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Peter's Pentecost Message
Acts 2:36-38 36 “So, all the people of Israel should know this for certain: God has made Jesus to be Lord and Messiah. He is the man you nailed to the cross!” 37 When the people heard this, they felt very, very sorry. They asked Peter and the other apostles, ...
A False Teacher
3 John 1:9-10 9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome ...
David's Prophecy of Jesus
Acts 2:31-32 31 Peter: "Seeing what was to come, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay. 32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. " ...
What is Good
Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.
Peter on David
Acts 2:29-30 29 Peter: "Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. 30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants ...
The Greatest Joy
3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Peter Summarizes Christ's Life
Acts 2:22-24 22 Peter: "Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. 23 This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; ...
The Wife of Noble Character (Bonus Verses!)
Proverbs 31:10-11 10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. 11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.
Peter Begins to Lead
Acts 2:14-21 14 Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you suppose. ...
God's Treatment of the Wicked
Psalm 7:12-13 12 If a wicked person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. 13 He will prepare his deadly weapons and shoot his flaming arrows.
Wisdom is Precious
Proverbs 8:8-11 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse. 9 To the discerning all of them are right; they are upright to those who have found knowledge. 10 Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than ...
Wisdom's Call
Proverbs 8:1,3- 1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? 3 at the entrance, she cries aloud: 4 “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind. 5 You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, ...
God Scatters the Nations
Genesis 11:8-9 8 So the Lord scattered them from Babylonia over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel - because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them ...
God Creates the Languages
Genesis 11:5-7 The Lord came down to see the city of Babylonia and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. ...
Admitting Our Sins
1 John 1:8-10 8 If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 10 If we claim we have ...
Speaking to All Nations
Acts 2:5-8, 12-13 5 At the time of Pentecost there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem. 6 When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers. ...
God is an Honest Judge
(As you may have noticed, one of the jokes from our Daily Humor app inadvertently slipped into the Daily Bible stream. We apologize for this mistake. Now, on to your Daily Bible Verse.) Psalm 7:10-11 10 God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are ...
Adultery and Death
Proverbs 7:12-23 21 With persuasive words the adultress led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk. 22/23 All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose, until an arrow pierces his liver, like ...
The Tower of Babel Begins
The Tower of Babel Genesis 11:1-4 11 After the time of Noah, the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, "Come, let’s make bricks and ...
God is Light
1 John 1:5-7 5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing ...
The Holy Spirit Comes
Acts 2:1-4 1 On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3 Then, what looked like flames ...
The Meaning of the Rainbow
Genesis 9:14-17 14/15 God said, "Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all ...
The Promise of the Flood
Genesis 9:8-11 8/9/10 Then 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 ...
Psalm 6, part 3
Psalm 6:6-10 6 I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears. 7 My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies. 8 Go away, all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard my ...
See That All Live Rightly
Hebrews 12:14-15 14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. ...