{"id":5247,"date":"2009-01-05T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T19:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pioneergirl.com\/blog\/?p=5247"},"modified":"2016-05-05T21:32:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T01:32:10","slug":"lauras-bible-references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pioneergirl.com\/blog\/archives\/5247","title":{"rendered":"Laura’s Bible references"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE BOOK, by way of eminence; the sacred volume, in which are contained the revelations of God, the principles of Christian faith, and the rules of practice; the Old and New Testaments; the Scriptures. \u2014 Webster, 1882<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nA<\/span>lthough Laura Ingalls Wilder’s attendance at church services was sporadic during her childhood, and she never joined any church as an adult, hymns of faith and study of the Bible were important throughout Laura’s life. Laura’s Bible was kept within reach of her favorite rocking chair at Rocky Ridge; after her death, it was found to contain a hand-written a list of Bible verses to be read in times of trouble or stress. Below each entry from Laura’s list, see the verse from the King James Bible, the translation used by the Ingallses and Wilders.<\/p>\n

In facing a crisis, read 46 Psalm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Psalms 46. God is Our Refuge and Strength. <\/em>
\n1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
\n2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
\n3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.<\/p>\n

4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
\n5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her, and that right early.
\n6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
\n7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.<\/p>\n

8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
\n9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
\n10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
\n11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.<\/p>\n

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When discouraged, read 23 and 24 Psalm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Psalms 23. The Lord is My Shepherd. A Psalm of David. <\/em>
\n1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
\n2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters.
\n3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
\n4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
\n5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
\n6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.<\/p>\n

The Psalms 24. The King of Glory. A Psalm of David.<\/em>
\n1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
\n2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
\n3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place?
\n4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, who hath not lifted up his soul into vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
\n5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
\n6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob.<\/p>\n

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
\n8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
\n9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
\n10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.<\/p>\n

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Lonely or fearful, read 27 Psalm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Psalms 27. The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation. A Psalm of David. <\/em>
\n1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
\n2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
\n3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
\n4 One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
\n5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up on a rock.
\n6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.
\n7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice; have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
\n8 When thou sayest, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
\n9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
\n10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
\n11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
\n12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
\n13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
\n14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.<\/p>\n

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Planning budget, read St. Luke, Chapter 19.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gospel According to St. Luke 19. Jesus and Zaccheus. <\/em>
\n1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
\n2 And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
\n3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
\n4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was to pass that way.
\n5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said until him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down’ for today I must abide at thy house.
\n6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
\n7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
\n8 And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
\n9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
\n10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
\nThe Parable of the Ten Pounds.
\n11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was night to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
\n12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
\n13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
\n14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
\n15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
\n16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
\n17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
\n18 And the second cam, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
\n19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
\n20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
\n21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layest not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
\n22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
\n23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
\n24 And he aid unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
\n25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
\n26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
\n27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.<\/p>\n

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To live successfully with others, read Romans, Chapter 12.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, 12. Exhortations for Christian Living. <\/em>
\n1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
\n2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
\n3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think: but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
\n4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
\n5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
\n6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
\n7 or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, or teaching;
\n8 or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity, he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
\n9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
\n10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another,
\n11 not slothful in business; fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
\n12 rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
\n13 distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
\n14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
\n15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
\n16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
\n17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
\n18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
\n19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
\n20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
\n21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.<\/p>\n

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Sick or in pain, read 91 Psalm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Psalms 91. Abiding in the Shadow of the Almighty. <\/em>
\n1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
\n2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
\n3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
\n4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
\n5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
\n6 nor for the pestilence that wasteth at noonday.
\n7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
\n8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
\n9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation;
\n10 there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
\n11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
\n12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
\n13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
\n14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
\n15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
\n16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.<\/p>\n

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When you travel, carry with you 121 Psalm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Psalms 121. The Lord Is Thy Keeper. A Song of Degrees. <\/em>
\n1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
\n2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
\n3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
\n4 Behold, he that keepth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
\n5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
\n6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
\n7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
\n8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.<\/p>\n

