John 8:22 ESV “So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” It is humorous to me how often people try to figure out the ways of God without seeking My
2 Maccabees 6:13 NRSV “In fact, it is a sign of great kindness not to let the impious alone for long, but to punish them immediately.” Some believe this book to be part of scripture and others do not but,
Psalm 19:13 “Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression. I am here to help you not sin. Would you like this? Jesus
Jeremiah 9:12 ESV “Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so
John 9:18 NRSV “The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight” This is very reminiscent of another doubting person –
1 John 4:5-6 ESV “They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us.
Proverbs 26:2 NASB “Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying. So, a curse without cause does not come to rest.” Sparrows move around quickly. Swallows dip down and avoid anything that might impact them negatively.
Mark 8:19 ESV ‘When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?’ They said to him, ‘Twelve.’” There is such abundance available as you can see in this
Joel 3:21 ESV “I will avenge their blood, blood I have not avenged, for the Lord dwells in Zion.” In Joel 3:20 you see that I fully plan for Judah to be exalted and I will avenge their blood. This is a
James 2:4 NLT “doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motive?” This verse is specifically about how you treat a wealthy person versus a poor person in church, but it expands into so many other places