The Key Verses from Every Book of the Bible
(Paraphrased from the New American Standard Bible
by William M. Verch
Pray: Dear Lord, Is there a key verse through which You'd like to speak to me today?
1. / Genesis 4:7 / Sin is crouching at your door & it desires to control you, but you must master it.1. / Exodus 9:13-17 / I (God) do what I do, so that My power might be shown & so that My Name will be proclaimed.
1. / Leviticus 20:26 / You are to be holy because I am Holy & I have set you apart.
1. / Numbers 27:18-20 / (God to Moses:) Commission Joshua to put some of your authority on him, so that the congregation will obey him.
1. / Deuteronomy 26:16-19 / Obey God and He will bless you.
1. / Joshua 1:7-9 / Be strong & courageous. Do not be afraid.
1. / Judges 10:11-13 / I, God, delivered you, but you forsook Me, so I will no longer deliver you.
1. / Ruth 2:10-12 / May you be rewarded because you trust in the Lord for protection
1. / 1 Samuel 27:23 / Do not move against God's chosen leaders
1. / 2 Samuel 5:12 / David realized that God established him & made his kingdom great for the sake of the people.
1. / 1 Kings 2:1-4 / Be strong & obey God that you may succeed in all you do.
1. / 2 Kings 6:16-17 / Do not fear, because the Lord's invisible army is here with you and it is overwhelming.
1. / 1 Chronicles 29:11-16 / God is glorious and everything comes from Him.
1. / 2 Chronicles 32:31 / It is the Lord's fight.
1. / Ezra 3:10-11 / Praise God for His work.
1. / Nehemiah 1:3-6 / Intense prayer.
1. / Ester 3:10-11 / Do God's Will, no matter the consequences.
1. / Job 13:15 / Hope in God, no matter what.
1. / Psalm 91:7-16 / God is a shield.
1. / Proverbs 9:10 / To fear God is wisdom.
1. / Ecclesiastes 3:11-15 / Enjoy life and do good.
1. / Song of Solomon 2:4 / God's banner over me is love.
1. / Isaiah 48:17-19 / Obey God and He'll show you the way.
1. / Jeremiah 30:11 / I (God) am with you to save you.
1. / Lamentations 3:22-26 / Great is God's faithfulness
1. / Ezekiel 5:11 / Because of your sin, I (God) will withdraw from you and I will not have pity and I will not spare.
1. / Daniel 3:17-18 / God is able to deliver me from impossible circumstances, but even if He doesn't, I will still serve Him.
1. / Hosea 5:15 / I (God) will go away until they acknowledge their guilt & seek Me earnestly.
1. / Joel 2:11-13 / Return to God, for He is gracious & compassionate & full of love.
1. / Amos 6:8 / The Lord has sworn by Himself, "I hate arrogance."
1. / Obadiah 1:2-3 / Your arrogance has deceived you.
1. / Jonah 3:8-10 / When God saw their deeds, that they had turned from their wicked way, He recanted and did not bring the calamity He said He was going to.
1. / Micah 6:8 / What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?
1. / Nahum 3:5 / Behold, I (God) am against you and I will lift your skirts up over your face. (I will embarrass you.)
1. / Habakkuk 1:13 / God is too pure to approve of evil.
36. / Zephaniah 3:14-17 / God has taken away His judgments against you. He will exult over you with joy.
36. / Haggai 1:7-11 / I (God) blow away your increase, because you have neglected my house.
36. / Zechariah 4:6 / Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit says the Lord of Hosts.
36. / Malachi 3:8-12 / Tithe - test Me in this & I will greatly bless you & I will rebuke the devourer (satan).
1. / Matthew 8:26 / Why are you afraid, men of little faith?
2. / Mark 12:29-31 / Love God with all your heart & love your neighbor as yourself.
2. / Luke 9:23 / Do what you are supposed to do, every day.
2. / John 3:16 / God loved the world so much that He gave His Son, Jesus, that whoever believes in Him will not die, but will live forever.
2. / Acts 13:2-3 / Set apart those who are called to do God's work.
2. / Romans 8:14-17 / You, as a believer, are adopted as a child of God - He is now "Daddy."
2. / 1 Corinthians 4:6-7 / Don't be arrogant - everything about you was given to you.
2. / 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 / Our troubles now are producing HUGE honor & attention that is coming in the future.
2. / Galatians 4:4-7 / We believers have been adopted as sweetly loved children of God.
2. / Ephesians 6:12 / Our struggle is not against people, but against spiritual forces of evil.
2. / Philippians 2:13 / It is God who works motivation in you.
2. / Colossians 3:12-17 / Put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness and love. Let the Word of Christ dwell richly within you. Teach and sing with this wisdom. With thankfulness, in everything you do, do in the name of the Lord Jesus.
2. / 1 Thessalonians 2:9 / Proclaim the Gospel & Paul worked night & day so as not to be a burden to anyone.
2. / 2 Thessalonians 3:3 / God is faithful and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
2. / 1 Timothy 6:6-11 / Be content with being provided for & pursue the nature of God.
2. / 2 Timothy 2:21-26 / Be clean to be useful & be able to teach.
2. / Titus 3:1-7 / Be willing to be subject to authority. Be ready for every good deed. Do not speak badly of others. Be peaceable, gentle, and considerate. For we were once filled with evil, but God appeared and saved us, not on the basis of any of our good deeds, but because of His mercy and love which was poured out through Jesus.
2. / Philemon 1:4-6 / Paul prays that Philemon would be effective.
2. / Hebrews 11:1 / Faith is being sure of what you hope for.
2. / James 3:13-18 / Put to death selfish ambition & arrogance.
2. / 1 Peter 2:9 / God has done all this, He has chosen you, so that you would tell how excellent He is.
2. / 2 Peter 1:4-8 / Take on God's Divine Nature & become useful in the knowledge of Jesus.
2. / 1 John 3:20-24 / The one who obeys God lives in Him & God lives in that person.
2. / 2 John 1:10-11 / Do not invite in, do not greet, anyone teaching of God who does not teach the Gospel of Jesus.
2. / 3 John 1:11 / The one who does good is of God, the one who does evil has not seen God.
2. / Jude 1:19-21 / Build yourself up on your faith, pray in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the Love of God.
2. / Revelation 1:17-18 / Do not be afraid, I (Jesus) am the first and the last. I was dead - behold, I am alive forevermore and I have the keys of death and Hades.