‘I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.’

‘I am convinced that the Bible is a book —indeed, the Book— for today.’

‘As for God, his way is perfect:  the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.’

‘And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.’

‘Then they said one to another, We do not well:  this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.’

‘Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.’

‘O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all:  the earth is full of thy riches.’

‘But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.’

‘So they ran both together:  and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.’

‘For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit’

—1 Peter 3:18

‘And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt’

—Mark 14:36

‘But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.’

—Luke 10:40