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2 Samuel chapter 21 verses 2-3 (NIV)   The king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.) David asked the…

Acts chapter 7 verse 51 (NIV)  “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!” James chapter 4 verse 7 (NIV)   Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. How sad that the religious leaders at the…

2 Samuel chapter 18 verses 12 – 13 (NIV)   But the man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king’s son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’ And if…

Acts chapter 6 verses 9-10 (NIV)  Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia —who began to argue with Stephen.  But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he…

Acts chapter 5 verses 17-21 (NIV)  Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought…

Acts chapter 4 verses 36-37 (NIV)  Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “son of encouragement”), sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet.  Romans chapter 12 verses 5-8 (NIV) “so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member…

Acts chapter 4 verses 18-21 (NIV)  Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!  As for us, we cannot help…

Acts chapter 3 verses 1-8 (NIV)  One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into…

Proverbs chapter 14 verse 12 (NIV) There is a way that appears to be right,    but in the end it leads to death. If we ever need a reminder to be sure to seek God’s will about the decisions that we take, then this verse in Proverbs is that.  When we have our heart…

2 Samuel chapter 5 verses 6-7 (NIV)  The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress…