1   Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.  2       Lord, hear my voice!       Let your ears be attentive            to the voice of my supplications! 3   If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,            Lord, who could stand?  4   But there is forgiveness with you,            so that you may be revered. 5   I wait for the LORD, my soul…

11“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. 13“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt…

16Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. 18Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that…

2Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay injured; so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.” 3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go to meet the messengers of the…

“We speak with more than our mouths. We listen with more than our ears.”

1   Transgression speaks to the wicked            deep in their hearts;       there is no fear of God            before their eyes.  2   For they flatter themselves in their own eyes            that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.  3   The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit;            they have ceased to act wisely and do good.  4   They plot…

1When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5“Blessed are the meek,…

2:14Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.  16  “For who has known the mind of the Lord …

29So the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle. 31Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his…

“The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.”