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- In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.Genesis ch. 1, v. 1 - And the evening and the morning were the first day.Genesis ch. 1, v. 5
- And God saw that it was good.Genesis ch. 1, v. 10
- And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.Genesis ch. 1, v. 26
- Be fruitful, and multiply.Genesis ch. 1, v. 28
- And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden.Genesis ch. 2, v. 8
- The tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.Genesis ch. 2, v. 9
- It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.Genesis ch. 2, v. 18
- And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman.Genesis ch. 2, v. 22
- Bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.Genesis ch. 2, v. 23; see Milton
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.Genesis ch. 2, v. 24
- Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field.Genesis ch. 3, v. 1
- Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.Genesis ch. 3, v. 5
- And they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.Genesis ch. 3, v. 7 - The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.Genesis ch. 3, v. 12
- The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.Genesis ch. 3, v. 13
- It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.Genesis ch. 3, v. 15
- In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children.Genesis ch. 3, v. 16
- In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.Genesis ch. 3, v. 19
- For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.Genesis ch. 3, v. 19; see Longfellow
- Am I my brother's keeper?Genesis ch. 4, v. 9
- And the Lord set a mark upon Cain.Genesis ch. 4, v. 15
- And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.Genesis ch. 4, v. 16
- And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.Genesis ch. 5, v. 24
- There were giants in the earth in those days.Genesis ch. 6, v. 4
- There went in two and two unto Noah into the Ark, the male and the female.Genesis ch. 7, v. 9
- For the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.Genesis ch. 8, v. 21
- I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.Genesis ch. 9, v. 13
- Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.Genesis ch. 10, v. 9
- His [Ishmael's] hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him.Genesis ch. 16, v. 12
- But his [Lot's] wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.Genesis ch. 19, v. 26
- Esau selleth his birthright for a mess of pottage.chapter heading in Geneva Bible, 1560Genesis ch. 25
- Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.Genesis ch. 27, v. 11
- The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.Genesis ch. 27, v. 22
- And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.Genesis ch. 28, v. 12
- And Jacob served seven years for Rachel.Genesis ch. 29, v. 20
- The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.Genesis ch. 31, v. 49
- He made him a coat of many colours.Genesis ch. 37, v. 3
- Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt.Genesis ch. 42, v. 1
- Then shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave.Genesis ch. 42, v. 38
- Ye shall eat the fat of the land.Genesis ch. 45, v. 18
- I have been a stranger in a strange land.Exodus ch. 2, v. 22
- Behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.Exodus ch. 3, v. 2
- Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.Exodus ch. 3, v. 5
- A land flowing with milk and honey.Exodus ch. 3, v. 8
- I am that I am.Exodus ch. 3, v. 14
- Let my people go.Exodus ch. 7, v. 16
- Darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.Exodus ch. 10, v. 21
- And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.Exodus ch. 12, v. 8
- Ye shall eat it in haste; it is the Lord's passover.Exodus ch. 12, v. 11
- For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast.Exodus ch. 12, v. 12
- And they spoiled the Egyptians.Exodus ch. 12, v. 36
- And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light.Exodus ch. 13, v. 21
- Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full.Exodus ch. 16, v. 3
- I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.Exodus ch. 20, v. 2 - I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.Exodus ch. 20, v. 5; see Book of Common Prayer
- Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.Exodus ch. 20, v. 7
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.Exodus ch. 20, v. 8
- Honour thy father and thy mother.Exodus ch. 20, v. 12
- Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife.Exodus ch. 20, v. 13; see Book of Common Prayer - Life for life,
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.Exodus ch. 21, v. 23 - Let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.Leviticus ch. 16, v. 10
- Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.Leviticus ch. 18, v. 5; see Talmud
- Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Leviticus ch. 19, v. 18; see Bible
- The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.Numbers ch. 6, v. 24 - What hath God wrought!quoted by Samuel Morse in the first electric telegraph message, 24 May 1844Numbers ch. 23, v. 23
- Be sure your sin will find you out.Numbers ch. 32, v. 23
- Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.Deuteronomy ch. 6, v. 4; see Siddur
- If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams…Thou shalt not hearken.Deuteronomy ch. 13, v. 1
- The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.Deuteronomy ch. 33, v. 27
- When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat.Joshua ch. 6, v. 20
- Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation.Joshua ch. 9, v. 21
- I am going the way of all the earth.Joshua ch. 23, v. 14
- The stars in their courses fought against Sisera.Judges ch. 5, v. 20
- Faint, yet pursuing.Judges ch. 8, v. 4
- Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.Judges ch. 14, v. 14
- He smote them hip and thigh.Judges ch. 15, v. 8
- With the jawbone of an ass…have I slain a thousand men.Judges ch. 15, v. 16
- Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:Ruth ch. 1, v. 16
- Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth.I Samuel ch. 3, v. 9
- And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel.I Samuel ch. 4, v. 21
- God save the king.I Samuel ch. 10, v. 24
- A man after his own heart.I Samuel ch. 13, v. 14
- For the Lord seeth not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.I Samuel ch. 16, v. 7
- Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.I Samuel ch. 18, v. 7
- The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!II Samuel ch. 1, v. 19
- Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice.II Samuel ch. 1, v. 20
- Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided.II Samuel ch. 1, v. 23
- I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.II Samuel ch. 1, v. 26
- And David danced before the Lord with all his might.II Samuel ch. 6, v. 14
- Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle.II Samuel ch. 10, v. 15
- The poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb.II Samuel ch. 12, v. 3
- For we needs must die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person.II Samuel ch. 14, v. 14
- O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!II Samuel ch. 18, v. 33
- Behold, the half was not told me.I Kings ch. 10, v. 7
- Once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.I Kings ch. 10, v. 22; see Masefield
- My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.I Kings ch. 12, v. 11
- To your tents, O Israel.I Kings ch. 12, v. 16
- An handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse.I Kings ch. 17, v. 12
- How long halt ye between two opinions?I Kings ch. 18, v. 21
- He is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.I Kings ch. 18, v. 27
