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John 10:9
[Bible Verses]John 10:9 is the verse in which Jesus, explaining the parable of the sheepfold, identifies himself as "the door." Whoever enters through him, he says, finds salvation, protection, and pasture. It is frequently cited as a key verse on salvation through Christ.
Isaiah 5:1-7
[Bible Verses]A prophecy that indicts the injustice of Israel and Judah through a song about a vineyard that its owner tended with great care but that yielded only wild grapes. The passage calls for justice and righteousness and is frequently cited as background to the vineyard parables of the New Testament.
John 6:63
[Bible Verses]John 6:63 is the verse in which Jesus tells disciples who found his teaching on the bread of life hard to accept that "it is the spirit that quickeneth" and that his words "are spirit, and they are life." It is often cited in discussions of the power of the Word, and it was one of the key texts in the Eucharistic controversies of the Reformation.
John 6:35
[Bible Verses]John 6:35 records the saying in which Jesus identifies himself as "the bread of life" and declares that whoever comes to him and believes in him will never hunger or thirst. It is counted as the first of the "I am" sayings in the Gospel of John and is often cited in discussions of faith and the Eucharist.
Joab
[People]Joab was the son of Zeruiah, King David's sister, and served as commander of the army during David's reign. Though an outstanding military leader, he committed murders for personal ends and was executed when Solomon came to the throne.
Phinehas
[People]Phinehas was an Israelite priest, the grandson of Aaron and the son of Eleazar. Scripture records that he received a "covenant of peace" for turning away God's wrath during the incident at Baal-peor.
Eleazar
[People]Eleazar was the third son of Aaron and the biblical figure who succeeded his father as Israel's second high priest. Together with Joshua, he oversaw the distribution of the land of Canaan.
Jeroboam
[People]Jeroboam was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, made king by the ten northern tribes when the kingdom divided after Solomon's death. Because he set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan, the Books of Kings use him as the standard for evaluating the later kings of northern Israel.
Acts 5:1–4
[Bible Verses]In this passage Peter rebukes Ananias, a member of the early church, for secretly keeping back part of the price of his land while presenting the rest as a gift. Because Peter equates lying to the Holy Spirit with lying to God, the passage is often cited as evidence for the deity of the Holy Spirit. It is also frequently quoted in sermons on giving and honesty.
Baruch
[People]Baruch was the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah in the final years of the southern kingdom of Judah. He wrote on a scroll the prophecies Jeremiah dictated and read them aloud to the people in the temple.
Acts 16:30–34
[Bible Verses]In this passage the Philippian jailer asks, "What must I do to be saved?" and Paul and Silas answer, "Believe on the Lord Jesus." It is frequently cited in support of salvation by faith and of "household salvation." Because it records the baptism of an entire household, it also figures in the debate over infant baptism.
Amos (Prophet)
[People]Amos was an Old Testament prophet, a herdsman from Tekoa in Judah, who proclaimed God's judgment and justice to the northern kingdom of Israel during the reigns of Uzziah and Jeroboam II. He is the central figure of the Old Testament Book of Amos.
Job 28:28
[Bible Verses]Job 28:28 is the final verse of the "Hymn to Wisdom" in Job 28. It declares that God makes known to humanity the wisdom that people cannot find for themselves, identifying it as "the fear of the Lord" and "to depart from evil." It is frequently cited alongside the wisdom motto of Proverbs.
Cleopas
[People]Cleopas is the named one of the two disciples who met the risen Jesus on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24. Scripture contains no other record of his life.
Belshazzar
[People]Belshazzar is the king of Babylon who appears in Daniel 5. He is remembered for the banquet at which the fingers of a man's hand wrote on the wall of the royal palace, and for losing his kingdom and his life that same night.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
[Bible Verses]Ecclesiastes 12:8 concludes the main body of the book. It repeats the opening declaration of Ecclesiastes 1:2, "Vanity of vanities," to sum up the transience of life under the sun. The verse is often cited as the thematic statement of the whole book, and interpreters understand "vanity" in several ways.
Caiaphas
[People]Caiaphas was the high priest in Jerusalem in the time of Jesus. He led the council that examined Jesus and handed him over to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, and he is recorded as the son-in-law of Annas.
Luke 1:26-35
[Bible Verses]In this passage the angel Gabriel appears to Mary, a virgin of Nazareth, and announces that she will conceive a son by the Holy Spirit and is to name him Jesus. It is a principal text for the confession of the virgin birth and the Incarnation and is frequently read during Advent and Christmas.
Daniel 3:24–28
[Bible Verses]This passage describes how the three men cast into King Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace walk out unharmed and how the king then praises their God. It is frequently cited in discussions of the identity of the "fourth" figure who appears in the fire and of faithfulness under persecution.
Matthew 23:23
[Bible Verses]Matthew 23:23 records Jesus' rebuke of the scribes and Pharisees, who tithed even small herbs such as mint, anise, and cummin while neglecting justice, mercy, and faith. The verse distinguishes the weightier matters of the law from the lesser ones. In Korean Protestant churches, it is frequently cited in discussions of tithing.