Compass Point

‘Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.’ —Psalm 38:9

‘He answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition’ —Matthew 15:3 ‘In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men’ —Matthew 15:9

‘Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: ‘With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lᴏʀᴅ our God to help us, and to fight our battles.  And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.’ —2 Chronicles 32:7 & 8

‘She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.’ —Proverbs 31:26 ‘And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.’ —Ephesians 4:32

‘He is not here, but is risen:  remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee’ —Luke 24:6

‘Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.’ —Genesis 39:1 ‘And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.’ —Romans 8:28

‘Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.’ —Proverbs 27:20 ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.’ —Acts 16:31

‘Trust in the Lᴏʀᴅ with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.’ —Proverbs 3:5

‘For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life’ —Proverbs 6:23 ‘Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.’ —Proverbs 9:6

‘Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.’ —Proverbs 7:25

‘Honour the Lᴏʀᴅ with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase’ —Proverbs 3:9 ‘There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. ‘The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.’ —Proverbs 11:24 & 25

‘For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lᴏʀᴅ.’ —Proverbs 8:35

‘Let not thine heart envy sinners:  but be thou in the fear of the Lᴏʀᴅ all the day long.’ —Proverbs 23:17

‘Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me:  thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.’ —Psalm 138:7 ‘In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. ‘Then the king's counten...

‘I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:  for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.’ —Psalm 138:2

‘The Lᴏʀᴅ will perfect that which concerneth me:  thy mercy, O Lᴏʀᴅ, endureth for ever:  forsake not the works of thine own hands.’ —Psalm 138:8 ‘Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ’ —Philippians 1:6

‘Though the Lᴏʀᴅbe high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.’ —Psalm 138:6 ‘For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.’ —Isaiah 57:15 ‘Let this mind be...

‘In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.’ —Psalm 138:3 ‘My flesh and my heart faileth:  but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.’ —Psalm 73:26

‘I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.’ —Psalm 138:2 ‘For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.’ —2 Corinthians 8:9

‘I will praise thee with my whole heart:  before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.’ —Psalm 138:1 ‘Yea, all kings shall fall down before him:  all nations shall serve him.’ —Psalm 72:11

‘And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.’ —Acts 10:28

‘And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. ‘… ‘And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. ‘… ‘And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.’ —Luke 24:15, 27, & 36

‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ —John 15:13

‘For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.’ —Philippians 1:21

‘Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.’ —Proverbs 4:23 ‘But the Lᴏʀᴅ said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him:  for the Lᴏʀᴅ seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lᴏʀᴅ looketh on the heart.’ —1 Samuel 16:7