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When very weary, read Matthew 11:28 and 30 and Romans 8: 31-39.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gospel according to St. Matthew 11. Come Unto Me and Rest. <\/em>
\n28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
\n30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.<\/p>\n

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans, 8. More than Conquerors.
\n31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
\n32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
\n33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
\n34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
\n35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
\n36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
\n37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
\n38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
\n39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p>\n

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When things are going from bad to worse, 2 Timothy, 3rd.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy, 3. The Character of Men in the Last Days. Paul’s Last Charge to Timothy. <\/em>
\n1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
\n2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
\n3 without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
\n4 traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
\n5 having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
\n6 For of this sort ate they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
\n7 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
\n8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
\n9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.<\/p>\n

10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience,
\n11 persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch at Iconium, Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
\n12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
\n13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
\n14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
\n15 and that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
\n16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
\n17 that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.<\/p>\n

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When friends go back on you, hold to 1 Corinthians 13th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, 13. Love. <\/em>
\n1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
\n2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
\n3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
\n4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
\n5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
\n6 rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
\n7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
\n8 Charity never faileth: but whenever there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
\n9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part
\n10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
\n11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
\n12 For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
\n13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity<\/p>\n

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For inward peace, the 14th chapter of St. John.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gospel according to St. John, 14. Jesus the Way to the Father. <\/em>
\n1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.<\/p>\n

2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.<\/p>\n

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
\n4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
\n5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
\n6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
\n7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
\n8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
\n9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
\n10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
\n11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
\n12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
\n13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
\n14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
\nThe Promise of the Holy Spirit.
\n15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
\n16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
\n17 even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
\n18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
\n19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
\n20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
\n21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
\n22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
\n23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
\n24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
\n25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
\n26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
\n27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
\n28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
\n29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
\n30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
\n31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.<\/p>\n

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To avoid misfortune, Matthew 7: 24-27.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gospel according to St. Matthew, 7. The Two Foundations. <\/em>
\n24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
\n25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
\n26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
\n27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.<\/p>\n

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For record of what trust in God can do, Hebrews 11.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews, 11. Faith. <\/em>
\n1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
\n2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
\n3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, Gen. 1.1 so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
\n4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
\n5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
\n6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
\n7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
\n8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
\n9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
\n10 for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
\n11 Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age; because she judged him faithful who had promised.
\n12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore innumerable.
\n13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
\n14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
\n15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
\n16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
\n17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
\n18 of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
\n19 accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
\n20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
\n21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
\n22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
\n23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
\n24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;
\n25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
\n26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
\n27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
\n28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
\n29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
\n30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
\n31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
\n32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
\n33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
\n34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
\n35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
\n36 and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
\n37 they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
\n38 of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
\n39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
\n40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.<\/p>\n

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If you are having to put up a fight, the end of Ephesians.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians, 6:10-20. The Whole Armor of God. <\/em>
\n10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
\n11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
\n12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
\n13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
\n14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
\n15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
\n16 above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
\n17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
\n18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
\n19 and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
\n20 for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.<\/p>\n

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When you have sinned, read 1 John 3: 1-24.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The First Epistle General of John, 3. <\/em>
\n1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
\n2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
\n3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.<\/p>\n

4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
\n5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
\n6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
\n7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
\n8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
\n9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
\n10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.<\/p>\n

Love One Another <\/em>
\n11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
\n12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
\n13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
\n14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
\n15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
\n16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
\n17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
\n18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.<\/p>\n

19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
\n20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
\n21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
\n22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
\n23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
\n24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.<\/p>\n

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And make Psalm 51 your prayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Psalms 51. A Prayer for Cleansing. To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David. when Nathan the prophet came unto him after he had gone to Bathsheba. <\/em>
\n1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
\n2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
\n3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
\n4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
\n5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
\n6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
\n7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
\n8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
\n9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
\n10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
\n11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
\n12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit.
\n13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
\n14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness
\n15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
\n16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
\n17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
\n18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
\n19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.<\/p>\n

     
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\nLaura Ingalls Wilder’s Bible references<\/strong>
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