Thematic Bible: To believers


Thematic Bible




Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.




But if you truly give ear to his voice, and do whatever I say, then I will be against those who are against you, fighting those who are fighting you.

The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:

And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.




And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.





And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.



Come back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.


Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.


Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.


Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.



But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.


Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.

For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.


For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.



And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour to him who sent me: for whoever is least among you all, that man is great.

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.



The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.


For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.




But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.



Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.


As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up: So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.






I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.


Truly I say to you, He who puts his faith in me will do the very works which I do, and he will do greater things than these, because I am going to my Father.


For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.






And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.




Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain