Compass Point

‘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...

‘And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?  which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’ —Mark 15:34

‘When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! ‘Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!  And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.’ —John 19:26, 27

‘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

‘ Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.  And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.’ —Luke 23:34 ‘But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; ‘That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:  for he maketh his sun to rise on the...

‘And Samuel grew, and the Lᴏʀᴅ was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.’ —1 Samuel 3:19 ‘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. ‘So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.’ —Hebrews 13:5, 6

‘As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’ —John 9:5 ‘The night is far spent, the day is at hand:  let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.’ —Romans 13:12 ‘Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.’ —Psalm 119:105

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

‘The soul that sinneth, it shall die.  The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son:  the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.’ —Ezekiel 18:20 ‘And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be...

‘For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit’ —1 Peter 3:18 ‘Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.’ —1 Peter 2:24

‘For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.’ —John 3:17

‘And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. ‘This he said, signifying what death he should die.’ —John 12:32. 33

‘And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. —Philippians 2:8

‘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