Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.
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labor not after riches first, and think thou afterwards wilt enjoy them. He who neglecteth the present moment, throweth away all that he hath. As the arrow passeth through the heart, while the warrior knew not that it was
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
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God, I offer myself to Thee, to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy power, Thy love and Thy way of life. May I do Thy will always. Amen.
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When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree. Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet And if thou wilt, remember And if thou wilt, forget.
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Mark 14:12:
On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, 'Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?'
(NIV)
On the first day [of the Feast] of Unleavened Bread, when [as was customary] they killed the Passover lamb, [Jesus'] disciples said to Him, Where do You wish us to go [and] prepare the Passover [supper] for You to eat?
(AMP)
And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
(KJV)
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'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.'
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
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Freedom's secret wilt thou know?— Counsel not with flesh and blood;...
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"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."
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Isaiah 26:3:
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
(NIV)
You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.
(AMP)
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
(KJV)
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Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
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Split the atom's heart, and low Within it thou wilt find a sun.
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I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.
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When as a child I laughed and wept, time crept. When as a youth I waxed more bold, time strolled. When I became a full-grown man, time RAN. When older still I daily grew, time FLEW. Soon I shall find, in passing on, time gone. O Christ! wilt Thou have saved me then? Amen.
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The principles now planted in thy bosom will grow, and one day reach maturity; and in that maturity thou wilt find thy heaven or thy hell.
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The principles now planted in thy bosom will grow, and one day reach maturity and in that maturity thou wilt find thy heaven or thy hell.
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Habakkuk 1:2:
How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, 'Violence!' but you do not save?
(NIV)
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help and You will not hear? Or cry out to You of violence and You will not save?
(AMP)
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
(KJV)
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Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
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1 Samuel 1:11:
And she made a vow, saying, 'LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.'
(NIV)
She vowed, saying, O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your handmaid and [earnestly] remember, and not forget Your handmaid but will give me a son, I will give him to the Lord all his life; no razor shall touch his head.
(AMP)
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
(KJV)
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John 2:20:
They replied, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?'
(NIV)
Then the Jews replied, It took forty-six years to build this temple (sanctuary), and will You raise it up in three days?
(AMP)
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
(KJV)
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Matthew 26:39:
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, 'My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.'
(NIV)
And going a little farther, He threw Himself upon the ground on His face and prayed saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will [not what I desire], but as You will and desire.
(AMP)
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
(KJV)
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If thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men know what monsters you make of them.
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Psalms 16:11:
You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
(NIV)
You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. [Acts 2:25-28, 31.](AMP)
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
(KJV)
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Exodus 15:26:
He said, 'If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.'
(NIV)
Saying, If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord Who heals you.
(AMP)
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
(KJV)
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Whatever happens at all happens as it should thou wilt find this true, if thou shouldst watch closely.
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Mark 1:40:
A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, 'If you are willing, you can make me clean.'
(NIV)
And a leper came to Him, begging Him on his knees and saying to Him, If You are willing, You are able to make me clean.
(AMP)
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
(KJV)
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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
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