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Wages of the Righteous
Proverbs 10:16 The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
The Rainbow's Meaning
Genesis 9:12-13 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between ...
God's Covenant with Noah
Genesis 9:8-11 8-10 God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came ...
God is not Bound by Temples
Acts 7:48-40 As God said to the prophet Isaiah said, “Since My throne is heaven and since My footstool is earth, what kind of structure can you build to contain Me? What man-made space could provide Me a resting place? Didn't I make all things with My own ...
Solomon's Temple Houses Not God
Acts 7:46-48 46 David found favor with God and asked Him for permission to build a permanent structure (rather than a portable tent) to honor Him. 47 It was, of course, Solomon who actually built God’s house. 48 Yet we all know the Most High God ...
Stephen Continues Moses' Story
Acts 7:39-42 39 But our ancestors still resisted. They again pushed Moses away and refused to follow him. In their hearts, they were ready to return to their former slavery in Egypt. 40 While Moses was on the mountain communing with God, they begged ...
Moses Leads the People
Acts 7:36-38 36 Moses indeed led our ancestors to freedom, and he performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness over a period of 40 years. 37 This Moses promised our ancestors, “The Eternal One your God will ...
Moses is Given His Life's Work
Acts 7:32-34 32 This (God's voice) terrified Moses—he began to tremble and looked away in fear. 33 The voice continued: “Take off your sandals and stand barefoot on the ground in My presence, for this ground is holy ground. 34 I have avidly watched ...
Much Older, Moses Hears the Lord
Acts 7:30-32 30 Forty more years passed. One day while Moses was in the desert near Mount Sinai, a heavenly messenger appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush. 31/32 The phenomenon intrigued Moses; and as he approached for a closer look, he ...
Moses Flees Egypt
Acts 7:26-29 26 The next day Moses was walking among the Israelites again when he observed a fight - but this time, it was between two Israelites. He intervened and tried to reconcile the men. “You two are brothers,” he said. “Why do you attack each other?” ...
Moses' Call
Acts 7:23-25 23 When he reached the age of 40, his heart drew him to visit his kinfolk, our ancestors, the Israelites. 24 During his visit, he saw one of our people being wronged, and he took sides with our people by killing an Egyptian. 25 He thought ...
Moses Born into Persecution
Acts 7:20-22 20/21 ...Moses was raised for three months in his father’s home, and then he was abandoned as the brutal regime required. However, Pharaoh’s daughter found, adopted, and raised him as her own son. 22 So Moses learned the culture and wisdom ...
The Jews Suffer in Egypt
Acts 7:18-20 18 Eventually a new king came to power - one who had not known Joseph when he was the most powerful man in Egypt. 19 This new leader feared the growing population of our ancestors and manipulated them for his own benefit, eventually seeking ...
Joseph Earned Trust
Acts 7:10 - God gave Joseph the favor and wisdom to overcome each adversity and eventually to win the confidence and respect of his captors, including Pharaoh, the king of Egypt himself. So Pharaoh entrusted his whole nation and his whole household to Joseph’s ...
Eat and Multiply
Genesis 9:3,7 3 "Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I (God) gave you the green plants, I now give you everything." 7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”
Accounting for Human Lives
Genesis 9:5-6 5 ..."from each human being, too, I (God) will demand an accounting for the life of another human being." 6 “Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind."
After the Flood
Genesis 9:1-2 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth." 2 "The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that ...
Wisdom and Understanding
Proverbs 10: 13 - Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, but a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding.
Delighting in Holy People
Psalm 1:2-4 2 I (David) say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” 3 I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.” 4 Those who run after other gods will suffer more ...
Faith is the Beginning and the End
Romans 1:16-17 16 For I am not the least bit embarrassed about the gospel. I won’t shy away from it, because it is God’s power to save every person who believes: first the Jew, and then the non-Jew. 17 You see, in the good news, God’s restorative justice ...
God Rescued Joseph
Acts 7:8-10 8 ...Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered the twelve patriarchs. 9 The patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, so they sold him as a slave into Egypt. Even so, God was with him; 10 and time after time, God rescued Joseph ...
Stephen Invokes Abraham
Acts 7:1-2, 1 High Priest: What do you have to say for yourself? Are these accusations accurate? 2 Stephen: Brothers, fathers, please listen to me. Our glorious God revealed Himself to our common ancestor Abraham, when he lived far away in Mesopotamia ...
God Gives Wisdom to Believers
James 1:5-7 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown ...
Laziness will Rob a Person
Proverbs 6:9-11 9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— 11 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed ...
Better to be Humble
Proverbs 12:9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.