O Exodus 20:13 Thou Shalt Not Kill

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Abortion o Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill

o Exodus 21:22-2 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

o Deuteronomy 30:19-20 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

o Job 31:11-12 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh: thou hast put me together with bones and sinews: Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

o Psalms 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

o Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

o Psalms 139:13-16 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

o Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

o Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

o Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

o 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Abusive husband o Galatians 5:18-26 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

o Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

o Ephesians 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

o Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

o Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

o 1 Timothy 3:2-3 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

o Titus 1:7-8 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

o Titus 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Addictions o Genesis 9:20-21 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

o Psalms 40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

o Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

o Proverbs 5:22-23 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

o Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

o Proverbs 23:30-31 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

o Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

o Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

o Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

o John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

o John 8:34-36 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses ever: but the Son abideth ever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

o John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

o John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

o Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

o Romans 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

o Romans 6:13-14 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

o Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

o Romans 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

o Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

o Romans 12:1-2 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

o Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

o 1 Corinthians 6:9-12 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

o 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

o 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

o 1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

o 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

o 2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

o Galatians 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

o Galatians 4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

o Galatians 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

o Ephesians 4:22-24 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

o Ephesians 5:15-20 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

o Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

o Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

o 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

o Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

o Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

o Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

o Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

o 1 Peter 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

o 2 Peter 2:18-19 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

Adultery o Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

o Leviticus 18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

o Leviticus 19:29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

o Deuteronomy 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

o Deuteronomy 23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

o Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

o Proverbs 6:29-33 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

o Matthew 5:27-28 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

o Mark 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

o 1 Corinthians 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

o 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

o Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

o Galatians 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

o Ephesians 4:19-20 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ;

o Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

o Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

o Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

o James 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

Alcoholism o Genesis 9:20-23 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Genesis 19:30-38 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

o Psalms 75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

o Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

o Proverbs 12:1-2 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

o Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

o Proverbs 21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

o Proverbs 23:20-21 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

o Proverbs 23:29-35 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

o Proverbs 27:19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

o Isaiah 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

o Isaiah 28:7-8 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

o Hosea 4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

o Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

o Luke 10:33-34 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

o Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

o Romans 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

o 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

o 1 Corinthians 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

o Galatians 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

o Ephesians 5:18-19 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

o 1 Thessalonians 5:7-8 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

o 1 Timothy 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

o Titus 2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

o Hebrews 2:5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

o 1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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Anger o Genesis 4:5-6 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

o Leviticus 19:17-18 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

o Numbers 20:10-11 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

o 1 Kings 11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

o 2 Kings 17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

o Psalms 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

o Psalms 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

o Psalms 30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

o Psalms 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

o Psalms 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

o Psalms 145:8-9 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

o Proverbs 14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

o Proverbs 14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

o Proverbs 14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

o Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

o Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

o Proverbs 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

o Proverbs 17:14-15 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

o Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

o Proverbs 21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

o Proverbs 21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

o Proverbs 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

o Proverbs 22:24-25 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

o Proverbs 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

o Proverbs 29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

o Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

o Proverbs 30:33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

o Isaiah 37:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

o Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

o Jonah 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

o Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

o Matthew 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

o Mark 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

o Luke 15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

o Romans 12:19-21 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Corinthians 11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

o Galatians 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

o Galatians 5:22-26 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

o Ephesians 4:25-27 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil.

o Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

o Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

o Colossians 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

o Colossians 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

o Colossians 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

o 1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

o 2 Timothy 2:23-24 23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

o Titus 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

o James 1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o James 1:19-20 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Resources:

. When Anger Burns, by Tim Jackson

. When Anger Gets the Upper Hand, by Jay Adams

. Anger is a Choice by Tim LaHaye and Bob Phillips

. Emotional Victory by Bud Calvert

. Winning the Heart article by Cary Schmidt available at http://thebaptistvoice.com/categories/student-ministry/winning-heart

. Uprooting Anger by Robert Jones

. Anger by Gary Chapman

. Uprooting Anger by Robert D. Jones

. Surviving in an Angry World: Finding Your Way to Personal Peace by Charles F. Stanley

. The Burden Bearer by Pastor Paul Chappell

Anxiety o 2 Samuel 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

o Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

o Job 35:14-15 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. 15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Job 39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

o Psalms 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

o Psalms 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

o Psalms 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

o Psalms 7:1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

o Psalms 9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

o Psalms 119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

o Psalms 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

o Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

o Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

o Isaiah 9:12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

o Matthew 6:25-34 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

o Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

o Matthew 14:29-30 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

o John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

o Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

o Philippians 4:6-7 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

o 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.

o Hebrews 13:5-6 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Apathy

1. Numbers 32:6

2. Judges 2:10 3. Proverbs 27:7 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses 4. Ecclesiastes 9:10a

5. Matthew 24:12

6. Romans 12:11

7. Colossians 3:23

8. Hebrews 12:1

9. 1 Timothy 6:12

10. Revelation 3:15

Resources

1. Apathy is Not An Option by Rick Scarborough

Attitude o Psalms 18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

o Psalms 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

o Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

o Mark 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

o Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

o 2 Corinthians 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

o Philippians 2:5-8 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Philippians 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

o Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

o 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

o Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

o 1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Authority o Genesis 16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

o 1 Chronicles 29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

o Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

o Matthew 15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

o Matthew 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

o Matthew 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

o Matthew 22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

o 1 Corinthians 16:16 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

o Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

o Ephesians 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

o Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

o Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

o Titus 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

o Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

o James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

o 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

o 1 Peter 2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

Backslidden o Jeremiah 3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

o Luke 15:11-32 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

o 1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

o 2 Corinthians 5:10-14 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 12 For we commend not ourselves again unto [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

o Galatians 2:19-20 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

o Galatians 5:16-26 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

o 2 Timothy 1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

o Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

o Revelation 3:16-22 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Bitterness o Genesis 4:3-8 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

o Genesis 45:5-11 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

o Genesis 50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

o Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

o Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Ruth 1:20-21 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

o 1 Samuel 18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

o 1 Samuel 24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

o 2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

o Job 21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

o Psalms 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

o Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

o Psalms 35:1-5 1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

o Psalms 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

o Psalms 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

o Psalms 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

o Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

o Proverbs 14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

o Proverbs 14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

o Proverbs 14:29-30 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

o Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

o Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

o Proverbs 16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

o Proverbs 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

o Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

o Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

o Proverbs 19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

o Proverbs 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

o Proverbs 22:24-25 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

o Proverbs 25:21-22 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire up on his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

