The Bible Promise Book - New Life Version

Introduction Whatever the need of the moment, the answer is to be found in scripture if we take the time to search for it.

Whatever we’re feeling, whatever we’re suffering, whatever we’re hoping—the Bible has something to say to us.

This collection of Bible verses is meant for use as a handy reference when you need the Bible’s guidance on a particular problem in your life. It is in no way intended to replace regular Bible study or the use of a concordance for in-depth study of a subject. There are many facets of your life and many topics in the Bible that are not covered here.

But if, for example, you are feeling extremely lonely one day, some of the Bible’s wisdom and comfort is available to you here under the topic of Loneliness. All topics are arranged alphabetically, for ease of use.

All scripture is from the New Life Version™ of the Bible. This highly readable version uses a carefully controlled vocabulary of 850 words to bring out important concepts in the most understandable way. We believe you’ll find The Bible Promise Book in the New Life Version™ an extremely helpful and encouraging resource in your spiritual life.

The Editors

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N e w L i f e Ve r s i o n TM

t h e B i bl e Promise Book One Thousand Promises from God’s Word

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t h e B i bl e Promise Book

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© 2006 by Barbour Publishing, Inc. ISBN 1-59789-520-2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes, except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without written permission of the publisher.

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Contents Anger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Charity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Children’s Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Comfort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Contentment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Correction, God’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Courage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Enemies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Eternal Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Faithfulness, God’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Fear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Food and Clothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Forgiveness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Fruitfulness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Gossip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Grace, Growth in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Guilt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Help in Troubles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Holy Spirit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Honesty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Humility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Jealousy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Laziness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Loneliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Long Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Love, Brotherly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Love, God’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Loving God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Lust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Lying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Mercy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Obedience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Parents’ Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Patience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Peace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Poverty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.

Pride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Prisoners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Protection, God’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Repentance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Salvation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Seeking God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Self-Denial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Self-Righteousness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Sexual Sins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Shame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Sickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Sin, Freedom from. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Sin, Redemption from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Slander and Reproach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Success. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Wisdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Word of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Worry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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Anger The Lord is full of loving favor and pity, slow to anger and great in loving-kindness.

Psalm 145:8 “You are a forgiving God. You are kind and loving, slow to anger, and full of loving-kindness.”

Nehemiah 9:17 For His anger lasts only a short time. But His favor is for life. Crying may last for a night, but joy comes with the new day.

Psalm 30:5 My Christian brothers, you know everyone should listen much and speak little. He should be slow to become angry. A man’s anger does not allow him to be right with God. James 1:19–20 Do not be quick in spirit to be angry. For anger is in the heart of fools.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

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He who has a quick temper acts in a foolish way, and a man who makes sinful plans is hated.

Proverbs 14:17 He who is slow to anger is better than the powerful.

And he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 16:32 A man with a bad temper starts fights, but he who is slow to anger quiets fighting.

Proverbs 15:18 A man of anger starts fights, and a man with a bad temper is full of wrong-doing.

Proverbs 29:22 Stop being angry. Turn away from fighting. Do not trouble yourself. It leads only to wrong-doing.

Psalm 37:8 Do not have anything to do with a man given to anger, or go with a man who has a bad temper. Or you might learn his ways and get yourself into a trap.

Proverbs 22:24–25 A gentle answer turns away anger, but a sharp word causes anger.

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Fathers, do not be so hard on your children that they will give up trying to do what is right.

Colossians 3:21 If you are angry, do not let it become sin. Get over your anger before the day is finished.

Ephesians 4:26 A man’s understanding makes him slow to anger. It is to his honor to forgive and forget a wrong done to him.

Proverbs 19:11 It is better to live in a desert land than with a woman who argues and causes trouble.

Proverbs 21:19 “But I tell you that whoever is angry with his brother will be guilty and have to suffer for his wrong-doing.”

Matthew 5:22 Put out of your life all these things: bad feelings about other people, anger, temper, loud talk, bad talk which hurts other people, and bad feelings which hurt other people. You must be kind to each other. Think of the other person. Forgive other people just as God forgave you because of Christ’s death on the cross.

