Luke 16:19-21 (BSB)

Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich mans table.

The Rich Man and Lazarus, 19th century
Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)

Lamentations 3:22-24 (ESV)

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”

The Angelus, 1857-59
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875)

Genesis 28:20-22 (ESV)

“If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house.”

Jacob at Bethel, 1860
James Smetham (British, 1821-1889)

Deuteronomy 34:1-3 (ESV)

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

Moses on Pisgah, undated
Harold Copping (English, 1863-1932)

Acts 17:22-23 (NKJV)

“Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: To the Unknown God. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you”

St Paul Preaching at Athens, c. 1710
Sir James Thornhill (c. 1675-1734)
Sketch for one of a series of paintings for the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, London.

Acts 19:19 (NASB1995)

And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Saint Paul and the Burning of the Pagan Books at Ephesus, 1866
Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)

Acts 20:9-10 (NASB1995)

And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, “Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.”

St. Paul Healing the Young Man, c. 1638
Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck (Flemish, 1596-1675)

2 Kings 2:12 (NASB1995)

“My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire, 1755
Giuseppe Angeli (Italian, 1712-1798)

Deuteronomy 30:11-14 (NIV)

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it? No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.” 

Life, Death, and Immortality, 1844
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)

Deuteronomy 29:29 (ESV)

The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Moses Descends from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments, 1662
Ferdinand Bol (Dutch, 1616-1680)

Daniel 8:3 (ESV)

I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram standing on the bank of the canal. It had two horns, and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.

Daniel’s Second Vision, 1650
Willem Drost (Dutch, 1633-1659)

Matthew 5:17 (ESV)

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."

The Incarnation as Fulfilment of All Prophecies, c.1617-18
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

Luke 17:28-29 (NIV)

“It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.”

Sodom and Gomorrah, c.1540
Herri met de Bles (Dutch, c.1510-after 1550)

John 20:30-31 (BSB)

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

The Four Evangelists, c.1625
Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)

Matthew 4:19 (NKJV)

“Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

The Calling of St Peter and St Andrew, c.1650
Jacob Willemsz de Wet (Dutch, 1610–1675)

‭‭Luke‬ ‭22‬:‭27‬ ‭(NKJV‬‬)

For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.

Christus mit den Bauern (Christ with the Peasants), 1887-88
Fritz von Uhde (German, 1848-1911)

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭15‬ (‭NASB1995‬‬)

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

Christ in the Wilderness, 1898
Briton Rivière (British, 1840–1920)

Tobit 12:20-21

“When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and didst hide the dead by day in thy house, and buriedst them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord."

The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias' Family, 1637
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

John 21:15 (ESV)

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

Peter's Appointment as Chief Shepherd of the Church, 1616
Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)

Genesis 27:36 (NIV)

Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!” Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”

Isaac Blessing Jacob, 1640's
Gioacchino Assereto (Italian, 1600-1649)

Acts 8:36 (NASB1995)

As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”

The Baptism of the Eunuch, c. 17th Century
Unknown follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch

Matthew 1:20 (ESV)

But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”

St. Joseph's Dream, 1791-92
Vicente Lopez Portaña Valencia (Spanish, 1772-1850)

Romans 16:17-18 (ESV)

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites —

Cain and Abel, 1800-03
John Sell Cotman (English, 1782-1842)

Genesis 3:23-24 (ESV)

Therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, 1823-27
John Martin (English, 1789-1854)

Matthew 16:24-26 (ESV)

“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?”

Study for the Cross and the World, 1846-47
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)