- There ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.I Kings ch. 18, v. 44
- He girded up his loins.I Kings ch. 18, v. 46
- But the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:
And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.I Kings ch. 19, v. 11 - And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness.I Kings ch. 22, v. 34
- Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.II Kings ch. 2, v. 11
- Go up, thou bald head.II Kings ch. 2, v. 23
- There is death in the pot.II Kings ch. 4, v. 40
- I bow myself in the house of Rimmon.II Kings ch. 5, v. 18
- Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?II Kings ch. 8, v. 13
- The driving is like the driving of Jehu, the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.II Kings ch. 9, v. 20
- She painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.II Kings ch. 9, v. 30
- Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?II Kings ch. 9, v. 31
- Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.Esther ch. 6, v. 9
- And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.Job ch. 1, v. 7
- The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.Job ch. 1, v. 21
- All that a man hath will he give for his life.Job ch. 2, v. 4
- Curse God, and die.Job ch. 2, v. 9
- There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.Job ch. 3, v. 17
- Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.Job ch. 4, v. 15
- Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.Job ch. 5, v. 7
- Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.Job ch. 14, v. 1; see Book of Common Prayer
- Miserable comforters are ye all.Job ch. 16, v. 2
- I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.Job ch. 19, v. 20
- I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.Job ch. 19, v. 25
- The root of the matter is found in me.Job ch. 19, v. 28
- The price of wisdom is above rubies.Job ch. 28, v. 18
- Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?Job ch. 38, v. 2
- Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?Job ch. 38, v. 31
- He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.Job ch. 39, v. 25
- Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?Job ch. 41, v. 1
- Why do the heathen so furiously rage together: and why do the people imagine a vain thing?Psalm 2, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies.Psalm 8, v. 2; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The fool hath said in his heart: There is no God.Psalm 14, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground: yea, I have a goodly heritage.Psalm 16, v. 7; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662). ‘The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places’ as Psalm 16, v. 6 in Authorized Version of the Bible
- The heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy-work.Psalm 19, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The judgements of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey, and the honey-comb.Psalm 19, v. 10; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - My God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou forsaken me?Psalm 22, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- They part my garments among them: and cast lots upon my vesture.Psalm 22, v. 18; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The Lord is my shepherd: therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture: and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.Psalm 23, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662); see Scottish Metrical Psalms. ‘The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters’ in the Authorized Version of the Bible - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me: thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.Psalm 23, v. 4; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662); see Scottish Metrical Psalms - The earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is: the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.Psalm 24, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in.Psalm 24, v. 7; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.Psalm 30, v. 5; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Into thy hands I commend my spirit.Psalm 31, v. 6; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662); see Bible
- Sing unto the Lord a new song.Psalm 33, v. 3; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- O taste and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.Psalm 34, v. 8; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Keep thy tongue from evil: and thy lips, that they speak no guile.Psalm 34, v. 13; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- I have been young, and now am old: and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.Psalm 37, v. 25; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- I myself have seen the ungodly in great power: and flourishing like a green bay-tree.Psalm 37, v. 36; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.Psalm 39, v. 5; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Yea, even mine own familiar friend, whom I trusted.Psalm 41, v. 9; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Like as the hart desireth the water-brooks: so longeth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul is a thirst for God, yea, even for the living God.Psalm 42, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662); see Tate. ‘As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, the living God’ in the Authorized Version of the Bible - My heart is inditing of a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made unto the King.
My tongue is the pen: of a ready writer.Psalm 45, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity.Psalm 45, v. 8; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- God is our hope and strength: a very present help in trouble.Psalm 46, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662); see Anonymous
- Be still then, and know that I am God.Psalm 46, v. 10; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Psalm 51, v. 7; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Make me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within me.Psalm 51, v. 10; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- O that I had wings like a dove: for then would I flee away, and be at rest.Psalm 55, v. 6; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- It was even thou, my companion: my guide, and mine own familiar friend.Psalm 55, v. 14; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- They have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves.Psalm 57, v. 7; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent: even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears;
Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer: charm he never so wisely.Psalm 58, v. 4; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe.Psalm 60, v. 8; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west: nor yet from the south.Psalm 75, v. 7; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.Psalm 84, v. 3; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- For one day in thy courts: is better than a thousand.Psalm 84, v. 10; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other.Psalm 85, v. 10; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday: seeing that is past as a watch in the night.Psalm 90, v. 4; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years: yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.Psalm 90, v. 10; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter.Psalm 91, v. 3; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night: nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
For the pestilence that walketh in darkness: nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day.
A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee.Psalm 91, v. 5; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving.Psalm 95, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness.Psalm 95, v. 8; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth stand in awe of him.Psalm 96, v. 9; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- O sing unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things.Psalm 98, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.Psalm 100, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662); see Bible (Vulgate)
- The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: long-suffering, and of great goodness.Psalm 103, v. 8; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The days of man are but as grass: for he flourisheth as a flower of a field.
For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone: and the place thereof shall know it no more.Psalm 103, v. 15; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - The iron entered into his soul.Psalm 105, v. 18; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- They that go down to the sea in ships: and occupy their business in great waters;
These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep.Psalm 107, v. 23; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man: and are at their wit's end.Psalm 107, v. 27; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The Lord said unto my Lord: Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.Psalm 110, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech.Psalm 110, v. 4; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.Psalm 111, v. 10; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The mountains skipped like rams: and the little hills like young sheep.Psalm 114, v. 4; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the praise.Psalm 115, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662); see Bible (Vulgate)
- They have mouths, and speak not: eyes have they, and see not.
They have ears, and hear not: noses have they, and smell not.Psalm 115, v. 5; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - The snares of death compassed me round about: and the pains of hell gat hold upon me.Psalm 116, v. 3; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- I said in my haste, All men are liars.Psalm 116, v. 10; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The same stone which the builders refused: is become the head-stone in the corner.
This is the Lord's doing: and it is marvellous in our eyes.Psalm 118, v. 22; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord.Psalm 118, v. 26; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: from whence cometh my help.Psalm 121, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- So that the sun shall not burn thee by day: neither the moon by night.Psalm 121, v. 6; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in: from this time forth for evermore.Psalm 121, v. 8; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- I was glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord.Psalm 122, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- They that sow in tears: shall reap in joy.
He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed: shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.Psalm 126, v. 6; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - Except the Lord build the house: their labour is but lost that build it.
Except the Lord keep the city: the watchman waketh but in vain.Psalm 127, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant: even so are the young children.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them.Psalm 127, v. 5; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thine house.
Thy children like the olive-branches: round about thy table.Psalm 128, v. 3; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.Psalm 130, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662); see Bible (Vulgate)
- O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever.Psalm 136, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662); see Milton
- By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept: when we remembered thee, O Sion.Psalm 137, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- If I forget thee, O Jerusalem: let my right hand forget her cunning.Psalm 137, v. 5; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- If I take the wings of the morning: and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.Psalm 139, v. 8; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.Psalm 139, v. 13; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man.Psalm 146, v. 2; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- A joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful.Psalm 147, v. 1; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- To bind their kings in chains: and their nobles with links of iron.Psalm 149, v. 8; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662)
- Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: praise him upon the loud cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath: praise the Lord.Psalm 150, v. 5; text as given in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) - For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth.Proverbs ch. 3, v. 12
- Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.Proverbs ch. 3, v. 17
- Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.Proverbs ch. 4, v. 7
- Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.Proverbs ch. 6, v. 6
- Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars.Proverbs ch. 9, v. 1
- Stolen waters are sweet.Proverbs ch. 9, v. 17
- A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.Proverbs ch. 10, v. 1
- A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.Proverbs ch. 12, v. 10
- Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.Proverbs ch. 12, v. 22; see Anonymous
- Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.Proverbs ch. 13, v. 12
- The way of transgressors is hard.Proverbs ch. 13, v. 15
- The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.Proverbs ch. 13, v. 19
- He that spareth his rod hateth his son.Proverbs ch. 13, v. 24
- A soft answer turneth away wrath.Proverbs ch. 15, v. 1
- A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.Proverbs ch. 15, v. 13
- Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.‘Better is a mess of pottage with love, than a fat ox with evil will’ in Matthew's Bible (1535)Proverbs ch. 15, v. 17
- A word spoken in due season, how good is it!Proverbs ch. 15, v. 23
- Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.Proverbs ch. 16, v. 18
- A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.Proverbs ch. 17, v. 22
- There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.Proverbs ch. 18, v. 24; see Kipling
- Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.Proverbs ch. 20, v. 1
- Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.Proverbs ch. 22, v. 6
- A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.Proverbs ch. 25, v. 11
- If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.Proverbs ch. 25, v. 21 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.Proverbs ch. 25, v. 25
- Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.Proverbs ch. 26, v. 4 - As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.Proverbs ch. 26, v. 11
- The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.Proverbs ch. 28, v. 1
- Where there is no vision, the people perish.Proverbs ch. 29, v. 18
- There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.Proverbs ch. 30, v. 18 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.Proverbs ch. 31, v. 10
- Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.Ecclesiastes ch. 1, v. 2; see Bible (Vulgate)
- The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.Ecclesiastes ch. 1, v. 9
- He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.Ecclesiastes ch. 1, v. 18
- To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.Ecclesiastes ch. 3, v. 1 - A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.Ecclesiastes ch. 3, v. 4
- A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.Ecclesiastes ch. 3, v. 1
- A threefold cord is not quickly broken.Ecclesiastes ch. 4, v. 12
- Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.Ecclesiastes ch. 7, v. 8
- God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.Ecclesiastes ch. 7, v. 29
- There is no discharge in that war.Ecclesiastes ch. 8, v. 8
- A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry.
