Ecclesiastes 6:9: “Better is the sight of eyes than the wandering of the desire, this is also vanity and the vexation of the spirit.” One of the stories from Geoffrey Chaucer’ s “Canterbury Tales” is entitled “The Pardoner’s Tail” In this story he makes reference to an enigmatic old man who is unable to die and
I Samuel 23:7: “And it was told Saul that David come to Keilah, And Saul said God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.” “I am not at all concerned about that,” replied Mr. Lincoln, “for I know that the
I Samuel 22:3 “And David went thence from Mizpeh of Moab and he said unto the king of Moab. Let my father and mother, I pray thee, come forth and be with you until I know what God will do for me.” David was now a fugitive running for his life from Saul who
I Samuel 13:14: “But now thy kingdom shall not continue; the Lord has sought him a man after his own heart.” Acts 13:22b: “I have found David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, which shall fulfill all my will.” One of the top 10 questions I am usually asked
Isaiah 41:10, “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” I remember when I was a student at Moody Bible Institute we had a missionary
II Chronicles 16:30: “Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.” All throughout the Bible we are taught to fear God. In this verse all the earth is commanded to fear God. Many modern translations render this as tremble before God. Young’s Literal Translation tells
I Kings 22:8: “And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said; Let not the king say so.” I Kings
I Kings 11:9: “And the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel which had appeared unto him twice.” Every modern translation I read uses the word angry in this passage. Well, I mean you can’t blame God for being angry with Solomon after pulling the
I Chronicles 12:32: “And the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred and all their brethren were at their command.” “These are times which try men’s soul.” Thomas Paine – “Crisis” “Many wearing rapiers
Ezekiel 18:31 “Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit; for why will ye die, O House of Israel?” The word cast is shalak in Hebrew and is in a Hiphil imperative form. This is causative and a command. As we discussed in class, as an imperative, God is
