"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." — Ecc 9:10 "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do," refers to works that are...

"For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." — Rom...

"To preach deliverance to the captives." — Luk 4:18 None but Jesus can give deliverance to captives. Real liberty cometh from him only....

"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy...

"The glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams." — Isa 33:21 Broad rivers and streams produce fertility, and...

"Get thee up into the high mountain." — Isa 40:9 Each believer should be thirsting for God, for the living God, and longing to climb the...

"Fellowship with him." — 1Jn 1:6 When we were united by faith to Christ, we were brought into such complete fellowship with him, that we...

"The power of his resurrection." — Php 3:10 The doctrine of a risen Saviour is exceedingly precious. The resurrection is the corner-stone...

"Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep." — Hos 12:12 Jacob, while expostulating with Laban, thus describes his own toil,...

"Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him." — Joh 12:2 He is to be envied. It was well to be Martha and serve, but better...

"Grieve not the Holy Spirit." — Eph 4:30 All that the believer has must come from Christ, but it comes solely through the channel of the...

"The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks." — Pro 30:26 Conscious of their own natural defencelessness,...

"0 Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul." — Lam 3:58 Observe how positively the prophet speaks. He doth not say, "I hope, I...

"O that I knew where I might find him!" — Job 23:3 In Job's uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an...

"Avoid foolish questions." — Tit 3:9 Our days are few, and are far better spent in doing good, than in disputing over matters which are,...

"He that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby." — Ecc 10:9 Oppressors may get their will of poor and needy men as easily as they can...

"To whom be glory for ever. Amen" — Rom 11:36 "To whom be glory for ever." This should be the single desire of the Christian. All other...

"Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty." — Isa 33:17 The more you know about Christ the less will you be satisfied with superficial...

"The Lord is my portion, saith my soul." — Lam 3:24 It is not "The Lord is partly my portion," nor "The Lord is in my portion"; but he...

"Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us." — Psa 68:28 It is our wisdom, as well as our necessity, to beseech God...