Joshua 6:19 New International Version 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.” One of the earliest examples of the practice of giving God the first fruits of the increase was when Joshua and...

Deuteronomy 8:2 New International Version 2 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. Has God performed a heart...

Nehemiah 5:9 New International Version 9 So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies? Nehemiah was the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes in Babylon. Jerusalem's walls had been...

Luke 8:37 New International Version 37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left. Jesus did many miracles when He lived on earth. One of those miracles involved...

Psalm 127:2 New International Version 2 In vain you rise early     and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves. Coming into the Promised Land in business will change the way you and I view our work. No longer will we see getting up...

Joshua 7:7 New International Version 7 And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! Have...