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• 1 John 3Bible

  1 John 3 teaches that the children of God are revealed by a life of doing righteousness and loving one another, and it presents Christ's laying down of His life as the standard of love.

• 1 John 4Bible

  1 John 4 is the chapter of 1 John that sets out the criteria for discerning spirits and teaches that, because God is love, those who have received his love ought to love one another.

• Genesis 12Bible

  Genesis 12 is the chapter in which God calls Abram to leave Haran and go to Canaan, promising to make of him a great nation and to bless him. It then recounts how Abram, fleeing a famine, went down into Egypt and deceptively presented his wife Sarai as his sister.

• Deuteronomy 11Bible

  A chapter of Deuteronomy in which Moses reminds Israel of the Exodus and the events in the wilderness and urges the people to love God and keep His commandments. It contains the promise of rain and an accompanying warning, instruction on teaching children, and the command to pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

• 2 Samuel 23Bible

  2 Samuel 23 contains the last words of David (vv. 1–7) and the names and exploits of David's mighty men (vv. 8–39). The final name on the list is Uriah the Hittite.

• 1 Kings 9Bible

  First Kings 9 records the LORD's second appearance to Solomon after the dedication of the temple. He promises to establish Solomon's throne if he obeys, and He warns that He will cast off even the temple if Israel turns away. The chapter also records Solomon's building projects, his dealings with Hiram king of Tyre, and his maritime trade.

• 2 Chronicles 10Bible

  2 Chronicles 10 recounts how, after Solomon's death, Rehoboam rejected the people's request at Shechem to lighten their burden, and the northern tribes broke away from the house of David.

• 2 Chronicles 34Bible

  2 Chronicles 34 recounts how Josiah, king of Judah, removes idols and repairs the temple. When the Book of the Law found during the work is read to him, the king repents, receives the word of the prophetess Huldah, and renews the covenant together with the people.

• 2 Chronicles 29Bible

  2 Chronicles 29 recounts how Hezekiah, king of Judah, reopened the house of the LORD in the first year of his reign after it had been shut under Ahaz. He directed the priests and Levites to cleanse the temple and then restored worship through sin offerings, burnt offerings, and songs of praise.

• 2 Chronicles 32Bible

  2 Chronicles 32 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the deliverance of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's illness, pride, and repentance; and his achievements and death.

• Esther 2Bible

  Esther 2 recounts how, after the deposition of Queen Vashti, King Ahasuerus seeks a new queen and the Jewish woman Esther is chosen, and how Mordecai exposes a plot against the king, a deed recorded in the royal chronicles.

• Job 6Bible

  Job 6 records Job's reply to the first speech of Eliphaz. Job protests that his suffering is heavier than the sand of the sea and rebukes his friends for offering no comfort, comparing them to streams that run dry.

• Job 8Bible

  Job 8 contains the first speech of Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad asserts that God does not pervert justice and urges Job to seek God, assuring him that if he is pure and upright, he will be restored.

• Isaiah 2Bible

  Isaiah 2 sets side by side a vision of peace, in which Zion is exalted "in the last days," the nations learn the ways of the LORD, and swords are beaten into plowshares, and a proclamation of judgment on "the day of the LORD" that brings low human pride and idolatry.

• Isaiah 35Bible

  Isaiah 35 is a prophetic poem presenting a vision of restoration in which the parched wilderness blossoms, those with disabilities are healed, and the people ransomed by the LORD return to Zion singing as they travel along "the way of holiness."

• Isaiah 61Bible

  Isaiah 61 is a chapter of the Book of Isaiah in which one anointed by the Spirit of the LORD proclaims good tidings to the poor, liberty to the captives, and "the acceptable year of the LORD," and celebrates the restoration of Zion and an everlasting covenant.

• Lamentations 5Bible

  The final chapter of Lamentations, a communal prayer in which the people who remain after the fall of Jerusalem lay their hunger and disgrace before God and plead for restoration: "Turn thou us unto thee."

• Daniel 4Bible

  Daniel 4 is the chapter in which King Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a great tree and, as Daniel had interpreted, lives like a beast for seven times before being restored. He then issues a first-person decree praising the Most High God.

• Micah 4Bible

  Micah 4 follows announcements of judgment with promises of restoration. It speaks of the nations streaming to Zion in the last days, a peace in which war ceases, the restoration of the scattered remnant, and deliverance in Babylon.

• Nahum 2Bible

  Nahum 2 is a prophecy that depicts in vivid poetry the siege, fall, and plundering of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. It closes with the image of the lions' den and the LORD's declaration of judgment.