Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
