Confusion

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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. — read the full passage →

Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

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.

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

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

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.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

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

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

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

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. — read the full passage →

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.

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.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — read the full passage →

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God. — read the full passage →

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. — read the full passage →

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. — read the full passage →

And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. — read the full passage →

And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. — read the full passage →

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. — read the full passage →

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. — read the full passage →

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

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 →

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

And God spake all these words, saying, — 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:

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. — read the full passage →

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.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.