Genesis 1:1 Creation
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:1 NIV
The Beginning
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1 CEV The Story of Creation
In the beginning God
created the heavens
and the earth.

Genesis 1:1 N The History of Creation
The Creation
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1 KJ21
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.



You meant it for evil... but God meant it for good...

Genesis 50:20 Joseph to His Brother Captors
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is

this day, to save much people alive.

Genesis 50:20 NIV
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done,

the saving of many lives.

Genesis 50:20 CEV
You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best, so that he could save all these

people, as he is now doing.

Genesis 50:20 N
But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as

it is this day, to save many people alive.

Genesis 50:20 KJ21
But as for you, ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good to bring to pass as it is

this day, to save many people alive.


My ways are beyond man's tracing out...

Isaiah 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 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 niv
8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD .
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55 cev
8The LORD says:
"My thoughts and my ways
are not like yours.
9Just as the heavens
are higher than the earth,
my thoughts and my ways
are higher than yours.

Isaiah 55 n
8"For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.
9"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 kj21
8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways," saith the LORD.
9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My

thoughts than your thoughts.


as for me and my house we will serve the Lord

Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether

the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the

Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

niv
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you

will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites,

in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD ."

cev
But if you don't want to worship the LORD, then choose right now! Will you worship the same

idols your ancestors did? Or since you're living on land that once belonged to the Amorites,

maybe you'll worship their gods. I won't. My family and I are going to worship and obey the

LORD!

n
And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve,

whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of

the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

kj21
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether

the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the

Amorites in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."


3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

niv
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

cev
Nothing brings me greater happiness than to hear that my children are obeying the truth.

n
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

kj21
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.


Philippians 3:14
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

niv
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ

Jesus.

cev
I run toward the goal, so that I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the prize that

God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done.

n
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

kj21
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.


Phillipians 4:7
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through

Christ Jesus.

niv
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds

in Christ Jesus.

cev
Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can

completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel.

n
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds

through Christ Jesus.

kj21
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through

Christ Jesus.


Philippians 4:8 Think on these things...
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are

just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good

report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

niv
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever

is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.

cev
Finally, my friends, keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper.

Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.

n
Meditate on These Things
8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just,

whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is

any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things.

kj21
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are

just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good

report, if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things.


Genesis 6:8
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is

this day, to save much people alive. [Joseph speaking to his brothers after they sold him into

slavery in Egypt. Paraphrase, "You meant for evil but God meant it for good."]

Deuteronomy 11
18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a

sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD,

my strength, and my redeemer.

Psalm 23 The 23rd Psalm
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art

with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head

with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house

of the LORD for ever.

Psalm 106:1
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for

ever.

Psalm 106:48
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say,

Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Psalm 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Proverbs 1:23
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words

unto you.

Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her

words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Proverbs 4:4
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments,

and live.

Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:20
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Proverbs 5:7
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Proverbs 7:24
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 8:8
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 22:17
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Proverbs 31:10
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Isaiah 52
6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he

that doth speak: behold, it is I.
7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that

publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto

Zion, Thy God reigneth!
8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see

eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted

his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the

earth shall see the salvation of our God.


Isaiah 53
1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no

form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as

it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken,

smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement

of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD

hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb

to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was

cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no

violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his

soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the

LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my

righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the

strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the

transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 54
1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst

not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married

wife, saith the LORD.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare

not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the

Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put

to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of

thy widowhood any more.
5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy

One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth,

when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have

mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should

no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart

from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on

thee.
11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair

colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of

pleasant stones.
13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt

not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together

against thee shall fall for thy sake.
16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an

instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against

thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their

righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 55
1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy,

and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which

satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight

itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an

everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall

run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified

thee.
6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto

the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my

thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but

watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and

bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it

shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall

break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the

myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut

off.

Isaiah 56
1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and

my righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the

sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 58 Caring for Others
1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression,

and the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and

forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight

in approaching to God.
3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul,

and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your

labours.
4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast

as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his

head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an

acceptable day to the LORD?
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy

burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy

house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine

own flesh?
8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily:

and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rearward.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If

thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking

vanity;
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light

rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy

bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the

foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The

restorer of paths to dwell in.
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call

the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine

own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high

places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD

hath spoken it.

Zechariah 4:6
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel,

saying, Not And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these

things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their

season.


Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and

against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in

his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear

not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 3:6a
For I am the LORD, I change not...

Matthew 6:9-13 The Lord's Prayer
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Matthew 6:25-34 Consider the Lilies...
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall

drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body

than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet

your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil

not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into

the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or,

Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye

have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be

added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of

itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.


Luke 7:7
Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant

shall be healed.

Luke 8:21
And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word

of God, and do it.

Luke 9:26
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed,

when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.

Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath

everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

John 5:47
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

John 8:31
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my

disciples indeed;

John 8:37
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

John 8:43
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

John 12:47
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the

world, but to save the world.

John 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have

spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

John 14:10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you

I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will

love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

John 14:24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the

Father's which sent me.
by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

John 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto

you.

John 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have

persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

John 18:11
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given

me, shall I not drink it?

Acts 2:14
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea,

and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

Acts 15:7
And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren,

ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth

should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

1 Corinthians 2:4
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in

demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

1 Corinthians 14:19
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might

teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.

Ephesians 3:3
How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

Philippians 1:14
And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to

speak the word without fear.

1 John 3:18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Revelation 2:16
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my

mouth.

Revelation 3:8
I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou

hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of

temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Hosea 8:4
They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver

and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. ()

Hosea 8:4
"They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their

silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction." (NIV)

Hosea 8:4
You chose kings and leaders
without consulting me;
you made silver and gold idols
that led to your downfall. (CEV)

Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Copyright 1995 by American Bible Society

Hosea 8:4
They have set up kings, but not by Me; they have made princes, and I knew it not. Of their silver

and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. (KJ21)

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

Hosea 8:4
The people have appointed kings and princes, but not with my consent. By making idols for

themselves from their silver and gold, they have brought about their own destruction. (NLT)

New Living Translation (NLT)

Hosea 8:4
They have set up kings, but not by Me. They have chosen leaders, but I did not know it. They

have made false gods for themselves out of silver and gold, so they will be destroyed. (NLV)

Hosea 8:4
"They set up kings, but not by Me;
They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them.
From their silver and gold
They made idols for themselves--
That they might be cut off. (N)

2 Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly

dividing the word of truth. ()

Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. ()

Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever." (N)

Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever." (NIV)

Isaiah 40:8
Flowers and grass fade away,
but what our God has said
will never change. (CEV)

Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God
stands forever." (NASB)

Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever." (KJ21)