Memory Verses
Last update 8/21/2006 main spiritual resources page
My Personal Statement of Belief in Jesus
… he who has ears to hear … - Jesus in gospels
Proverbs 1:7 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge”
Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”
Proverbs 19:21 – “Many are the plans in a man’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails”
Proverbs 17:28a – “Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent”
These are my ‘memory verses’. I have them on 3x5 index cards, text on one side, chapter/verse citation on the other.
Here they are:
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
Mt 7:7
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
Mt. 6:33
“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”
Eccl. 12:13b
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6
“Behold! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.”
Revelation 3:20
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
“The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge; the ears of the wise seek it out.”
Proverbs 18:15
“Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.”
Romans 3:20
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Psalm 139:23-24
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
Mark 8:34b, Matt 16:24b
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
Luke 9:23b – note the difference
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
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