"So Abraham called the name of that place, 'The LORD will provide'; as it is said to this day, 'On the mount of the LORD it shall be...

"Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram" (Genesis 16:16). The story of Abraham is one of great patience, of...

"Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, 'To your offspring I will give this land.' So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had...

"Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 'Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you'" (Genesis...

"The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil...

"So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to...

"I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil" (Psalm 119:162). Psalm 119 employs many metaphors for God's Word, comparing it to...

"If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction" (Psalm 119:92). God's Word is an amazing thing. It is not...

"I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me" (Psalm 119:30). Psalm 119 is all about one man's love for God's law....

"And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all...

"When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see...

"What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? For all his days are full of sorrow, and his...

"Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Corinthians...

"But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me" (1 Corinthians 16:8-9). Paul always...

"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,...

"This 'knowledge' puffs up, but love builds up" (1 Corinthians 8:1). Knowledge isn't everything. We tend to equate knowledge with power....

"For I decided to know nothing among you except Christ and him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2). Paul is one of the most famous characters...

"For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted" (Hebrews 2:18). The opening chapters...

"'For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my spirit; my children are desolate,...

"'You are telling a lie. The LORD our God did not send you to say, "Do not go to Egypt to live there"'" (Jeremiah 43:2). The people of...