Thematic Bible: Religious Testimony


Thematic Bible



They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom
And talk of Your power;

“You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And My servant whom I have chosen,
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.


On that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving
And declare all Your wonders.

Let my tongue sing of Your word,
For all Your commandments are righteousness.

The mind of the hasty will discern the truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.





But just as you abound in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, see that you abound in this gracious work also.

and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,


And in that day you will say,
Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.
Make known His deeds among the peoples;
Make them remember that His name is exalted.”

Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.


Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary


They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the “legion”; and they became frightened.

The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead.

And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”

Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, "Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?" Others were saying, "This is he," still others were saying, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the one."


Come and hear, all who fear God,
And I will tell of what He has done for my soul.

I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your salvation all day long;
For I do not know the sum of them.

With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.


He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land.”

But if I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And I cannot endure it.

It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me.


But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak,

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother (for so I regard him), I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!




So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place;


Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout all that land.








As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him. And He did not let him, but He said to him, "Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you."


I shall make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has granted us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His compassion
And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.


On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who remind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;