"Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things" (Proverbs
28:5).
"He will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the
word of the LORD from Jerusalem" (Isaiah 2:3).
"God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of
the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (2Corinthians 4:6).
"Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. Then shalt thou
understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path" (Proverbs 2:5, 9).
"And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall
not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein" (Isaiah
35:8).
"And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of
obscurity, and out of darkness. They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that
murmured shall learn doctrine" (Isaiah 29:18, 24).
"Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD" (Hosea 6:3).
"Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth
speak" (Isaiah 52:6).
"I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise
and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes" (Matthew 11:25).
"And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know
him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ" (1John 5:20).
"And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the
LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD"
(Jeremiah 31:34).
"To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender
mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in
darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace" (Luke 1:77-79).
"He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of
sight to the blind" (Luke 4:18).
"And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken" (Isaiah
32:3).
"To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of
the prison house" (Isaiah 42:7).
"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not
walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" (John 8:12).
"The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet
he himself is judged of no man" (1Corinthians 2:14, 15).
WISDOM
"I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons"
(Psalm 16:7).
"The LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up
sound wisdom for the righteous" (Proverbs 2:6, 7).
"For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge" (Ecclesiastes 2:26).
"Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know
wisdom" (Psalm 51:6).
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him" (James 1:5).
DIVINE TEACHING
"I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye"
(Psalm 32:8).
"If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of
myself" (John 7:17).
"Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. What man is he that feareth
the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose" (Psalm 25:8, 12).
DIVINE GUIDANCE
"Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the
right hand, and when ye turn to the left" (Isaiah 30:21).
"I will direct their work in truth" (Isaiah 61:8).
"Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel" (Psalm 73:24).
"And the LORD shall guide thee continually" (Isaiah 58:11).
"He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake" (Psalm 23:3).
"He that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them" (Isaiah
49:10).
"He led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her
nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
so the LORD alone did lead him" (Deuteronomy 32:10-12).
ABILITY FOR GOOD DISCOURSE
"The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. The lips of the
righteous know what is acceptable" (Proverbs 10:31, 32).
"The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be
ready to speak plainly" (Isaiah 32:4).
"The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD" (Proverbs
16:1).
"To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit" (1Corinthians 12:8).
"I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist"
(Luke 21:15).
10. THE MEANS OF GRACE
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters" (Psalm 23:2).
"They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. They shall not hunger nor
thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them" (Isaiah 49:9, 10).
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth
peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God
reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see
eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion" (Isaiah 52:7, 8).
"I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night"
(Isaiah 62:6).
"And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and
understanding" (Jeremiah 3:15).
"I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a
pool of water, and the dry land springs of water" (Isaiah 41:18).
"Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. And I will satiate
the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the
LORD" (Jeremiah 31:12, 14).
"And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy
teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers" (Isaiah 30:20).
"Them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt
offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an
house of prayer for all people" (Isaiah 56:7).
"I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD" (Ezekiel 34:15).
"He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers; for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:11-13).
A BLESSING UPON ORDINANCES
"They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the
river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light" (Psalm 36:8, 9).
"To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness
is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy
name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with
joyful lips" (Psalm 63:2-5).
"I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste" (Song of
Solomon 2:3).
"Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God" (Psalm 92:13).
"They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary" (Psalm
68:24).
"Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy
courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple" (Psalm 65:4).
"Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy
countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted"
(Psalm 89:15, 16).
"Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. For a day in thy courts is better
than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of
wickedness. The LORD will give grace and glory" (Psalm 84:4, 11).
"I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit" (Isaiah 48:17).
"With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation" (Isaiah 12:3).
"They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory" (Isaiah
60:7).
"Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matthew
18:20).
11. OF GRACE AGAINST SIN AND TEMPTATION
TO MORTIFY SIN
"Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols?" (Hosea 14:8).
"O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through
Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of
sin" (Romans 7:24, 25).
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that
henceforth we should not serve sin. Sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,
but under grace" (Romans 6:6, 14).
"Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh" (Galatians 5:16).
"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free [that is, from sin, ver. 34]" (John 8:32).
"Every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit" (John 15:2).
"The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what
the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" (Romans 8:2-4).
AGAINST TEMPTATION
"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us" (Romans 8:37).
"God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it" (1Corinthians 10:13).
"He that feareth God shall come forth of them all" (Ecclesiastes 7:18).
"The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations" (2Peter 2:9).
"My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" (2Corinthians 12:9).
"In that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted"
(Hebrews 2:18).
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he
that is in the world" (1John 4:4).
FROM THE ENTICEMENT OF SINNERS
"To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; To deliver
thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words" (Proverbs 2:12,
16).
"I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands:
whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her" (Ecclesiastes 7:26).
VICTORY OVER THE WORLD
"Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).
"By whom [Christ] the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world" (Galatians 6:14).
"Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world" (Galatians 1:4).
"I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the
evil" (John 17:15).
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the
world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son
of God?" (1John 5:4, 5).
VICTORY OVER THE DEVIL
"Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7).
"I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy
head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" (Genesis 3:15).
"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have
prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not" (Luke 22:31, 32).
"And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly" (Romans 16:20).
"I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and
ye have overcome the wicked one" (1John 2:14).
"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself,
and that wicked one toucheth him not" (1John 5:18).
12. STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND RESOLUTION
"A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth
judgment unto truth" (Isaiah 42:3).
"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength
and my song; he also is become my salvation" (Isaiah 12:2).
"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths
shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall
renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and
they shall walk, and not faint" (Isaiah 40:29-31).
"Thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear" (Job 11:15).
"My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" (2Corinthians 12:9).
"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD" (Psalm 31:24).
"I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD"
(Zechariah 10:12).
"O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power
unto his people" (Psalm 68:35).
"In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at
that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before
them" (Zechariah 12:8).
"Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart,
Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will
come and save you" (Isaiah 35:3, 4).
"The LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel" (Joel 3:16).
"God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2Timothy
1:7).
13. FRUITFULNESS AND INCREASE OF GRACE
FRUITFULNESS
"If these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2Peter 1:8).
"I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. I am like
a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found" (Hosea 14:5, 8).
"He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper" (Psalm 1:3).
"They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD,
for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall
be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all" (Jeremiah 31:12).
"Every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing" (John 15:2, 5).
IN OLD AGE
"They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing" (Psalm 92:14).
INCREASE IN GRACE
"The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger"
(Job 17:9).
"They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God" (Psalm 84:7).
"The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon" (Psalm 92:12).
"The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day" (Proverbs
4:18).
"But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye
shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall" (Malachi 4:2).
"Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance" (Matthew 13:12).
"But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
humble" (James 4:6).
THE GRACE OF MEEKNESS
"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and
the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall
feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking
child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the
LORD, as the waters cover the sea" (Isaiah 11:6-9).
14. GRACE TO PERSEVERE
"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of
my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of
my Father's hand" (John 10:28, 29).
"The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil" (2Thessalonians 3:3).
"He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God" (2Corinthians 1:21).
"Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus
Christ" (1Corinthians 1:8).
"Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as
we are" (John 17:11).
"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the
day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6).
"I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it" (1Thessalonians 5:23, 24).
"I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38, 39).
"The righteous is an everlasting foundation" (Proverbs 10:25).
"When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up" (Psalm 94:18).
"Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation" (1Peter 1:5).
"Unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his
glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 24).
"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do
these things, ye shall never fall" (2Peter 1:10).
"The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not
the works of thine own hands" (Psalm 138:8).
"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself,
and that wicked one toucheth him not" (1John 5:18).
15. SANCTIFIED AFFLICTIONS
"Happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole" (Job 5:17, 18).
"As a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee" (Deuteronomy 8:5).
"Whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth" (Proverbs
3:12).
"I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin" (Isaiah 1:25).
"Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; that thou
mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked" (Psalm 94:12,
13).
"Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. It is good for me that I have been
afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me" (Psalm 119:67, 71, 75).
"And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; then he sheweth them their work,
and their transgressions that they have exceeded. He openeth also their ear to discipline, and
commandeth that they return from iniquity" (Job 36:8-10).
"Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction" (Isaiah
48:10).
"By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin"
(Isaiah 27:9).
"When we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the
world" (1Corinthians 11:32).
"We glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience;
and experience, hope" (Romans 5:3, 4).
"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day
by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory" (2Corinthians 4:16, 17).
"I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. And she shall
follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find
them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than
now" (Hosea 2:6, 7).
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten" (Revelation 3:19).
"I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus
Christ" (Philippians 1:19).
"Some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to
the time of the end" (Daniel 11:35).
"The trying of your faith worketh patience. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him" (James
1:3, 12).
"Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure
chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
They verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be
partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised
thereby" (Hebrews 12:6, 7, 10, 11).
"Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried" (Daniel 12:10).
"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried
with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ" (1Peter
1:7).
"I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as
gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall
say, The LORD is my God" (Zechariah 13:9).
16. GRACE TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
"And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy
God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live" (Deuteronomy 30:6).
"I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an
everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Thou shalt keep my covenant
therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations" (Genesis 17:7, 9).
"Now are they [your children] holy" (1Corinthians 7:14).
"The promise is unto you, and to your children" (Acts 2:39).
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house" (Acts 16:31).
"All thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children" (Isaiah
54:13).
"Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. And
he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them" (Mark 10:14, 16).
"I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as
among the grass, as willows by the water courses. One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall
call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and
surname himself by the name of Israel" (Isaiah 44:3-5).
