Scripture Index

Every scripture cited in the entries of Come Sit a While, gathered as an index. Each reference links to the entries where it appears.

Old Testament

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 6:6 — What Posterity Hears — Henry Ward Beecher

Joshua

• Joshua 1:9 — Beautiful and Terrible  ·  The Way Out Is Through  ·  — Seizing Fate —  ·  The Courage to Continue

Job

• Job 1:21 — The Last of Human Freedoms

Psalms

• Psalms 46:10 — The Two Great Warriors
• Psalms 78:4 — What Posterity Hears — Henry Ward Beecher  ·  The Liberty to Study Poetry
• Psalms 90:12 — The Price of a Day — Warren Buffett
• Psalms 92:14 — The Evening Brings Its Lamps

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:7 — The Edge of What We Know
• Proverbs 3:5 — The Edge of What We Know  ·  May 31
• Proverbs 4:18 — The Evening Brings Its Lamps
• Proverbs 10:9 — The Same Person in Every Room
• Proverbs 13:22 — The Liberty to Study Poetry
• Proverbs 15:4 — The Weight of Words
• Proverbs 17:17 — An Honest Friend
• Proverbs 22:6 — What Posterity Hears — Henry Ward Beecher
• Proverbs 25:11 — The Weight of Words
• Proverbs 31:8 — Not to Speak Is to Speak

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 4:9 — An Honest Friend  ·  Looking Outward Together
• Ecclesiastes 11:1 — Seeds, Not Harvest

Isaiah

• Isaiah 40:31 — — The Lamp Within —  ·  The Two Great Warriors  ·  — Seizing Fate —  ·  Never Too Old to Dream  ·  The Quiet Voice
• Isaiah 41:10 — Beautiful and Terrible
• Isaiah 43:2 — The Way Out Is Through
• Isaiah 49:15 — The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 33:8 — Not to Speak Is to Speak

Amos

• Amos 3:3 — Looking Outward Together

Micah

• Micah 7:8 — The Courage to Continue

New Testament

Matthew

• Matthew 5:12 — The Worthwhile Arrival
• Matthew 5:16 — A Blessing, Not a Beggar
• Matthew 19:26 — The Courage to Begin
• Matthew 20:26 — The Most Worth-While Thing
• Matthew 23:27 — The Practice of Becoming
• Matthew 25:4 — The Evening Brings Its Lamps
• Matthew 25:40 — The Gift of the Present Gaze  ·  The Only Reason — George Eliot

Luke

• Luke 10:33 — The Gift of the Present Gaze
• Luke 15:4 — The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep

John

• John 7:17 — May 31
• John 10:14 — The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep
• John 13:34 — The Only Hunger That Never Ends  ·  The Only Reason — George Eliot
• John 15:13 — The Most Worth-While Thing  ·  An Honest Friend
• John 16:33 — Beautiful and Terrible  ·  The Worthwhile Arrival

Acts

• Acts 20:35 — A Blessing, Not a Beggar

Romans

• Romans 5:3 — The Vale of Soul-Making  ·  Great Necessities Call Out Great Virtues
• Romans 8:18 — The Worthwhile Arrival
• Romans 8:25 — The Two Great Warriors
• Romans 8:28 — The Last of Human Freedoms
• Romans 8:37 — The Measure of the Climb
• Romans 15:2 — The Most Worth-While Thing

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 13:4 — The Cost of the Real Thing
• 1 Corinthians 13:8 — The Only Hunger That Never Ends
• 1 Corinthians 15:58 — The Patience of Water

Galatians

• Galatians 6:2 — The Only Reason — George Eliot
• Galatians 6:7 — Seeds, Not Harvest
• Galatians 6:9 — The Patience of Water  ·  Pilgrimages, Not Sprints  ·  The Steadfast Soul  ·  The Quiet Voice  ·  One More Time — Thomas Edison  ·  The Evening Brings Its Lamps

Ephesians

• Ephesians 4:29 — The Weight of Words
• Ephesians 5:15 — The Price of a Day — Warren Buffett

Philippians

• Philippians 4:11 — Go On in Hope
• Philippians 4:13 — The Courage to Begin

Colossians

• Colossians 3:23 — The Lord Can Work with Motion

2 Timothy

• 2 Timothy 1:7 — Beautiful and Terrible  ·  — Seizing Fate —

Hebrews

• Hebrews 5:8 — The Vale of Soul-Making
• Hebrews 12:1 — The Patience of Water  ·  The Courage to Continue

James

• James 1:2 — Great Necessities Call Out Great Virtues
• James 1:3 — The Vale of Soul-Making  ·  One More Time — Thomas Edison
• James 1:4 — The Patience of Water
• James 1:12 — The Measure of the Climb
• James 1:19 — The Gift of the Present Gaze
• James 1:22 — May 31  ·  The Practice of Becoming
• James 2:17 — The Cost of the Real Thing
• James 4:17 — Not to Speak Is to Speak

1 Peter

• 1 Peter 4:10 — A Blessing, Not a Beggar

1 John

• 1 John 3:18 — The Cost of the Real Thing
• 1 John 4:19 — The Only Hunger That Never Ends

