25 Bible Verses about Missionaries

And if thy brother becomes poor and comes unto thee, then thou shalt receive him; as a stranger, or a sojourner, he shall live with thee.

Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory.

I have showed you in all things how that so labouring, ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

The pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation and to keep thyself unspotted from this world.

naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus

And when I was present with you and had need, I was not a burden to any of you, for that which was lacking to me was supplied by the brethren which came from Macedonia; and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

Notwithstanding ye have done well, that ye did communicate with my tribulation. Now ye Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel when I departed from Macedonia, no congregation communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.

Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.

who have borne witness of thy charity before the congregation , whom if thou wilt help them as is convenient according to God, thou shalt do well;

Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for edification, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

The lips of the wise disperse wisdom, but the heart of the foolish does not so.

Pe The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue brings forth judgment.

Let the word of the Christ dwell in you in abundance in all wisdom, teaching you and exhorting you one to another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with grace singing in your hearts unto the Lord.

not forsaking our gathering together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another and so much the more, when ye see that day approaching.

Caph Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Brethren, if any of you have erred from the truth, and someone should convert him; let that one know, that whosoever causes the sinner to convert from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.

The soul who is a blessing unto others shall be made fat, and he that fills shall be filled also himself.

but rather God has chosen that which is the foolishness of the world to confound the wise, and God has chosen that which is the weakness of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he that wins souls is wise.

and thou shalt repeat them diligently unto thy sons and shalt talk of them being in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up;

He who lives, he who lives, even he shall confess thee, as I do this day; the father to the sons shall make known thy truth.

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

For he established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their sons: That the generation to come might know them, even the sons which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their sons that they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments read more.
and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set their heart aright and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

I meditated also on all thy works and spoke of thy doings.

In the same manner my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness every day, for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; so I shall meditate of thy wondrous works.

Caph They speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power, Lamed to make known to the sons of Adam his mighty acts and the glory of the magnificence of his kingdom.

Then the people rejoiced to have offered willingly because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD. Likewise, David the king rejoiced with great joy

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee and of thine own have we given thee.

Of the sons of Israel, men and women, all that had a willing heart to bring for all the work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses, brought a voluntary offering unto the LORD.

that ye may be blameless and innocent, children of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

So that ye have become examples to all that have believed in Macedonia and Achaia.

Therefore comfort and edify one another, even as ye do.

Let us, therefore, follow after the things which make for peace and the edification of each one to the others.

Let each one of us please his neighbour in that which is good, unto edification.

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

and have your honest conversation among the Gentiles, so that, in that which they murmur about you as of evildoers, having witnessed your good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

that ye may be blameless and innocent, children of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Cheth O taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man that shall trust in him.

Come, see a man who told me all that I have done; is perchance this the Christ?

And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and see.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger.

Pe She opened her mouth with wisdom, and the law of mercy is upon her tongue.

But when the princes of the priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were sore displeased and said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said unto them, Yes; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of children and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

We also exhort you, brethren, that you warn those that are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with everyone.

Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another that ye may be whole. The effectual prayer of the righteous is very powerful.

praying also together for us that God would open unto us the door of the word, to speak the mystery of the Christ, for which I am also in bonds,

Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience in all things desiring to conduct ourselves well.

And having called ten of his slaves, he delivered them ten minas and said unto them, Trade until I come.

For it is like a man travelling into a far country, who called his own slaves and delivered unto them his goods.

and they spoke with Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the work of the ministry which the LORD commanded to make. And Moses commanded it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing, for they had abundant material for all the work; more than enough to make it with.

For to their power, I bear record, and even beyond their power they were willing of themselves,

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart; thou shalt rebuke thy neighbour in sincerity, that thou not bear sin for him.

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

For I judged not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee;

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not until I have showed the strength of thy arm unto the next generation and thy power to every one that is to come,

Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he has done unto my soul.

This is so, O LORD, because I am thy slave; I am thy slave, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds. I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of praise and will invoke the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, read more.
in the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Halelu-JAH.

both young men and maidens, the old with the children, Let them praise the name of the LORD; for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above earth and heavens.

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth and until now; I shall manifest thy wondrous works.

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the LORD and to enquire in his temple.

And if it seems evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

But ye are the chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, that ye should show forth the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

And ye shall be my kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof because they did not come to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would immediately cry out.

Now those who were scattered abroad by the tribulation that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice and Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the word to no one except only unto the Jews. And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they came into Antioch, spoke unto the Greeks, preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus.

But those that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word of the gospel.

Now when Jesus heard this, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

And whosoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

For the charity of the Christ constrains us because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all are dead: And that he died for all that those who live should not live from now on unto themselves, but unto him who died and rose again for them.

but rather God has chosen that which is the foolishness of the world to confound the wise, and God has chosen that which is the weakness of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

So the posts went with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye sons of Israel, return unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord and then unto us by the will of God.

And Hannah prayed and said, My heart rejoices in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD; my mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I have rejoiced in thy saving health. There is none holy as the LORD, for there is none beside thee; neither is there any strong One like our God. Do not multiply thyself speaking great and lofty things; let arrogant words cease from your mouth, for the LORD is the all-knowing God, and the magnificent works are his. read more.
The bows of the mighty men have been broken, and the weak are girded with strength. Those that were full have hired themselves out for bread, and those that were hungry ceased so that the barren has given birth to seven, and she that has many children is waxed feeble. The LORD kills, and he gives life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and lifts up. He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world upon them. He keeps the feet of his saints, and the wicked perish in darkness, for no man shall prevail by their own strength. LORD, thine adversaries shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven he shall thunder upon them. The LORD shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give strength unto his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What do you mean by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses. Then the people bowed and worshipped.

Let each one according to the gift that he has received, administer it unto the others, as a good steward of the diverse graces of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone ministers, let them do it according to the virtue which God gives, that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus, the Christ, unto whom is glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, We are not careful to answer thee in this matter. Behold, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not worship thy god, nor honour the statue which thou hast raised up.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

The sons gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough to make cakes to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods that they may provoke me to anger.

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing that in yourselves ye have a better substance in the heavens, and that abides.

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in the heavens.

Comfort ye the tired hands and strengthen the knees that tremble. Say to those that are of a fearful heart, Be comforted, fear not; behold, your God comes with vengeance, with recompense; God himself will come and save you.

Then Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation), a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

He first found his own brother Simon and said unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

This people I have formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings and will not be ashamed.

and have your honest conversation among the Gentiles, so that, in that which they murmur about you as of evildoers, having witnessed your good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

And she said unto her mistress, If my lord would ask the prophet that is in Samaria, he would remove his leprosy.

and if he did not forgive the old world, but kept Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven other persons, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

And those that understand shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those that teach righteousness to the multitude as the stars in perpetual eternity.

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, teaching only in the baptism of John.

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla had heard him, they took him unto them and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back and with a loud voice glorified God

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him.

And he went and began to publish in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done with him, and everyone marveled.

Come, see a man who told me all that I have done; is perchance this the Christ?

And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and see.

And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord and spoke of him to all those that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God chose that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all and followed him.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered unto him of their substance.

But those that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word of the gospel.