tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61682902011-04-21T12:52:15.235-05:00"Carpe aeternitatem: Why settle for just one day?" &#8212;Robert Quiring<br> A real-time chronicle of grace<br> &copy;2003-2007 by Skipper Pickle<br><br> Readings directed by the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. With occasional commentary.Skipper Picklenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168290.post-64858574079475690572007-07-18T15:09:00.000-05:002007-07-21T16:15:06.885-05:00

Judges 15 - "Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" And he said to them, "As they did to me, so I have done to them."Matthew 20:17-34 - "It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave...."Esther 3 - ...their laws are

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Judges 14 - Then his father and his mother said to him, "Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she looks good to me." However, his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD, for He was seeking an occasion against the

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Judges 13 - So Manoah said to his wife, "We will surely die, for we have seen God." ut his wife said to him, "If the LORD had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have let us hear things like this at this time." Matthew 19:16-30 - "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your

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Genesis 42 - But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm may befall him."Matthew 5:38-6:15 - "Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two." Matthew 14:22-33 - Peter said to Him, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water."

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Judges 12 - "Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you."Matthew 19:1-15 - Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?"Nehemiah 13:15-22 - "What is this evil thing you are doing, by profaning the sabbath day? Did not your fathers do the

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Judges 11:12-28, 32-33 - But the king of the sons of Ammon disregarded the message which Jephthah sent him.Matthew 18:21-35 - "But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe.'"Nehemiah 13:1-14 - On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and

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Judges 11:1-11 - Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot.Matthew 18:1-20 - "If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell."Nehemiah 12:27-31, 37-40, 43-47 - ...and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God

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Judges 10 - "Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress."Matthew 17:14-27 - "However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for you and Me."Nehemiah 10:28-11:2 - As for the peoples of the land

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Judges 9:41-57 - But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, crushing his skull.Matthew 17:1-13 - Elijah is coming and will restore all things; but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands." Nehemiah 9:22-38 - "However, You are just in all that has come

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Judges 9:22-40 - When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains." But Zebul said to him, "You are seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were men."Matthew 16:13-28 - And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven."Nehemiah 9:1-21 - "They

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Genesis 41:1-49, 54-57 - Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I would make mention today of my own offenses."Matthew 25:14-30 - "And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed. And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you

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Judges 9:1-21 - "Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us!' But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness with which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?'" Matthew 16:1-12 - But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' And in the morning, 'There will

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Judges 8:22-35 - Thus the sons of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side; nor did they show kindness to the household of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in accord with all the good that he had done to Israel. Matthew 15:21-39 - "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."Nehemiah 8

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Judges 8:1-21 - Gideon said, "All right, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will thrash your bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."Matthew 15:1-20 - "But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God," he is not to honor his father or his mother.' And by this you invalidated the word of

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Judges 7 - When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, "Behold, I had a dream; a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat." His friend replied, "This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has

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Judges 6:28-40 - Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal, and indeed, he has cut down the Asherah which was beside it." But Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal, or will you deliver him? Whoever will plead for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself

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Judges 6:1-23 - "O Lord, how shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house."Matthew 13:44-58 - "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? Is not this the carpenter's son?"Ezra 7:1, 6-28 - "I, even I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the River, that whatever

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Genesis 37:2-35 - Then his brothers said to him, "Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.Matthew 5:1-16 - "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden...."Deuteronomy 10:12-15,17-11:1 - "He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the

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Judges 5 - "Thus let all Your enemies perish, O LORD; But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might."Matthew 13:24-43 - "The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."Nehemiah 6

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Judges 4 - "I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman."Matthew 13:1-23 - "For the heart of this people has become dull,with their ears they scarcely hear, and they have closed their eyes, otherwise they would see with their eyes, hear with their ears,and understand with

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Judges 3:12-31 - "I have a message from God for you."Matthew 12:38-50 - "The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here."Nehemiah 4:12-23 - "Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your

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Judges 3:1-11 - They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses.Matthew 12:22–37 - "But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. "Nehemiah 4:1-11 - All of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a

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Judges 2:8-23 - Wherever they went, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken and as the LORD had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed. Then the LORD raised up judges who delivered them from the hands of those who plundered them. Matthew 12:1-21 - "What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take

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Judges 1:16-28, 2:1–5 - When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept. So they named that place Bochim; and there they sacrificed to the LORD.Matthew 11:20-30 - "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth

