Doorkeepers

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. — read the full passage →

And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! — read the full passage →

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! — read the full passage →

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.

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

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

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. — read the full passage →

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. — read the full passage →

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. — read the full passage →

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

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

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

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

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. — read the full passage →

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.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. — read the full passage →

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. — read the full passage →

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains:

And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. — read the full passage →

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

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

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. — read the full passage →

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? — read the full passage →

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! — read the full passage →

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.

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. — read the full passage →

And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. — read the full passage →

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →