Keep God's word hidden in your heart.  You've heard that before, right?  Well here is one possible collection of verses to cut out and tape to mirrors, water bottles, dashboards, or anywhere else you'll look at frequently.  Start memorizing today!

Oh, if you don't like these verses, there are plenty of resources with key verses.  Or just open the pages of your Bible and choose a verse.

NEW!   To add your favorite to the list, e-mail btomasek@allsaintsphoenix.org and give the book, chapter and verse or write out the words and we'll find the location.

1. Genesis 12:2 (KJV)   And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:  
2. Exodus 3:7 (KJV)  And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
3. Leviticus 19:2 (KJV)   Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.
4. Numbers 14:18 (KJV)  The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 
5. Deut. 7:9 (KJV)   Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
6. Joshua 1:9 (NIV)   Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
7. Judges 2:1 (NIV)   The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I swore to give to your forefathers. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you, 
8. Ruth 1:16 (NIV)   But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.  
9. 2 Samuel 5:12 (KJV)  And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
10. 1 Kings 9:4-5 (NIV)    "As for you, if you walk before me in integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, [5] I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, 'You shall never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'  
11. 2 Chron. 7:14 (NIV)  if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
12. Ezra 7:9-10 (NIV)   He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him. [10] For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel. 
13. Neh. 1:11 (NIV)  O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man."
14. Esther 4:14 (NIV)  For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"
15. Job 2:3 (NIV)  Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason."
16. Psalm 1:1-2 (NIV)    Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners  or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
17. Proverbs 1:7 (NIV)  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,  but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
18.  Eccles. 12:13 (NIV)   Now all has been heard;   here is the conclusion of the matter:  Fear God and  keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.  
19. Song 6:3 (KJV)   I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. 
20. Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)    but those who hope in the Lord  will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;   they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.  
21. Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)    But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,  and by his wounds we are healed.  
22. Jeremiah 4:1-2 (NIV)   "If you will return, O Israel,  return to me," declares the Lord. "If you put your detestable idols out of my sight  and no longer go astray,  and if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear, 'As surely as the Lord lives,' then the nations will be blessed by him  and in him they will glory." 
23. Lament. 3:22-23 (NIV)    Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;  great is your faithfulness.
24. Ezekiel 39:7 (NIV)   " 'I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel.
25. Daniel 2:22 (NIV)   He reveals deep and hidden things;  he knows what lies in darkness,  and light dwells with him.
26. Hosea 14:1-2 (NIV)   Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall! Take words with you  and return to the Lord. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins  and receive us graciously,  that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
27. Joel 2:12-13 (NIV)  "Even now," declares the Lord,   "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning." Rend your heart  and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God,  for he is gracious and compassionate,  slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
28. Amos 5:14 (NIV)     Seek good, not evil,  that you may live.  Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,   just as you say he is.
29. Obadiah 1:12 (NIV)   You should not look down on your brother in the day of his misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction,   nor boast so much  in the day of their trouble.
30. Jonah 2:2 (NIV)   He said:  "In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.  From the depths of the grave I called for help,  and you listened to my cry.
31. Micah 6:8 (NIV)    He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you?  To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
32. Nahum 1:7 (NIV)    The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,  
33. Habakkuk 1:5 (NIV)    "Look at the nations and watch-- and be utterly amazed.  For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.
34. Zeph. 2:3 (NIV)   Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,  you who do what he commands.  Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger.
35. Haggai 1:13 (NIV)    Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger, gave this message of the Lord to the people: "I am with you," declares the Lord.
36. Zech. 9:9 (NIV)    Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!  See, your king comes to you,  righteous and having salvation,  gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
37. Malachi 1:11 (NIV)   My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations," says the Lord Almighty.
38. Matthew 5:17 (NIV)   "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
39. Mark 10:45 (NIV)   For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
40. Luke 19:9-10 (NIV)    Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. [10] For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."
41. John 20:30-31 (NIV)    Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. [31] But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
42. Acts 1:8 (NIV)   But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
43. Romans 5:1 (NIV)   Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
44. 1 Cor. 1:8 (NIV)    He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
45. 2 Cor. 5:20 (NIV)    We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.  
46. Galatians 5:1 (NIV)    It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
47. Ephes. 4:4-6 (NIV)   There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to one hope when you were called-- [5] one Lord, one faith, one baptism; [6] one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
48. Philip. 4:6 (NIV)    Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
49. Col. 1:15-17 (NIV)    He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. [16] For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. [17] He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
50. 1 Thes. 2:4 (NIV)     On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.
51. 2 Thes. 3:5 (NIV)   May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.
52. 1 Tim. 1:15 (NIV)  Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst. 
53. 2 Tim. 4:3-5 (NIV)     For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. [4] They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. [5] But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
54. Titus 3:4-7 (NIV)    But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, [5] he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, [6] whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, [7] so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
55. Philemon 1:17 (NIV)    So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
56. Hebrews 1:3 (NIV)  The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
57. James 2:18 (NIV)    But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."  Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
58. 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)   Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
59. 2 Peter 1:4-7 (NIV)     Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.  [5] For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; [6] and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; [7] and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
60. 1 John 1:8-9 (NIV)    If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. [9] If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
61. 2 John 1:6 (NIV)   And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
62. 3 John 1:11 (NIV)   Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
63. Jude 1:22-23 (NIV)    Be merciful to those who doubt; [23] snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
64. Rev. 21:4 (NIV)     He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."