Acts 9:39
New King James Version
39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 31:30-31
New King James Version
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands,
And let her own works praise her in the gates.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
New King James Version
The Comfort of Christ’s Coming
13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen [a]asleep, lest you sorrow (A)as others (B)who have no hope.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Died
Proverbs 10:7
New King James Version
7 (A)The memory of the righteous is blessed,
But the name of the wicked will rot.
1 John 3:18
New King James Version
18 My little children, (A)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Read full chapter
James 2:15-17
New King James Version
15 (A)If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and (B)one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Read full chapter
1 Thessalonians 1:3
New King James Version
3 remembering without ceasing (A)your work of faith, (B)labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,
Read full chapter
Ephesians 4:28
New King James Version
28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather (A)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something (B)to give him who has need.
Read full chapter
2 Corinthians 8:12
New King James Version
12 For (A)if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.
Read full chapter
Acts 20:35
New King James Version
35 I have shown you in every way, (A)by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
Read full chapter
Acts 9:41
New King James Version
41 Then he gave her his hand and lifted her up; and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
Read full chapter
Acts 9:36-37
New King James Version
Dorcas Restored to Life
36 At Joppa there was a certain disciple named [a]Tabitha, which is translated [b]Dorcas. This woman was full (A)of good works and charitable deeds which she did. 37 But it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in (B)an upper room.
Read full chapter
Acts 8:2
New King James Version
2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and (A)made great lamentation over him.
Read full chapter
Acts 6:1
New King James Version
John 17:12
New King James Version
12 While I was with them [a]in the world, (A)I kept them in [b]Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and (B)none of them is [c]lost (C)except the son of [d]perdition, (D)that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- John 17:12 NU omits in the world
- John 17:12 NU Your name which You gave Me. And I guarded them; (or it;)
- John 17:12 destroyed
- John 17:12 destruction
John 12:8
New King James Version
8 For (A)the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”
Read full chapter
Luke 24:44
New King James Version
The Scriptures Opened
44 Then He said to them, (A)“These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”
Read full chapter
Mark 14:8
New King James Version
8 She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.
Read full chapter
Matthew 26:11
New King James Version
11 (A)For you have the poor with you always, but (B)Me you do not have always.
Read full chapter
Matthew 25:36-39
New King James Version
36 I was (A)naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; (B)I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’
Read full chapter
Matthew 17:17
New King James Version
17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O [a]faithless and (A)perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Matthew 17:17 unbelieving
Ecclesiastes 9:10
New King James Version
10 (A)Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your (B)might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
Read full chapter
Job 31:19-20
New King James Version
19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or any poor man without covering;
20 If his [a]heart has not (A)blessed me,
And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Footnotes
- Job 31:20 Lit. loins
2 Samuel 1:24
New King James Version
24 “O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
Who clothed you in scarlet, with luxury;
Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.