o Proverbs 26:24-26 24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

o Proverbs 28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

o Isaiah 38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

o Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

o Isaiah 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

o Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

o Ezekiel 3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

o Ezekiel 27:31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

o Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

o Matthew 5:23-24 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

o Matthew 6:14-15 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

o Matthew 18:21-22 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

o Luke 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

o Luke 17:3-4 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

o Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

o John 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

o Acts 8:22-23 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. 23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

o Romans 3:12-14 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

o Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

o Romans 12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Romans 12:17-21 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

o 1 Corinthians 1:3-4 3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

o 1 Corinthians 4:12-13 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

o 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

o Galatians 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

o Ephesians 4:31-32 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

o Philippians 4:6-8 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

o Colossians 3:7-8 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

o Colossians 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

o 2 Timothy 4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

o Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

o Ephesians 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

o Ephesians 4:31-32 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

o Hebrews 12:14-15 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

o James 3:14-15 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

o 1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

o 1 Peter 4:12-13 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

o 1 John 2:9-11 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

o 1 John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

Resources:

. Bitter or Better by Don Sisk

. When Forgiveness Seems Impossible, by Tim Jackson

. Living in an Imperfect World by Dr. R.B. Ouelette

. Trusting God in Troubled Times by Dr. R.B. Ouelette

. All Things Through Christ by Dr. Paul Chappell

. Finding Your Sweet Spot by John Bishop available online at http://thebaptistvoice.com/categories/ministry-leadership/finding-your- sweet-spot

. Biblical Apology by Troy Dorrell article available online at http://thebaptistvoice.com/categories/ministry-leadeship/biblical-apology

. Off Script by Cary Schmidt

. A Place of No Grace by Dr. Paul Kingsbury

. How to Overcome Anger, Bitterness, and Un-forgiveness by Paul Tribus

. Overcoming Bitterness: Discovering Life Again by Dr. Gemen J. Atuulo

. Becoming an Effective Christian Counselor by Walter and Trudy Fremont

. Armed and Dangerous: Straight Answers from the Bible by Ken Abraham

Church Leadership

11. Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 12. James 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

13. 1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in t hem: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses 14. Hebrews 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

15. 1 Peter 5:3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

16. Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

17. 1 Timothy 5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

18. 1 Timothy 3:1- 7 1. This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4. One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5. (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6. Not a novice, lest being lifted up woth pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Co-Dependency o John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

o John 15:5-6 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abidth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

o 1 Corinthians 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

o Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

o Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

o Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Colossians 2:9-10 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

o Colossians 3:3 for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

o 1 Thessalonians 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

Resources:

. When People are Big and God is Small by Edward Welch

. When We Love Too Much: Escaping the Control of Codependency by Jeff Olson

Compromise o Psalms 119:15-16 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

o Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

o John 15:4-5 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

o Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

o Romans 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

o Romans 14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

o Romans 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Philippians 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

o Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

o James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

o 1 John 5:4-5 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

o 2 John 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

Confusion

o Psalm 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. o Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

o Isaiah 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

o Isaiah 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

o Isaiah 50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

o Psalm 71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put into confusion.

o 1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

o James 3:16-18 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.”

o 1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

o James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Contentment o Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

o Psalms 16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

o Psalms 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

o Proverbs 23:4-5 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

o Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

o Proverbs 30:8-9 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

o Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

o Ecclesiastes 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Habakkuk 2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

o Matthew 6:19-24 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

o Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

o Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

o Philippians 2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

o Philippians 4:11-12 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

o Colossians 3:5-6 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

o 1 Timothy 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

o 1 Timothy 6:6-8 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Covetousness

19. Exodus 18:21 20. Psalm 119:36

21. Proverbs 28:16

22. Isaiah 57:17

23. Jeremiah 6:13

24. Jeremiah 51:13

25. Mark 7:22

26. Hebrews 2:9

27. Hebrews 13:5

Resources

1. Future Grace by John Piper

2. The Envy of Eve by Melissa B. Kruger

Cutting o Leviticus 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

o Deuteronomy 14:1-2 1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

o John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

o 1 Corinthians 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

o Titus 3:5-6 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

o 1 John 2:15-17 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Dating o Deuteronomy 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

o Psalms 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

o Psalms 119:9-11 9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

o Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

o Proverbs 16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

o Proverbs 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

o Proverbs 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

o Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

o Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

o Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

o Matthew 19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

o 1 Corinthians 4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

o 1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

o 1 Corinthians 7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

o 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

o 1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

o 2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

o Ephesians 5:2-3 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

o Ephesians 5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

o Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

o Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

o 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

o 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

o 1 Timothy 5:1-2 1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

o James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

Death o Psalms 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

o Psalm 23:6

o Psalms 48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

o Psalms 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

o Lamentations 1:16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

o John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

o John 11:35

o John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

o John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

o John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

o Romans 8:28

o 1 Corinthians 15:55

o 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

o Hebrews 4:15-16

o 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

o James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

o 1 Peter 5:7

o Revelation 7:17

o Revelation 21:4

Resources

. A Maze of Grace by Pastor Paul Chappell

Depression o Genesis 4:6-7 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

o Exodus 18:12-22 12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: 20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

o Numbers 11:10-16 10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. 11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

o Joshua 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

o Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

o 1 Samuel 1:10-18 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. 11 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. 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

o 1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

o 2 Samuel 12:1-17 1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses born unto thee shall surely die. 15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

o 1 Kings 19:1-18 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

o Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

o Psalm 3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

o Psalms 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

o Psalms 18:1-6 1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

o Psalms 23:1-6 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

o Psalms 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

o Psalms 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

o Psalms 32:1-7 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

o Psalms 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

o Psalms 34:6-7 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

o Psalms 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

o Psalms 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

o Psalms 37:3-4 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

o Psalms 37:23-24 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

o Psalms 40:1-3 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

o Psalms 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

o Psalms 43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Psalms 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

o Psalms 51:1-17 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

o Psalms 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

o Psalms 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

o Psalms 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

o Psalms 77:1-20 1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? 8 Is [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. 10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. 11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? 14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. 17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. 20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

o Psalms 91:1-2 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

o Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

o Proverbs 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

o Isaiah 40:27-31 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

o Isaiah 41:13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

o Isaiah 43:1-2 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

o Isaiah 53:3-4 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

o Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

o Jonah 4:1-11 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? 5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Isaiah 61:2-3 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

o Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

o Matthew 11:28-30 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

o Mark 6:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.

