The Abyss of Zophos

Saturday, July 29, 2023

The Mundane Plain

How long, O LORD?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
Psalm 94:3 (NLT)

Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD;
do not let their plans succeed.
Psalm 140:8 (NIV)

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
Psalm 10:2 (ESV)

Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself,
“You will never call me to account.”
Psalm 10:13 (BSB)
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
Psalm 12:8 (BSB)
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Romans 12:19 (ESV) But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:6 (ESV)

Saturday, July 22, 2023

Dweller at the Threshold | The Chaplain's Chair

This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities
with Spirit-taught words.
1 Corinthians 2:13 (NIV) ✝

For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
Ephesians 6:12 (NLT) ✝

How long, O LORD?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
Psalm 94:3 (NLT) ✝

How can I curse those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
Numbers 23:8 (NIV) ✝

Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.
Numbers 22:6 (NLT) ✝

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart
turns away from the LORD."
Jeremiah 17:5 (NIV) ✝

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:19 (BSB) ✝

‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’
And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:24 (BSB) ✝

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.
James 3:9 (NIV) ✝

Let those who are experts at cursing— whose cursing could rouse Leviathan— curse that day.
Job 3:8 (NLT) ✝

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret
will reward you.
Matthew 6:6 (ESV) ✝ Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD;
do not let their plans succeed.
Psalm 140:8 (NIV) ✝

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Worthless Millionaires

How long, O LORD?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
Psalm 94:3 (NLT)

Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD;
do not let their plans succeed.
Psalm 140:8 (NIV)

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
Psalm 10:2 (ESV)

Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself,
“You will never call me to account.”
Psalm 10:13 (BSB)
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
Psalm 12:8 (BSB)
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Romans 12:19 (ESV) But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:6 (ESV)

Saturday, July 8, 2023

The Mundane Plain

How long, O LORD?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
Psalm 94:3 (NLT)

Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD;
do not let their plans succeed.
Psalm 140:8 (NIV)

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
Psalm 10:2 (ESV)

Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself,
“You will never call me to account.”
Psalm 10:13 (BSB)
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
Psalm 12:8 (BSB)
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Romans 12:19 (ESV) But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:6 (ESV)

Saturday, July 1, 2023

The Mundane Plain

How long, O LORD?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
Psalm 94:3 (NLT)

Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD;
do not let their plans succeed.
Psalm 140:8 (NIV)

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
Psalm 10:2 (ESV)

Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself,
“You will never call me to account.”
Psalm 10:13 (BSB)
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
Psalm 12:8 (BSB)
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Romans 12:19 (ESV) But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:6 (ESV)