Charles Spurgeon

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. (Lamentations 3:27) This is as good as a promise. It has been good, it is good, …

Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. (Deuteronomy 28:6) The blessings of the law are not canceled. Jesus confirmed the …

Happy is the man that feareth alway. (Proverbs 28:14) The fear of the Lord is the beginning and the foundation of all true religion. Without a solemn awe and reverence …

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench. (Isaiah 42:3) Then I may reckon upon tender treatment from my Lord. Indeed, I feel …

It shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the …

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. (Psalm 27:14) Wait! Wait! Let your waiting be on the …

The Lord will be with you. (2 Chronicles 20:17) This was a great mercy for Jehoshaphat, for a great multitude had come out against him; and it will be a …

But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor …

And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves. (Ezekiel 37:13) Indeed it …

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord. (Hosea 6:3) Not all at once, but by degrees shall we attain to holy knowledge, and our business …

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love. (John 15:10) These things cannot be parted—abiding in obedience and abiding in the love of Jesus. A life under …

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. (1 Peter 1:25) All human teaching and, indeed, …

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and …

Their soul shall be as a watered garden. (Jeremiah 31:12) Oh, to have one’s soul under heavenly cultivation; no longer a wilderness but a garden of the Lord! Enclosed from …

As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. (Psalm 55:16) Yes, I must and will pray. What else can I do! What better can …

I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (Isaiah 48:10) This has long been the motto fixed before our eye upon the wall of our bedroom, and in many …

I will judge between cattle and cattle. (Ezekiel 34:22) Some are fat and flourishing, and therefore they are unkind to the feeble. This is a grievous sin and causes much …

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. (Ezekiel 34:15) Under the divine shepherdry saints are fed to the full. Theirs …

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. (1 Corinthians 1:19) This verse is a threatening …

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. (Proverbs 8:17) Wisdom loves her lovers and seeks her seekers. He is already wise who …