crooked and perverse generation, among whom
you shine as lights in the world...

Philippians 2:14-15

Monday, February 17, 2014

Dwell In Unity

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient,
bearing with one another in love. Make every
effort to
keep the unity of the Spirit

through the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:2-3
 
And over all these virtues put on love,
which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:14
 
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with
one another in what you say and that there be no
divisions among you, but that you be perfectly
united in mind and thought
.
1 Corinthians 1:10
 
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement
give you a spirit of unity among yourselves
as you follow Christ Jesus...
Romans 15:5

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Jesus Is The Way

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Nor is there salvation in any other, for there
is no other name under heaven given among
men by which we must be saved.

Acts 4:12
 
He who has the Son has life; he who does not
have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:12
 
For there is one God and one Mediator between God
and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a
ransom for all, to be testified in due time...
1 Timothy 2:5-6
 
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
 
Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you
be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of
sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
Acts 2:38

Saturday, February 15, 2014

A Lying Tongue

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
You shall not bear false
witness
against your neighbor.
Exodus 20:16
 
A faithful witness does not lie,
But a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 14:5
 
You shall not steal, nor deal falsely,
nor lie to one another.
Leviticus 19:11
 
Do not lie to one another, since you have
put off the old man with his
 deeds...
Colossians 3:9
 
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
But those who deal truthfully are His delight.
Proverbs 12:22
 
These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an
abomination to Him: a proud look, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises
wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,
a false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows
discord among brethren.
Proverbs 6:16-19

Friday, February 14, 2014

Who Has Known

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
or as His counselor, has taught Him?

Isaiah 40:13
 
For “who has known the mind of the Lord
that he may instruct Him?” But we
have the mind of Christ. 
1 Corinthians 2:16
 
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your
ways My ways,” says the Lord.  “For as the heavens
are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than
your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts
."Isaiah 55:8-9
 
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.  Who determined its
measurements?  Surely you know!  Or who stretched the
line upon it?  To what were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
Job 38:4-6
 
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge
of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and
His ways past finding out!

Romans 11:33
 


Thursday, February 13, 2014

I Was Glad

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.  Be
thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Psalm 100:4
 
Those who are planted in the house of the
Lord
shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psalm 92:13
 
I will pay my vows to the Lord now in the
presence of all His people, i
n the courts of the
Lord’s house
, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!
Psalm 116:18-19
 
But as for me, I will come into Your house in the
multitude of Your mercy; in fear of You I will
worship toward Your holy temple.
Psalm 5:7
 
Then Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out
all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned
the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who
sold doves.  And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house
shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have
made it a ‘den of thieves.’”
Matthew 21:12-13

~ ~ ~
God On The Mountain - Lynda Randle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCTl4tUYIAg

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Blessed Be The Name

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore!
Psalm 113:2
 
And blessed be His glorious name forever!
And let the whole earth be filled with His glory.
Amen and Amen.
Psalm 72:19
 
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked
I will depart.  The Lord gave and the Lord has taken
away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”
Job 1:21
~ ~ ~
Blessed Be Your Name - Matt Redman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnWKehsOXu8

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Reap Eternal Life

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
Do not be deceived, God is not
mocked; for whatever a man sows,
that he will also reap
.
Galatians 6:7
 
Even as I have seen, those who plow
iniquity and sow trouble reap the same
.
Job 4:8
 
Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,
and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
Proverbs 22:8
 
Those who sow with tears will reap with songs
of joy
.  Those who go out weeping, carrying seed
to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying
sheaves with them.
Psalm 126:5-6
 
Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of
unfailing love
, and break up your unplowed ground;
for it is time to seek the Lord...
Hosea 10:12
 
For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

Monday, February 10, 2014

God Is Love

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
He who does not love does not
know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:8
 
We love Him because He first loved us.
1 John 4:19
 
For God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
 
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who
live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live
in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20
 
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that
while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8
 
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels
nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things
to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Doers Not Hearers Only

(A study/comparison of similar verses)
If you know these things,
blessed are you if you do them.