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Genesis 4:2b-10 - "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground."1 Corinthians 13 - Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

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Joshua 24 - "You will not be able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins."Matthew 11:2-19 - "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind...? A man dressed in soft clothing...? A prophet...? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet."Ezra 4:7-23 - ...the Jews who came up from you have

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Joshua 23 - "Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the LORD your God spoke concerning you has failed...."Matthew 10:16-11:1 - "You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved."Zechariah 8 - "In those days ten men from all

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Joshua 22:10-34 - "Let us build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; rather it shall be a witness between us and you and between our generations after us, that we are to perform the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons in time to come, 'You have no portion in the LORD

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Joshua 21:43-22:9 - Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass.Matthew 9:18-34 - ...Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"Ezra 6:13-22 - The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month. Acts 17 - ...that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not

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Joshua 20:1-21:3 - These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.Matthew 9:2-17 - "But go and learn what this means: 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the

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Joshua 18:1-10 - "How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?"Matthew 8:28-9:1 - The demons began to entreat Him, saying, "If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine." And He said to them, "Go!"Ezra 5 - "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are rebuilding the temple that was built

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Genesis 3 - Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"Revelation 3:7-22 - "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me."Exodus 20:1-17 - "You shall have no other gods before Me."Mark 12:28-34a - "What commandment is the foremost of all?"

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Joshua 14 - "I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought word back to him as it was in my heart. Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I followed the LORD my God fully."Matthew 8:14-27 - Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.

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Joshua 11:1-19, 23 - ...when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it..., he sent to Jobab king of Madon and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph, and to the kings who were of the north in the hill country, and in the Arabah... to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of

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Joshua 10:1-15 - And the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. There was no day like that before it or after it, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.Matthew 7:15-29 - "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will

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Joshua 9 - So they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was certainly told your servants that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; therefore we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. Now behold, we are in your hands; do as it seems good and right in your sight to do

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Joshua 20:1-21:3 - These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.Matthew 9:2-17 - "But go and learn what this means: 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the

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Joshua 7 - So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken. He brought the family of Judah near, and he took the family of the Zerahites; and he brought the family of the Zerahites near man by man, and Zabdi was taken. He brought his household near man by man; and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was

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Isa. 6:1–8 - Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven."Acts 9:1–22 - "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain

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Joshua 6:12-27 - Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates."Matthew 5:33-48 - "Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two."Haggai 2:10-23 - "If a man carries holy meat in the

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Joshua 5:10-6:11 - The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year.Matthew 5:17-32 - ...leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother....Haggai 2:1-9 - "'Who is left among you who saw this temple in its

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Joshua 4 - "Cross again to the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel. Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?...'"Matthew 5:1-16 - "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your

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Joshua 3 - ...when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest), the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap....Matthew 4:12-25 - From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at

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Joshua 2 - "For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites.... When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have

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Joshua 1 - "Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go."Matthew 3 - "I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?"Ezra 1 - "Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to

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Genesis 1:1-2:3 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.... Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.John 1:1-18 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.... All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Job 38:1-7, 42:1-5 - "Where were you when I laid the

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Isaiah 61 - ...a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.Matthew 28:16-20 - "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you...."Zechariah 7:1-10 - "Thus has the LORD of hosts said, 'Dispense

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Jeremiah 33:14-26 - "Thus says the LORD, 'If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne....'"John 20:19-29 - ...Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you." And when He had

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Ezekiel 3:15-27 - "When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand."Galatians 5:16-6:8 - Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife,

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Ezekiel 2:1-3:14 - "And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house. But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not...."Ephesians 4:1-16 - ...I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy

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Isaiah 10:33-11:10 - And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them.Hebrews 13 - Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.Ezekiel 47:1-12 - "By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other,

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Genesis 11:1-9 - "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."Hebrews 12:14-29 - But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the

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Joel 2:28-32 - "It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions."John 3:1-16 - "If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?"Genesis 2:7-10, 15-24 - Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden;

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Deuteronomy 32:48-52, 34:1-12 - The LORD spoke to Moses that very same day, saying, "Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo.... Then die on the mountain where you ascend, and be gathered to your people...." It seems hard, and so cold, so abrupt. Hebrews 12:1-13 - All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it

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Deuteronomy 31:1-13, 24-26 - "Be strong and courageous.... The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed."Hebrews 11:23-12:2 - And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made

