Tag: truth for tonight

She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

—Genesis 16:13 NIV

After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:
“Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward.”

—Genesis 15:1 NIV

Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

—Genesis 6:22 NIV

But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.

—Genesis 6:8-9 NIV

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”

—Genesis 4:6-7 NIV

The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

—Genesis 2:23-24 NIV

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

—Genesis 2:18 NIV

Swallow all your learning in the morning, but digest it in company in the evenings.

—Lord Chesterfield

HT: Words of Wisdom: More Good Advice compiled and edited by William Safire, Leonard Safir

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

—Genesis 2:2-3 NIV

So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

—Genesis 1:27 NIV