For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.  1 Tim 2:5

Words of Wisdom

   ¹ If possible, so far as it depends upon you, live peaceably with all. ² Whatever your task, work heartily at it, ³ and do all things without grumbling or questioning. ⁴ Be submissive to your masters, not only the kind and gentle, but also to the overbearing. ⁵ Be subject to every human institution ⁶ and endure pain even while suffering unjustly.

   ⁷ Do not be anxious about your life, food or clothing, ⁸ but earnestly seek the higher gifts. ⁹ Associate with the lowly; never be conceited. ¹⁰ Love one another ¹¹ and give to him who begs from you.

   ¹² Faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. ¹³ Make love your aim and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts. ¹⁴ Love your neighbor as yourself. ¹⁵ Also love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.

   ¹⁶ Do not fear those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul. ¹⁷ If any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other cheek also. ¹⁸ Be angry but do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your anger. ¹⁹ Avoid stupid arguments, for they are unprofitable and futile. ²⁰ Let your speech be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one. ²¹ Do not judge others; lest you be judged. ²² Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.

   ²³ The love of money is the root of all evils. ²⁴ For what does it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

   ²⁶ Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil. ²⁷ Do not get drunk with wine. ²⁸ Make straight paths for your feet ²⁹ and look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise. ³⁰ I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. ³¹ For in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, you shine as lights in the world.

¹ Rom 12:18 ² Col 3:23 ³ Phil 2:14 ⁴ 1 Pet 2:18 ⁵ 1 Pet 2:13 ⁶ 1 Pet 2:19 ⁷ Lk 12:22 ⁸ 1 Cor 12:31 ⁹ Rom 12:16 ¹⁰ Jn 13:34 ¹¹ Mt 5:42 ¹² 1 Cor 13:13 ¹³ 1 Cor 14:1 ¹⁴ Gal 5:14 ¹⁵ Lk 6:27 ¹⁶ Mt 10:28 ¹⁷ Mt 5:39 ¹⁸ Eph 4:26 ¹⁹ Titus 3:9 ²⁰ Col 4:6 ²¹ Mt 7:1 ²² Rom 12:21 ²³ 1 Tim 6:10 ²⁴ Mt 16:26 ²⁵ Mt 19:24 ²⁶ 1 Pet 2:16 ²⁷ Eph 5:18 ²⁸ Heb 12:13 ²⁹ Eph 5:15 ³⁰ Mt 10:16 ³¹ Phil 2:15        RSV         KD 1990

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.     Job 28:28

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?     Luke 11:13

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.     Rev 22:17

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.     Col 3:17

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.     Ecc 11:5

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.     Mark 8:38

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.     Mt 7:1-2

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Prov 8:10-11

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.     Prov 19:17

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.     Rom 1:16

The Wisdom of the Wise

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.     1 Cor 1:18-31

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.     Psalm 119:105

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.  Prov 19:14

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.     Prov 31:10

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.     1 Cor 2:9

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.     Jer 33:3

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.     2 Cor 4:18

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.     2 Cor 5:1

When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.

What is greater than God,

More evil than the devil,

The poor have it,

The rich need it,

And if you eat it, you’ll die?

Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.     Mt 11:25

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.     Prov 12:25

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.     Rom 12:18

Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.     Phil 2:14-15

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?     Micah 6:8

Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ.     Col 4:3

Bible Facts

There are 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament for a total of 66 books in the Bible.

There are 929 chapters in the Old Testament and 260 chapters in the New Testament for a total of 1189 chapters.

The Old Testament has 23,214 verses and the New Testament has 7,959 verses for a total of 31,173 verses.

The KJV Old Testament has 592,493 words and the KJV New Testament has 181,253 words for a total of 773,746 words.

The KJV Old Testament has 2,728,100 letters and the KJV New Testament has 838,380 letters for a total of 3,566,480 letters.

The longest book in the Bible is Psalms with 150 chapters, or psalms. It contains 43,743 words.

The longest chapter is Psalm 119, and Psalm 119:176 is the highest verse number: ‘I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.’

The longest verse is Esther 8:9 with 90 words.

The shortest book in the Bible is 3 John with only 1 chapter and 294 words.

The shortest chapter is Psalm 117 with only 2 verses.

The shortest verse is John 11:35 with only 2 words, ‘Jesus wept.’

Psalm 118 is the middle chapter of the Bible and Psalm 118:8 is the middle verse of the Bible: ‘It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.’

Esther is the only book in the Bible in which the name ‘God’ does not appear.

Isaiah 37 is the same as 2 Kings 19, entire chapter and more, word for word. (2 Kings 18:17-20:19 is repeated in Isaiah 36:2-38:8, 21-22; 39)