Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord—with the first of them and with the last—I am he.

He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”

Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.

This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.

How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.

You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!

Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Keep my commands and follow them. I am the Lord.

For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.