Jeremiah 3

“I myself said, ““‘How gladly would I treat you like sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.”’ I thought you would call me ‘Father’ and not turn away from following me.”
– Jeremiah 3:19

1 Kings 14

“Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave and free. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is gone.”
– 1 Kings 14:10

Nehemiah 4

“Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.”
– Nehemiah 4:4

Jonah 2

“He said: ‘“In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.”
– Jonah 2:2

Matthew 23

“For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
– Matthew 23:12

John 12

“There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.”
– John 12:48

1 Corinthians 2

“The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritual discerned.”
– 1 Corinthians 2:14

Psalm 54

“Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.”
– Psalm 54:4

Proverbs 18

“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.”
– Proverbs 18:22

Ezekiel 22

“I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.”
– Ezekiel 22:30

Short Stories and Devotional Letters to Grandchildren on Every Book and Chapter of the Bible

Recent Devotionals

Exodus 33

Exodus 33

“And the LORD said to Moses, “‘I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”
~ Exodus 33:17

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Leviticus 12

Leviticus 12

“When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meetings a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.”
~ Leviticus 12:6

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Amos 9

Amos 9

“I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the LORD your God.”
~ Amos 9:15

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Jeremiah 48

Jeremiah 48

“We have heard of Moab’s pride—her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and arrogance and the haughtiness of her heart.”
~ Jeremiah 48:29

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Psalm 65

Psalm 65

“O you who hear prayer, to you all men will come.”
~ Psalm 65:2

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Amos 5

Amos 5

“Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.”
~ Amos 5:14

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Matthew 3

Matthew 3

“As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him.”
~ Matthew 3:16

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Luke 8

Luke 8

“My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”
~ Luke 8:21

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Song of Songs 1

Song of Songs 1

“How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves.”
~ Song of Songs 1:15

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Genesis 8

Genesis 8

“Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.”
~ Genesis 8:21

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Galatians 4

Galatians 4

“Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.”
~ Galatians 4:17

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Joshua 8

Joshua 8

“You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”
~ Joshua 8:2

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1 Samuel 21

1 Samuel 21

“So he pretended to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.”
~ 1 Samuel 21:13

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Acts 19

Acts 19

“But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.”
~ Acts 19:9

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Amos 8

Amos 8

“The days are coming,”’ declares the Sovereign LORD, “‘When I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.”
~ Amos 8:11

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Jeremiah 6

Jeremiah 6

“Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,”’ says the LORD.”
~ Jeremiah 6:15

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Acts 22

Acts 22

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers and was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.”
~ Acts 22:3

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Deuteronomy 17

Deuteronomy 17

“take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.”
~ Deuteronomy 17:5

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