o Luke 6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

o Luke 12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

o John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

o John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

o Romans 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

o Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

o Romans 15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

o 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

o 2 Corinthians 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

o 2 Corinthians 7:6-7 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

o Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

o Philippians 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

o Philippians 2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

o Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

o Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

o 1 Thessalonians 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

o 1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

o 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice evermore.

o James 1:2-4 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Peter 4:12-13 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

o 1 Peter 5:6-7 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

o 1 John 1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

Resources:

. When Hope is Lost, by Jeff Olson

. What Do You Do When You Become Depressed? by Jay E. Adams

. www.ministry127.com/christian-living/dealing-with-distress- discouragement-and-spiritual-depression

. www.ministry127.com/resources/illustration/8-contributors-to-peace-of- mind

. Emotional Victory by Dr. Bud Calvert

. A Maze of Grace by Dr. Paul Chappell

. Coping with Depression in the Ministry and Other Helping Professions by Archibald D. Hart

. Grace for Godly Living by Dr. Paul Chappell

. Living in an Imperfect World by Dr. R. B. Oulette

Devotions o Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Psalms 1:1-2 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

o Psalms 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

o Psalms 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

o Psalms 119:9-11 9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

o Proverbs 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

o Jeremiah 29:13-14 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

o Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

o Ephesians 4:22-24 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

o 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Discipline o Deuteronomy 21:18-21 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

o Proverbs 3:11-12 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

o Proverbs 5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

o Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

o Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

o Proverbs 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

o Proverbs 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

o Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

o Hebrews 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Discouragement o Numbers 13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

o Deuteronomy 1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

o Deuteronomy 1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

o Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

o Judges 20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

o 1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

o 1 Kings 19:4-12 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

o 2 Chronicles 31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

o 2 Chronicles 35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

o Job 23:10 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Psalms 3:1-8 1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

o Psalm 34:19

o Psalms 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

o Psalm 46:1

o Psalms 62:6-7 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

o Psalms 104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

o Isaiah 26:3-4 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

o Isaiah 40:29

o Isaiah 40:31

o Isaiah 42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

o Romans 5:3-4

o Romans 8:18

o James 1:3-4 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Peter 1:7

Resources

. A Maze of Grace by Pastor Paul Chappell

Disobedient Kids o Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

o Proverbs 10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

o Proverbs 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

o Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

o Proverbs 30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

o Galatians 5:22-26 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

o Ephesians 6:1-2 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

o Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Division o Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Lamentations 1:16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

o Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

o 1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

o Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

o 1 Timothy 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

o 2 Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

o 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

o 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

o 1 John 2:15-17 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

o 2 John 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

Divorce o Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Psalms 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

o Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

o Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

o Proverbs 11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

o Proverbs 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

o Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

o Malachi 2:13-16 13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

o Matthew 5:23-24 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

o Matthew 5:31-32 31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

o Matthew 15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Matthew 18:15-18 15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

o Matthew 19:4-6 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

o Mark 10:9-12 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. 11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

o Luke 16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

o Romans 7:2-3 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

o Romans 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

o 1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

o 1 Corinthians 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Ephesians 6:1-2 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

o Colossians 3:19-20 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

o Titus 2:4-5 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Dominating Wife o Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

o Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

o Proverbs 9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

o Proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

o Proverbs 12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

o Matthew 19:5-6 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

o Ephesians 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

o Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses Doubt

28. Psalm 32:8 29. Psalm 119:89

30. Psalm 110:113

31. Matthew 8:29

32. John 20:27

33. John 20:29

34. Hebrews 11:6

35. Hebrews 12:1-2

36. James 1:5-8

Resources

1. Armed and Dangerous: Straight Answers from the Bible by Ken Abraham

2. When You’re Spiritually Numb by Cary Schmidt

Drinking o Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

o Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

o Proverbs 23:29-35 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Isaiah 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

o Hosea 4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

o Habakkuk 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

o Malachi 2:13-16 13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

o Matthew 5:23-24 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

o Matthew 5:31-32 31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

o Matthew 18:15-18 15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

o Matthew 19:4-6 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

o Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

o Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

o Romans 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

o 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

o 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

o Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

o Ephesians 5:15-18 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Resources

. Discerning Alcohol by Dr. Chappell

. The Disciplined Life

. www.ministry127.com/resources/illustration/the-bitter-end-of-sin [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses . www.ministry127.com/christian-living/secrets-to-having-joy-in-the- journey

Eating Disorders o Proverbs 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

o Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

o Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

o Colossians 1:3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

o Colossians 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

o Colossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

o 1 Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

o 1 John 2:16-17 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Eternal Security/Doubting Salvation o Luke 13:3-5 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

o Luke 15:17-24 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

o John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

o John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

o John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

o John 5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

o John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

o John 6:37-39 37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

o John 10:27-29 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

o Acts 16:30-31 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

o Romans 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

o Romans 8:35-39 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

o Romans 10:9-10 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

o Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

o 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

o 2 Corinthians 7:9-11 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

o Ephesians 1:12-14 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

o Ephesians 2:4-7 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

o Titus 3:4-7 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

o Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

o 1 Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

o 1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

o 1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

o 1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Resources

. Eternal Security by Hudson Taylor (CD sermon)

. Access by Adoption by Dr. John Goetsch

. www.ministry127.com/pastoral-leadership/removing-doubts-of-salvation

. www.ministry127.com/christian-living/3-promises-for-assurance-of- salvation [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses Failure

o 1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. o 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

o Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

o Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

o 1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

o Philippians 3:14 I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me.

o 2 Samuel 23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

o Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off allthe earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

o 1 Samuel 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give it into our hands.

o Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Fear o Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

o Genesis 50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

o Exodus 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Samuel 15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

o Psalms 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

o Psalms 56:10-11 10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

o Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

o Matthew 10:29-30 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

o Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

o Luke 8:50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

o Luke 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

o Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

o John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

o Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

o Hebrews 13:5-6 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

o 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

o Revelation 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

o Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Financial Struggles o Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

o Leviticus 27:30-32 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD. 31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

o Deuteronomy 8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

o Psalms 24:1 The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

o Psalms 37:23-25 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

o Psalms 50:10-12 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 3:9-10 9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

o Proverbs 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

o Proverbs 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

o Proverbs 23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

o Malachi 3:8-10 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

o Matthew 6:19-34 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

o Matthew 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

o Mark 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

o Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

o Luke 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

o Luke 16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

o 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

o 1 Corinthians 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

o 1 Corinthians 10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

o 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

o Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Timothy 6:6-10 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

o James 1:2-8 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

o James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

o 3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Resources

. The Divine Economy by Carl Conrad Alphin

. “A House of Merchandise” Bibliotheca Sacra by Morris Humphry Roach

Forgiveness o Psalms 32:1-5 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

o Psalm 86:5

o Psalms 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

o Psalms 130:2-4 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

o Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

o Isaiah 55:6-7 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

o Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

o Jeremiah 36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

o Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

o Matthew 6:14-15

o Mark 11:25-26 25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

o Matthew 18:21-35

o Luke 6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

o Luke 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

o Luke 23:34

o 2 Corinthians 2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

o Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

o Colossians 1:13-14 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

o Hebrews 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

Resources:

. Forgiveness: Believers Forgiving One Another by Paul R. Schmidtbleicher

. Confession of Sins in the Spirit-Filled Life by Bob Bryant

. All Things Through Chris by Dr. Paul Chappell

. Dealing with Difficult People an article by Dr. Robert Bakss

. The Freedom and Power of Forgiveness by John MacArthur

. I Forgrace You by David Anderson

. Armed and Dangerous: Straight Answers from the Bible by Ken Abraham

. Repost: How to Help a Wounded Person from Cary Schmidt (http://caryschmidt.com ) [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

Fornication

o 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. o Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

o Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints.

o 1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

o Romans 1:29-32 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whispers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such thngs are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

o 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within? But [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

o Matthew 5:28

o Hebrews 13:4

o 1 Corinthians 7:2

o Leviticus 20:13

o Proverbs 6:32

Resources:

. Sexual Sin by Jeffrey Black

. Undefiled by Harry Schaumberg

Friendship o Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

o Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

o Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

o Proverbs 22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

o Proverbs 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

o Proverbs 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

o Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

o James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

o James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Future o 1 Samuel 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

o Psalms 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

o Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

o Jeremiah 1:4-5 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

o Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Gambling o Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

o Ezekiel 28:4-5 (4) With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures. (5) By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches.

o Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

o Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

o Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

o 1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made into us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.

o 2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

o 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil

o 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while dome coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

o Jude 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

Giving o Malachi 3:7-10 (7) Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? (8) Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. (9) Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Matthew 6:1-4 (1) Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. (2) Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. (3) But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth; (4) That thins alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

o Matthew 25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

o Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

o 1 Corinthians 8:1-9 (1) Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. (2) And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. (3) But if any man love God, the same is known of him. (4) As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. (5) For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) (6) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. (7) Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. (8) But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. (9) But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

o 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 (1) Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. (2) Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

o 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (6) But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. (7) Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 John 3:16-18 (16) Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (17) But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? (18) My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Gluttony

37. Proverbs 1:19 38. Proverbs 15:27

39. Proverbs 23:2

40. Proverbs 23:21

41. Ezekiel 22:12

42. Matthew 23:25

43. Luke 21:34

44. Ephesians 5:18

45. Titus 1:12

46. 1 Peter 4:3 Resources 1. “1 Corinthians: A Church Divided” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology by John Polhill

2. “Toward a Theology of Human Embodiment” Southern Baptist Journal of Theology by Gregg Allison

3. “The Twelve First Roman Emporers” Bibliotheca Sacra by E.G. Sihler

4. “Man and His Food” Bibliotheca Sacra by Leonard Withington

Gods Will o Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

o Psalm 37:3-5 (3) Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. (4) delight thyself also I the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. (5) Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

o Proverbs 3:5-6 (5) Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

o Proverbs 4:2-27

o Proverbs12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

o Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

o Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

o Proverbs 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors there is safety.

o John 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

o Romans 8:27-31 (27) And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of t he Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. (28) And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (29) For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (30) Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (31) What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

o 2 Corinthians 8:1-7 (1) Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; (2) How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. (3) For to their power, I bear record, yea,, and beyond their power [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses they were willing of themselves. (4) Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. (5) And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. (6) Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. (7) Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

o Ephesians 1:5-12

o Ephesians 5:1-20

o Ephesians 6:5-8 (5) Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; (6) Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; (7) With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men.

o Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto god.

o Colossians 1:9-12 (9) For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will I all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (10) That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto al pleasing, and being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; (11) Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness. (12) Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

o 1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication.

o 1 Thessalonianss 5:11-18

o James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

o 1 Peter 2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

o 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

Resources

. Models of God: Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age by Sallie McFague

. The Holy Spirit – Shy Member of the Trinity by F. Dale Bruner

. Discover Your Destiny by Cary Schmidt

Gossip o Leviticus 19:16 Thou shalt not to up and down as a talebearer among thy p eople: neither shall thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD.

o Psalm 101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

o Proverbs 4:24 Put away from thee a forward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

o Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

o Proverbs 11:11-13 (11) By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. (12) He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. (13) A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

o Proverbs 16:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned

o Proverbs 17:4

o Proverbs 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

o Proverbs 18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

o Proverbs 20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not withhim that flattereth with his lips.

o Proverbs 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 26:20

o Proverbs 26:22

o Proverbs 30:6

o Romans 1:28-29 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers

o Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

o Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

o James 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

Resources

. “The Means, Mandates, and Motivation of Biblical Womanhood” Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood by Eric Schumacher

. “The Use of Scriptures in Counseling Part III: Five Factors in Spiritual Counseling Continued” Bibliotheca Sacra by Jay E. Adams

. “Gossip: The Sin We Do Not Talk About” Faith and Mission by Karl L. Hofmann III

Grief o Genesis 37:34-35 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

o 1 Samuel 15:10-11 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

o 2 Samuel 1:11-12 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

o Psalm 18:3-6 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: and he heard my voice before him, even into his ears.

o Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

o Psalm 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

o Pslam 31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

o Psalm 55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaing, and make a noise;

o Psalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah

o Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

o Pslam 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

o Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

o Isaiah 53:3 He despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

o Matthew 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

o Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

o John 11:35-36 Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

o John 16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

o 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

o 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is mad perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake, then am I strong.

