1 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8-10Psalms 149:1-6, 9Matthew 23:13-22 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8-101 Paul, Silva’nus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalo’nians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2 We give thanks to God always for you all, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our
Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18Psalms 34:2-3, 16-21Ephesians 5:21-32John 6:60-69 Joshua 24:1-2, 15-181 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel,
Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17Psalms 128:1-5Matthew 23:1-12 Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-171 Now Na’omi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a man of wealth, of the family of Elim’elech, whose name was Bo’az. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Na’omi, “Let me go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in
Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14-16, 22Psalms 146:5-10Matthew 22:34-40 Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14-16, 221 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 3 But Elim’elech, the husband
Judges 11:29-39Psalms 40:5, 7-10Matthew 22:1-14 Judges 11:29-3929 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manas’seh, and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites. 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, and said, “If thou wilt
Judges 9:6-15Psalms 21:2-7Matthew 20:1-16 Judges 9:6-156 And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim’elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem. 7 When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Ger’izim, and cried aloud and said to
Judges 6:11-24Psalms 85:9, 11-14Matthew 19:23-30 Judges 6:11-2411 Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Jo’ash the Abiez’rite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Mid’ianites. 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him
Judges 2:11-19Psalms 106:34-37, 39-40, 43-44Matthew 19:16-22 Judges 2:11-1911 And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Ba’als; 12 and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; they went after other gods, from among
Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10Psalms 45:10-12, 161 Corinthians 15:20-27Luke 1:39-56 Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 1019 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.1 And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman
1 John 3:13-18Psalms 116:10-13, 16-17John 15:12-17 1 John 3:13-1813 Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. 15 Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you