Why Me

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

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch. — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, — read the full passage →

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials, — read the full passage →

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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

because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him. — read the full passage →

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

I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patiencewhich arein Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, 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,

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them. — read the full passage →

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil. — read the full passage →

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

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

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

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

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God? — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

But thou didst follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience, — read the full passage →

Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned unto him;

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

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

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. — read the full passage →

He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen. — read the full passage →

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body. — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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

though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord Jehovah.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voiceas of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter. — read the full passage →

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; — read the full passage →

But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come? — read the full passage →

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, — read the full passage →

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope — read the full passage →

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: — read the full passage →

though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

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

For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men. — read the full passage →

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.

And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.

and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

And the high priest said, Are these things so? — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. — read the full passage →

And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.

Of Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?