25 Bible Verses about Missionaries

And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner.

He has scattered, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn shall be exalted with honor.

I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me.

Salute Prisca and Aquila my co-workmen in Christ Jesus

And being present with you, and when needy, I was a burden to no man. For the brothers who came from Macedonia, they supplied my need. And in everything I kept, and I will keep myself non-burdensome to you.

Nevertheless ye did well having shared with my affliction. And ye Philippians also have seen that, in the beginning of the good-news when I departed from Macedonia, not one congregation shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except ye only, because also in Thessalonica ye sent both once and again to my need.

Salute Urbanus our co-workman in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

who testified about thy love in sight of the congregation, whom thou will do well having helped send on their way worthily of God.

your speech always with grace seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer each one.

Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

The mouth of a righteous man brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

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

The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.

Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching.

Come, ye children, hearken to me. I will teach you the fear of LORD.

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

But exhort each other during each day, while it is called Today, lest any of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Brothers, if any man among you may be led astray from the truth, and some man converts him, let him know that he who converts a sinful man from his wandering way, will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.

The generous soul shall be made prosperous, and he who waters shall also be watered himself.

But God chose the foolish things of the world, so that he might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, so that he might humiliate the powerful.

The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

And thou shall teach them diligently to thy sons, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lay down, and when thou rise up.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth.

For how do thou know, O wife, whether thou will save thy husband? Or how will thou know, O husband, whether thou will 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, even the sons who should be born, who should arise and tell 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 set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

I will meditate also upon all thy work, and muse on thy doings.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long. For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek my hurt.

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

They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power, to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to LORD. And David the king also 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.

The sons of Israel brought a freewill-offering to LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which LORD had commanded to be made by Moses.

so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.

in order for you to become examples to all those who believe, in Macedonia and in Achaia.

Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.

So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other.

Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.

Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.

Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.

so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of 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 th

O taste and see that LORD is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

Come, see a man who told me all, as many things as I did. Is not this the Christ?

And Nathanael said to him, What good can be from Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou have {perfected praise (LXX/NT)}, because of thine adversaries, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the law of kindness is on her tongue.

But when the chief priests and the scholars saw the wonderful things that he did, and the boys crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, they were indignant, and said to him, Do thou hear what these are saying? And Jesus says to them, Yes! Did ye never read, Out of the mouth of children and those who suckle thou have perfected praise?

And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

And yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful.

Praying simultaneously about us also, so that God may open to us a door of the word, to speak the mystery of the Christ, because of which I have also been bound,

Pray about us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, desiring to behave well in all things.

And having called ten of his bondmen, he gave them ten minas and said to them, Do business until I come.

For, like a man going on a journey, he called his own bondmen, and delivered to them the things possessed by him.

And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which LORD commanded to make. And Moses gave commandment, and they caused 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 the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

so that according to their ability, I testify, and beyond their ability, willingly,

And do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even rebuke them.

Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, even this crucified man.

Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask thy father, and he will show thee, thine elders, and they will tell thee.

Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.

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

O LORD, truly I am thy servant. I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou have loosed my bonds. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of LORD. I will pay my vows to LORD, yea, in the presence of all his people, read more.
in the courts of LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye LORD.

both young men and virgins, old men and sons. Let them praise the name of LORD, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now.

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

And if it seems evil to you to serve LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my hou

But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shall speak to the sons of Israel.

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

And having answered, he said to them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.

Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad from the persecution that occurred against Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews only. And some of them were men, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching good-news, the Lord Jesus.

Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad passed through proclaiming the good-news, the word.

And when he heard these things, Jesus said to him, Yet one thing is lacking from thee. Sell all things, as many as thou have, and distribute to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

And whoever does not bear his cross, and come behind me, cannot be my disciple.

For the love of Christ holds us together, having judge this, that if one died for all, then all died. And he died for all so that those who live would no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and was raised.

But God chose the foolish things of the world, so that he might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, so that he might humiliate the powerful.

So the posts went with the letters from the king and his rulers throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye sons of Israel, turn again to LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, th

And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God,

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exults in LORD. My horn is exalted in LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation. There is none holy as LORD, for there is none besides thee, neither is there any rock like our God. Talk no more so very proudly. Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth, for LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. read more.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength. Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread, and those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]. Yea, the barren has borne seven, and she who has many sons languishes. LORD kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up. LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them. He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail. Those who strive with LORD shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in heaven. LORD will judge the ends of the earth, and he will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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

As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speaks, as oracles of God. If any man serves, as of ability as God supplies. So that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou have set up.

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye encompass the sea and the land to make one proselyte, and when it happens, ye make him twice more a son of hell than yourselves.

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

For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.

Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens.

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not. Behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God. He will come and save you.

And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles, Barnabas (which is, being translated, son of encouragement), a Levite, a Cypriot by nationality, having sold a field that was possessed by him, brought the money and placed it at the apostles' feet.

This man first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. And having seen him, Jesus said, Thou are Simon the son of Jonah. Thou will be called Cephas (which is interpreted, Peter).

the people whom I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

I also will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and shall not be put to shame.

Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.

And she said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy.

and he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness, when he brought on a flood upon the world of the irreverent,

And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.

This was a man who was instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in the Spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about the Lord, knowing only the immersion of John.

And this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside, and expounded to him the way of God more accurately.

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back with a great voice glorifying God.

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by origin, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.

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

If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Jesus of Nazareth--how God anointed him with Holy Spirit and with power, who passed through doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

And he departed, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how much Jesus did for him. And all men marveled.

Come, see a man who told me all, as many things as I did. Is not this the Christ?

And Nathanael said to him, What good can be from Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

And having stood near at that same hour, she acknowledged the Lord, and spoke about him to all those who were awaiting redemption in Jerusalem.

And when much debate occurred, Peter having risen up, he said to them, Men, brothers, ye know that from past days among us, God chose the Gentiles to hear through my mouth the word of the good-news, and to believe.

And when they brought their boats to land, after forsaking all, they followed him.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women who served them from the things they possessed.

Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad passed through proclaiming the good-news, the word.