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God's Son, part II
Hebrews 1:10-1210 God also said about Jesus, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, like a robe you will roll them ...
God's Son
Hebrews 1:8-9 Of the Son God says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness ...
God's First Born
Hebrews 1:6-7 6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God's angels worship him.” 7 Of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.”
God and Angels
Hebrews 1:5 To which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?
Radiance of God
Hebrews 1:3-4 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much ...
The Supremacy of God's Son
Hebrews 1:1-2 1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
Wise Hearts
Proverbs 16_23-24 23 The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. 24 Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Who May Approach God?
Psalm 15:1-2 - a psalm of David 1 Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? 2 Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts.
Better
Proverbs 16:8 Better to have little, with godliness, than to be rich and dishonest.
Isaac is Blessed
Genesis 26:26-29 26 Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces. 27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?” 28/29 They ...
Isaac's Increase
Genesis 26:23-24 23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba. 24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants ...
Isaac's Wells part 2
Genesis 26:19-22 19/20 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water, the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended ...
Isaac's Wells part 1
Genesis 26:17-18 17 So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death ...
Isaac Sent Away
Genesis 26:12-16 12/13 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him, and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy. 14 He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, ...
Isaac and Abimelech
Genesis 26:6-11 6/7 So Isaac settled in Gerar. When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive ...
Avoid Evil
Proverbs 16:17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
Hear, God
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Raising Children
Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Steadfast Love
Proverbs 16:6 By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.
Jacob Tricks Esau, III
Genesis 25:34 Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. Esau ate and drank. Then he got up and left. So Esau didn’t care anything at all about the rights that belonged to him as the oldest son.
Jacob Tricks Esau, II
Genesis 25:32-33 32 “Look, I’m dying of hunger,” Esau said. “What good are those rights to me?” 33 But Jacob said, “First promise me with an oath that you are selling me your rights.” So Esau promised to do it. He sold Jacob all of the rights that belonged ...
Jacob Tricks Esau
Genesis 25:29-31 29 One day Jacob was cooking some stew. Esau came in from the open country. He was very hungry. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick! Let me have some of that red stew! I’m very hungry!” (That’s why he was also named Edom.) 31 Jacob replied, ...
Jacob and Esau Grow
Genesis 25:27-28 27 When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Arrogant in Heart
Proverbs 16:5 Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
Everything has a Purpose
Proverbs 16:4 The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.