- A living dog is better than a dead lion.Ecclesiastes ch. 9, v. 4
- Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.Ecclesiastes ch. 9, v. 10
- The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.Ecclesiastes ch. 9, v. 11
- He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it.Ecclesiastes ch. 10, v. 8
- Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child.Ecclesiastes ch. 10, v. 16
- Wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.Ecclesiastes ch. 10, v. 19
- Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.Ecclesiastes ch. 11, v. 1
- In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.Ecclesiastes ch. 11, v. 3
- Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.Ecclesiastes ch. 12, v. 1
- Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken.Ecclesiastes ch. 12, v. 6
- Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.Ecclesiastes ch. 12, v. 12
- Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.Ecclesiastes ch. 12, v. 13
- I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.Song of Solomon ch. 2, v. 1
- The time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.Song of Solomon ch. 2, v. 10
- My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away.Song of Solomon ch. 2, v. 16 - A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.Song of Solomon ch. 4, v. 12
- Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.Song of Solomon ch. 4, v. 16
- Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?Song of Solomon ch. 6, v. 10
- Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.Song of Solomon ch. 8, v. 6
- Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.Song of Solomon ch. 8, v. 7
- Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.Isaiah ch. 1, v. 18
- They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.Isaiah ch. 2, v. 4 (Micah ch. 4, v. 3, Joel ch. 3, v. 10 have same image); see Rendall
- What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor?Isaiah ch. 3, v. 15
- Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place.Isaiah ch. 5, v. 8
- Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.Isaiah ch. 6, v. 2 - Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips.Isaiah ch. 6, v. 5
- Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.Isaiah ch. 6, v. 8
- Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.Isaiah ch. 7, v. 14
- The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.Isaiah ch. 9, v. 2
- For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Isaiah ch. 9, v. 6
- And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.Isaiah ch. 11, v. 1 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.Isaiah ch. 11, v. 6
- They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.Isaiah ch. 11, v. 9
- How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!Isaiah ch. 14, v. 12
- Watchman, what of the night?Isaiah ch. 21, v. 11
- Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
- He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.Isaiah ch. 25, v. 8
- For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.Isaiah ch. 28, v. 10
- We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.Isaiah ch. 28, v. 15; see Garrison
- The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.Isaiah ch. 35, v. 1
- Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished.Isaiah ch. 40, v. 1 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:Isaiah ch. 40, v. 3; see Bible - All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.Isaiah ch. 40, v. 6; see Bible - He shall feed his flock like a shepherd.Isaiah ch. 40, v. 11
- They shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.Isaiah ch. 40, v. 31
- A bruised reed shall he not break.Isaiah ch. 42, v. 3
- There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.Isaiah ch. 48, v. 22
- How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings.Isaiah ch. 52, v. 7
- For they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem.Isaiah ch. 52, v. 8 - He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.Isaiah ch. 53, v. 3
- But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities.Isaiah ch. 53, v. 5
- All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way.Isaiah ch. 53, v. 6
- He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.Isaiah ch. 53, v. 7
- Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.Isaiah ch. 55, v. 6
- For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.Isaiah ch. 55, v. 8
- Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.Isaiah ch. 56, v. 7; see Bible
- Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.Isaiah ch. 60, v. 1
- To bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God.Isaiah ch. 61, v. 1 - Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou.Isaiah ch. 65, v. 5
- For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.Isaiah ch. 65, v. 17
- The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.Jeremiah ch. 8, v. 20
- Is there no balm in Gilead?Jeremiah ch. 8, v. 22
- Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?Jeremiah ch. 13, v. 23
- The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.Jeremiah ch. 17, v. 9
- Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.Lamentations ch. 1, v. 12
- Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.Lamentations ch. 3, v. 19
- The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.Ezekiel ch. 18, v. 2
- When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.Ezekiel ch. 18, v. 27
- The king of Babylon stood at the parting of the ways.Ezekiel ch. 21, v. 21
- Can these bones live?Ezekiel ch. 37, v. 3
- O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.Ezekiel ch. 37, v. 4
- Cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.Daniel ch. 3, v. 4
- And this is the writing that was written, mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.
This is the interpretation of the thing: mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.
peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.Daniel ch. 5, v. 25 - Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.Daniel ch. 6, v. 8
- The Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool.Daniel ch. 7, v. 9
- They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.Hosea ch. 8, v. 7
- I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.Joel ch. 2, v. 25
- Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.Joel ch. 2, v. 28
- Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision.Joel ch. 3, v. 14
- What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?Micah ch. 6, v. 8
- Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.Habakkuk ch. 2, v. 2
- But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.Malachi ch. 4, v. 2
- Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.I Esdras (Apocrypha) ch. 4, v. 41; see Bible (Vulgate)
- I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out.II Esdras (Apocrypha) ch. 14, v. 25; see Latimer
- But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.Wisdom of Solomon (Apocrypha) ch. 3, v. 1
- A faithful friend is the medicine of life.Ecclesiasticus (Apocrypha) ch. 6, v. 16
- Judge none blessed before his death.Ecclesiasticus (Apocrypha) ch. 11, v. 28; see Solon
- He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.Ecclesiasticus (Apocrypha) ch. 13, v. 1
- A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong.Ecclesiasticus (Apocrypha) ch. 26, v. 29
- Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.Ecclesiasticus (Apocrypha) ch. 44, v. 1
- And some there be, which have no memorial…and are become as though they had never been born…
But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten…
Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.
Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.Ecclesiasticus (Apocrypha) ch. 44, v. 9 - It is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.II Maccabees (Apocrypha) ch. 2, v. 32
- When he was at the last gasp.II Maccabees (Apocrypha) ch. 7, v. 9
- There came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.St Matthew ch. 2, v. 1 - They presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.St Matthew ch. 2, v. 11
- In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.St Matthew ch. 2, v. 18; quoting Jeremiah ch. 31, v. 15
- Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.St Matthew ch. 3, v. 2
- The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.St Matthew ch. 3, v. 3; see Bible
- John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.St Matthew ch. 3, v. 4
- This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.St Matthew ch. 3, v. 17
- Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.St Matthew ch. 4, v. 4, echoing Deuteronomy ch. 8, v. 3
- Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.St Matthew ch. 4, v. 7, echoing Deuteronomy ch. 6, v. 16
- The devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.St Matthew ch. 4, v. 8
- Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.St Matthew ch. 4, v. 19
- Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.St Matthew ch. 5, v. 3 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?St Matthew ch. 5, v. 13
- Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.St Matthew ch. 5, v. 14
- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.St Matthew ch. 5, v. 16
- Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.St Matthew ch. 5, v. 39
- Whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.St Matthew ch. 5, v. 41
- He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.St Matthew ch. 5, v. 45; see Bowen
- Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.St Matthew ch. 5, v. 48
- When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.St Matthew ch. 6, v. 3
- After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.St Matthew ch. 6, v. 9; see Book of Common Prayer, Missal - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.St Matthew ch. 6, v. 19 - Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.St Matthew ch. 6, v. 21
- No man can serve two masters…Ye cannot serve God and mammon.St Matthew ch. 6, v. 24
- Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.St Matthew ch. 6, v. 28 - Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.St Matthew ch. 6, v. 33
- Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.St Matthew ch. 6, v. 34
- Judge not, that ye be not judged.St Matthew ch. 7, v. 1
- Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?St Matthew ch. 7, v. 3
- Neither cast ye your pearls before swine.St Matthew ch. 7, v. 6
- Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.St Matthew ch. 7, v. 7
- Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?St Matthew ch. 7, v. 9
- Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.St Matthew ch. 7, v. 12
- Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat.St Matthew ch. 7, v. 13
- Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.St Matthew ch. 7, v. 14
- Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.St Matthew ch. 7, v. 15
- By their fruits ye shall know them.St Matthew ch. 7, v. 20
- Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof.St Matthew ch. 8, v. 8; see Missal
- But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.St Matthew ch. 8, v. 12
- The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.St Matthew ch. 8, v. 20
- Let the dead bury their dead.St Matthew ch. 8, v. 22
- They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.St Matthew ch. 9, v. 12
- I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.St Matthew ch. 9, v. 13
- Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.St Matthew ch. 9, v. 17
- Thy faith hath made thee whole.St Matthew ch. 9, v. 22
- The maid is not dead, but sleepeth.St Matthew ch. 9, v. 24
- The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.St Matthew ch. 9, v. 37
- Freely ye have received, freely give.St Matthew ch. 10, v. 8
- When ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.St Matthew ch. 10, v. 14
- Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.St Matthew ch. 10, v. 16
- Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
The very hairs of your head are all numbered.St Matthew ch. 10, v. 29; see Bible - I came not to send peace, but a sword.St Matthew ch. 10, v. 34
- He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.St Matthew ch. 10, v. 39
- What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?St Matthew ch. 11, v. 7
- Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.St Matthew ch. 11, v. 28
- For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.St Matthew ch. 11, v. 28
- He that is not with me is against me.St Matthew ch. 12, v. 30 and St Luke ch. 11, v. 23
- The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.St Matthew ch. 12, v. 31
- Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.St Matthew ch. 12, v. 34
- And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them:
But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.St Matthew ch. 13, v. 7 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed.St Matthew ch. 13, v. 31
- The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.St Matthew ch. 13, v. 45 - A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.St Matthew ch. 13, v. 57
- Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.St Matthew ch. 14, v. 27
- O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?St Matthew ch. 14, v. 31
- They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.St Matthew ch. 15, v. 14
- The dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.St Matthew ch. 15, v. 27
- Can ye not discern the signs of the times?St Matthew ch. 16, v. 3
- Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.St Matthew ch. 16, v. 18
- Get thee behind me, Satan.St Matthew ch. 16, v. 23
- If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove.St Matthew ch. 17, v. 20
- Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.St Matthew ch. 18, v. 3
- Whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.St Matthew ch. 18, v. 5 - If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee.St Matthew ch. 18, v. 9
- For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.St Matthew ch. 18, v. 20
- Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but Until seventy times seven.St Matthew ch. 18, v. 21 - What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.St Matthew ch. 19, v. 6; see Book of Common Prayer
- If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven.St Matthew ch. 19, v. 21
- It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.St Matthew ch. 19, v. 24. See also St Luke ch. 18, v. 24
- With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.St Matthew ch. 19, v. 26
- But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.St Matthew ch. 19, v. 30
- The burden and heat of the day.St Matthew ch. 20, v. 12
- I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.St Matthew ch. 20, v. 14
- It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.St Matthew ch. 21, v. 13; see Bible
- For many are called, but few are chosen.St Matthew ch. 22, v. 14
- Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.St Matthew ch. 22, v. 21