Guilt o Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

o Luke 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

o Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

o 1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

o 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

o Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

o Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hatred o Judges 14:16

o 1 Kings 22:8

o Psalm 86:17

o Psalm 97:10

o Psalm 101:3

o Psalm 119:128

o Psalm 119:163

o Proverbs 10:12

o Proverbs 15:17

o Amos 5:15

o Micah 3:2

o Zechariah 8:17

o Matthew 5:22-27 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Luke 19:17

o 1 John 2:9

o 1 John 3:15

Resources

. How to Overcome by John Thomas Mawson

. The Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee

Homosexuality o Genesis 19:1-11

o Leviticus 18:22

o Leviticus 20:13

o Deuteronomy 23:17

o Judges 19:22-30

o Romans 1:24-28

o 1 Timothy 1:9-10

o 2 Peter 2:6

o Jude 7

Humility

o Matthew 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. o Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves.

o Proverbs 6:12-19 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a forward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Forwardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses discord. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among the brethren.

o Philippians 2:5-7 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.

o John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

o James 4:8-10 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

o Matthew 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

o James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

o 1 Peter 5:5-6 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

Hypocrisy

o Luke 6:42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye. o Matthew 23:13-15 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye devour widows houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrytes! For ye compass sea and land to make one [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Immorality o Exodus 20:14

o Leviticus 18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

o Psalm 101:3

o Matthew 5:28

o Mark 7:21-23

o John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

o 1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

o 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

o Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

o Ephesians 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

o Ephesians 5:10-12

o 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Resources

. Lest You Fall by Rand Hummel

Infidelity o Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

o 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

o 1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind.

o 1 Corinthians 7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

o 1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Insecurity o Ezra 3:9

o Proverbs 14:26

o Proverbs 28:1

o Acts 18:9-10

o Ephesians 3:12

o Philippians 4:13

o 2 Timothy 1:7 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Hebrews 4:16

o Hebrews 10:19

o Hebrews 13:6

o 1 John 2:2

Jealousy

o Deuteronomy 5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbour’s. o Psalm 37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

o Psalm 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the lord abhorreth.

o Galatians 5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

o Proverbs 23:17-18 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

o Luke 12:22-23 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

o James 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

o Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

o Proverbs 14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

o 1 Corinthians 10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses Joy o 1 Samuel 2:1

o 1 Chronicles 29:9

o Psalm 3:27

o Psalm 5:11

o Psalm 27:6

o Psalm 30:5

o Psalm 32:11

o Psalm 43:4

o Psalm 51:8

o Psalm 51:12

o Psalm 65:13

o Psalm 119:162

o Jeremias 15:16

o Matthew 5:12

o Luke 1:47

o Acts 2:45-46

o Acts 5:41

o Acts 16:34

o 1 Peter 4:13

Laziness

47. Proverbs 10:4-5 48. Proverbs 12:24 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses 49. Proverbs 13:4

50. Proverbs 13:23

51. Proverbs 15:19

52. Proverbs 21:5

53. Proverbs 28:19

54. Romans 12:11

55. 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

56. 2 Timothy 2:6

Resources

1. The Spiritual Secret of Hudson Taylor by Howard Taylor

2. The Disciplined Life by Richard S. Taylor

Long-term illness

o Luke 5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. o Luke 6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

o Isaiah 40:29-31 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

o 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses o Isaiah 59:1 Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

o Psalm 30:2-3 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

o 2 Kings 20:5-6 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

o Psalm 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

o Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

o Psalm 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Loneliness o Deuteronomy 33:27

o 1 Samuel 12:22

o 1 Chronicles 28:20

o Joshua 1:5

o Psalm 23:4

o Psalm 27:10

o Palm 37:23-24

o Psalm 38:9

o Psalm 40:1-2

o Psalm 42:1-5

o Psalm 46:10

o Psalm 68:6 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 15:13-14

o Proverbs 18:24

o Ecclesiastes 4:1

o Isaiah 41:10

o Isaiah 53:3-4

o Lamentations 1:9

o Lamentations 1:16

o Matthew 28:20

o John 14:18

o John 14:26

o John 15:26

o John 16:7

o John 16:33

o Acts 18:9-10

o Romans 8:35-39

o Hebrews 13:1

o Hebrews 13:5

o 1 Peter 5:7

o 1 John 4:9

o 1 John 4:16

o 1 John 4:19 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses Love

o Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. o John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

o 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil: Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

o 1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Lust o Job 31:1

o Psalm 19:14

o Psalm 78:18

o Psalm 101:3

o Psalm 119:9

o Proverbs 4:15

o Proverbs 5:3-5

o Proverbs 6:24-27

o Proverbs 15:22

o Proverbs 23:7

o Matthew 5:27-29

o Romans 6:12

o Romans 7:7 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Romans 8:13

o Romans 13:13-14

o Galatians 5:16

o Galatians 5:24

o Ephesians 4:22

o Ephesians 5:3-8

o Philippians 4:8

o Philippians 4:13

o Colossians 3:1-7

o 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7

o 2 Timothy 2:22

o Titus 2:11

o James 1:14-15

o James 4:7

o 1 Peter 1:14-16

o 1 Peter 2:11

o 2 Peter 1:4

o 2 Peter 2:10 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 John 2:16-17

o Jude 8

Resources

. Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood by Shaun Price

. Priscilla Papers by Howard Frost

. Every Man’s Battle

. Victory a CD by Pastor Shetler

. The Purity Principle by Randy Alcorn

. Just Friends by Cary Schmidt

. Living in an Imperfect World by Dr. R.B. Oulette

. Becoming an Effective Christian Counselor by Walter and Trudy Fremont

. What’s on Your Mind by Dr. John Goetsch

Lying o Genesis 3:12

o Exodus 20:16

o Exodus 23:1

o Leviticus 19:12

o Numbers 32:23

o 1 Samuel 15:13-15

o Psalm 5:6

o Psalm 58:3

o Psalm 110:163

o Proverbs 6:16-19

o Proverbs 10:18

o Proverbs 12:19

o Proverbs 12:22

o Proverbs 13:5

o Proverbs 14:5

o Proverbs 15:22

o Proverbs 18:21

o Proverbs 19:5

o Proverbs 19:9

o Proverbs 25:18

o Matthew 12:34

o John 8:32

o John 14:17

o John 17:17

o Acts 5:1-10

o Acts 26:25

o Ephesians 4:25

o Philippians 4:8

o Philippiams 4:13

o Colossians 3:9-10

o Colossians 4:6

o 1 Timothy 4:1-2

o James 3:14 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Revelation 21:8

Resources

. Victory Over the Darkness by Neil T. Anderson

. The Bondage Breaker by Neil T. Anderson

Marriage o Genesis 2:18

o Genesis 2:21-25

o Exodus 20:14

o Leviticus 20:10

o Pslam 127:1

o Proverbs 5:18-19

o Proverbs 6:32

o Proverbs 18:22

o Proverbs 19:14

o Proverbs 21:9

o Song of Solomon 5:16

o Matthew 5:27-28

o Matthew 5:31-32

o Matthew 19:4-9

o Matthew 22:24-28

o Mark 10:1-12

o Mark 10:45

o John 13:34 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o John 15:12

o Romans 12:10

o Romans 13:8

o Romans 14:7-8

o 1 Corinthians 7:5

o Galatians 5:22-23

o Galatians 6:2

o Ephesians 1:21-33

o Ephesians 4:2

o Ephesians 5:22-29

o Ephesians 5:33

o Philippians 2:3-4

o Colossians 3:8-20

o Titus 2:4-5

o Hebrews 10:24

o Hebrews 13:4

o 1 Peter 3:1-9

o 1 Peter 5:5

Resources [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses . www.ministry127.com/family-helps/5-stays-for-a-great-marriage

. www.ministry127.com/faimly-helps/a-happy-marriage

. A Faith Full Marriage by Paul Chappell

. Men Are Like Waffles – Women Are Like Spaghetti by Bill and Pam Farrel

. The Home by John R. Rice

. Marriage Made in Eden by Alice P. Matthews and M. Gay Hubbard

. The Church’s Role in Marriage Enrichment by William J. McRae

Materialism o Job 1:21-22

o Psalm 50:10-12

o Proverbs 3:9-10

o Proverbs 11:28

o Matthew 6:1-4

o Philippians 4:11

o 1 Timothy 6:6-10

o 1 Timothy 6:17-19

o Hebrews 13:5

o 1 John 2:15-17

Modesty o Isaiah 3:18-22

o Jeremiah 17:9

o Romans 6:13

o Romans 12:1-2 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Romans 13:13

o 1 Timothy 2:9

o Titus 2:3

o 1 Peter 3:3

Money o Leviticus 27:30

o Deuteronomy 8:18

o Proverbs 3:9-10

o Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

o Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

o Proverbs 28:22

o Proverbs 30:8-9

o Ecclesiastes 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

o Haggai 2:8

o Malachi 3:10

o Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

o Matthew 6:33

o Luke 12:15 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Corinthians 6:12 All t hings are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

o Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth..

o 1 Timothy 6:9-10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

o Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

o James 1:17

Music o Deuteronomy 31:19

o Judges 5:3

o 1 Chronicles 13:8

o 2 Chronicles 5:13

o Psalm 13:6

o Psalm 29:2

o Psalm 40:3

o Psalm47:8

o Psalm 48:1

o Daniel 3:15

o John 4:23-24

o Ephesians 5:18-19

o Philippians 4:8

o Revelation 5:9

Parenting o Exodus 20:12

o Deuteronomy 6:6-7

o 1 Samuel 1:22

o 1 Samuel 15:23

o 1 Kings 17:22

o Psalm 115:14

o Psalm 127:3-5

o Psalm 144:12

o Proverbs 13:24

o Proverbs 19:27

o Proverbs 19:18

o Proverbs 20:11

o Proverbs 22:6

o Proverbs 22:15

o Proverbs 23:12

o Proverbs 23:24

o Proverbs 29:15 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Malachi 4:6

o Matthew 18:2

o Matthew 18:4

Resources

. Parenting As Discipleship by John P. Allison’

. Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton

Past o 2 Samuel 12:13

o Matthew 16:23

o Mark 10:21

o Acts 2:14

o Acts 9:1

o Acts 9:26

o Philippians 3:13

o 2 Timothy 4:11

o Hebrews 12:2

Persecution

57. Matthew 10:22 58. John 17:14

59. Acts 5:41

60. Acts 14:22

61. Romans 8:18 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses 62. 2 Corinthians 4:17

63. 2 Corinthians 7:4

64. Philippians 3:10

65. 1 Thessalonians 5:24

66. 2 Timothy 3:12

67. 1 John 4:4

Resources

1. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs

2. Walking Through the Fire by Dr. John Goetsch

Pornography o 2 Samuel 11

o Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

o Psalm 101:3

o Psalm 119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

o Proverbs 4:23

o Proverbs 5:20-23 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

o Proverbs 6:16-19

o Proverbs 6:24-26

o Proverbs 7:5 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 7:22-27 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

o Proverbs 23:33

o Lamentations 3:51

o Jonah 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

o Matthew 5:27-28

o John 8:34

o Romans 6:16

o Romans 13:13-14

o 2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

o Galatians 5:1

o Galatians 5:16

o Galatians 5:19-20

o Ephesians 4:22-24 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Ephesians 5:1-5 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

o Philippians 2:5

o 2 Timothy 2:22

o Titus 2:11-12 For the grae3 of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

o James 1:2-4

o James 1:12-15

Resources:

. Every Man’s Battle , by Stephen Arterbum and Fred Stoeker

. When a Man’s Eye Wander: Breaking the Power of Pornography, by Jeff Olson

. www.ministry127.com/singles-ministry/7-myths-of-single-life

. www.ministry127.com/christian-living/christ-has-set-us-free-from-the- power-of-sin

. Internet Pornography: A Ministry Leader’s Handbook available online at www.covenanteyes.com/e-books [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses . Your Brain on Porn available online at www.covenanteyes.com/e-books

. Porn and Your Husband: A Recovery Guide for Wives available online at www.covenanteyes.com/e-books

