1 Peter 1:7 – That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 2 Corinthians 12:7 – And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance…
Isaiah 5:11-12 – Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. Proverbs…
Acts 3:19 – Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; At the last day, all these fears, diffidence, and darkness, will be quite removed out of our hearts. There shall be no more disturbance in our souls,…
I John 3:14 – We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. I John 4:8 – He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Oh, how many times we can most of us remember when we would gladly have made any compromise with our consciences,…
Acts 15:39 – And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; Galatians 2:1 – Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. Paul and Barnabas got into a little fight…
James 4:14 – Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. The vapor of life is its fleetingness. It is here one minute and gone the next. I was listening to Br. Sam…
Esther 5:13 – Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. John 16:33 – These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the…
Ecclesiastes 9:16-18 – Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much…
Ecclesiastes 7:27-29 – Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. Lo, this only have I found, that God…
2 Corinthians 11:3 – But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. There is a simplicity to the Gospel. The devil does not want us to believe this so, through subtilty, he tries to get…
Ecclesiastes 3:10 – I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. The travail of man can be seen in Solomon’s life. The book of Ecclesiastes could also be called the Book of Frustrations. You can tell as you read through the book that Solomon…
Psalms 16:11 – Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. How shall we rest in God? By giving ourselves wholly to Him. If you give yourself by halves, you cannot find full rest; there will ever be a…
Proverbs 16:31 – The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. 1 Timothy 5:1-2 – Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. The gray beard…
Proverbs 16:27-29 – An ungodly man diggeth up evil:and in his lips there is as a burning fire. A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. James 3:8 – But the tongue can no man tame;…