Scripture by passage

Sometimes you are not looking for a feeling, you are looking for a verse. Maybe someone quoted it at you, or a line has been stuck in your head since you were a kid, and you want to know what it actually says before you decide what to do with it.

Each passage below has the text in full, a short note on who wrote it and what was going on, and the prayers in this library that come from it. The notes try to be honest about what a passage does not claim as well as what it does.

Looking for a feeling rather than a passage? Start with the prayers.