scripture

Verses by topic

Ten passages each, quoted in full from the World English Bible, with a note on what every one of them actually says — including the famous ones that do not mean what they are usually quoted to mean.

10 passages · 5 minBible verses about self-controlTen passages on self-control from the World English Bible, each with a note on what it actually says — including the famous ones that do not mean what they are quoted to mean.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses for anxiety at nightTen passages for the hours when the worry is loudest, with a note on each — including why so many of them are about sleep specifically rather than about fear in general.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about strengthTen passages on strength from the World English Bible, with a note on each — including the two that describe strength arriving through weakness rather than instead of it.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about peaceTen passages from the World English Bible, with a note on each — because scripture means at least three different things by peace, and mixing them up is why some disappoint.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about restTen passages on rest and sabbath from the World English Bible, with notes — including why rest is commanded rather than earned, and who the fourth commandment protects.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about griefTen passages from the World English Bible for loss and mourning, with a note on each — including the two that are usually quoted to end a conversation rather than sit in one.
10 passages · 6 minBible verses about forgivenessTen passages from the World English Bible with a note on each — including what forgiveness does not require, which is the part most of these pages leave out.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about comparisonTen passages on comparison, envy and contentment, with notes on what each says — for anyone who has closed an app feeling worse about a life that had not changed.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about timeTen passages on time, seasons and how short a life is — with notes on what each one asks, for anyone who ended the week unable to say where it went.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about temptationTen passages on temptation and the way out, with notes on what each says — including why 1 Corinthians 10:13 promises an escape rather than an absence.
8 passages · 5 minBible verses about God's promisesEight passages from the World English Bible with a note on each — because most disappointment with a promise comes from claiming one that was addressed to somebody else.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about encouragementEight passages from the World English Bible with a note on each — most of them addressed to people in genuine trouble, which is what makes them usable in it.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about friendshipEight passages from the World English Bible with a note on each — including the unsentimental ones, which are the useful half and are usually left off the list.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about prayerEight passages from the World English Bible with a note on each — including the two that are mainly about how not to do it, which are the most practical in the set.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about God's loveTen passages from the World English Bible with a note on each — because almost every one of them points at an action rather than describing a feeling.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about protectionTen passages from the World English Bible with a note on each — read carefully, because a protection verse taken as insurance fails at the worst possible moment.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about hopeTen passages from the World English Bible with a note on each — because biblical hope is anchored to a person rather than to a forecast, which is why it survives evidence.
10 passages · 5 minBible verses about fastingTen passages from the World English Bible with a note on each — including the two that criticise fasting, which are the ones most worth reading first.

Or one passage in depth

The eight most-read passages in English Christianity, each with its context printed and the popular misreading answered.

Quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain — which is why these pages can print a passage whole rather than gesturing at it.