Psalm 29:11: “The Lord will give strength to His people and the Lord will bless His people with peace.” In both cases where David says: The Lord he is using the name Jehovah (YHWH). When David uses the name Jehovah (YHWH) he is doing so to express his intimacy with God. In fact throughout
Jeremiah 23:23-24 “[Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.” This passage literally reads “I am a God that is from near.”
Proverbs 3:24-25: “When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet. Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the night of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes. For the Lord shall be you confidence, he will keep your foot from being
Psalms 103:1 “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.” “Man is not complete until he has a mate, then he is finished.” Translated from Jewish Literature I translated the above statement from Jewish literature which was written in the Aramaic. Actually, the word complete is used twice in the
Psalms 16:5-6: “The Lord is my portion and my cup, you maintain my lot, the lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, indeed my heritage is beautiful to me. “We are all made to suffer, it is our lot in life.” C3PO – Star Wars We seemed to have picked up an
Proverbs 27:6: “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of the enemy.” Ever have one of those dreams that keeps playing over and over. Two days in a row I have had this dream that seems to be stuck on replay. I wake up, fall back to sleep and
Proverbs 11:30: “The fruit of the righteous is the tree of life, and he that winneth souls is wise.” Matthew 6:19-21: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where thieves do not
Matthew 10:29, “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.” Both the Greek and the Aramaic clearly say that one sparrow will not fall without your Father. It does not say, without your Father’s notice. If any translation adds the word
Proverbs 8:21: “That I may cause those who love me to inherit substances and I will fill their treasures.” “To give and not expect in return, that is what lies at the heart of love.” Oscar Wilde There is no way around it. To inherit substance means material wealth. Every modern translation will
Proverbs 8:19: “My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, and my yield than choicest silver. God is telling us that His fruit is better than gold and his yield better than silver. I heard an economist on the radio the other day say the best thing we can have today is gold and silver.
