Ancient History & Wisdom Verses To Live By
GENESIS 1:1-5 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
GENESIS 4:6-7 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it."
GENESIS 5:1&2 When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them and named them Man when they were created.
EXODUS 20:1-17 (& Deuteronomy 5) - The Ten Commandments – And God spoke all these words, saying, 2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3(1st) You shall have no other gods before Me.
4(2nd) You shall not make for yourself a carved image….. 5You shall not bow down to them or serve them…..
7(3rd) You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
8(4th) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God….. 11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12(5th) Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13(6th) You shall not murder.
14(7th) You shall not commit adultery.
15(8th) You shall not steal.
16(9th) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17(10th) You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
LEVITICUS 19:11-18 You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. 12You shall not swear by My name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.13 You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him….. 14You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord. 15You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 16You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people 17You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. 18You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
NUMBERS 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
NUMBERS 14:18-19 The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation. 19Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Your steadfast love, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.
DEUTERONOMY 6:5-7 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
DEUTERONOMY 7:9-10 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations, 10and repays to their face those who hate Him, by destroying them. He will not be slack with one who hates Him. He will repay him to his face.
DEUTERONOMY 20:3-4 …..today you are drawing near for battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint. Do not fear or panic or be in dread of them, 4for the Lord your God is He who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.
DEUTERONOMY 30:15-20 See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 16If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in His ways, and by keeping His commandments and His statutes and His rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 17But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20loving the Lord your God, obeying His voice and holding fast to Him, for He is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
DEUTERONOMY 31:8 It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
JOSHUA 1:8-9 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
JOSHUA 22:5 Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and to cling to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
1 SAMUEL 16:7.....For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
2 SAMUEL 7:22 ....You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 SAMUEL 22:31-33 This God--His way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; He is a shield for all those who take refuge in Him. 32“For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? 33This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless.
1 CHRONICLES 16:8-36 David’s Song of Thanks Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples! 9Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wondrous works! 10Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! 11 Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually! 12 Remember the wondrous works that He has done, His miracles and the judgments He uttered,13O offspring of Israel His servant, children of Jacob, His chosen ones! 14He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.15Remember His covenant forever, the word that He commanded, for a thousand generations,16the covenant that He made with Abraham, His sworn promise to Isaac,17which He confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,18saying,'To you I will give the land of Canaan, as your portion for an inheritance.' 19When you were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it, 20wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, 21He allowed no one to oppress them; He rebuked kings on their account 22saying, 'Touch not My anointed ones, do My prophets no harm!' 23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of His salvation from day to day. 24Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples! 25For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and He is to be feared above all gods. 26For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens. 27Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy are in His place. 28Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength! 29Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him! Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; 30tremble before Him, all the earth; yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, 'The Lord reigns!' 32 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it! 33Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord, for He comes to judge the earth. 34Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever! 35 Say also: 'Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather and deliver us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your praise. 36 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!' Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord.
1 CHRONICLES 29:10-13 Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. 11Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. 12Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 13And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name."
2 CHRONICLES 7:14 …if My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 CHRONICLES 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward Him.
2 CHRONICLES 30:9 …..For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away His face from you, if you return to Him.
NEHEMIAH 8:10 …..And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
JOB 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth.
JOB 28:28…..Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.
GENESIS 4:6-7 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it."
GENESIS 5:1&2 When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them and named them Man when they were created.
EXODUS 20:1-17 (& Deuteronomy 5) - The Ten Commandments – And God spoke all these words, saying, 2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3(1st) You shall have no other gods before Me.
4(2nd) You shall not make for yourself a carved image….. 5You shall not bow down to them or serve them…..
7(3rd) You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
8(4th) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God….. 11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12(5th) Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13(6th) You shall not murder.
14(7th) You shall not commit adultery.
15(8th) You shall not steal.
16(9th) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17(10th) You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
LEVITICUS 19:11-18 You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. 12You shall not swear by My name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.13 You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him….. 14You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord. 15You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. 16You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people 17You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. 18You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
NUMBERS 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
NUMBERS 14:18-19 The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation. 19Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Your steadfast love, just as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.
DEUTERONOMY 6:5-7 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
DEUTERONOMY 7:9-10 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations, 10and repays to their face those who hate Him, by destroying them. He will not be slack with one who hates Him. He will repay him to his face.
DEUTERONOMY 20:3-4 …..today you are drawing near for battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint. Do not fear or panic or be in dread of them, 4for the Lord your God is He who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.
DEUTERONOMY 30:15-20 See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. 16If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in His ways, and by keeping His commandments and His statutes and His rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 17But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, 18I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. 19I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20loving the Lord your God, obeying His voice and holding fast to Him, for He is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
DEUTERONOMY 31:8 It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
JOSHUA 1:8-9 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
JOSHUA 22:5 Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and to cling to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
1 SAMUEL 16:7.....For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
2 SAMUEL 7:22 ....You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 SAMUEL 22:31-33 This God--His way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; He is a shield for all those who take refuge in Him. 32“For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? 33This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless.
1 CHRONICLES 16:8-36 David’s Song of Thanks Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples! 9Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wondrous works! 10Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! 11 Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually! 12 Remember the wondrous works that He has done, His miracles and the judgments He uttered,13O offspring of Israel His servant, children of Jacob, His chosen ones! 14He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.15Remember His covenant forever, the word that He commanded, for a thousand generations,16the covenant that He made with Abraham, His sworn promise to Isaac,17which He confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,18saying,'To you I will give the land of Canaan, as your portion for an inheritance.' 19When you were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it, 20wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, 21He allowed no one to oppress them; He rebuked kings on their account 22saying, 'Touch not My anointed ones, do My prophets no harm!' 23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of His salvation from day to day. 24Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples! 25For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and He is to be feared above all gods. 26For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens. 27Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy are in His place. 28Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength! 29Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him! Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; 30tremble before Him, all the earth; yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, 'The Lord reigns!' 32 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it! 33Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord, for He comes to judge the earth. 34Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever! 35 Say also: 'Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather and deliver us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your praise. 36 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!' Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord.
1 CHRONICLES 29:10-13 Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. 11Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. 12Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 13And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name."
2 CHRONICLES 7:14 …if My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 CHRONICLES 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward Him.
2 CHRONICLES 30:9 …..For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away His face from you, if you return to Him.
NEHEMIAH 8:10 …..And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
JOB 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth.
JOB 28:28…..Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.