Compass Point

‘And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.’ —Luke 2:46

‘And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.  And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. ‘… ‘And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more:  and he went on his way rejoicing.’ —Acts 8:37–39

‘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 ‘Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.’ —Psalm 143:8

‘Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary:  who is so great a God as our God?’ —Psalm 77:13

‘The meek will he guide in judgment:  and the meek will he teach his way. ‘… ‘What man is he that feareth the Lᴏʀᴅ? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.’ —Psalm 25:9–12

‘Teach me thy way, O Lᴏʀᴅ, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.’ —Psalm 27:11 ‘I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:  I will guide thee with mine eye.’ —Psalm 32:8

‘For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lᴏʀᴅ, to do justice and judgment; that the Lᴏʀᴅ may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.’ —Genesis 18:19

‘As for God, his way is perfect:  the word of the Lᴏʀᴅ is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. ‘For who is God save the Lᴏʀᴅ? or who is a rock save our God? ‘It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. —Psalm 18:30–32

‘For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us’, —Ephesians 2:14 ‘These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.  In the world ye shall have tribulation:  but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.’ —John 16:33

‘And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. ‘And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.’ —Luke 23:42, 43

‘If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?’ —Job 4:2 ‘Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath’ —James 1:19 ‘Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.  Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! ‘And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity:  so is the...

‘And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. —Isaiah 65:24

‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. ‘Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea’ —Psalm 46:1, 2

‘Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have:  for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.’ —Hebrews 13:5 ‘And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’ —Matthew 27:46

‘These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. ‘Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.’ —Acts 17:11, 12

‘Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.’ —Genesis 6:22 ‘And Noah did according unto all that the Lᴏʀᴅ commanded him.’ —Genesis 7:5

‘For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; ‘And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures’ —1 Corinthians 15:3, 4

‘But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel’ —2 Timothy 1:10

‘To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory’ —Colossians 1:27

‘Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?  behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.’ —Lamentations 1:12

‘And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit:  and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.’ —Luke 23:46 ‘And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.’ —Mark 15:38

‘When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished:  and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.’ —John 19:30 ‘Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; ‘But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot’ —1 Peter 1:18-19

‘Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.’ —Proverbs 3:13

‘For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first’ —1 Thessalonians 4:16 ‘Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on hi...

‘Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar:  and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.’ —John 19:29 ‘Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: ‘But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into...