- For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage.St Matthew ch. 22, v. 30
- Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.St Matthew ch. 22, v. 38; see Bible - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!St Matthew ch. 23, v. 23
- Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.St Matthew ch. 23, v. 24
- Ye are like unto whited sepulchres.St Matthew ch. 23, v. 27
- Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars.St Matthew ch. 24, v. 6
- For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.St Matthew ch. 24, v. 7
- The abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophetSt Matthew ch. 24, v. 15, referring to Daniel ch. 12, v. 11
- Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.St Matthew ch. 24, v. 28
- Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.St Matthew ch. 24, v. 35
- One shall be taken, and the other left.St Matthew ch. 24, v. 40
- Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.St Matthew ch. 24, v. 42
- Well done, thou good and faithful servant.St Matthew ch. 25, v. 21
- Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.St Matthew ch. 25, v. 29
- And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.St Matthew ch. 25, v. 33
- I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.St Matthew ch. 25, v. 35 - Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.St Matthew ch. 25, v. 40
- And they covenanted with him [Judas Iscariot] for thirty pieces of silver.St Matthew ch. 26, v. 15
- It had been good for that man if he had not been born.St Matthew ch. 26, v. 24
- Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.St Matthew ch. 26, v. 26
- This night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.St Matthew ch. 26, v. 34 (to St Peter)
- If it be possible, let this cup pass from me.St Matthew ch. 26, v. 39
- What, could ye not watch with me one hour?St Matthew ch. 26, v. 40
- Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak.St Matthew ch. 26, v. 41
- All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.St Matthew ch. 26, v. 52
- He [Pilate] took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.St Matthew ch. 27, v. 24
- His blood be on us, and on our children.St Matthew ch. 27, v. 25
- He saved others; himself he cannot save.St Matthew ch. 27, v. 42
- Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?…My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?St Matthew ch. 27, v. 46; see Bible
- And, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.St Matthew ch. 28, v. 20
- The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.St Mark ch. 2, v. 27
- How can Satan cast out Satan?St Mark ch. 3, v. 23
- If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.St Mark ch. 3, v. 25; see Lincoln
- He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.St Mark ch. 4, v. 9
- My name is Legion: for we are many.St Mark ch. 5, v. 9
- For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?St Mark ch. 8, v. 36; see Bolt
- Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.St Mark ch. 9, v. 24
- Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.St Mark ch. 10, v. 14
- Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.St Luke ch. 1, v. 28 (the angel to the Virgin Mary)
- And Mary said,
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.St Luke ch. 1, v. 46, known as the Magnificat; beginning ‘Tell out my soul, the greatness of the Lord’ in New English Bible; see Bible (Vulgate) - He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.St Luke ch. 1, v. 51 (the Magnificat) - And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.St Luke ch. 2, v. 1
- She brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.St Luke ch. 2, v. 7
- Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy.St Luke ch. 2, v. 10 (the angel to the shepherds)
- Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.St Luke ch. 2, v. 14 (the angels to the shepherds); see Missal
- But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.St Luke ch. 2, v. 19
- Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.St Luke ch. 2, v. 29 (Simeon); see Bible (Vulgate)
- Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also.St Luke ch. 2, v. 35 (Simeon to the Virgin Mary)
- Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?St Luke ch. 2, v. 49
- Physician, heal thyself.St Luke ch. 4, v. 23
- Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!St Luke ch. 6, v. 26
- Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you.St Luke ch. 6, v. 27
- Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.St Luke ch. 6, v. 38
- Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much.St Luke ch. 7, v. 47
- No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.St Luke ch. 9, v. 62
- For the labourer is worthy of his hire.St Luke ch. 10, v. 7
- A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves.St Luke ch. 10, v. 30
- He passed by on the other side.St Luke ch. 10, v. 31
- Go, and do thou likewise.St Luke ch. 10, v. 37
- But Martha was cumbered about much serving.St Luke ch. 10, v. 40
- Mary hath chosen that good part.St Luke ch. 10, v. 42
- Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?St Luke ch. 12, v. 6; see Bible
- Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
- Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee.St Luke ch. 12, v. 20
- Friend, go up higher.St Luke ch. 14, v. 10
- For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.St Luke ch. 14, v. 11; St Matthew ch. 23, v. 12 is similar
- I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.St Luke ch. 14, v. 20
- Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.St Luke ch. 14, v. 21
- Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in.St Luke ch. 14, v. 23
- Leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness.St Luke ch. 15, v. 4
- Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.St Luke ch. 15, v. 6
- Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.St Luke ch. 15, v. 7
- There wasted his substance with riotous living.St Luke ch. 15, v. 13
- I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.St Luke ch. 15, v. 18 - Bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it.St Luke ch. 15, v. 23
- This my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.St Luke ch. 15, v. 24
- The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.St Luke ch. 16, v. 8
- Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness.St Luke ch. 16, v. 9
- He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.St Luke ch. 16, v. 10
- Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table.St Luke ch. 16, v. 21
- Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.St Luke ch. 16, v. 26
- The kingdom of God is within you.St Luke ch. 17, v. 21
- Remember Lot's wife.St Luke ch. 17, v. 32
- God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are.St Luke ch. 18, v. 11
- God be merciful to me a sinner.St Luke ch. 18, v. 13
- Not my will, but thine, be done.St Luke ch. 22, v. 42
- Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do.St Luke ch. 23, v. 34
- Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.St Luke ch. 23, v. 42 (said by the Penitent Thief)
- To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.St Luke ch. 23, v. 43 (to the Penitent Thief)
- Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.St Luke ch. 23, v. 46; see Bible
- He was known of them in breaking of bread.St Luke ch. 24, v. 35
- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.St John ch. 1, v. 1
- All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.St John ch. 1, v. 3
- And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.St John ch. 1, v. 5
- There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.St John ch. 1, v. 6
- He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.St John ch. 1, v. 8 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.St John ch. 1, v. 10 - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.St John ch. 1, v. 14; see Missal
- He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.St John ch. 1, v. 27 (said by St John the Baptist)
- Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.St John ch. 1, v. 29; see Missal
- Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?St John ch. 1, v. 46
- Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!St John ch. 1, v. 47
- Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.St John ch. 2, v. 4
- Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.St John ch. 3, v. 3
- The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth.St John ch. 3, v. 8
- God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.St John ch. 3, v. 16
- Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.St John ch. 4, v. 48
- Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.St John ch. 5, v. 8
- I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.St John ch. 6, v. 35
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.St John ch. 6, v. 47
- And the scribes and the Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery.St John ch. 8, v. 3
- He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.St John ch. 8, v. 7
- Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.St John ch. 8, v. 11
- And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.St John ch. 8, v. 32
- I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.St John ch. 10, v. 11
- I am the resurrection, and the life.St John ch. 11, v. 25
- Jesus wept.St John ch. 11, v. 35
- It is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people.St John ch. 11, v. 50 (said by Caiaphas)
- The poor always ye have with you.St John ch. 12, v. 8
- Let not your heart be troubled.St John ch. 14, v. 1
- In my Father's house are many mansions…I go to prepare a place for you.St John ch. 14, v. 2
- I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.St John ch. 14, v. 6
- Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.St John ch. 14, v. 27
- Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.St John ch. 15, v. 13; see Thorpe
- Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?St John ch. 18, v. 38; see Bacon
- Now Barabbas was a robber.St John ch. 18, v. 40; see Campbell
- A place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha.St John ch. 19, v. 17
- What I have written I have written.St John ch. 19, v. 22 (said by Pilate)
- Woman, behold thy son!…
Behold thy mother!St John ch. 19, v. 26 (to the Virgin Mary and, traditionally, St John) - I thirst.St John ch. 19, v. 28
- It is finished.St John ch. 19, v. 30; see Bible (Vulgate)
- Touch me not.St John ch. 20, v. 17 (to St Mary Magdalene); see Bible (Vulgate)
- Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.St John ch. 20, v. 25 (said by St Thomas)
- Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.St John ch. 20, v. 28
- Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.St John ch. 20, v. 29
- Feed my sheep.St John ch. 21, v. 16
- Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?Acts of the Apostles ch. 1, v. 11
- And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire.Acts of the Apostles ch. 2, v. 2 - Thy money perish with thee.Acts of the Apostles ch. 8, v. 20 (to Simon Magus)
- Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?Acts of the Apostles ch. 9, v. 4
- It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.Acts of the Apostles ch. 9, v. 5
- The street which is called Straight.Acts of the Apostles ch. 9, v. 11
- God is no respecter of persons.Acts of the Apostles ch. 10, v. 34
- Come over into Macedonia, and help us.Acts of the Apostles ch. 16, v. 9
- What must I do to be saved?Acts of the Apostles ch. 16, v. 30
- Certain lewd fellows of the baser sort.Acts of the Apostles ch. 17, v. 5
- Those that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.Acts of the Apostles ch. 17, v. 6
- I found an altar with this inscription, to the unknown god.Acts of the Apostles ch. 17, v. 22
- For in him we live, and move, and have our being.Acts of the Apostles ch. 17, v. 28
- Great is Diana of the Ephesians.Acts of the Apostles ch. 19, v. 34
- It is more blessed to give than to receive.Acts of the Apostles ch. 20, v. 35
- Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.Acts of the Apostles ch. 26, v. 24
- Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.Acts of the Apostles ch. 26, v. 28
- Patient continuance in well doing.Romans ch. 2, v. 7
- A law unto themselves.Romans ch. 2, v. 14
- For where no law is, there is no transgression.Romans ch. 4, v. 15
- Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?Romans ch. 6, v. 1
- We also should walk in newness of life.Romans ch. 6, v. 4
- Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.Romans ch. 6, v. 9; see Thomas
- The wages of sin is death.Romans ch. 6, v. 23
- I had not known sin, but by the law.Romans ch. 7, v. 7
- For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.Romans ch. 7, v. 19; see Ovid
- All things work together for good to them that love God.Romans ch. 8, v. 28
- If God be for us, who can be against us?Romans ch. 8, v. 31
- For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans ch. 8, v. 38 - Hath not the potter power over the clay?Romans ch. 9, v. 21
- Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God.Romans ch. 12, v. 1
- Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.Romans ch. 12, v. 19
- Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.Romans ch. 13, v. 12
- Salute one another with an holy kiss.Romans ch. 16, v. 16
- The foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.I Corinthians ch. 1, v. 21
- For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom.I Corinthians ch. 1, v. 22
- We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness.I Corinthians ch. 1, v. 23
- I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.I Corinthians ch. 3, v. 6
- Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost.I Corinthians ch. 6, v. 19
- It is better to marry than to burn.I Corinthians ch. 7, v. 9
- I am made all things to all men.I Corinthians ch. 9, v. 22
- For the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof.I Corinthians ch. 10, v. 26; see Bible
- Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her.I Corinthians ch. 11, v. 14 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith; so that I could remove mountains; and have not charity, I am nothing.I Corinthians ch. 13, v. 1 - Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up…
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity never faileth.‘Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; It does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends’ in the Revised Standard Version (1946–57)I Corinthians ch. 13, v. 4 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.I Corinthians ch. 13, v. 9
