Thorns

Proverbs 22:5 (ESV)
Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.

Fly like a cloud

Isaiah 60:8 (ESV)
Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?

bubblebee

Psalm 118:11-13(ESV)

They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
They surrounded me like bees;
    they went out like a fire among thorns;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
 I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,
    but the Lord helped me.

Flamingo

Acts 11:6 (ESV)
Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.

catbird

Ezekiel 31:6 (ESV)
All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and under its shadow lived all great nations.

Orchid

1 Peter 1:24 (ESV)
for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Tear my Soul Apart

Psalms 7:1-2 (ESV)

O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge;
    save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,

lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,
    rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

Apples

Song of Solomon 2:5 (ESV)
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.

Bird Hovering

Isaiah 31:5 (ESV)
Like birds hovering, so the LORD of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it; he will spare and rescue it.”

Sunset

Daniel 12:3 (ESV)
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Music to My Ears

Psalm 71:22 (ESV)
I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

Harvest of Earth

Revelation 14:14-16 (ESV)

Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

bubbling fountain

Psalm 36:9 (ESV)

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

Giraffe

Job 12:7 (ESV)
“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;

Porkie

Mark 1:13 (ESV)
And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

Hollow

Isaiah 40:12 (ESV)

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Fountain of Life

Proverbs 14:27 (ESV)
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.

 

Heavy Chains

Lamentations 3:7 (ESV)
He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy;

City

Revelation 21:23 (ESV)
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

 

Light

Exodus 13:21 (ESV)
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.

 

Everlasting Love

Jeremiah 31:3 (ESV)

The Lord appeared to him from far away.I have loved you with an everlasting love;    therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Mighty

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is in your midst,
     a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.

God is with me

Joshua 1:9(ESV) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

*Those who know me will understand how this verse and picture relate.

Lord goes before you

Deuteronomy 31:8(ESV)

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Look out for others

Philippians 2:4 (ESV)

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Building 429

Ephesians 4:29 ESV
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Leaves

Plans

Proverbs 19:21(ESV)

Many are the plans in the mind of a man,    but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.

Serve with Gladness

Psalms 100: 1-2

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
  Serve the Lord with gladness!
    Come into his presence with singing!

Walk

Jeremiah 6:16 ESV
Thus says the Lord:
"Stand by the roads, and look,
and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it,
and find rest for your souls.
But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'