Linda Cosier

Psalm 141:3

Psalm 141:3 (ESV)
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

Psalm 139:14

Psalm 139:14 (ESV)
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

Amos 3:7

Amos 3:7 (NET)
Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

Amos 2:1, Amos 2:4, Amos 2:6

Amos 2:1 (NET)
This is what the Lord says: “Because Moab has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime.

Amos 2:4 (NET)
This is what the Lord says: “Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the Lord’s law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.

Amos 2:6 (NET)
This is what the Lord says: “Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 1:1, Amos 1:3, Amos 1:6, Amos 1:9, Amos 1:11, Amos 1:13

Amos 1:1 (NET)
The following is a record of what Amos prophesied. He was one of the herdsmen from Tekoa. These prophecies about Israel were revealed to him during the time of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Amos 1:3 (NET)
This is what the Lord says: “Because Damascus has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth.

Amos 1:6 (NET)
This is what the Lord says: “Because Gaza has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They deported a whole community and sold them to Edom.

Amos 1:9 (NET)
This is what the Lord says: “Because Tyre has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood.

Amos 1:11 (NET)
This is what the Lord says: “Because Edom has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.

Amos 1:13 (NET)
This is what the Lord says: “Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They ripped open Gilead’s pregnant women so they could expand their territory.

1 John 4:9-16

1 John 4:9-16 (NET)
By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.

Proverbs 29:17

Proverbs 29:17 (NIV)
Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire.

Proverbs 29:15

Proverbs 29:15 (NIV)
A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.

1 John 1:5-10

1 John 1:5-10 (KJV)
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

2 Peter 1:5-8

2 Peter 1:5-8 (KJV)
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Psalm 127:3-5

Psalm 127:3-5 (NET)
Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

Psalm 128:1-6

Psalm 128:1-6 (NET)
How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!

1 Peter 5:4, 1 Peter 5:6-11

1 Peter 5:4 (NET)
Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.

1 Peter 5:6-11 (NET)
And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

1 Peter 4:16-19

1 Peter 4:16-19 (NET)
But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.

1 Peter 4:1, 1 Peter 4:6-14

1 Peter 4:1 (NET)
So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

1 Peter 4:6-14 (NET)
Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God’s standards.

James 5:11, James 5:16, James 5:20

James 5:11 (NET)
Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

James 5:16 (NET)
So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.

James 5:20 (NET)
he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person’s soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

James 4:6-8, James 4:11-13

James 4:6-8 (NET)
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

James 4:11-13 (NET)
Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

James 3:1-18

James 3:1-18 (NET)
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.

James 2:14, James 2:26

James 2:14 (NET)
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?

James 2:26 (NET)
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

James 2:8

James 2:8 (NET)
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

Hebrews 13:1-8, Hebrews 13:15, Hebrews 13:20-21

Hebrews 13:1-8 (NET)
Brotherly love must continue.

Hebrews 13:15 (NET)
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

Hebrews 13:20-21 (NET)
Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 12:14, Hebrews 12:28-29

Hebrews 12:14 (NET)
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

Hebrews 12:28-29 (NET)
So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

Hebrews 12:6, Hebrews 12:8

Hebrews 12:6 (NET)
“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”

Hebrews 12:8 (NET)
But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

Hebrews 11:6-8, Hebrews 11:11, Hebrews 11:13, Hebrews 11:17, Hebrews 11:20-24, Hebrews 11:29-31, Hebrews 11:33-34

Hebrews 11:6-8 (NET)
Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 11:11 (NET)
By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

Hebrews 11:13 (NET)
These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

Hebrews 11:17 (NET)
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.

Hebrews 11:20-24 (NET)
By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

Hebrews 11:29-31 (NET)
By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

Hebrews 11:33-34 (NET)
Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 10:9-39

Hebrews 10:9-39 (NET)
then he says, “Here I am:I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.