Joshua 9:14 “So the men of Israel took some of their provisions, and did not ask for the counsel of the Lord.” Observation: The context of this passage is that Joshua and his army were having enormous success confronting and defeating every enemy they came against,...

1 Corinthians 2:10–13 “For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? … Now we have received not the spirit of the...

Deuteronomy 30:3, 5 “Then the Lord your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and … The Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than...

Deuteronomy 28:2, 15 “All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the Lord your God. … But it shall come about, if you do not obey the Lord your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statues with which I charge you today, that all...

Deuteronomy 25:17–19 “Remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out from Egypt, how he met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God. Therefore, it shall come about...

Amos 4:8–11 “… ‘Yet you have not returned to me,’ declares the Lord” (NIV). Observation: In each of these four verses God testified of Israel’s sin and established justification for coming judgment. He recounted things He had done to show His commitment to Israel...

1 John 1:3–4 “We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete” (NIV). Observation: John the apostle was the...

1 Peter 1:7 “These have come so that your faith … of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire … may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed” (NIV). Observation: Peter is encouraging me to...

Ephesians 5:8 “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.” Observation: Paul has just encouraged the Ephesians to “be imitators of God … as dearly loved children …” (Verse 5:1) We are told to be a “fragrant offering” (Verse 2), and to carry not so...

John 20:6 “Then Simon Peter … arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen laying there, as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen” (NIV). Observation: Mary Magdalene had...