. Biblical Guidelines for Using the Internet by Paul Chappell

. Sex is not the problem (lust is) by Joshua harris

68. 1 Samuel 2:3 69. Proverbs8:13

70. Proverbs 11:2 71. Proverbs 13:10

72. Proverbs 16:5

73. Proverbs 16:18

74. Proverbs 29:23

75. Ecclesiastes 7:8

76. Isaiah 2:11

77. Ezekiel 16:49

78. Daniel 4:37

79. Daniel 5:20

80. Obadiah 1:3

81. Matthew 23:12

82. Romans 12:3

85. Galatians 6:3

86. Philippians 2:3 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses 87. 1 Timothy 3:6

88. 1 Timothy 6:4

89. James 4:6

90. 1 John 2:16

Resources

1. “Proofs, Pride, and Incarnation: Is Natural Theology Taboo?” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society by Douglas Groothuis

2. “Ministerial Pride” Puritan Reformed Journal by David MacLeod

3. From Pride to Humility by Stuart Scott

4. Sin, Pride, and Self-Acceptance by Terry D. Cooper

5. Shew Thyself A Man by Eldon Martens

6. Blue Denim and Lace by Dr. Jack Hyles

7. As A Roaring Lion by Paul Schwanke

Procrastination o Proverbs 6:6-8

o Proverbs 13:4

o Proverbs 20:4

o John 9:4

o Colossians 4:5

Resources

. Getting Things Done by David Allen [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses . The Great Omission article by Dr. Goetsch at www.ministry127.com

Public School o Matthew 9:37-38

o Luke 5:30-32

o Luke 15:1-10

o Luke 19:7-10

o Romans 12:1-2

o Philippians 2:15

o 1 Timothy 2:1-4

o 2 Timothy 4:1-2

o 1 Peter 2:12

Purity o Genesis 39:9

o Leviticus 26:19

o Job 31:1

o Job 33:17

o Job 35:12

o Psalm 10:2

o Psalm 10:4

o Psalm 31:20

o Job 35:12

o Psalm 59:12

o Psalm 73:6

o Psalm 101:3

o Psalm 119:21

o Proverbs 6:16-18

o Proverbs 6:32

o Proverbs 8:13

o Proverbs 11:2

o Proverbs 13:10

o Proverbs 14:3

o Proverbs 15:33

o Proverbs 16:5

o Proverbs 16:18-19

o Proverbs 21:4

o Proverbs 29:23

o Daniel 4:37

o Hosea 7:10

o Habakkuk 2:4

o Mark 7:20-23

o Luke 18:14

o Romans 6:11-14

o Romans 12:3

o 1 Corinthians 6:15 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Galatians 5:19-21

o Galatians 6:3

o Ephesians 4:30

o Colossians 3:5

o 1 Timothy 3:6

o Titus 2:12

o Hebrews 13:4

o James 1:17

o James 4:6

o James 4:10

o 1 Peter 5:6

o 1 John 2:16

Raising children o Exodus 20;12

o Deuteronomy 6:3-9

o 1 Samuel 2:22-25

o 1 Samuel 17:17-19

o 1 Kings 15:11

o Psalm 58:3

o Psalm 127:3-5 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs6:20

o Proverbs 13:1

o Proverbs 13:24

o Proverbs 19:18

o Proverbs 20:20

o Proverbs 22:6

o Proverbs 22:25

o Proverbs 23:13-14

o Ephesians 6:1-4

o Colossians 3:20-21

o Hebrews 12:9-10

Resources

. The Home by John R. Rice

. Parenting by Cary Smith

Rebellion o Genesis 11:1-9

o Exodus 22:2-3

o 1 Samuel 15:23

o Proverbs 12:21

o Proverbs 17:11

o Proverbs 25:26

o Isaiah 1:19-20

o Isaiah 14:12-15 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Ezekiel 28:17

o Matthew 5:19

o Matthew 22:21

o Luke 10:27

o John 14:15

o Romans 9:20

o Romans 12:19

o Romans 13:1-5

o Ephesians 5:21

o Philippians 2:5-8

o Hebrews 5:8

o Hebrews 13:17

o James 4:7

o 1 Peter 1:;13-14

o 1 Peter 2:17

o 1 Peter 5:5-6

o 1 John 4:1- Resources

. 12 Tips to Prevent Resentment and Rebellion by Gabe Ruhl

. Hook, Line, and Sinker by Cary Schmidt

. Seven Steps for Restoring a Rebellious Child by Jim Burns

Rejection [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses o Luke 9:23

o Romans 8:1

o Galatians 2:20

o Ephesians :6-7

o Philippians 3:7-10

o Colossians 1:27

o Colossians 2:9-10

o Colossians 3:1-4

o 2 Timothy 4:16-17

o 1 John 3:1

Resources

. Overcoming Rejection by Frank Hammond

. Dealing with the Rejection and Praise of Man by Bob Surge

Revenge o Leviticus 19:18

o Proverbs 20:22

o Proverbs 24:29

o Proverbs 25:21-22

o Ezekiel 25:15-17

o Matthew 5:38-41

o Luke 9:51-56

o Romans 12:17-19

o 1 Thessalonians 5:15 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o 1 Peter 2:19-23

Selfishness o Romans 12:10

o Romans 15:1-3

o 2 Corinthians 8:9

o Philippians 2:3-4

o James 2:8

91. Psalm 32:5 92. Psalm 51:5

93. Psalm 119:11

94. Romans 5:12

95. Romans 6:6

97. James 1:15

98. 1 John 2:1

99. 1 John 3:9

Spending o Proverbs 15:27 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 21:10

o Proverbs 21:17

o Proverbs 22;17

o Isaiah 55:1-3

o Matthew 5:42

o Mark 4:19

o Luke 12:13-21

o 1 Timothy 6:6-11

Standards o Psalm 4:3

o Romans 12:1-2

o Philippians 3:3

o 1 Thessalonians 5:23

o 1 Timothy 2:2

o Titus 2:12

o 1 Peter 3:12

o 1 Peter 3:15

o 1 John 2:1

Stealing o Genesis 3:19

o Exodus 20:15

o Exodus 22:1-4

o Leviticus 19:11 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Deuteronomy 5:19

