Job 1:20-22: Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and he fell to the ground and worshipped. And he said naked I came from my mother’s womb and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Through all
“Numbers 27:15-16: “And Moses spoke unto the Lord saying: ‘Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh set a man over the congregation.” Since we were introduced to Moses in the Book of Exodus, there is one phrase that is repeated over and over. In fact it is repeated 175 times.
Deuteronomy 31:8 “And the LORD, he [it is] that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.” “Abused children will always protect the abuser, because it is all they know. They fear the person, hate the circumstances, but anything is
Numbers 12:13: “And Moses cried to Jehovah saying: “Oh, my God, I beg you give healing to her, I beseech you.” Imagine the next time you pray for someone to be healed, you lay your hands on that person and say “Abracadabra.” This is a term which has crossed over into English usage, picked
Numbers 14:14: “And they will tell the inhabitants of this land, that they have heard that the Lord is among this people, that you Lord are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them in daytime in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of
Malachi 3:13-14: “Your words have been stout against me” saith the Lord. Yet you say: “What have we spoken against you.” You have said: “It is vain to serve God and what profit is there that we have kept his ordinance? And that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of host.” There
Psalms 71:12, “O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.” “Oh God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small.” Brenton Fisherman Prayer Many passages of Scripture are so clear and straight forward that you really do not need to look it
Joshua 9:14: “And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of God.” If you read Joshua 9 you will see a story that takes one whole chapter in the Book of Joshua which has only 24 chapters to tell this story of Gibeon. Now there must be
Job 27:3 “All the while my breath is in me but the Spirit of God is in my nostrils.” Translators have really played around with this verse. No one seems to know for sure whether to render this as the breath of God is in my nostrils or the Spirit of God is
Job 1:6: “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord and the adversary came also among them.” Practically every modern English translation will render the word yasav as to present themselves. Actually the word goes much further than that. Yasav has the idea of
