“Casting Pearls Before Swine” — Matthew 7:6
Matthew 7:6 (NKJV) 6 “Do not give WHAT IS HOLY to THE DOGS; nor cast your PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear…
“Woe to you!” — Luke 10:13-16
Luke 10:13-16 (NKJV) 13 “WOE to you, Chorazin! WOE to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they…
“I wish those who trouble you would cut themselves off!” — Galatians 5:12
Galatians 5:12 (NKJV) 12 I could wish that those who trouble you would even cut themselves off! The phrase "cut themselves off" has been interpreted as Paul praying that…
“GOD WILL STRIKE YOU, you whitewashed wall!” — Acts 23:1-3
Acts 23:1-3 (NKJV) 1 Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, “Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.” 2 And the…
What about Imprecatory Psalms?
Imprecatory Psalms refer to Psalms of curses. These Psalms try to invoke God to destroy one's enemies or rain calamity on them. An example of this we find in Psalm…
“The weapons of our warfare” — 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
2 Corinthians 10:3 (NKJV) 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. The word "war" as used here is "strateuó" in…
“Let him take up his cross daily, and follow Me” — Luke 9:23
Luke 9:23 (NKJV) 23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. …
Coals of Fire — An exegesis of Romans 12:17-21
Romans 12:17-21 (NKJV) 17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends…
The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence — Matthew 11:12
Matthew 11:12 (NKJV) 12 And from the days of John the Baptist UNTIL NOW the kingdom of heaven SUFFERS VIOLENCE, and the VIOLENT take it BY FORCE. This text has…
The Believer’s Love-walk.
John 3:16 (NKJV) 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. …