Bible Study Verses

As a low-income student who's specifically recruited by the elite college this year, I can still feel my hands trembling as I clutch the letter that tells me I get to study for free. Not only are my tuition and miscellaneous fees waived, but I also get to receive 30 thousand dollars' worth of student grant per year. I even get to have free access to the leather seats inside the library, the equipment inside the gym, as well as the aerial garden on the roof. The best surprise for me has to be the cafeteria. All low-income students get a 50% discount on their meals, but the quality of their food doesn't decrease at all. Best beef is used in the steak dinners offered by the cafeteria, whereas a seafood platter showcases the entire huge lobster. Even the most basic mac and cheese meal has different types of freshly grated cheese baked into it. As I sit in the brightly lit classroom and look at the rich students around me, who wear custom-made uniforms and have branded watches latched around their wrists, all I have is one thought. I must be on good terms with them. But my seatmate, who's also a low-income student, isn't as thrilled as me. In fact, she just looks at the people around her with disdain in her eyes. After the first lesson, a rich student arrives at our table. He might not sound polite at all, but at least he's not putting on airs. "Do any of you have time to head over to the cafeteria and buy me breakfast?" I'm about to respond to him when a shrill voice booms out next to me. "You're so annoying! What, you think you rule the campus since you're rich? Had I known that this classroom is filled with useless scions like you who just waste their lives away on nothing, I wouldn't have enrolled in this college in the first place!"

Camilla walks into my study, and the air shifts. She's a distraction I can't afford, but fuck if I can resist her. Her fingers trace the edge of my desk, her eyes locked onto mine. "What are you doing, Camilla?" I growl, my control already fraying. She's a walking temptation, and she knows it. She smirks, her voice a sultry whisper, already undoing me. "Pushing your buttons, Zeke. Seeing how far I can go before you snap." My control falters. I spin her around, pressing her against the desk. My hands roam over her body, and I can feel her submitting. "You want this?" I ask, my voice a low growl. "You want to see the beast you're unleashing?" *** Camilla Dawson never expected to see the sinfully hot stranger she once hooked up with in a public washroom ever again. But fate—or rather, a father she never knew existed—has other plans. Now, she's bound and delivered as payment for a debt, straight into the hands of none other than Zeke Russell—the ruthless kingpin who always gets what he wants. Zeke built his empire on power and control, and he never takes no for an answer. Business or pleasure, the rules are his. It’s been years, but he’s never forgotten the woman who left him wanting more. Now, with Camilla thrust into his world as a replacement for his promised bride, everything spirals into chaos. She was never supposed to matter. Yet somehow, she’s slipping past his defenses, unearthing secrets he’s buried deep—and igniting a dangerous obsession. And when enemies close in, there’s nothing he won’t do to keep her. After all, what’s one more crime in the name of love?

Serene’s heart raced as she stood in Nicholas’s dimly lit study, the scent of leather and whiskey heavy in the air. She’d been dusting the bookshelves when he entered, his presence filling the room like a storm. Now, he stood inches away, his black suit hugging his broad shoulders, his dark mullet framing a gaze that burned with intent. “You missed a spot,” he murmured, his voice a low growl, pointing to a shelf she’d already cleaned. Her cheeks flushed as she turned, the hem of her maid uniform riding up her thighs. “I-I’ll get it, Mr. Volkov,” she stammered, reaching up, but his hand caught her wrist, firm yet gentle. “No,” he said, stepping closer, his breath warm against her ear. “Let me show you.” His fingers slid down her arm, leaving a trail of heat, before guiding her hand to the shelf. His chest pressed against her back, and she gasped at the hardness of his body, the evidence of his arousal unmistakable. “You’re trembling, little maid,” he whispered, his lips brushing her neck, sending shivers down her spine. “Do I scare you… or do I excite you?” Her breath hitched as his free hand trailed up her thigh, slipping beneath the lace of her uniform. “Mr. Volkov…” she whimpered, but her protest melted into a moan as his fingers found her, teasing her through the thin fabric of her panties. “ Nicholas,” he corrected, his voice rough with desire, his touch growing bolder, circling her most sensitive spot until her knees buckled. “Say it,” he demanded, nipping her earlobe. “N-Nicholas,” she gasped, her body arching into him, surrendering to the fire he’d ignited. In that moment, the billionaire and his naive maid were bound by a hunger neither could deny.

