Compass Point

‘And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?’ —2 Samuel 19:34

‘And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me.  And he arose and followed him.’ —Mark 2:14

‘I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.’ —Psalm 145:5

‘The Lord preserveth all them that love him:  but all the wicked will he destroy.’ —Psalm 145:20 ‘And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.’ —John 10:28

‘The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.’ —Psalm 145:18 ‘Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near’ —Isaiah 55:6

‘The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.’ —Psalm 145:9 ‘He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.’ —Psalm 33:5 ‘In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.  Selah.’ —Psalm 44:8

‘Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:  old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.’ —2 Corinthians 5:17

‘And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.’ –Luke 23:33

‘I am the door:  by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.’ —John 10:9

‘And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing:  and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth:  and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? ‘… ‘ Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment:  and those that walk in pride he is a...

‘But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.  Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these’ —Daniel 2:28 ‘Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God ha...

‘ Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.’ —Daniel 2:16 ‘Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us’ —Ephesians 3:20

‘That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. ‘… ‘Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his’ —Daniel 2:18, 20

‘Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity:  for God loveth a cheerful giver.’ —2 Corinthians 9:7

‘But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.’ —Romans 4:5

‘And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.’ —Isaiah 53:9

‘And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus:  and Pilate gave him leave.  He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.’ —John 19:38

‘And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: ‘(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews:  who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.’ —Luke 23:50-51 ‘Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.’ —Habakkuk 2:4

‘Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.’ —Mark 15:43

‘ When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple ‘… ‘And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.’ —Matthew 27:57, 60

‘Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.’ —Luke 8:35

‘ Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?  there is more hope of a fool than of him.’ —Proverbs 26:12 ‘ But he giveth more grace.  Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.’ —James 4:6

‘So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri:  but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.’ —2 Samuel 20:2 ‘   Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.’ —Acts 11:23

‘O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?’ —Galatians 3:1

‘ O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?’ —Galatians 3:1 ‘ But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness’ —1 Corinthians 1:23 ‘For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolish...