Preston Ford

John 8:34

John 8:34 (AMP)
Jesus answered them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Whoever commits and practices sin is the slave of sin.

Joshua 24:14

Joshua 24:14 (MSG)
"So now: Fear god. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped on the far side of The River (the Euphrates) and in Egypt. You, worship god.

Philippians 4:13

Philippians 4:13 (AMP)
I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency].

James 4:3

James 4:3 (AMP)
[Or] you do ask [God for them] and yet fail to receive, because you ask with wrong purpose and evil, selfish motives. Your intention is [when you get what you desire] to spend it in sensual pleasures.

James 4:2

James 4:2 (AMP)
You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become murderers. [To hate is to murder as far as your hearts are concerned.] You burn with envy and anger and are not able to obtain [the gratification, the contentment, and the happiness that you seek], so you fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask. [I John 3:15.]

James 5:16

James 5:16 (AMP)
Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].

Genesis 6:15

Genesis 6:15 (AMP)
And this is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits [that is, 450 ft. x 75 ft. x 45 ft.].

Deuteronomy 6:5

Deuteronomy 6:5 (AMP)
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:12

Deuteronomy 6:12 (AMP)
Then beware lest you forget the Lord, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

2 Kings 4:1

2 Kings 4:1 (AMP)
NOW THE wife of a son of the prophets cried to Elisha, Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. But the creditor has come to take my two sons to be his slaves.

Psalm 8:5

Psalm 8:5 (AMP)
Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalm 9:9

Psalm 9:9 (AMP)
The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).

Psalm 11:7

Psalm 11:7 (AMP)
For the Lord is [rigidly] righteous, He loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold His face, or He beholds the upright.

Proverbs 3:6

Proverbs 3:6 (AMP)
In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.

Proverbs 8:17

Proverbs 8:17 (AMP)
I love those who love me, and those who seek me early and diligently shall find me.

Proverbs 10:1

Proverbs 10:1 (AMP)
THE PROVERBS of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish and self-confident son is the grief of his mother.

Proverbs 10:24

Proverbs 10:24 (AMP)
The thing a wicked man fears shall come upon him, but the desire of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be granted.

Matthew 11:28

Matthew 11:28 (AMP)
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]

John 3:18

John 3:18 (AMP)
He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ’s name.]

John 3:20

John 3:20 (AMP)
For every wrongdoer hates (loathes, detests) the Light, and will not come out into the Light but shrinks from it, lest his works (his deeds, his activities, his conduct) be exposed and reproved.

John 3:21

John 3:21 (AMP)
But he who practices truth [who does what is right] comes out into the Light; so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are--wrought with God [divinely prompted, done with God’s help, in dependence upon Him].

John 6:35

John 6:35 (AMP)
Jesus replied, I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry, and he who believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me will never thirst any more (at any time).

John 6:37

John 6:37 (AMP)
All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me].

John 7:17

John 7:17 (AMP)
If any man desires to do His will (God’s pleasure), he will know (have the needed illumination to recognize, and can tell for himself) whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking from Myself and of My own accord and on My own authority.

John 8:15

John 8:15 (AMP)
You [set yourselves up to] judge according to the flesh (by what you see). [You condemn by external, human standards.] I do not [set Myself up to] judge or condemn or sentence anyone.