RSV Bible

Tweeting verses from the RSV (Revised Standard Version - 1971 edition) of the Holy Bible.

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"O God, when thou didst go forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness, the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, at the presence of God; yon Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel."

Psalm 68:7-8

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"Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. God gives the desolate a home to dwell in; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land."

Psalm 68:5-6

#FathersDay

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"Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds; his name is the Lord, exult before him!"

Psalm 68:4

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"But let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy!"

Psalm 68:3

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"Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee before him! As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before fire, let the wicked perish before God!"

Psalm 68:1-2

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"...God himself will be with them; he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away." Revelation 21:3-4

#AllSaintsDay

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"For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."

Ephesians 6:12

#Halloween

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"Another said, 'I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.' Jesus said to him, 'No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'"

Luke 9:61-62

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"To another he said, 'Follow me.' But he said, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.' But he said to him, 'Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.'"

Luke 9:59-60

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"As they were going along the road, a man said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.' And Jesus said to him, 'Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.'"

Luke 9:57-58

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"Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God."

Psalm 42:11

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"I say to God, my rock: 'Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?'
As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, 'Where is your God?'"

Psalm 42:9-10

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"Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts; all thy waves and thy billows have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love; and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life."

Psalm 42:7-8

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"Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
My soul is cast down within me, therefore I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar."

Psalm 42:5-6

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"These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I went with the throng, and led them in procession to the house of God, with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival."

Psalm 42:4

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"My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me continually, 'Where is your God?'"

Psalm 42:3

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"As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?"

Psalm 42:1-2

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"But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared.
And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
but when they went in they did not find the body."

Luke 24:1-3

#Easter

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"Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, 'Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!' And having said this he breathed his last."

Luke 23:46

#GoodFriday

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"And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, 'Take this, and divide it among yourselves; for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.'"

Luke 22:17-18

#HolyThursday #MaundyThursday