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VERSES TO MEMORIZE
Memorizing Bible verses is a great way to stay grounded and prepared with God's Word, no matter what you're going through. It's like having a handy toolkit filled with wisdom and comfort right at your fingertips.
Think about it: you could share a verse about God's love when a friend needs encouragement, or recall one about patience while waiting in a long line at the DMV. It's all about weaving God's truth into the fabric of your everyday life.
If you spend a little time each day working on memorization, it'll become so much easier to remember scripture when you need it most. It's like building a spiritual muscle, one verse at a time.
As Joshua 1:8 says, "Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful." That's a powerful promise, and memorization helps bring it to life.
Let the wise man hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire guidance,
“The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, acquire understanding.
The heart of the understanding acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
For wisdom is a shadow of protection as money is a shadow of protection, And the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its masters.
¶I will give you insight and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
Give knowledge to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Make a righteous man know it and he will increase his learning.
For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through the perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with gratefulness in your hearts to God.
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.
Therefore look carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
¶The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; Ignorant fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
¶“Whom would He instruct in knowledge, And whom would He provide understanding about the report? Those just weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast?
The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
The heart of the one who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil.
But in addition to this, my son, be warned: the making of many books is endless, and much devotion to books is wearying to the flesh.
“So He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to turn away from evil is understanding.’ ”
Train up a child according to his way, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and multiplying in the full knowledge of God;
How much better it is to acquire wisdom than fine gold! And to acquire understanding is to be chosen above silver.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weary, And to him who lacks vigor He increases might. ¶A voice is calling, “Prepare the way for Yahweh in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Though youths grow weary and tired, And choice young men stumble badly, Yet those who hope in Yahweh Will gain new power; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and not get tired; They will walk and not become weary.
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew and fell against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.
I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, “God is testing them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.” For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same fate for each of them. As one dies so dies the other, and they all have the same breath. So there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.
¶The law of Yahweh is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of Yahweh is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes.
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, strengthen, confirm, and ground you.
¶Make me know Your ways, O Yahweh; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; In You I hope all the day.
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Execute justice for the orphan, Plead for the widow.
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. teaching them to keep all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the full knowledge of Him,
Listen to counsel and receive discipline, That you may be wise in the end of your days.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruits, without doubting, without hypocrisy.
Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
The wise in heart will be called understanding, And sweetness of lips increases learning.
so that you may not become dull, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
There is gold, and an abundance of pearls; But the lips of knowledge are a more precious vessel.
But I myself am also convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge and being able also to admonish one another.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the depths graciously given to us by God,
as we tear down speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
“Take my discipline and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest fine gold. “For wisdom is better than pearls; And all desirable things cannot compare with her.
And as for you, the anointing whom you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as He has taught you, abide in Him.
Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will pay attention. And the heart of the hasty will discern knowledge, And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.
¶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
¶Let the righteous smite me in lovingkindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their evil deeds.
Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
For if you call out for understanding, Give your voice for discernment; If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh And find the knowledge of God.
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, turning aside from godless and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called knowledge— which some, while professing, have gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is dignified, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, consider these things.
I have sought to please Your face with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word.
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, both His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.
Because in much wisdom there is much vexation, and whoever increases knowledge increases pain.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Yahweh, my rock and my Redeemer.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;
You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
And he answered and said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will listen from heaven, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may approve what the will of God is, that which is good and pleasing and perfect.