25 Bible Verses about Missionaries

"'If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.

By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble. And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone. For even in Thessalonica on more than one occasion you sent something for my need.

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my good friend Stachys.

They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.

You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.

not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.

Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord.

Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you.

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.

The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands. read more.
Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!"

All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed.

Help me to understand what your precepts mean! Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.

They will proclaim the splendor of your kingdom; they will tell about your power, so that mankind might acknowledge your mighty acts, and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.

The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.

"But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours.

The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

Taste and see that the Lord is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him!

"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can't be the Messiah, can he?"

Nathanael replied, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip replied, "Come and see."

From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue.

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant and said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself'?"

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.

At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business with these until I come back.'

"For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

and told Moses, "The people are bringing much more than is needed for the completion of the work which the Lord commanded us to do!" Moses instructed them to take his message throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing any more. Now the materials were more than enough for them to do all the work.

For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.

Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.

Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death. I will present a thank offering to you, and call on the name of the Lord. I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people, read more.
in the courts of the Lord's temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!

you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty extends over the earth and sky.

O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.

I have asked the Lord for one thing -- this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.

If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!"

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites."

Call judgment down on Meroz,' says the Lord's angelic messenger; 'Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord's battle, to help in the Lord's battle against the warriors.'

He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!"

Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews. But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

Messengers delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah. This royal edict read: "O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria.

And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

Hannah prayed, "My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted high because of the Lord. I loudly denounce my enemies, for I am happy that you delivered me. No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God! Don't keep speaking so arrogantly, letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do. read more.
The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble find their strength reinforced. Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away. The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up. The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts. He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them. He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails. The Lord shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The Lord executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one."

When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' -- then you will say, 'It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.'" The people bowed down low to the ground,

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God. Whoever speaks, let it be with God's words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, "We do not need to give you a reply concerning this. If our God whom we are serving exists, he is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he will rescue us, O king, from your power as well. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don't serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!

Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

"Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake! Tell those who panic, "Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you."

So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated "son of encouragement"), sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles' feet.

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ). Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter).

the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me."

I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.

and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.

She told her mistress, "If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his skin disease."

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

He began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.

"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can't be the Messiah, can he?"

Nathanael replied, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip replied, "Come and see."

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

So when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod's household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.

Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.