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Leviticus 19:18
[Bible Verses]Leviticus 19:18 is a precept of the Mosaic Law: "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Jesus named it, together with the command to love God, as the greatest of the commandments, and both Paul and James cited it as a summary of the Law.
Revelation 3:19
[Bible Verses]A verse from the letter to the church in Laodicea in which Christ declares that he rebukes and chastens those he loves and commands zeal and repentance. It is frequently cited in preaching as a basis for understanding discipline as an expression of love.
Psalm 103:11-12
[Bible Verses]Psalm 103:11-12 is a passage from a psalm traditionally attributed to David. It compares God's lovingkindness to the height of the heavens above the earth and His removal of sin to the distance between east and west. Regarded as an expression of the completeness of divine forgiveness, it is frequently cited in preaching and as a word of comfort.
Joshua 24:14-25
[Bible Verses]In this passage Joshua, at Shechem, urges the people of Israel to put away other gods and choose to serve the LORD alone, and then makes a covenant with them. Verse 15, "as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD," is widely quoted as a pledge of household faith.
Isaiah 40:28–31
[Bible Verses]A passage in the Book of Isaiah that answers the lament of Israel during the Babylonian exile by proclaiming that God the Creator, who never grows weary, gives new strength to those who wait upon Him. Widely known for its image of the eagle, it is frequently used as a memory verse and a motto.
Psalm 125:1-2
[Bible Verses]A passage declaring that those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, and that God surrounds His people forever as the mountains surround Jerusalem. It is frequently cited as a classic text on the believer's security and God's protection.
Psalm 42
[Bible]Psalm 42, a psalm of the sons of Korah that opens Book II of the Psalter, is a lament in which the psalmist, separated from temple worship, longs for God as a deer pants for streams of water and urges his own downcast soul to hope in God.
Exodus 21:23-25
[Bible Verses]Known as the law of retaliation, this passage calls for repayment of "life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth." Although often misunderstood as encouraging revenge, it is generally interpreted as a law that originally limited punishment to a measure proportionate to the injury. It is also well known as the saying that Jesus quoted and went beyond in the Sermon on the Mount.
Colossians 3:17
[Bible Verses]An exhortation from Paul to the church at Colossae to do everything in word and deed in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God through him. The verse is frequently cited as extending faith to the whole of everyday life.
Deuteronomy 22:10
[Bible Verses]Deuteronomy 22:10 is a provision of the Mosaic law forbidding the plowing of a field with an ox and a donkey yoked together. It has been read as a law of care for animals and as a holiness law prohibiting mixtures. In Korean Protestant churches, it is frequently cited in discussions of marriage between believers and unbelievers.
Colossians 4:2
[Bible Verses]Colossians 4:2 is a verse in which Paul urges the church at Colossae to continue steadfastly in prayer and to be watchful with thanksgiving. Because it joins perseverance, thanksgiving, and watchfulness, it is frequently cited as a representative verse on the life of prayer.
Colossians 1:15–17
[Bible Verses]A passage that celebrates Christ as the image of the invisible God and as the Creator and Sustainer of all things. Because of the phrase "the firstborn," it is frequently cited in debates over the deity of Christ.
Philia
[Bible]Philia (φιλία) is a Greek word meaning "friendship" or "affectionate love." It appears only once as a noun in the New Testament, but the cognate verb phileō ("to love") and the noun philos ("friend") occur in many places.
Arba
[People]Arba is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Joshua, identified as the father of Anak and the greatest man among the Anakim. According to the biblical record, Kiriath-arba, the ancient name of Hebron, was derived from his name.
Tishbe
[Bible]Tishbe is known as the hometown of the prophet Elijah. Scripture mentions it only through the epithet "the Tishbite," applied to Elijah, and its exact location is uncertain.
Donation of Constantine
[History]The Donation of Constantine is a forged document purporting to record that the fourth-century Roman emperor Constantine I transferred authority over Rome and the Western Empire to Pope Sylvester I. It was in fact fabricated around the eighth or ninth century, and in the fifteenth century Lorenzo Valla exposed it as a forgery.
Ecclesiastes 6
[Bible]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 (Brother of Jesus)
[People]James is recorded as a brother of Jesus and became the leader of the church in Jerusalem after Jesus' resurrection. Church tradition identifies him as the author of the Epistle of James.
Hebrews 3
[Bible]Hebrews 3 presents Jesus as the Son over God's house, greater than Moses. Quoting Psalm 95, it exhorts readers not to harden their hearts, lest, like the wilderness generation, they fail through unbelief to enter God's rest.
Anna Adlischwyler
[People]Anna Adlischwyler (d. 1564) was a sixteenth-century woman of Zurich, Switzerland. A former nun of the Oetenbach convent, she married the reformer Heinrich Bullinger in 1529 and was afterward remembered as a model for the household of a Reformed pastor.