Verses that caught my attention. Jenny’s keepers.
This is an ever-evolving list. There will be additions, but none will be taken away.
GENESIS
9:6 – God
Whoever sheds human blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made mankind.
EXODUS
LEVITICUS
NUMBERS
DEUTERONOMY
JOSHUA
JUDGES
RUTH
1:16 – Ruth
Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.
1 SAMUEL
2 SAMUEL
1 KINGS
2 KINGS
1 CHRONICLES
2 CHRONICLES
EZRA
NEHEMIAH
ESTHER
4:16 – Esther
… and if I perish, I perish.
JOB
1:21 – Job
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
5:17 – Eliphaz
Behold, happy is the person whom God disciplines, so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
6:14 – Job
For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; so that he does not abandon the fear of the Almighty. (remember “fear” = “reverence”, not “terror”)
6:24 – Job
Teach me, and I will be silent; and show me how I have done wrong.
11:7 – Zophar
Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
11:11 – Zophar
For He knows false people, and He sees injustice without investigating.
11:12 – Zophar
An idiot will become intelligent when a wild donkey is born a human.
13:3 – Job
But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God.
16:12 – Job
I was at ease, but He shattered me…
19:25 – Job
Yet as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last, He will take His stand on the earth.
27:10 Job
…will he call on God at all times?
28:18 – Job
…the acquisition of wisdom is more valuable than pearls.
28:28 – Job quoting God
And to mankind He said, “Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to turn away from evil is understanding.”
37:13 – Elihu
Whether for correction, or for His earth, or for goodness, He causes it to happen.
PSALMS
4:8 – David
In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone, Lord, have me dwell in safety.
5:3 – David
In the morning, Lord, You will hear my voice; in the morning I will present my prayer to You and be on the watch.
34:18 – David
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
46:10 – God
Be still, and know that I am God.
118:24 – David
Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my advisers.
121:3 – David
He will not allow your foot to slip; He who watches over you will not slumber.
126:3 – David
The Lord has done great things for us; we are joyful.
PROVERBS
3:5 – Solomon
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
ECCLESIASTES
3:1-8 – Solomon (🎶 “To everything, Turn! Turn! Turn!” 🎶 • The Byrds)
There is an appointed time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
A time to be born and a time to die,
A time to plant and a time to uproot,
A time to kill and a time to heal,
I time to tear down and a time to build,
A time to weep and a time to laugh,
A time to mourn and a time to dance,
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
A time to search and a time to give up,
A time to keep and a time to throw away,
A time to tear down and a time to mend,
A time to be silent and a time to speak,
A time to love and a time to hate,
A time for war and a time for peace.
SONG OF SOLOMON
ISAIAH
JEREMIAH
29:11 – God
“For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
31:34 – God
“…for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them”, declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their wrongdoing, and their sin I will no longer remember.”
LAMENTATIONS
EZEKIEL
DANIEL
2:47 – King Darius
Surely your god is the God of gods and the Lord of kings…
HOSEA
JOEL
AMOS
OBADIAH
JONAH
MICHAH
NAHUM
HABAKKUK
ZEPHANIAH
HAGGAI
ZECHARIAH
MALACHI
MATTHEW
6:19-20 – Jesus
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.
7:7 – Jesus
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
18:20 – Jesus
For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.
25:21 – Jesus
His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness.”
MARK
LUKE
JOHN
14:6 – Jesus
I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
15:16 – Jesus
You did not choose Me but I chose you…
ACTS
ROMANS
8:1 – Apostle Paul
Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus.
12:15 – Apostle Paul
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
1 CORINTHIANS
2 CORINTHIANS
GALATIANS
3:28 – Apostle Paul
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
EPHESIANS
2:8 – Apostle Paul
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.
5:2 – Apostle Paul
…and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us…
PHILIPPIANS
COLOSSIANS
1 THESSALONIANS
2 THESSALONIANS
1 TIMOTHY
2 TIMOTHY
4:7 – Apostle Paul
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
TITUS
PHILEMON
HEBREWS
13:5 – author unknown, possibly the Apostle Paul
Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you.”
JAMES
1 PETER
5:6-7 – Apostle Peter
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time, having cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
2 PETER
1 JOHN
1:9 – Apostle John
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.