Bible Facts About Creation (KJV)

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground.

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Moses was commissioned by God at the burning bush to bring Israel out of bondage.

And Moses went up unto God upon mount Sinai.

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone.

Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Joseph interpreted the dreams as seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine.

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.

The Protestant Old Testament contains 39 books, from Genesis to Malachi.

Genesis 1:1 is the opening verse of the Bible.

The New Testament contains 27 books, from Matthew to Revelation.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve.

Peter denied the Lord three times before the cock crew.

The apostle Paul wrote at least 13 of the New Testament letters.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain… and taught them.

John's Gospel opens with the eternal Word made flesh.

On the day of Pentecost the Holy Ghost was poured out upon the apostles.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ closes the canon of Scripture.

Luke wrote both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.

Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise.

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…

Paul appealed to Philemon to receive Onesimus as a brother.

The book of Ruth tells of God's providence and kindness.

And God made two great lights… he made the stars also.

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.

I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm…

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground.

And breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden.

Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

The rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman.

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field.

They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years.

The last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job.

A perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.

There were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle… and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped.

The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Then said his wife unto him… curse God, and die.

Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.

He surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder.

There was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

He saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!

And the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

I John… was in the isle that is called Patmos.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

The LORD God… took one of his ribs… made he a woman.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field.

And Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens.

I do set my bow in the cloud.

I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees.

Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac.

Esau sold his birthright unto Jacob.

They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.

Proverbs 9:10.

Proverbs 15:1.

Proverbs 3:5.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Train up a child in the way he should go.

Proverbs 17:22.

The book of Proverbs has 31 chapters.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Proverbs 27:17.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God.

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus.

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus… sat thus on the well.

Bread of life, light of the world, door, good shepherd, resurrection, way, true vine.

Lazarus, come forth.

He… began to wash the disciples' feet.

The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send.

He said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

John, on the isle that is called Patmos.

Revelation 1:9.

Letters to the seven churches of Asia.

I would thou wert cold or hot.

Sealed with seven seals.

The Lion of the tribe of Juda… the Lamb as it had been slain.

Seven trumpets follow the seven seals.

He gathered them together into a place called… Armageddon.

I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God.

Revelation 22:21.

The opening verse identifies the prophecy as 'The burden of Nineveh.'

Nahum 1:2 states that 'the Lord reserveth wrath for his enemies.'

The scripture says, 'the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm.'

Nahum 1:3 declares that 'the clouds are the dust of his feet.'

Nahum 1:7 says, 'The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble.'

Nahum 1:15 asks us to behold 'the feet of him that bringeth good tidings.'

Nahum 2:3 states, 'The shield of his mighty men is made red.'

Nahum 2:8 says, 'But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water.'

Nahum 3:1 cries woe to the city that is 'all full of lies and robbery.'

Nahum 3:8 mentions 'populous No' (Thebes) as an example of a fallen city.

Adam called his wife's name Eve.

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself.

Deborah, a prophetess… judged Israel.

Whither thou goest, I will go.

If I perish, I perish.

Mary… anointed the feet of Jesus.

Jesus saith unto her, Mary.

A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple.

Tabitha, arise.

1 Samuel 1.

Joshua the son of Nun called the priests.

As captain of the host of the LORD am I now come.

Ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once.

Seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns.

The seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times.

All the people shall shout with a great shout.

The wall fell down flat.

Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household.

Thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window.

He shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

Genesis 1:1.

Darkness was upon the face of the deep.

The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Let there be light: and there was light.

God called the firmament Heaven.

And God made two great lights… and… the stars also.

God created great whales… and every winged fowl.

God created man in his own image.

Have dominion over… every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field.

Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree.

Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat.

It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins.

He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword.

The sacrifice of thanksgiving… offer it of thy own free will.

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise.

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD.

Solomon… offered… sacrifices of peace offerings… the priests… and the Levites… stood to praise the LORD.

Jesus took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them.

There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Rejoice in the Lord alway… with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow… and every tongue confess.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth… Let there be light: and there was light.

Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters… and God called the firmament Heaven.

God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear… Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree.

God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth.

Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth… So God created man in his own image.

On the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work… and God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.

The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

The LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam… and took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh… and made he a woman.

Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

When he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12.

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

One was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

His lord… delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Take now thy son… and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

The LORD came from Sinai… and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah.

This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts… they shall all know me… for I will forgive their iniquity.

God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Elohim is the Hebrew word for God, used from Genesis 1:1 onward.

Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

I am the LORD that healeth thee.

Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom.

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel… God with us.

She called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering…

Longsuffering is patient endurance under provocation.

Temperance means self-control and mastery over fleshly appetites.

Against such there is no law.

They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness…

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit.

Created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10.

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth.

Having on the breastplate of righteousness.

Your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Take the helmet of salvation.

The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.

The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7.

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life. John 3:36.

The children of Israel did evil… the LORD delivered them into the hand of… they cried unto the LORD… the LORD raised up a deliverer.

Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

Jael… took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples.

The people that are with thee are too many… there were still too many.

Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth… three hundred men.

When I blow with a trumpet… then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

Whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me… shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb.