Ephesians 4:31–32

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Christian brothers, never pay back someone for the bad he has done to you. Let the anger of God take care of the other person. The Holy Writings say, “I will pay back to them what they should get, says the Lord.”

“If the one who hates you is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him water. If you do that, you will be making him more ashamed of himself.” Do not let sin have power over you. Let good have power over sin!

Romans 12:19–21 If the one who hates you is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him water. If you do that, you will be making him more ashamed of himself, and the Lord will pay you.

Proverbs 25:21–22 Put out of your life these things also: anger, bad temper, bad feelings toward others, talk that hurts people, speaking against God, and dirty talk.

Colossians 3:8

Charity Happy is the man who cares for the poor. The Lord will save him in times of trouble. The Lord will keep him alive and safe. And he will be happy upon the earth. You will not give him over to the desire of those who hate him.

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He who shows kindness to a poor man gives to the Lord and He will pay him in return for his good act.

Proverbs 19:17 “When you have a supper, ask poor people. Ask those who cannot walk and those who are blind. You will be happy if you do this. They cannot pay you back.

You will get your reward when the people who are right with God are raised from the dead.”

Luke 14:13–14 “Sell what you have and give the money to poor people. Have money-bags for yourselves that will never wear out. These money-bags are riches in heaven that will always be there. No robber can take them and no bugs can eat them there.”

Luke 12:33 He who hates his neighbor sins, but happy is he who shows loving favor to the poor.

Proverbs 14:21 Throw your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 He has given much to the poor. His right-standing with God lasts forever. His horn will be lifted high in honor.

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He who gives much will be honored, for he gives some of his food to the poor.

Proverbs 22:9 “Give, and it will be given to you. You will have more than enough. It can be pushed down and shaken together and it will still run over as it is given to you. The way you give to others is the way you will receive in return.”

Luke 6:38 He who gives to the poor will never want, but many bad things will happen to the man who shuts his eyes to the poor.

Proverbs 28:27 Each man should give as he has decided in his heart.

He should not give, wishing he could keep it. Or he should not give if he feels he has to give. God loves a man who gives because he wants to give.

2 Corinthians 9:7 There is one who is free in giving, and yet he grows richer. And there is one who keeps what he should give, but he ends up needing more. The man who gives much will have much, and he who helps others will be helped himself.

Proverbs 11:24–25

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I have been young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the man who is right with God left alone, or his children begging for bread. All day long he is kind and lets others use what he has. And his children make him happy.

Psalm 37:25–26 “And if you give what you have to the hungry, and fill the needs of those who suffer, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your darkness will be like the brightest time of day.”

Isaiah 58:10 Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money. Money cannot be trusted. They should put their trust in God. He gives us all we need for our happiness. Tell them to do good and be rich in good works. They should give much to those in need and be ready to share.

1 Timothy 6:17–18 “Is it not a time to share your food with the hungry, and bring the poor man into your house who has no home of his own? Is it not a time to give clothes to the person you see who has no clothes, and a time not to hide yourself from your own family? Then your light will break out like the early morning, and you will soon be healed. Your right and good works will go before you. And the shininggreatness of the Lord will keep watch behind you.”

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“And the Levite who has no share of what is given to you, and the stranger, and the child without parents, and the woman whose husband has died, who are in your towns, may come and eat and be filled. Then the Lord your God will bring good to you in all the work done by your hands.”

Deuteronomy 14:29 Jesus looked at him with love and said, “There is one thing for you to do yet. Go and sell everything you have and give the money to poor people. You will have riches in heaven. Then come and follow Me.” Mark 10:21 “Be sure you do not do good things in front of others just to be seen by them. If you do, you have no pay from your Father in heaven. When you give to the poor, do not be as those who pretend to be someone they are not.

They blow a horn in the places of worship and in the streets so people may respect them. For sure, I tell you, they have all the pay they are going to get. When you give, do not let your left hand know what your right hand gives. Your giving should be in secret. Then your Father Who sees in secret will pay you.”

Matthew 6:1–4 “Then the King will say to those on His right side, ‘Come, you who have been called by My Father. Come into the holy nation that has been made ready for you before the world was made. For I was hungry and 16—the BIBLE PROMISE BOOK

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