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Zechariah 6:8-15 8  Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have set my Spirit at rest in the north country.” 9  And the word of the Lord came to me:  10  “Take from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah.  11  Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it on...

1st John 2:28-3:3 28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.  29  If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him. 1  See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why ...

1 And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep.  2  And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.  3  And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other...

Zechariah 3:1-10 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.  2  And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?”  3  Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.  4  And the angel said...

Zechariah 1:1-6 1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying,  2  “The Lord was very angry with your fathers.  3  Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.  4  Do not be like your fathers, to whom...

Psalm 3 1 O Lord, how many are my foes!     Many are rising against me; 2  many are saying of my soul,     “There is no salvation for him in God.”  Selah [ a ] 3  But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,     my glory, and the lifter of my head. 4  I cried aloud to the Lord,     and he answered me from his holy hill.  Selah 5  I lay down and slept;     I woke again, for the Lord sustained me. 6  I w...

Psalm 67 May God be gracious to us and bless us     and make his face to shine upon us,  Selah   that your way may be known on earth,     your saving power among all nations.   Let the peoples praise you, O God;     let all the peoples praise you!   Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,     for you judge the peoples with equity     and guide the nations upon earth.  Selah   Let the peoples pra...

Psalm 130 1  Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; 2      Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive     to my cry for mercy. 3  If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,     Lord, who could stand? 4  But with you there is forgiveness,     so that we can, with reverence, serve you. 5  I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,     and in his word I put my hope. 6  I wait for the Lord     more than...

1 I will extol you, my God and King,     and bless your name forever and ever. 2  Every day I will bless you     and praise your name forever and ever. 3  Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,     and his greatness is unsearchable. 4  One generation shall commend your works to another,     and shall declare your mighty acts. 5  On the glorious splendor of your majesty,     and on your wond...

Psalm 73 1 Truly God is good to Israel,     to those who are pure in heart. 2  But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,     my steps had nearly slipped. 3  For I was envious of the arrogant     when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4  For they have no pangs until death;     their bodies are fat and sleek. 5  They are not in trouble as others are;     they are not stricken like the rest of ma...

Psalm 16:7-11 NIV 7  I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;     even at night my heart instructs me. 8  I keep my eyes always on the Lord.     With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9  Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;     my body also will rest secure, 10  because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,     nor will you let your faithful[ a ] one see decay....

Psalm 16:1-6 1  Keep me safe, my God,     for in you I take refuge. 2  I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;     apart from you I have no good thing.” 3  I say of the holy people who are in the land,     “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.” 4  Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.     I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods     or take up their names ...

1 Corinthians 16:12-24 12  Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity. 13  Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14  Let all that you do be done in love. 15  Now I urge you, brothers—you know that the household of Stephanas were the first con...

1 Corinthians 16:1-11 Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. 3 And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem. 4 If it seems...

1 Corinthians 15:35-49 35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all fles...

1 Corinthians 15:12-34 12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for w...

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, th...

1 Corinthians 14:24-40 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, 25 the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you. 26 What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. ...

Psalm 32 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,     whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,     and in whose spirit there is no deceit. For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away     through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;     my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah I acknowledged my...

1 Corinthians 14:1-25 1 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 3 On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. 4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds...

1 Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is...

1 Corinthians 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the s...

1 Corinthians 11:17-34 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized. When you come...

1 Corinthians 11:2-26 Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head...

1 Corinthians 10:17-11:1 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. Consider the p...