Delilah said… Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth… and the lords of the Philistines brought up to her eleven hundred shekels of silver.

In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

Behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire… and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters… It came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire.

Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

There came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master… but he was a leper.

Go and wash in Jordan seven times… and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

Gehazi… took the talents… and two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants.

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever… and he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

The king of Assyria… found conspiracy in Hoshea… then the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

The Chaldees… burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house… and the walls of Jerusalem round about.

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant… humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat.

She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God called the firmament Heaven.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear… And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind… And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

For the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

The number seven appears throughout Scripture — seven days of creation, seven seals, seven trumpets, seven churches.

And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach.

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms.

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

The Bible contains 66 books — 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.

Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever… repeated twenty-six times.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.

Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

And, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

And he went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish.

But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea.

And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head.

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom.

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot.

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Acts 6:5 (KJV) — 'And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus...'

Acts 6:1-3 (KJV) — The Grecian widows were neglected; the apostles said, 'It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables... look ye out among you seven men.'

Acts 8:5 (KJV) — 'Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.'

Acts 8:6-7 (KJV) — 'The people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake... For unclean spirits... came out of many that were possessed... and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.'

Acts 8:9 (KJV) — 'But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria.'

Acts 8:26 (KJV) — 'And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.'

Acts 8:27 (KJV) — 'And, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure.'

Acts 8:32-33 (KJV) — 'The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.'

Acts 8:36 (KJV) — 'And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'

Acts 8:39-40 (KJV) — 'The Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more... Philip was found at Azotus.'

Matthew 3:16-17 (KJV) — 'Jesus... went up straightway out of the water... the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove... And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son.'

Matthew 28:19 (KJV) — 'Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.'

1 John 5:7 (KJV) — 'For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.'

John 14:26 (KJV) — 'But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.'

Genesis 1:26 (KJV) — 'And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea.'

Matthew 17:5 (KJV) — 'While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.'

2 Corinthians 13:14 (KJV) — 'The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.'

John 1:1 (KJV) — 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'

Acts 2:1-4 (KJV) — 'And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind... and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.'

Hebrews 7:3 (KJV) — Melchizedek was 'Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God.' Christ Himself is eternal (Micah 5:2, John 8:58).

2 Kings 11:2 (KJV) — 'Jehosheba... took Joash.'

2 Kings 11:3 (KJV) — 'with her hid in the house of the LORD six years.'

2 Kings 11:21 (KJV) — 'seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.'

2 Kings 12:2 (KJV) — 'all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.'

2 Kings 12:5 (KJV) — 'let them repair the breaches of the house.'

2 Kings 12:9 (KJV) — 'Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it.'

2 Chronicles 24:18 (KJV).

2 Chronicles 24:21 (KJV) — 'they stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king.'

2 Chronicles 24:22 (KJV).

2 Kings 12:20-21 (KJV) — 'his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash.'

Revelation 21:1 (KJV).

Revelation 21:1 (KJV).

Revelation 21:2 (KJV).

Revelation 21:4 (KJV).

Revelation 21:8 (KJV).

Revelation 21:12 (KJV).

Revelation 21:14 (KJV).

Revelation 21:18 (KJV).

Revelation 21:22 (KJV).

Revelation 21:23 (KJV).

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. (Matthew 22:37-38)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. (1 Corinthians 13:13)

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (1 John 4:8)

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. (Ephesians 5:25)

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. (Song of Solomon 8:7)

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (John 13:34)

We love him, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham. (Genesis 22:1)

Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah. (Genesis 22:2)

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife. (Genesis 22:6)

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son. (Genesis 22:6)

Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. (Genesis 22:5)

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? (Genesis 22:7)

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering. (Genesis 22:8)

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. (Genesis 22:11)

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. (Genesis 22:13)

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. (Genesis 22:14)

I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. (Philippians 4:11)

But godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:6)

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. (1 Timothy 6:7)

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. (1 Timothy 6:8)

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5)

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (Luke 12:20)

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:24)

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick. (Numbers 11:5)

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Philippians 4:13)

Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. (Proverbs 15:16)

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. (James 1:3)

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. (James 1:4)

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us. (Hebrews 12:1)

And let us run with patience the race that is set before us. (Hebrews 12:1)

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2)

Who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:14)

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Timothy 2:3)

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Matthew 24:13)

To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. (Revelation 2:7)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind. (Matthew 13:47)

A net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind. (Matthew 13:47)

Gathered of every kind. (Matthew 13:47)

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. (Matthew 13:48)

Gathered the good into vessels. (Matthew 13:48)

But cast the bad away. (Matthew 13:48)

So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth. (Matthew 13:49)

And sever the wicked from among the just. (Matthew 13:49)

And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 13:50)

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. (Matthew 13:43)

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee. (Genesis 12:1)

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. (Genesis 12:2)

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Genesis 12:3)

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. (Genesis 12:4)

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran. (Genesis 12:5)

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD. (Genesis 12:6-7)

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. (Genesis 12:10)

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife... Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. (Genesis 12:11-13)

The Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. (Genesis 12:14-16)

And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. (Genesis 12:17)

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem. (Daniel 5:1-2)

They brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. (Daniel 5:3-4)

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace. (Daniel 5:5)

Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (Daniel 5:6)

Then was Daniel brought in before the king. (Daniel 5:13)

O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour... But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. (Daniel 5:18-20)

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this. (Daniel 5:22)

And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. (Daniel 5:25)

This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. (Daniel 5:26)

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. (Daniel 5:30-31)

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. (John 10:28-29)

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6)

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. (John 6:37, 39)

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5)

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession. (Ephesians 1:13-14)

For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5)

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. (2 Timothy 1:12)

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (1 John 5:13)

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. (Jude 1:24)

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:28)

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. (Genesis 1:31)

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (Genesis 2:15)

The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (Psalm 24:1)

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. (Psalm 104:24)

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. (Psalm 19:1)

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. (Romans 8:22)

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. (Genesis 8:22)

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. (Isaiah 45:18)

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (Revelation 21:1)

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. (Matthew 28:19-20)

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (Mark 16:15)

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? (Romans 10:14)

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. (2 Timothy 4:2)

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8)

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. (1 Peter 3:15)

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20)

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16)

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. (John 4:35)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls. (Matthew 13:45)

Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. (Matthew 13:46)

Went and sold all that he had, and bought it. (Matthew 13:46)

The pearl represents the kingdom of heaven and the incomparable value of salvation in Christ, worth any sacrifice to obtain. (Matthew 13:45-46)

Selling all that he had represents the complete surrender of everything — possessions, reputation, former life — to gain Christ and His kingdom. (Matthew 13:46)

Both the Hidden Treasure and Pearl of Great Price teach the same truth — the kingdom of heaven is worth any cost, and those who recognize its value joyfully surrender all to obtain it. (Matthew 13:44-46)

Seeking goodly pearls — pearls of beauty and value, representing the search for truth and meaning in life. (Matthew 13:45)

A pearl is formed when an irritant enters an oyster, and the oyster coats it with layers of nacre — a picture of how the church and kingdom come through Christ's suffering and sacrifice. (Matthew 13:45-46)

The parable teaches that obtaining the kingdom requires recognizing its supreme value and being willing to let go of everything else to possess it. (Matthew 13:46)

The merchant went joyfully and sold all — there is no regret when the value of what is gained far exceeds what is surrendered. (Matthew 13:46)

Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. (Joshua 6:1-2)

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. (Joshua 6:4)

And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. (Joshua 6:3)

And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. (Joshua 6:10)

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. (Joshua 6:15)

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. (Joshua 6:5)

So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. (Joshua 6:20)

But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. (Joshua 6:22)

And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. (Joshua 6:26)

And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. (Joshua 6:18-19)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (1 John 4:8)

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:10)

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. (Jeremiah 31:3)

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. (Psalm 86:5)

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children. (Psalm 103:17)

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. (Ephesians 2:4-5)

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:39)

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8)

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 10:32)

He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (John 9:25)

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. (1 Peter 3:15)

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy. (Psalm 107:2)

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him. (Mark 5:19-20)

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16)

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. (2 Timothy 2:2)

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)

And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. (John 15:27)

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Corinthians 5:1)

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 5:5)

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) (2 Corinthians 5:7)

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body. (2 Corinthians 5:10)

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead. (2 Corinthians 5:14)

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18)

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20)

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

...that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 2:5)

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. (Philippians 2:6)

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. (Philippians 2:7)

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. (Philippians 2:8)

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. (Philippians 2:9)

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. (Philippians 2:10)

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:11)

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed... work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12)

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. (Philippians 2:13)

Do all things without murmurings and disputings. (Philippians 2:14)

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. (Revelation 22:1)

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month. (Revelation 22:2)

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him. (Revelation 22:3)

And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. (Revelation 22:4)

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 22:5)

Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. (Revelation 22:7)

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Revelation 22:13)

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (Revelation 22:14)

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come... And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (Revelation 22:17)

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. (Revelation 22:21)

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. (Genesis 2:2)

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. (Genesis 2:3)

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. (Exodus 20:8) — the fourth commandment.

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. (Matthew 12:8)

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. (Mark 2:27)

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:29-30)

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. (Hebrews 4:9)

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. (Hebrews 4:11)

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. (Psalm 62:5)

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. (Matthew 28:19)

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water... and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove... And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son. (Matthew 3:16-17)

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD. (Deuteronomy 6:4)

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. (Genesis 1:26)

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (1 John 5:7)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)

Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost... thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. (Acts 5:3-4) — equating the Holy Ghost with God.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. (2 Corinthians 13:14)

And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. (John 20:28)

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. (John 14:26)

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God made two great lights... he made the stars also.

God made the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky on day five.

God formed Adam from the dust of the ground.

God made Eve from Adam's rib.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden.

God finished His work in six days.

And he rested on the seventh day from all his work.

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

Now after the death of Moses… the LORD spake unto Joshua.

Now Jericho was straitly shut up.

Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel.

See, I have given into thine hand Jericho.

Six days they went round about the city once.

Seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark.

On the seventh day… they compassed the city seven times.

The people shouted with a great shout.

The wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city.

Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household.