John 13:17
 
But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’
and not do the things which I say?
Luke 6:46
 
Therefore, to him who knows to do
good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

James 4:17
 
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer,
he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately
forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into
the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and
is not
a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work
, this one
will be blessed in what he does.

James 1:23-25

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Happy Is The Man

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Whoever is patient has great understanding,
but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
Proverbs 14:29
 
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,
who gives generously to all without finding
fault, and it will be given to you.
James 1:5
 
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all
pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full
of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

James 3:17
 
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you
teach and admonish one another with all wisdom
through
psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to
God with gratitude in your hearts.
Colossians 3:16
 
My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands
within you, so that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply
your heart to understanding; yes, if you cry out for discernment,
and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver,
and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand
the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:1-5
 
 


Friday, February 7, 2014

Your Word

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Your word is a lamp for my
feet, a light on my path.

Psalm 119:105
 
Heaven and earth will pass away, but
my words will never pass away.

Matthew 24:35
 
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful
for teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in righteousness...

2 Timothy 3:16
 
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the
message, and the message is heard
through the word about Christ.

Romans 10:17
 
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper
than any double-edged sword,
it penetrates even
to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it
judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
 
For you have been born again, not of perishable
seed, but of imperishable,
through the living
and enduring word of God
.

1 Peter 1:23

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Count It All Joy

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...rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation,
continuing steadfastly in prayer...

Romans 12:12
 
...so that the tested genuineness of your faith - more
precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by
fire
- may be found to result in praise and glory and
honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:7
 
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations,
knowing that tribulation produces perseverance...

Romans 5:3
 
Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial
which is to try you
, as though some
strange thing happened to you...
1 Peter 4:12

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Train A Child

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Fathers, do not provoke your children,
lest they become discouraged.

Colossians 3:21
 
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
 
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children
to wrath, but bring them up in the training
and admonition of the Lord
.

Ephesians 6:4
 
He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who
loves him disciplines him
promptly.

Proverbs 13:24
 
Correct your son, and he will give you rest;
Yes, he will give delight to your soul.
Proverbs 29:17
 
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present,
but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable
fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Hebrews 12:11

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Power And Witness

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For God has not given us a spirit of fear,
but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7
 
...and what is the exceeding greatness of His power
toward us who believe,
according to the
working of His mighty power.
Ephesians 1:19
 
And when they had prayed, the place where they
were assembled together was shaken; and they were
all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke
the word of God with boldness.

Acts 4:31
 
My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long...
Psalm 71:24
 
And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is
the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.
Acts 5:32
 
And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land
 of the Jews and in Jerusalem,
whom they killed by hanging on a tree.
Acts 10:39
 


Monday, February 3, 2014

Hear And Do Not Forsake

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Children, obey your parents in all things,
for this is well pleasing to the Lord.
Colossians 3:20
 
Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
 
My son, keep your father’s command,
and do not forsake the law of your mother.

Proverbs 6:20
 
Every one of you shall revere his mother and his
father
,
and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:3
 
He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother
is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.  Cease
listening to instruction, my son
, and you will stray from
the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 19:26-27

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Redeemed? - Say So!

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...knowing that you were not redeemed with
corruptible things, like silver or gold
, from your
aimless conduct received by tradition from your
fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ,
as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
1 Peter 1:18-19
 
And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy
to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were
slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood
out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation...

Revelation 5:9
 
And when He got into the boat, he who had been
demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with
Him. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to
him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what
great things the Lord has done for you
, and how
He has had compassion on you.”

Mark 5:18-19
 
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature
."

Mark 16:15
 
And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord
working with them and confirming the word
through the accompanying signs. Amen.
Mark 16:20

Saturday, February 1, 2014

His Longsuffering

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But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion,
and gracious, Longsuffering and
abundant in mercy and truth.

Psalm 86:15
 
And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed,
“The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious,
longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth..."

Exodus 34:6
 
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance,
and longsuffering
, not knowing that the goodness
of God leads you to repentance?
Romans 2:4
 
However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first
Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering
, as a pattern to
those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
1 Timothy 1:16
 
...and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation,
as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom
given to him, has written to you...
2 Peter 3:15