Scriptures set to song
| Verse | Version | Performer | Genre |
  Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. | NKJV | The Smith Family | Children's |
| Joshua 1:8Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. | NIV | Lisa Bevill | Pop |
| Psalm 17:1-4,8Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer- it does not rise from deceitful lips. May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right. Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin. As for the deeds of men- by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent. Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings | NIV-UK | Sons of Korah | |
| Psalm 19:1-4The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. | NLT | diamondvalley | |
| Psalm 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. | NASB | Robert Evans | |
| Psalm 30:4-5Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. | ESV | Mark Altrogge | |
| Psalm 46:1-3God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. | ESV | Mark and Stephen Altrogge | |
| Psalm 56:3-4When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? | NIV | The Smith Family | Children's |
| Psalm 119:9-11How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you;let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. | ESV | Forever Grateful Music | |
| Psalm 119:11I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. | NIV | Decrease Dwayne | Rap |
| Proverbs 20:11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. | KJV | The Smith Family | Children's |
| Proverbs 21:1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. | NIV | diamondvalley | |
| Isaiah 46:9-10Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. | NIV | diamondvalley | |
| Isaiah 53:6We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. | NIV | Michael Mellett | Electronica, Instrumental, Pop |
| Matthew 4:19"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." | NIV | Lisa Bevill | Pop |
| Matthew 10:29-30Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. | ESV | Mark Altrogge | |
| Matthew 18:20"For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." | NIV | Lisa Bevill | Pop, Electronica |
| Luke 2:1-20And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered... | NKJV | The Smith Family | Piano & Voice |
| John 1:12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- | NIV | Kim Hill | Electronica, Instrumental, Pop |
| John 5:24"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life." | NIV | Fiona Mellett | Pop |
| John 14:21"Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." | NIV | Scat Springs | Reggae |
| John 15:7"If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you." | NIV | Scat Springs | Pop |
| Romans 1:16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. | NIV | Lisa Bevill | Pop, Electronica |
| Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, | NIV | Lisa Bevill | Pop |
| Romans 5:8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. | NIV | Michael Mellett | Pop |
| Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | NIV | Tom Lane | Pop, Gospel |
| Romans 12:1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. | NIV | Michael Mellett | Pop |
| 1 Corinthians 1:18For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. | ESV | Mark Altrogge | |
| 1 Corinthians 2:1-2And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. | ESV | Mark Altrogge | |
| 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! | NIV | Lisa Bevill | Pop |
| Galatians 1:3-5Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 1:9As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 1:11-12For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 2:4-5Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in-who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery-to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 2:16yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 2:19-21For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. | NIV | Michael Mellett | Electronica |
| Galatians 3:23-26Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 4:4-6But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 5:1For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 5:16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 5:22-24But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 6:2-3Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 6:8-9For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Galatians 6:14But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which[a] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Ephesians 2:8-9For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. | NIV | Tom Lane | Pop Rock |
| Ephesians 5:19-20Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. | NIV | The Smith Family | Piano & Voice |
| Ephesians 5:19-20Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. | NIV | The Smith Family | Children's |
| Philippians 1:3-6I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 1:9-11And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 1:12I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 1:21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 1:27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 2:3-4Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 2:5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: | NIV | diamondvalley | Children's |
| Philippians 2:5-8Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 2:9-11Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 2:12-13Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 2:14-15Do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 2:20-21For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 3:7-11But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith-- that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 3:14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 4:1Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 4:6-7Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. | NIV | Michael and Fiona Mellett | Pop |
| Philippians 4:6do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 4:8-9Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me--practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 4:13I can do all things through him who strengthens me. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 4:19-20And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Philippians 4:23The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. | ESV | Covenant Life Church | |
| Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. | NIV | diamondvalley | |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:13And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. | ESV | Forever Grateful Music | |
| 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. | ESV | Mark Altrogge | |
| 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. | NIV | The Smith Family | Piano & Voice |
| 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. | NIV | The Smith Family | Children's |
| 2 Timothy 3:16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, | NIV | Tom Lane | Pop |
| Titus 3:5he 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, | NIV | Lisa Bevill | Pop |
| Hebrews 1:1-2In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. | NIV | forMemory | Acapella Solo |
| Hebrews 9:27Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, | NIV | Kim Hill | Pop |
| Hebrews 10:22-23let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. | NKJV | diamondvalley | Children's |
| Hebrews 10:24-25And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching. | NIV | Michael Mellett | Reggae |
| Hebrews 11:6But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. | NKJV | diamondvalley | Children's |
| Hebrews 12:1[...] since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, | NKJV | diamondvalley | Children's |
| 1 Peter 1:13Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. | NIV | diamondvalley | Children's |
| 1 Peter 3:18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, | NIV | Michael Mellett | World |
| 1 Peter 4:10Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, | NIV | diamondvalley | Gospel: Voice, violin & guitar |
| 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. | ESV | Forever Grateful Music | |
| 1 John 3:2-3Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. | ESV | Mark Altrogge | |
| 1 John 5:13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. | NIV | Kim Hill | Pop, Electronica |
| Jude 1:24-25Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. | ESV | Mark and Stephen Altrogge | |
| Revelation 3:20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. | NIV | Fiona Mellett | Pop |
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