Provided by Greg Switzer, use this guide to memorize Scripture! There is one
for each week in a year.
#1. TOPIC. Salvation. Roman 1:16
NKJ. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the
power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew
first and also for the Greek.
NIV. I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God
for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then
for the Gentile. |
#2. TOPIC: A Promise for our land.
2Chronicles 7:14
NKJ. “..if my people, who are called by my name, will humble
themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked
ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and
will heal their land.”
NIV. “..if my people, who are called by my name, will humble
themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked
ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and
will heal their land. |
#3. TOPIC: Power. John 15:7
NKJ "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask
what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
NIV. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever
you wish, and it will be given you. |
#4. TOPIC: Health. Proverbs 3:7-8
NKJ“Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the Lord and depart from
evil. It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones.”
NIV. “Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”
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#5. TOPIC. Intimacy with the Savior.
John 14:21
NKJ. “He who has my commandments and keeps them is he who loves
Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by my Father and I will love
him and reveal myself to him.”
NIV. “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who
loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will
love him and show myself to him." |
#6 TOPIC: How to handle the needs of this
life. Matthew 6:33
NKJ. "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added to you.
NIV. “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all
these things will be given to you as well.” |
#7 TOPIC: God’s plan for Financial Security.
Malachi 3:10.
NKJ. “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be
food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the Lord of hosts,
"If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for
you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.”
NIV. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be
food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see
if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so
much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. |
#8. TOPIC. Word = Discipleship = Freedom.
John 8:31-32
NKJ. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you
abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
NIV. To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to
my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the
truth, and the truth will set you free." |
#9 TOPIC: Loving the sinner while resisting
the sin. John 8:11
NKJ. And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and
sin no more."
NIV. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and
leave your life of sin." |
#10. TOPIC: The Spirit and the Law. Galations
5:22-24.
NKJ. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no law. Those who are Christ's
have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”
NIV. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ
Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and
desires. |
#11 TOPIC: God’s Personal Energy Program Isaiah
40:31
NKJ. "Those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They
shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be
weary, They shall walk and not faint."
NIV. “But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow
weary, they will walk and not be faint. |
#12, TOPIC: The Great Commission. Mt
28:18-20
NKJ. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has
been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,teaching them to
observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age."
NIV. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and
on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of
the age." |
#13, TOPIC: Finality of the revealed Word.
Proverbs 30:5-6
NKJ “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put
their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and
you be found a liar.”
NIV. “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who
take refuge in him. 6 Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you
and prove you a liar. |
#14, TOPIC: Hope. Romans 15:13
NKJ. “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy
Spirit.
NIV. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you
trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the
Holy Spirit.” |
#15. TOPIC: Exclusiveness of Christ Acts
4:12
NKJ. "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other
name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
NIV. “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name
under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." |
#16. TOPIC. Honor. 1 Sam 2:30.
NKJ. “Those who honor Me, I will honor.”
NIV. “Those who honor Me, I will honor.” |
#17 TOPIC: How to handle worry. Phil
4:6-7.
NKJ. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to
God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will
guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
NIV. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by
prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to
God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will
guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” |
#18. TOPIC: Our Resources. 2Tim 1:7
NKJ. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power
and of love and of a sound mind.”
NIV. “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of
power, of love and of self-discipline.” |
#19. TOPIC: How to speak. Ep.4:29
NKJ. “Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is
good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the
hearers.”
NIV. “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but
only what is helpful for building others up according to their
needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” |
#20. TOPIC: What to boast about. Jeremiah
9:24
NIV. “But let him who boasts boast about this: that he
understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises
kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I
delight," declares the LORD.”
NKJ. “But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and
knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment,
and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the
Lord.” |
#21 TOPIC: Grace + Faith = Salvation. Eph
2:8-9
NKJ. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that
not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone
should boast.”
NIV. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and
this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so
that no one can boast.” |
#22 TOPIC: Good works will find you. Eph
2:1
NKJ. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for
good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in
them.”
NIV. “For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do
good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” |
#23 TOPIC. Primary Parental Responsibility Pr.22:6
NKJ. “Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is
old he will not depart from it.”
NIV. “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he
will not turn from it.” |
#24, TOPIC; Stability. Jude 1:24-25
NKJ. “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to
present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with
exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and
majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.”
NIV. To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you
before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy-- to
the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority,
through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!
Amen. |
#25, TOPIC: Confession 1 John.1:9
NKJ. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
NIV. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will
forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. |
#26. TOPIC: The Promises. 2 Corinthians
1:20
NKJ. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him
Amen, to the glory of God through us.
NIV. For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes"
in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the
glory of God. |
#27. TOPIC: The 2nd Coming. Matthew
16:27-28
NKJ. "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the
whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in
exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man will come in the glory of
His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according
to his works.”
NIV. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world,
yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his
soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory
with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to
what he has done. |
#28. TOPIC: The Gospel Message. John 3:16
NKJ. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.”
NIV. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life.” |
#29. TOPIC: The human heart. Jeremiah
17:9-10
NKJ. The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately
wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the
mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the
fruit of his doings.
NIV. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who
can understand it? I the LORD search the heart and examine the
mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what
his deeds deserve." |
#30. TOPIC: Our Destiny. 1 Corinthians
2:9 (see also Is 64:4 & 65:17)
NKJ. But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor
have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared
for those who love Him."
NIV. “However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" |
#31. TOPIC. Real trust. Job 13:15
NKJ. “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.”
NIV. “ Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.” |
#32. TOPIC. The Door of the Heart. Revelation
3:20
NKJ. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My
voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him,
and he with Me.”
NIV. “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my
voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he
with me.” |
#33. TOPIC: Self Control. Proverbs
16:32 (see also Gal 5:23)
NKJ. He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who
rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
NIV. Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his
temper than one who takes a city. |
#34. TOPIC: Testimony. 1 Peter 3:15.
NKJ. “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready
to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope
that is in you, with meekness and fear”
NIV. “But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be
prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the
reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and
respect,” |
#35. TOPIC. The Antidote to Blind Faith.
1Thessalonians.5:21
NKJ. Test all things; hold fast what is good.
NIV. Test everything. Hold on to the good. |
#36. TOPIC. Apostasy. Hebrews 10:29 (see
Heb 10:26-31)
NKJ. Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be
thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted
the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing,
and insulted the Spirit of grace?
NIV. How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be
punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated
as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him,
and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? |
#37, TOPIC: The Sovereignty of God. Psalm
33:11
NKJ. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His
heart to all generations.
NIV. But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of
his heart through all generations. |
38. TOPIC. The Free Will of human beings.
Deut 30:19-20
NKJ. "I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I
have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore
choose life, that both you and your descendants may live, that you
may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that
you may cling to Him. for He is your life and the length of your
days;”
NIV. This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that
I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now
choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may
love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him.
For the LORD is your life..” |
#39. TOPIC. The Real War. Ephesians 6:12
NKJ. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness
of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly
places.”
NIV. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against
the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark
world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms. |
#40. TOPIC. Absent love, words are less
persuasive. 1Corinthians 13:1
NKJ. “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but
have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.”
NIV. “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not
love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” |
#41. TOPIC: “Sing to the Lord!”
Jeremiah.20:13
NKJ. Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For He has delivered the
life of the poor From the hand of evildoers.
NIV. “Sing to the LORD! Give praise to the LORD! He rescues the life
of the needy from the hands of the wicked.” |
#42. TOPIC: The less popular side of God.
Luke.12:5
NKJ. "But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who,
after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you,
fear Him!
NIV. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after
the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I
tell you, fear him. |
#43. TOPIC: God expects transformed
character. Micah 6:8
NKJ. He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the
Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk
humbly with your God?
NIV. “And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to
love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” |
#44. Topic: Peace. John 14:27
NKJ. "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as
the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.
NIV. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to
you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do
not be afraid.” |
#45. TOPIC: The inevitability of suffering.
1Peter.5:10
NKJ. “But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal
glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect,
establish, strengthen, and settle you.”
NIV. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal
glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will
himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. |
#46. TOPIC: Dealing with the real enemy.
James 4:7
NKJ. Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from
you.
NIV. Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you. |
#47. TOPIC: Kindness to others is kindness to
the King. Mt.25:40
NKJ. "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I
say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My
brethren, you did it to Me.'”
NIV. “The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did
for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'” |
#48. Topic: Territorial Growth. 1Chronicles.4:10
NKJ. And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You
would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand
would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may
not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested.
NIV. Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless
me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me
from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his
request. |
#49. Topic. Prayer attitude. Hebrews
4:16
NKJ. “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that
we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
NIV. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so
that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of
need. |
#50 Topic: His Workouts Produce Strength
Gains. Philippians 4:13
NKJ. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!
NIV. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. |
#51 TOPIC: Power for Witnessing. Acts
1:8
NKJ. "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come
upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
NIV. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." |
#52 TOPIC: The Promise of a Full Life,
Psalm.68:6 (See also, John 10:10)
NKJ. God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are
bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
NIV. God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners
with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. |
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