Single's Bible verse chain reference game

[2Timothy2]

I'll post a verse, the next person has to post a verse that contains a word in the previous post, or speaks about a similar theme.

For example:

[bible]John 11:35[/bible]

then

[bible]2 Samuel 15:30[/bible]

or

[bible]Matthew 1:25[/bible]

OK? I'll start

[bible]John 3:16[/bible]

 

[Macrina]

Josh. 23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall PERISH quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

 

[2Timothy2]

Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

 

[Macrina]

Acts 2:39 For the PROMISE is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

 

[kelco]

Heb 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

 

[2Timothy2]

Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

 

[kelco]

John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

 

[2Timothy2]

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

 

[kelco]

Gen 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

 

[2Timothy2]

Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

 

[SandyLou]

[bible]zechariah 13:9[/bible]

 

[2Timothy2]

Exodus 9:16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

 

[SandyLou]

2 Corinthians 12:9 9But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

 

[wvmtnkid]

Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--

 

[2Timothy2]

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

[cnhn9801]

1 Peter 3:18 - "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit."

 

[carfey]

While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him."

Matthew 27:19

 

[SandyLou]

Matthew 1:20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

 

[kelco]

Deu 21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

 

[SandyLou]

Jeremiah 22:3 Thus says the LORD: "Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.