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Bible verse and quote

    by Jan Couns

Bible and Quote - April 6-10
Date Posted: June 19, 2026

Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease And with the contempt of the proud. Psalm 123:4 Deliver me, Jesus, From the desire of approval and the fear of humiliation. Gold Dust, 1880, French collection golden counsels for sanctification of daily life


Had it not been the Lord who was on our side.. Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul. Psalm 124:1a,5 Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. M. Beattie, b1948, author


Song of Solomon. Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. Psalm 127:1a A presumptuous confidence in the future and one’s efforts fails to understand the brevity, complexity and uncertainty of life. David Jeremiah 1941, Christian Preacher


Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. Psalm 127:1b No one is truly safe by his own strength, but he is safe by the grace and mercy of God. St. Cyprian, c 200-258, North African bishop of Carthage

It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. Psalm 127:2 God’s people may work and sleep; and what is needed will be provided just as certainly as if they labored unduly, with anxiety. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-92

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