Destiny

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.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

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.

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.

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

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: — read the full passage →

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

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

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.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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:

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. — read the full passage →

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

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.

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

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

And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — 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:

Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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

Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; — read the full passage →

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: — read the full passage →

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; — read the full passage →

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Rejoice evermore.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. — read the full passage →

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

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 →

I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. — read the full passage →