Verse of the Day | August 18, 2024
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Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
βSubmit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.β
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruitβfruit that will lastβand so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
βBecause of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,β says the Lord; βI will set him in the safety for which he longs.β
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
For we are Godβs handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to doL
But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.
He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people
βThe Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are oppressed. "
Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble.