Being Silent

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. — read the full passage →

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? — read the full passage →

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; — read the full passage →

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. — read the full passage →

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. — read the full passage →

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. — read the full passage →

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, — read the full passage →

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. — read the full passage →

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, — read the full passage →

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. — read the full passage →

And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. — read the full passage →

Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: — read the full passage →

Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. — read the full passage →

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) — read the full passage →

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.