Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
