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• Job 17Bible

  Job 17 is the second half of Job's reply (chapters 16–17) to Eliphaz's second speech. Job laments that death is near, asks God himself to be his surety, and rebukes his friends for their lack of wisdom. At the end he asks where his hope can be in the face of the grave and Sheol.

• Acts 8Bible

  Acts 8 describes the great persecution that followed the martyrdom of Stephen and the scattered believers who preached the gospel wherever they went. It recounts Philip's preaching in Samaria and on the desert road to Gaza, including the accounts of Simon the sorcerer and the Ethiopian eunuch.

• Song of Songs 3Bible

  Song of Songs 3 is the chapter in which a woman searches by night for the one she loves and finds him. It then describes Solomon's palanquin procession coming up from the wilderness and celebrates his wedding day.

• Isaiah 6Bible

  Isaiah 6 recounts Isaiah's call: in the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah sees the Lord seated on a throne in the temple, attended by seraphim. He is cleansed and then sent forth as a prophet.

• 1 Chronicles 4Bible

  1 Chronicles 4 contains the genealogies of various clans of the tribe of Judah and of the tribe of Simeon, along with records of their settlements and migrations. It is best known for the "Prayer of Jabez" in verses 9–10.

• Job 40Bible

  Job 40 contains Job's brief reply to God's first speech and the beginning of God's second speech, again delivered out of the whirlwind. God asks Job whether he can govern the world and directs him to consider the great beast Behemoth.

• Isaiah 21Bible

  Isaiah 21 is one of the "burdens" against the nations in the Book of Isaiah. Its seventeen verses contain the burden of the "desert of the sea," which announces the fall of Babylon, followed by brief burdens concerning Dumah (Edom) and Arabia.

• James 3Bible

  James 3 warns of the responsibility borne by those who teach and of the difficulty of controlling the tongue (speech), and it contrasts earthly wisdom with the wisdom that is from above.

• Revelation 2Bible

  Revelation 2 contains four of the letters addressed to the seven churches of Asia Minor: those to the churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira. Each letter commends or rebukes the church for its works and gives a promise to the one who overcomes.

• Job 3Bible

  Job 3 is the chapter in which Job breaks his silence, curses the day of his birth, and laments that it would have been better never to have been born or to have died at birth. The poetic dialogues of the Book of Job begin with this chapter.

• Joshua 20Bible

  Joshua 20 is the chapter in which, at the Lord's command, six cities of refuge are designated for those who have killed someone by accident. It also records the procedure for seeking refuge and how long the fugitive must remain there.

• Ecclesiastes 6Bible

  Ecclesiastes 6 describes as "vanity" the plight of a person who receives riches and honor from God yet cannot enjoy them. In twelve verses, the chapter addresses the futility of endless desire and the human inability to know what lies ahead.

• James 4Bible

  James 4 traces the root of quarrels to lusts and to friendship with the world, and it urges readers to submit to God and humble themselves. It goes on to warn against speaking evil of a brother and against boasting about tomorrow without regard for the will of God.

• Isaiah 12Bible

  Isaiah 12 is a short hymn of praise that concludes the section of Isaiah comprising chapters 1–12. In it, a people saved "in that day" give thanks for God's comfort and are called to make His name known throughout the world.

• John 4Bible

  John 4 is the chapter of the Gospel of John in which Jesus speaks with a woman at Jacob's well in Sychar of Samaria about living water and worship, and many people of that town come to believe. It also records the second sign, Jesus' healing of a royal official's son at Cana in Galilee.

• Numbers 6Bible

  Numbers 6 sets out the regulations for the Nazirite vow, by which any man or woman may voluntarily be set apart to God, and contains the "Aaronic Blessing" that the priests pronounce over Israel.

• Ruth 2Bible

  While gleaning in the barley harvest fields of Bethlehem, Ruth comes to the field of Boaz, a kinsman of Elimelech, and receives his kindness. Naomi tells her that Boaz is one of their kinsman-redeemers.

• Job 10:8–12Bible Verses

  Job 10:8–12 is part of Job's prayer of protest, in which he asks God why he would now destroy the one he so carefully made. Because the passage depicts God shaping a person in the womb, it is often cited in discussions of creation, providence, and the life of the unborn.

• Deuteronomy 11:13–21Bible Verses

  Moses' exhortation promising timely rain and abundant harvests for obedience and warning of drought and destruction for serving other gods. It urges Israel to lay God's words on the heart and body, in the home, and in the teaching of children. It is the second section of the Jewish Shema and is often cited in discussions of faith formation and of the relationship between obedience and blessing.

• Isaiah 9:1–7Bible Verses

  Isaiah 9:1–7 is a prophecy proclaiming that light will shine on the land of Galilee, darkened by the Assyrian invasion, and that a child will be born who will reign on the throne of David with judgment and with justice. Christians read it as a prophecy of the birth of Jesus Christ and of his ministry in Galilee, and it is widely read at Christmas.