Donald Kirby

Isaiah 53:5

Isaiah 53:5 (NIV84)
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

Jeremiah 23:23-24

Jeremiah 23:23-24 (NIV84)
“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away?

Jeremiah 20:13

Jeremiah 20:13 (NIV84)
Sing to the Lord! Give praise to the Lord! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.

Past misdeeds

Jeremiah 7:23-26 (NIV84)
but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you.

Isaiah 53:5

Isaiah 53:5 (NIV84)
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

How to come of the darkness

Jeremiah 6:16 (NIV84)
This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Not listening to God

Jeremiah 6:10 (NIV84)
To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

Isaiah 26:21

Isaiah 26:21 (NIV84)
See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

Ecclesiastes 12:14 (NIV84)
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Ecclesiastes 11:9 (NIV84)
Be happy, young man, while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Ecclesiastes 9:12 (NIV84)
Moreover, no man knows when his hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so men are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Ecclesiastes 9:8 (NIV84)
Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil.

Be thankful for what you have

Ecclesiastes 5:1-2 (NIV84)
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 (NIV84)
Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 5:19-20 (NIV84)
Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work—this is a gift of God.

A helper/friend

Ecclesiastes 4:10-11 (NIV84)
If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

Same fate

Ecclesiastes 3:17-19 (NIV84)
I thought in my heart, “God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed.”

Time

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NIV84)
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:

Meaningless

Ecclesiastes 2:17-22 (NIV84)
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Psalm 73:26

Psalm 73:26 (NIV84)
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

1 Samuel 16:7

1 Samuel 16:7 (NASB)
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

Deuteronomy 16:17

Deuteronomy 16:17 (NASB)
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.

John 4:34

John 4:34 (NIV84)
“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

Matthew 3:11

Matthew 3:11 (NIV84)
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Zechariah 7:6

Zechariah 7:6 (NIV84)
And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?

Zechariah 7:5

Zechariah 7:5 (NIV84)
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?

John 3:16

John 3:16 (NIV84)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.