Lisa G Akins
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Lisa G Akins
highlighted Jonah 2:10 ESV
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
Jul 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Jonah 1:14-16 ESV
Therefore they called out to the Lord, "O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood, for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you."So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
Jul 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Jonah 1:8 ESV
Then they said to him, "Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?"
Jul 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Jonah 1:9-10 ESV
Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, "What is this that you have done!" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.And he said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."
Jul 8
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Proverbs 31:30 ESV
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Jun 24
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Proverbs 30:12 ESV
There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
Jun 24
Lisa G Akins
highlighted 1 Kings 10:9 ESV
Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel forever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness."
Jun 22
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 12:11-12 ESV
The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Jun 21
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
Jun 21
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 11:5 ESV
As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
Jun 21
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 11:1 ESV
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Jun 21
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:26 ESV
And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
Jun 21
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Jun 21
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:2 ESV
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.
Jun 21
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 ESV
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
Jun 20
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
Jun 20
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ESV
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Jun 20
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Proverbs 18:24 ESV
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Jun 9
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Proverbs 18:12 ESV
Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
Jun 9
Lisa G Akins
highlighted Proverbs 17:28 ESV
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Jun 9