Wednesday, 25 May 2011

DISHONESTY BIBLE MSGS


"Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people"
Proverbs 11:3 (NLT)

"Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD,
but a just weight is His delight"
Proverbs 11:1 (NKJV)

"Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD,
and dishonest scales are not good."
Proverbs 20:23 (NKJV)

"Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made,  and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst."
Exodus 22:13 (NKJV)

"Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be poor than dishonest."
Proverbs 19:22 (NLT)

"Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or volume."
Leviticus 19:35 (NLT)

"All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures
are detestable to the Lord your God."
Deuteronomy 25:16 (NLT)

"Better to have little, with godliness,
than to be rich and dishonest."
Proverbs 16:8 (NLT)

"Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and a fool."
Proverbs 19:11 (NLT)

"Nothing evil will be allowed to enter, nor anyone who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty—but only those whose names
are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life."
Revelation 21:27 (NLT)

"Anyone who can be trusted in little matters can also be trusted in important matters. But anyone who is dishonest in little matters will be dishonest in important matters."
Luke 16:10 (CEV)

DISCIPLINE BIBLE MSGS


"My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father
the son he delights in."
Proverbs 3:11-12 (NIV)

"He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly."
Proverbs 5:23 (NIV)

"For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light,
and the corrections of discipline are the way to life"
Proverbs 6:23 (NIV)

"He who heeds discipline shows the way to life,
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray."
Proverbs 10:17 (NIV)

"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates
correction is stupid."
Proverbs 12:1 (NIV)

"He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame,
but whoever heeds correction is honored"
Proverbs 13:18 (NIV)

"A fool spurns his father's discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence."
Proverbs 15:5 (NIV)

"Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish him with the rod, he will not die."
Proverbs 23:13 (NIV)

"He who ignores discipline despises himself,
but whoever heeds correction gains understanding."
Proverbs 15:32 (NIV)

"Discipline your son, for in that there is hope;
do not be a willing party to his death."
Proverbs 19:18 (NIV)

DILLIGENCE BIBLE MSGS


"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which
God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:14 (NIV)

"Lazy people are soon poor;hard workers get rich."
Proverbs 10:4 (NLT)

"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown"
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 (NKJV)

"No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life,
that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
And also if anyone competes in athletics,
he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops."
2 Timothy 2:4-6 (NKJV)

"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going."
Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NKJV)

"Work hard, and you will be a leader; be lazy, and you will end up a slave."
Proverbs 12:24 (CEV)

"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (NIV)

"Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch,
but the diligent make use of everything they find."
Proverbs 12:27 (NLT)

DETERMINATION BIBLE MSGS


"I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or
that I have already reached perfection.
But I press on to possess that perfection
for which Christ Jesus first possessed me."
Philippians 3:12 (NLT)

"I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection
for which Christ Jesus first possessed me."
1 Thessalonians 4:11 (NLT)

"Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God.
If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant."
Galatians 1:10 (NLT)

"So whether we are here in this body or away from this body,
our goal is to please him."
2 Corinthians 5:9 (NLT)

"But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses.
“Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”"
Numbers 13:30 (KJV)

"David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin,  but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.  Today the LORD will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals,  and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel! And everyone assembled here will know that the LORD rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the LORD’s battle,  and he will give you to us!” As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him. Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground. So David triumphed over  the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.   Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head."
1 Samuel 17:45-51 (NIV)

"So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven."
Acts 26:19 (NIV)

"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,  let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
Hebrews 12:1-2 (NKJV)

"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run  in such a way that you may obtain it.  And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown"
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 (NKJV)

"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,
to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession
in the presence of many witnesses."
1 Timothy 6:12 (NKJV)

DEPRESSION BIBLE MSGS


Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10 (NKJV)

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but he who trusts in the LORD, lovingkindness shall surround him.
Psalm 32:10 (NASB)

He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:3-4 (NASB)

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Psalm 37:23-24 (KJV)

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psalm 37:3-4 (KJV)

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 
John 16:33 (KJV)

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalm 46:10 (KJV)

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isaiah 61:2-3 (KJV)

DEATH BIBLE MSGS


"And the LORD said to Moses: "You are going to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.""
Deuteronomy 31:16 New International Version

"Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on."
"Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."
"
Revelation 14:13 New International Version

"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints."Psalms 116:15 New International Version

"Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him."
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 New International Version

"Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?""
John 11:25-26 New International Version

"So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
"
1 Corinthians 15:42-44 New International Version

"The righteous perish,
and no one ponders it in his heart;
devout men are taken away,
and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
to be spared from evil.

Those who walk uprightly
enter into peace;
they find rest as they lie in death.
"
Isaiah 57:1-2 New International Version

"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 New International Version

"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."Romans 8:18 New International Version

"Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,"
2 Corinthians 5:1-2 New International Version

"We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord."
2 Corinthians 5:8 New International Version

"Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death."Hebrews 2:14-15 New International Version

"They overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death.
"
Revelation 12:11 New International Version

DANCE BIBLE MSGS


"And David danced before the LORD with all his might;
and David was girded with a linen ephod."
2 Samuel 6:14 (KJV)

"Let them praise his name in the dance: let them
sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp."
Psalm 149:3 (KJV)

"Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs"
Psalm 150:4 (KJV)

"A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance."
Ecclesiastes 3:4 (KJV)

"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship."
Romans 12:1 (NIV)

"And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God."
Colossians 1:10 (NIV)

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave himself for me."
Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

"'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'"
Acts 17:28 (NIV)

"You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy."
Psalm 30:11 (NIV)