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Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

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. — read the full passage →

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

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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? — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

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

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. — read the full passage →

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?

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

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: — read the full passage →

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

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 world.

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. — read the full passage →

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? — read the full passage →

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: — read the full passage →

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

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 →

But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?

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.

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.

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

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.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. — read the full passage →

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →