Psalms 41:1 “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. I read through the first few verses of this Psalm and I mean there are a lot goodies involved for just giving the poor some consideration. It
Genesis 25:22-23, “And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD. And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one]
Genesis 12:10 “There was famine in the land.” Habakkuk 2:4: “The just shall live by his faith.” “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Jewish literature gives an interesting insight into Genesis 12:10. The word for there was is yehi which
Numbers 23:4, “And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon [every] altar a bullock and a ram.” It is interesting that the Bible says God met Balaam. The word that is used for met is vaykar. Jewish scholars render this as God
Genesis 15:7 “And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.” Acts 7:2-3 “And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before
Psalms 119:176: “I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant for I do not forget thy commandments.” “I’m just a little lamb who is lost in the woods, I know that I could always be good, To someone who will watch over me. “- George Gershwin “Someone to Watch Over
Isaiah 64:6, “But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousness’s [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” I remember as a child hearing an evangelist preach on Isaiah 64:6 and I recall how he dramatically described filthy rags,
Ezekiel 36:21: “Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus says the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel, but for mine holy names sake which you have profaned among the heathen, whether you went.” What is it that makes God great? Is it His great power,
Exodus 27:20: “And thou shalt command the children of Israel that they bring thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.” I once asked a rabbi why the children of Israel had to use olive oil that was beaten to be used to light the tabernacle as
Exodus 24:16: “And the glory of the Lord abode upon Mt. Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the seventh day God called out to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.” What was Moses was doing in that cloud for six days before God called him. When you read