How long does it take to give up on a man you've loved for ten years? It takes me 3 seconds. The first second, I signed my name on the contract to become the chief designer of a renowned studio in Paris. The second second, I lock away ten years of my youth in my heart. The third second, I completely prepare to leave Levi's world. My fiancé Levi is the heir of the Smith Group, the absolute aristocracy. For others, he is untouchable. But for me, he's the childhood sweetheart who, with a crooked paper ring he made himself for the first time in his hand, told me, "You're the only girl I'll ever marry, even if I have to wait a hundred years." From that moment on, the only person I wanted to marry was Levi, and I never doubted that I would eventually marry Levi. But on the day of our engagement, he disappeared. I waited for a whole year, waiting for a message, a phone call, or a knock on the door, but nothing came. Later, he finally appeared. He stood next to a red Ferrari, holding flowers, and said that he still loved me, that he wasn't ready before, and begged me to give him another chance. I almost believed him. But at the same time, I received a provocative message from Levi's first love, Ruby: [Aren't you curious where he went during the time he eloped from your engagement? I'm already pregnant with Levi's child, and he loves kissing my pregnant belly the most.] I wiped away my tears, turned around, and applied to study in the Sorbonne University Faculty of Medicine, leaving only one sentence: "Levi, we're breaking up." Learning that I was leaving, Levi went crazy. He braved the heavy rain and blocked the entrance to my new place, his eyes red, asking me: "Stella, if I make Ruby abort the child, can you come back to me?"

A month before the SATs, I, Jenny Reid, could see my score. Literally. It was just floating right above my head. But there was a catch. Every time I cracked open a prep book, my score would drop by ten points. But if I skipped a day of school? It jumped right back up by ten. So, I played the system. For a whole month, I barely lifted a finger. And on the day of the test, the number glowing over my head was a solid 1560. When the scores finally dropped online… I'd scored a 500. And the 1560? That was my little sister Patricia's score. My parents lost it. As punishment, they got me a grueling night-shift job at a local electronics factory. That first night, a bunch of guys I'd never seen before cornered me in the parking lot and beat me half to death. Fading in and out of consciousness, I heard my sister's voice right by my ear. "You just had to one-up me, didn't you? Thought you were so smart… but you never figured out I was the one controlling that number over your head." The truth hit me like a physical blow. The score had been her trick all along. I opened my eyes—and I was back. One month before the SATs. The number above my head read exactly 1300. "Hey," my sister said, all fake sweetness. "Want to study together tonight? We can go over the practice tests." I looked at the stack of papers in my own hands. Without a word, I pulled out my lighter and set them on fire right there in the driveway. "Exams are coming," I said, watching the flames. "I'm not studying." My score ticked up to 1310. My sister's face was this perfect mask of disappointment, but the second I turned away, I caught the sly smile she couldn't quite hide. She had no idea… the real performance, the one I'd been rehearsing just for her, was finally about to begin.

The day I found out I was pregnant with my second child, the impossible happened: the baby in my womb spoke. "Stupid sister, are you even listening? Mom said that as soon as you graduate, she's selling you off. That money is for my future wedding!" My daughter went still. She didn't say a word, didn't confront me, didn't even cry. She just quietly applied to study abroad. And from that day on, I never heard from her again. My husband, seeing how devastated I was, moved to comfort me. But the baby's voice cut through the silence once more. "Comfort her? You're the biggest fool in this house! When I'm born, I'm not calling you 'Dad.' My real dad is that handsome guy from the bar!" The color drained from Sean's face. Before I could utter a word of explanation, he dragged me straight to the hospital for a paternity test. The results came back quickly—my best friend had pulled some strings to expedite them. And there it was, in cold, clinical print: NO PATERNITY BIOLOGICALLY ESTABLISHED. He didn't let me speak. He filed for divorce immediately. In a panic, the baby's voice cried out from inside me again, "Why is the idiot backing out now? Did he finally figure out Mom tricked him? The one who saved his life all those years ago wasn't her—it was her best friend!" That one sentence shattered my entire world. My husband turned his back on me and married my best friend. As for me… the shock and grief hit me like a physical blow. I felt a hot, sudden gush of blood. Before the doctors could save me, I died on that cold hospital bed, my hands clutching my swollen belly, my mind still reeling, unable to comprehend how my life had unraveled so completely. It wasn't until I was reborn, and once again heard the treacherous little voice inside me, that I finally began to understand the truth.