Book of Mormon

1 Nephi

• 1 Nephi 3:7 — The Courage to Begin
• 1 Nephi 11:17 — The Gift of the Present Gaze

2 Nephi

• 2 Nephi 2:2 — The Vale of Soul-Making  ·  The Worthwhile Arrival
• 2 Nephi 2:11 — The Measure of the Climb
• 2 Nephi 2:27 — The Last of Human Freedoms
• 2 Nephi 4:19 — — Seizing Fate —
• 2 Nephi 9:20 — The Same Person in Every Room
• 2 Nephi 9:28 — The Edge of What We Know
• 2 Nephi 28:30 — The Patience of Water
• 2 Nephi 31:20 — The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep

Jacob

• Jacob 2:7 — The Weight of Words
• Jacob 2:21 — The Price of a Day — Warren Buffett

Mosiah

• Mosiah 2:17 — The Most Worth-While Thing  ·  A Blessing, Not a Beggar  ·  Seeds, Not Harvest  ·  Pilgrimages, Not Sprints  ·  The Steadfast Soul  ·  The Only Reason — George Eliot
• Mosiah 4:14 — What Posterity Hears — Henry Ward Beecher
• Mosiah 18:9 — An Honest Friend  ·  The Cost of the Real Thing  ·  Not to Speak Is to Speak
• Mosiah 18:21 — Looking Outward Together
• Mosiah 23:21 — The Quiet Voice

Alma

• Alma 5:28 — The Practice of Becoming
• Alma 26:27 — The Courage to Continue
• Alma 32:41 — Seeds, Not Harvest
• Alma 34:32 — The Price of a Day — Warren Buffett
• Alma 34:38 — Go On in Hope
• Alma 34:41 — The Two Great Warriors
• Alma 37:6 — The Patience of Water  ·  Pilgrimages, Not Sprints  ·  The Steadfast Soul

3 Nephi

• 3 Nephi 14:24 — May 31
• 3 Nephi 18:32 — The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep

Ether

• Ether 12:4 — — The Lamp Within —  ·  Never Too Old to Dream
• Ether 12:6 — The Way Out Is Through
• Ether 12:27 — The Courage to Begin

Moroni

• Moroni 7:6 — The Practice of Becoming
• Moroni 7:45 — The Gift of the Present Gaze  ·  The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep
• Moroni 7:46 — The Only Hunger That Never Ends
• Moroni 7:47 — The Cost of the Real Thing
• Moroni 7:48 — The Last of Human Freedoms
• Moroni 8:16 — Beautiful and Terrible

Doctrine and Covenants

Doctrine and Covenants

• Doctrine and Covenants 1:3 — The Same Person in Every Room
• Doctrine and Covenants 6:34 — — Seizing Fate —
• Doctrine and Covenants 6:36 — Beautiful and Terrible
• Doctrine and Covenants 18:10 — The Gift of the Present Gaze  ·  The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep
• Doctrine and Covenants 29:7 — The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep
• Doctrine and Covenants 42:45 — An Honest Friend
• Doctrine and Covenants 58:3 — The Edge of What We Know  ·  The Worthwhile Arrival
• Doctrine and Covenants 58:4 — One More Time — Thomas Edison
• Doctrine and Covenants 58:26 — May 31
• Doctrine and Covenants 58:27 — — The Lamp Within —  ·  Go On in Hope  ·  The Most Worth-While Thing  ·  A Blessing, Not a Beggar  ·  Never Too Old to Dream  ·  Not to Speak Is to Speak
• Doctrine and Covenants 60:13 — The Price of a Day — Warren Buffett
• Doctrine and Covenants 64:33 — The Patience of Water  ·  Pilgrimages, Not Sprints  ·  The Steadfast Soul  ·  The Quiet Voice
• Doctrine and Covenants 68:6 — Beautiful and Terrible
• Doctrine and Covenants 68:25 — What Posterity Hears — Henry Ward Beecher
• Doctrine and Covenants 78:19 — Go On in Hope
• Doctrine and Covenants 81:5 — A Blessing, Not a Beggar  ·  The Only Reason — George Eliot
• Doctrine and Covenants 88:67 — Looking Outward Together  ·  The Evening Brings Its Lamps
• Doctrine and Covenants 88:118 — The Edge of What We Know
• Doctrine and Covenants 98:2 — The Two Great Warriors
• Doctrine and Covenants 121:7 — The Measure of the Climb
• Doctrine and Covenants 121:41 — The Weight of Words
• Doctrine and Covenants 121:45 — The Practice of Becoming
• Doctrine and Covenants 122:7 — The Last of Human Freedoms  ·  The Way Out Is Through  ·  The Vale of Soul-Making
• Doctrine and Covenants 122:9 — The Courage to Continue
• Doctrine and Covenants 123:17 — The Courage to Begin  ·  The Patience of Water
• Doctrine and Covenants 128:15 — The Liberty to Study Poetry

Pearl of Great Price

Moses

• Moses 1:39 — — The Lamp Within —  ·  Never Too Old to Dream  ·  The Good Shepherd Knows His Sheep

Drawn from 48 entries · refreshed July 24, 2026