Stevens Duncan

One of my Dad's Favorite Scriptures

Psalm 84:11 (NLT)
For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.

A Single Day with God vs 1,000 anywhere else

Psalm 84:10 (NLT)
A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

hope deferred makes heart sick

Proverbs 13:4 (NLT)
Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.

Proverbs 13:12 (NLT)
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.

always have the poor - so give

Deuteronomy 15:8-11 (NLT)
Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need.

shake the dust off your feet

Luke 9:5 (NLT)
And if a town refuses to welcome you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”

the tithe every third year

Deuteronomy 14:22-28 (NLT)
“You must set aside a tithe of your crops—one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year.

the tithe every third year

Deuteronomy 14:22-28 (NLT)
“You must set aside a tithe of your crops—one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year.

which wife is worthy?

Proverbs 12:4 (NLT)
A worthy wife is a crown for her husband, but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.

never consume the blood

Deuteronomy 12:23 (NLT)
But never consume the blood, for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the lifeblood with the meat.

never consume the blood

Deuteronomy 12:23 (NLT)
But never consume the blood, for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the lifeblood with the meat.

book of life - erase their names

Psalm 69:28 (NLT)
Erase their names from the Book of Life; don’t let them be counted among the righteous.

parable of the seed, just for believers

Luke 8:5-15 (NLT)
“A farmer went out to plant his seed. As he scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it.

fishers of men

Luke 5:7-8 (NLT)
A shout for help brought their partners in the other boat, and soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of sinking.

name change of towns conquered

Numbers 32:38 (NLT)
Nebo, Baal-meon, and Sibmah. They changed the names of some of the towns they conquered and rebuilt.

your sin will find you out

Numbers 32:23 (NLT)
But if you fail to keep your word, then you will have sinned against the LORD, and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.

jesus was tempted

Luke 4:1-2 (NLT)
Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

vows

Numbers 30:2 (NLT)
A man who makes a vow to the LORD or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.

vows

Numbers 30:2 (NLT)
A man who makes a vow to the LORD or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.

methuzala

Luke 3:37 (NLT)
Lamech was the son of Methuselah. Methuselah was the son of Enoch. Enoch was the son of Jared. Jared was the son of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the son of Kenan.

Find Jesus- Find Life

Proverbs 8:35 (NLT)
For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD.

Blind Bartimaeus

Luke 18:35 (KJV)
And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

Proverbs 9:10

Proverbs 9:10 (KJV)
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Matthew 28:20

Matthew 28:20 (KJV)
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Proverbs 8:10-11, Proverbs 8:13

Proverbs 8:10-11 (KJV)
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Proverbs 8:13 (KJV)
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 8:10-12

Proverbs 8:10-12 (KJV)
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.