o Deuteronomy 27:7

o Proverbs 6:30-31

o Proverbs 30:9

o Jeremiah 7:9

o Matthew 19:18

o Mark 10:19

o Ephesians 4:28

Resources

. The Spirit of Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives

. The Bondage Breaker by Neil T. Anderson

Stress o Psalm 34;17

o Psalm 119:143

o Psalm 138:3

o Isaiah 26:3

o Isaiah 40:29-31

o Isaiah 43:2

o Matthew 11:28

o John 14:27

o Philippians 4:13

Stubbornness

o 2 Chronicles 30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. o 2 Kings 17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

o Nehemiah 9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments

o Jeremiah 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

o Isaiah 48:4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

o Proverbs 7:11 She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

o Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

o Titus 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

o Hebrews 3:7-12 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

o Jeremiah 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Suicide o Psalm 107:8 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Philippians 3:13-15

o Philippians 4:13

o Colossians 3:5-10

o 1 Peter 5:7

Surrender o Jeremiah 10:23

o Matthew7:21

o Mark 14:35-36

o John 5:19

o John 12:49

o John 14;31

o Romans 12:2

o Philippians 2:5-8

o James 4:7

Swearing

o Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. o Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses o Psalm 109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

o Psalm 109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

o Hosea 4:1-3 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fouls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

o Leviticus 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

o Leviticus 24:23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

o Deuteronomy 5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

o Leviticus 24:11 And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the LORD and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the trive of Dan.)

o Matthew 26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

Temptation o Psalm 95:8

o Psalm 119:11

o Matthew 4:13

o Matthew 6:13

o Matthew 26:41 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Mark 14:38

o Luke 8:13

o Luke 22:46

o Galatians 5:16

o 1 Timothy 6:8

o Ephesians 6:11

o Hebrews 2:18

o James 1:12

o James 4:7

o 1 Peter 5:8

o 2 Peter 2:9

o 1 John 4:4

o Revelation 3:10

Testimony o Proverbs 4:18

o Matthew 5:14-16

o John 21:24

o Romans 13:12-14

o 1 Corinthians 1:6

o Ephesians 5:8

o Hebrews 11;5

o 1 Peter 2:9 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses Thought life o Psalm 19:14

o Psalm 119:11

o Isaiah 26:3

o Matthew 22:37

o Romans 12:3

o Philippians 4:8

o Colossians 3:2

o 2 Timothy 1:7

o 1 Samuel 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. o 1 Samuel 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

o Genesis 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

o Hebrews 7:6 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

o Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

o Leviticus 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.

o Leviticus 27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.

o 2 Chronicles 31:6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses o Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Tongue o Exodus 20:16

o Psalm 19:14

o Psalm 34:13

o Psalm 141:3

o Proverbs 8:6-8

o Proverbs 11:11-13

o Proverbs 12:18

o Proverbs 12:22

o Proverbs 15:1

o Proverbs 17:27-28

o Proverbs 18:13

o Proverbs 18:21

o Proverbs 19:9

o Proverbs 20:19

o Proverbs 21:23

o John 8:44

o Acts 2:10-19

o Acts 2:38-39

o Acts 2:43

o Ephesians 4:25

o Ephesians 4:29

o 1 Peter 3:10

o James 1:19

o James 1:26

o James 3:1-12

Trials o Job 23:10

o Psalm 3:1-8

o Psalm 46:1

o Psalm 121:1

o Proverbs 3:5-6

o Romans 8:28

o 2 Corinthians 8:2

o 1 Peter 1:6-9

o 1 Peter 4:12

o James 1:2-4

Trusting God o Deuteronomy 32:4

o Psalm 20:7

o Psalm 56:3

o Psalm 118:8

o Proverbs 3;5-6

o Isaiah 26:3-4

o Isaiah 41:10

o Lamentations 3:22-23

o Daniel 2:21

o Matthew 5:10-12

o John 16:33

o Romans 8:28

o Romans 12:12

o Philippians 4:6-7

o James 1:2

o James 1:12

o 1 Peter 4:12

Resources

. A Maze of Grace by Paul Chappell

. Try Me by Larry Chappell

Unemployment o Nehemiah 6:9

o Psalm 37:25

o Matthew 6:31 [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Matthew 7:11

o Matthew 14:13-21

o Luke 12:7

o John 21:6

o 2 Corinthians 9:8

o Philippians 4:19

Unsaved family o Matthew 5:16

o Matthew 9:38

o Luke 24:27

o John 15:8

o Romans 10:1

o Romans 10:13

o Ephesians 6:1-2

o Titus 2:7

o 1 Peter 2:12

Viewing habits o Psalm 101:3

o Psalm 119:37

o Proverbs 15:3

o Matthew 5:28

o Romans 6:19

o 1 Corinthians 6:8

o Galatians 5:19

o Ephesians 5:3

o 2 Peter 2:14

o 1 John 2:16

Work problems o Genesis 2:15

o Proverbs 6:6-11

o Matthew 5:14-16

o Romans 1:1

o Romans 12:11

o Ephesians 6:5-8

o Colossians 3:22-24

o Titus 2:9-10

Worry o Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

o Psalms 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

o Psalms 37:3-7 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

o Psalms 55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

o Psalms 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

o Psalms 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

o Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

o Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

o Proverbs 14:30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

o Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

o Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

o Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

o Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

o Matthew 6:25-28 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Matthew 11:28-30 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

o Luke 12:22-23 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

o Romans 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

o 1 Peter 5:6-7 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

o 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Wrong thoughts o Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

o Job 17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

o Psalm 139:23-24 (23) Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: (24) And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

o Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Proverbs 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

o Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

o Matthew 9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

o Matthew 15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come froth from the heart; and they defile the man.

o Romans 7:23-25 (23) But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. (24) O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (25) I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

o 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (19) What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? (20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

o 1 Corinthians 29:18 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

o 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (3) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (4) For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; (5) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

o Ephesians 5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

o Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Youth issues o Deuteronomy 17:18-20 (18) And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: (19) And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: (20) That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong is days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

o Psalm 1:1-6 (1) Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. (2) But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (3) And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (4) The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. (5) Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. (6) For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

o Proverbs 6:6-11 (6) Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: (7) Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, (8) Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (9) How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? (10) Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (11) So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

o Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

o Lamentations 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. [PASTORAL COUNSELING] Topical Counseling Verses

o Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

o John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

o Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

o Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

o 2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?

o 2 Timothy 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.