“‘Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die,...

“The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the...

“‘The LORD has said to you, O remnant of Judah, “Do not go to Egypt.” Know for a certainty that I have warned you this day that you have...

“Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah had prophesied...

“[King Zedekiah said,] ‘Inquire of the LORD for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the LORD will...

“‘Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them...

“Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.’ But the LORD said to me, ‘Do not say, “I am only...

“But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called...

“‘So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD’” (Isaiah...

“It will be said on that day, ‘Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited...

“And I said, ‘Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes...

“He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love” (Song of Solomon 2:4). Song of Solomon is, quite frankly, a...

“I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat...

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver” (Proverbs 25:11). Words are some of the most important things in our...

“Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly” (Proverbs 14:29). When someone wrongs us,...

“For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD, but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love...

“My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add...

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7). The book of Proverbs is all...

“I cry to you, O LORD; I say, ‘You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living’” (Psalm 142:5). When David was in trouble, many...

“O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for...