When I was seven years old, my younger brother went into anaphylactic shock after sneaking a handful of peanuts. Outside the emergency room, my mother slammed my head against the wall over and over, her face twisted with rage. "If you had been watching him like you were supposed to be, this never would have happened! You should be the one with a ruptured stomach, not him!" After that, whenever my brother so much as caught a cold, my mother forced me to eat spoiled leftovers as punishment. I once prepared an elaborate feast. She flipped the entire table and made me crawl on the floor to lick it clean. When I said I wanted to study culinary arts, she poured hot oil over my hands. My father wanted to send me to vocational school to learn a trade, but my mother clutched my brother to her chest and wailed. "She destroyed her brother's health! She owes him a lifetime of service!" When I was fifteen, my brother's gluttony cost my father an important business deal. I took the blame without even being asked, and the furious client forced me to drink more than half a gallon of hard liquor. By the time I was sent home with a bleeding stomach, my father had already scolded my brother. My mother took out her anger on me instead, slapping me so hard my ears rang and my vision went dark at the edges. "You useless thing! You should’ve choked to death at that table! I get sick just looking at you!" I coughed up black blood. From my pocket, I pulled out a piece of sour candy that had gone soft and sticky. It was the only treat my mother had ever given me with a smile, back before my brother's allergic reaction. I put the candy in my mouth and swallowed it down with the taste of stomach acid. The candy was so sour it made my throat burn. Whatever came next, I just hoped I would not have to be my family’s garbage disposal again.

Dimas merupakan anak dari seorang ibu tunggal bernama Sonya. Ayahnya telah meninggalkan keluarga mereka karena masalah yang terjadi dengan ibunya di masa lalu. Dimas tumbuh menjadi anak yang cerdas dan pandai melukis. Hingga dia berhasil masuk di salah satu SMA favorit. Di SMA itu Dimas mulai menemukan cintanya. Refita merupakan kekasih pertama Dimas yang ia kenal selama di SMA. Mereka telah saling mengenal selama 6 bukan dan akhirnya mereka memutuskan untuk pacaran. Namun, semenjak itu Refita malah menghilang dan tidak pernah ke sekolah lagi. Refita masih bisa dihubungi lewat telepon dan ia mengatakan bahwa dirinya pergi ke Bandung. Itu merupakan kata-kata terakhir Refita setelah dirinya sudah tidak bisa ditelepon lagi Dimas tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa karena harus menuntaskan study di SMA-nya. Setelah lulus SMA, Dimas akhirnya memutuskan pergi ke Bandung berniat mencari Refita. Namun, Dimas tidak memiliki petunjuk apa-apa selain wajah kekasihnya yang pernah ia lukis tempo hari. Dimas pun harus menjadi pelukis jalanan untuk bertahan hidup di Bandung. Dia juga memasang lukisan wajah Refita di tempat ia bekerja. Selain untuk alat promosi, ia juga berharap ada orang yang mengenali wajah pada lukisannya itu. Hingga ia bertemu dengan seorang pria paruh baya bernama Rusli. Pria itu sering menemui Dimas dan mengajaknya untuk mengobrol. Hingga Rusli menceritakan bahwa dirinya merupakan ayah kandung Dimas. Ia menjelaskan bahwa Dimas merupakan hasil hubungan gelapnya dengan Sonya. Ia juga menjelaskan bahwa Refita merupakan hasil hubungan dengan Raya, istrinya yang sah. Rusli yang waktu itu mengetahui bahwa Dimas dan Refita berpacaran. Lantas mencoba memisahkan mereka karena tidak ingin terjadi hubungan yang sedarah. Rusli memutuskan untuk membawa Refita ke Bandung dan menyekolahkannya disana. Setelah bercerita, Rusli pun memberikan kesempatan kepada Dimas untuk menemui Refita. Rusli meminta Dimas untuk menerima Refita sebagai kekasihnya, namun sebagai adiknya. Dimas pun akhirnya menemui Refita dan mau menerimanya sebagai seorang adik.

