Compass Point

‘Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.’ —Hebrews 12:2

‘Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:  nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.’ —Hebrews 12:11 ‘ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul’ —1 Peter 2:11

‘Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?’ —Galatians 5:7

‘Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us’ —Hebrews 12:1

‘Oh that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!’ —Deuteronomy 5:29

‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.’ —Psalm 23:4

‘Pray without ceasing.’ —1 Thessalonians 5:17

‘But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.’ —James 3:8

‘And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.’ —1 Timothy 5:13

‘And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this’ —Ezra 9:13 ‘He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.’ —Psalm 103:10

‘Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear:  and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.’ —2 Timothy 4:17 ‘And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David enco...

‘Only Luke is with me.  Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.’ —2 Timothy 4:11 ‘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

‘But the Lᴏʀᴅ sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. … ‘Now the Lᴏʀᴅ had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.  And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.’ —Jonah 1:4, 17 ‘And the Lᴏʀᴅ God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to...

‘And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?’ —Jonah 4:11

‘The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it:  because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.’ —Matthew 12:41

‘So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. … ‘But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. … ‘And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the...

‘Now the Lᴏʀᴅ had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.  And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. ‘Then Jonah prayed unto the Lᴏʀᴅ his God out of the fish's belly … ‘When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lᴏʀᴅ:  and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.’ —Jonah 1:17–2:1, 7

‘And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. … ‘So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. ‘Then the men feared the Lᴏʀᴅ exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lᴏʀᴅ, and made vows.’ —Jonah 1:12, 15, 16

‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’ —John 1:1

‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’ —John 3:16

‘For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments:  and his commandments are not grievous.’ —1 John 5:3

‘In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. ‘Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.’ —1 John 4:9-10

‘Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.’ —I John 3:16

‘He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.’ —1 John 4:8

‘Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.’ —1 John 4:10