Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