“Minsan, ang pinakamadilim na pagkabulag… ay ang pagkabulag sa pag-ibig.” Si Lorie Philip, ang nag-iisang tagapagmana ng Philip Empire, ay nawala ang lahat sa isang iglap. Isang aksidente ang kumitil sa buhay ng kanyang mga magulang at nagdulot ng kanyang pagkabulag — iniwan siyang mag-isa, mahina, at umaasa lamang sa lalaking akala niya’y kanyang sandigan: si Jason Curry, ang asawa niyang ipinagkasundo sa kanya mula pagkabata. Ngunit ang pag-ibig na inakala niyang totoo, ay isa palang malupit na panlilinlang. Habang siya’y nabubuhay sa dilim, ginamit siya ni Jason upang makuha ang lahat ng ari-arian ng Philip family, habang palihim na nilalapastangan ang kanilang kasal kasama ang sekretarya nitong si Necy. Sa paningin ni Lorie, siya ay minamahal. Ngunit sa katotohanan, siya ay ginamit, pinagtawanan, at niloko. Hanggang sa isang araw, isang pagkadulas sa banyo ang nagbalik ng kanyang paningin at kasabay nito, ang katotohanang mas masakit pa sa pagkabulag. Nakita niya mismo ang kanyang asawa at sekretarya, naglalampungan sa study room, at mula sa bibig ni Jason, narinig ang mga salitang pumunit sa kanyang puso: “Hindi ko siya mahal. Kayamanan lang niya ang kailangan ko.” Ngunit ang mas mabigat na katotohanan, ang aksidenteng pumatay sa kanyang mga magulang ay hindi aksidente, kundi isang maingat na plano ng pamilya Curry. Sa gitna ng luha at galit, nanumpa si Lorie: “Pagbabayarin ko kayo sa lahat ng ginawa n’yo sa akin.” Sa tulong ng isang matalino at misteryosong private investigator na si Fernan James, unti-unti niyang binuo ang kanyang lakas upang bawiin ang lahat — kayamanan, hustisya, at dignidad. Ngunit habang lumalalim ang imbestigasyon, unti-unting nagigising ang damdamin niyang matagal nang natulog. Pag-ibig ba o hustisya ang pipiliin niya? At handa ba siyang magmahal muli sa lalaking handang ipaglaban siya, kahit kapalit ay buhay niya?

Dahil sa kahirapan at pang aalipusta ng abusadong tiyahin na umampon kay Nicole nang mamatay sa aksidente ang mga magulang ay pinilit niyang maka pag tapos ng pag aaral sa kursong aeronautical engineering. Dahil na rin marahil sa kaniyang sipag at tiyaga at dahil na rin sa angking talino ay isa siya sa mga mapalad na mag aaral na naka pasok sa study now pay later program ng isang malaking aircraft company. Itinuring ni Nicole na isang malaking oportunidad ang mabigyan siya ng pagkakataon na maka pag tapos ng pag aaral kahit pa nga ma higpit na tinutulan iyon ng kaniyang tiyang Norma na siyang tinutuluyan niya mula pa noong walong taong gulang pa lamang siya. Ngunit dahil na rin siguro sa kagustuhan niyang maka alis sa puder ng mapang abusong tiyahin at sa mapanakit na mga anak nito ay hindi niya pinakingan ang pag tutol ng mga kamag anak na mag aral siya, sa halip ay pinag buti niya hangang maka kuha siya ng magandang trabaho sa kumpaniya na nag paaral mismo sakaniya matapos maka pag tapos sa kolehiyo at maka kuha ng pinaka mataas na parangal sa uniberidad bilang summa cum laude sa kanilang batch. Buong akala ni Nicole ay magiging maayos na ang lahat lalo pa at nag karoon na rin ng bunga ang ilang taon niyang pag titiis ngunit hindi naging madali. Na in love si Nicole sa kaniyang masungit na boss na hindi niya maintindihan ang tunay na nararamdaman para sakaniya, nagkaroon sila ng hindi maayos na relasyon siya ay in love ang kaniyang boss naman ay ginawa lamang siyang fling nito. Noong una ay nagagawa niya pang pigilan ang pag ka hulog sa CEO ng kumpaniyang pinapasukan ngunit nang lumaon ay naging napaka hirap para kay Nicole, paano ba naman niyang magagawang mag paka civil sa harap ng kaniyang boss gayong bukod sa may nangyayari sa kanila sa loob at labas ng opisina ay mahal niya rin ang CEO. Ang kaniyang CEO.