17. AN INTEREST IN GOD
AS OUR GOD
"I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an
everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee" (Genesis 17:7).
"God himself shall be with them, and be their God" (Revelation 21:3).
"Ye shall be my people, and I will be your God" (Jeremiah 30:22).
"I will be their God, and they shall be my people" (2Corinthians 6:16).
"I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people" (Hebrews 8:10).
"And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people" (Leviticus 26:12).
"This God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death" (Psalm 48:14).
"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God" (Isaiah 41:10).
"For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of
Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called" (Isaiah 54:5).
"I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them. Ye my flock, the flock of my
pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD" (Ezekiel 34:24, 31).
"God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city" (Hebrews 11:16).
OUR PORTION
"I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward" (Genesis 15:1).
"The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup" (Psalm 16:5).
"The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him" (Lamentations 3:24).
"My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever" (Psalm
73:26).
OUR GLORY
"In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the
residue of his people" (Isaiah 28:5).
HIS PRESENCE WITH US
"The upright shall dwell in thy presence" (Psalm 140:13).
"My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest" (Exodus 33:14).
"The LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them" (Numbers 23:21).
"Fear thou not; for I am with thee" (Isaiah 41:10).
"Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them" (Ezekiel 34:30).
"The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you" (2Chronicles
15:2).
"The LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake
thee" (Deuteronomy 31:8).
"If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and
make our abode with him" (John 14:23).
"And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else:
and my people shall never be ashamed" (Joel 2:27).
HIS LOVE
"The LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself" (Psalm 4:3).
"He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee" (Deuteronomy 7:13).
"The LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime" (Psalm 42:8).
"The LORD loveth the righteous" (Psalm 146:8).
"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely" (Hosea 14:4).
"He loveth him that followeth after righteousness" (Proverbs 15:9).
"Thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee" (Isaiah 62:4).
"As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee" (Isaiah 62:5).
"Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee" (Isaiah
43:4).
"I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee" (Jeremiah
31:3).
"I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole
heart and with my whole soul" (Jeremiah 32:41).
"The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will
rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).
"For his great love wherewith he loved us" (Ephesians 2:4).
"I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved"
(Romans 9:25).
"Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies" (Psalm 103:4).
"For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me" (John 16:27).
"Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us" (2Thessalonians
2:16).
"That the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. That the
love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them" (John 17:23, 26).
"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us. and sent his Son to be the propitiation for
our sins. We have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth
in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. We love him, because he first loved us" (1John 4:10, 16, 19).
HIS MERCY
"In my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee" (Isaiah 60:10).
"The LORD thy God is a merciful God; he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee" (Deuteronomy
4:31).
"My bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him" (Jeremiah 31:20).
"I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy"
(Hosea 2:23).
"For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not
off" (Isaiah 48:9).
"Therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that
he may have mercy upon you" (Isaiah 30:18).
"Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. The mercy of the LORD
is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him" (Psalm 103:13, 17).
"How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah?
how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. I
will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim" (Hosea 11:8, 9).
"God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth" (Job 11:6).
"I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee;
and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy"
(Exodus 33:19).
HIS HELP
"The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah" (Psalm 46:11).
"If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31).
"O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help" (Hosea 13:9).
"Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God" (Psalm 40:17).
"The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the
enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O
people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine
enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places" (Deuteronomy
33:27, 29).
"We may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me" (Hebrews
13:6).
"I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my
righteousness. I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel" (Isaiah 41:10, 13, 14).
HIS CARE
"He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye" (Zechariah 2:8).
"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you" (1Peter 5:7).
"The eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy" (Psalm 33:18).
"Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by
me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: and even to your old age I am he; and even to
hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you" (Isaiah
46:3, 4).
"There shall not an hair of your head perish" (Luke 21:18).
"The very hairs of your head are all numbered" (Matthew 10:30).
"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his
pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old" (Isaiah 63:9).
"As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,
beareth them on her wings: so the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him"
(Deuteronomy 32:11, 12).
HIS COVENANT WITH HIS PEOPLE
"I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David" (Isaiah 55:3).
"He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my
salvation, and all my desire" (2Samuel 23:5).
"I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment,
and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt
know the LORD" (Hosea 2:19, 20).
GOD WILL NOT FORSAKE THEM
"O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me" (Isaiah 44:21).
"I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you" (Leviticus 26:11).
"The LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance" (Psalm 94:14).
"Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her
sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet
will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually
before me" (Isaiah 49:14-16).
"As I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I
would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be
removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee" (Isaiah 54:9, 10).
"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Hebrews 13:5).
"Thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee" (Psalm 9:10).
"These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them" (Isaiah 42:16).
"For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever" (Psalm
37:28).
"The Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according
to the multitude of his mercies" (Lamentations 3:31, 32).
"I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but
I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me" (Jeremiah 32:40).
