‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’

‘For this child I prayed; and the Lᴏʀᴅ hath given me my petition which I asked of him’

‘Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.’

‘Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.  Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.’

‘Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.’

‘So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.’

‘Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?’

‘Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.’

‘And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lᴏʀᴅ his God.’

‘Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have:  for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.’

‘Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:  and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.  Amen.’

‘The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul:  the testimony of the Lᴏʀᴅ is sure, making wise the simple.’

‘Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.’

‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.’