- When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.I Corinthians ch. 13, v. 11 - Let all things be done decently and in order.I Corinthians ch. 14, v. 40
- But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 20 - The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 26
- If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
- Evil communications corrupt good manners.I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 33
- The first man is of the earth, earthy.I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 47
- Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 51 - O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?I Corinthians ch. 15, v. 55
- The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.II Corinthians ch. 3, v. 5
- We have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.II Corinthians ch. 5, v. 1; see Browning
- God loveth a cheerful giver.II Corinthians ch. 9, v. 7
- For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.II Corinthians ch. 11, v. 19
- There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.II Corinthians ch. 12, v. 7
- Ye are fallen from grace.Galatians ch. 5, v. 4
- Bear ye one another's burdens.Galatians ch. 6, v. 2
- Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.Galatians ch. 6, v. 7
- Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.Galatians ch. 6, v. 9; ‘Be not weary in well doing’ in II Thessalonians ch. 3, v. 13
- The unsearchable riches of Christ.Ephesians ch. 3, v. 8
- We are members one of another.Ephesians ch. 4, v. 25
- Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.Ephesians ch. 4, v. 26
- See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Ephesians ch. 5, v. 15 - Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.Ephesians ch. 6, v. 4
- Put on the whole armour of God.Ephesians ch. 6, v. 11
- For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.Ephesians ch. 6, v. 12
- Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.Ephesians ch. 6, v. 14
- At the name of Jesus every knee should bow.Philippians ch. 2, v. 10; see Noel
- Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.Philippians ch. 2, v. 12
- Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark.Philippians ch. 3, v. 13 - Whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame.Philippians ch. 3, v. 19
- Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.Philippians ch. 4, v. 4
- The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Philippians ch. 4, v. 7
- Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things.Philippians ch. 4, v. 8
- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.Philippians ch. 4, v. 13
- For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.Colossians ch. 1, v. 16; see Milton
- Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.Colossians ch. 3, v. 19
- Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt.Colossians ch. 4, v. 6
- Remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love.I Thessalonians ch. 1, v. 3
- Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks.I Thessalonians ch. 5, v. 16
- Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.1 Thessalonians ch. 5, v. 21
- If any would not work, neither should he eat.II Thessalonians ch. 3, v. 10
- A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife.I Timothy ch. 3, v. 2
- Not greedy of filthy lucre.I Timothy ch. 3, v. 3
- Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake.I Timothy ch. 5, v. 23
- For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.I Timothy ch. 6, v. 7
- The love of money is the root of all evil.I Timothy ch. 6, v. 10
- Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.I Timothy ch. 6, v. 12; see Monsell
- I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.II Timothy ch. 4, v. 7
- Unto the pure all things are pure.Titus ch. 1, v. 15
- It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Hebrews ch. 10, v. 31
- Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.Hebrews ch. 11, v. 1
- Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 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,
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.Hebrews ch. 12, v. 1 - Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.Hebrews ch. 12, v. 6
- Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.Hebrews ch. 13, v. 2
- Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.Hebrews ch. 13, v. 8
- For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.Hebrews ch. 13, v. 14
- But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.James ch. 1, v. 22
- Faith without works is dead.James ch. 2, v. 20
- The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil.James ch. 3, v. 8
- Ye have heard of the patience of Job.James ch. 5, v. 11
- Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.James ch. 5, v. 12
- All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.I Peter ch. 1, v. 24; see Bible
- As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.I Peter ch. 2, v. 2 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people.I Peter ch. 2, v. 9
- Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.I Peter ch. 2, v. 17
- Giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel.I Peter ch. 3, v. 7
- Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.I Peter ch. 4, v. 8
- Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.I Peter ch. 5, v. 8
- If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.I John ch. 1, v. 8
- He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.I John ch. 4, v. 8
- There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.I John ch. 4, v. 18
- If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?I John ch. 4, v. 20
- I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord.Revelation ch. 1, v. 8
- Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.Revelation ch. 2, v. 10
- Because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.Revelation ch. 3, v. 16
- Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.Revelation ch. 3, v. 20
- Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.Revelation ch. 4, v. 8; see Missal
- And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death.Revelation ch. 6, v. 8
- These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.Revelation ch. 7, v. 14; see Lindsay
- God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.Revelation ch. 7, v. 17
- And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.Revelation ch. 8, v. 1
- And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.Revelation ch. 12, v. 1
- And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels.Revelation ch. 12, v. 7
- And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.Revelation ch. 13, v. 17
- Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.Revelation ch. 13, v. 18
- Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city.Revelation ch. 14, v. 8
- Behold, I come as a thief.Revelation ch. 16, v. 15
- And upon her forehead was a name written, mystery, babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth.Revelation ch. 17, v. 5
- And the sea gave up the dead which were in it.Revelation ch. 20, v. 13
- And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.Revelation ch. 21, v. 1 - And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.Revelation ch. 21, v. 4; see Pound - And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.Revelation ch. 22, v. 2
- Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.Revelation ch. 22, v. 20