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Numbers 32:1-33 - "...be sure your sin will find you out."Hebrews 10:35-11:22 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.... By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.Isaiah 65:1-16 - "I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted

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Numbers 27:12-23 - Moses did just as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him....Hebrews 10:1-34 - It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Isaiah 63:17-64:12 - Why, O LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways And harden our heart from fearing

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Numbers 26:1-4, 52-56, 63-65 - But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.... except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.Hebrews 9:11-28 - ...it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment....In some cases (q.v.), it seems that judgment can come before

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Numbers 23:27-24:25 - "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything contrary to the command of the LORD, either good or bad, of my own accord. What the LORD speaks, that I will speak."Hebrews 8:1-9:12 - But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands,

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2 Kings 2:1-22 - "Thus says the LORD, 'I have purified these waters; there shall not be from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.'"Acts 1:1-14 - "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven."Deuteronomy 34 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in

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Numbers 22:36-23:26 - "Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"Hebrews 7 - Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.Isaiah 62 - You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves; And give Him no rest until He establishes And makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.Philippians 2:1-

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Numbers 22:1-35 - But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word which I tell you."Hebrews 6 - Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity....Isaiah 61 - He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners....1 Peter 3:8-22 - ...sanctify Christ as Lord in

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2 Kings 2:1-15 - "Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me."Hebrews 4:14-5:10 - Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.Daniel 7:9-14 - I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool.

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Jeremiah 14 - "When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them."John 6:27-53 - "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent."Habakkuk 3:1-18 - O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.James 5 - Therefore,

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Isaiah 64 - There is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us....Luke 11:1-13 - "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."1 Kings 8:22-40 - "...whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of

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Deuteronomy 28:1-14 - "All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the LORD your God:"And there follows a list of blessings that are pretty much unavoidable. We don't know blessing these days. We don't traffic in it. If you were to "bless" your child, what exactly would you be doing? Sending pleasant thoughts her way? Giving her a good night kiss? Paying her way

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Ezekiel 37:1-14 - "Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life."Luke 24:36-49 - "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." Job 14:1-15 - "If a man dies, will he live again?"Matthew 19:16-29 - "Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?"

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Numbers 21:21-35 - But the LORD said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people and his land...."This is the God that we fear and grow concerned over. But the truth is that we see this God very little in the Old Testament. Enough that we should be concerned, but not so much that we shouldn't at least find out more about the context in which He

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Numbers 21:1-9 - And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.i've often wondered why God doesn't just remove the serpents from the presence of the Israelites, instead of using this roundabout resolution. In the end, the thing that the people have to do is simple, almost nothing.There

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Numbers 20:14-29 - "Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah."Hebrews 1:13-2:13 - ...how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?Isaiah 58 - "Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist."Romans 8:1-17 - Therefore there is

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Numbers 20:1-13 - "If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!"Hebrews 1:1-12 - God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son....Isaiah 57:10-21 - "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."2 Corinthians 4:6-5:1 - ...the things which are seen are temporal, but the things

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Numbers 17:12-18:24 - "Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?"Ephesians 6:10-24 - For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.Isaiah 56:1-57:2 - "Preserve justice and do

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Numbers 16:41-17:11 - He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked.Ephesians 5:22-6:9 - With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.Isaiah 55 - "Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy?

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John 11:17-39, 41-44 - "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"Genesis 8:6-12, 15-16; 9:8-16 - "It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living

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Numbers 16:1-40 - "You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?"Ephesians 5:1-21 - Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.Isaiah 54 - "In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for

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Numbers 14:26-45 - "Here we are; we have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which the LORD has promised."Ephesians 4:17-32 - ...in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart....Isaiah 52:13-53:12 - He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows

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Numbers 14:11-25 - "How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?"Ephesians 4:1-16 - ...we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow

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Numbers 13:26-14:10 - "...we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight."Ephesians 3 - ...to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think....Isaiah 51:17-23 - Who will mourn for you?2 Corinthians 5:5-21 - ...God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them....

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Numbers 13:1-3, 17-25 - "How is the land, is it fat or lean? Are there trees in it or not? Make an effort then to get some of the fruit of the land."Ephesians 2:4-22 - But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated

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Numbers 11:16-35 - "Is the LORD'S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not."Ephesians 1:1-2:3 - And you were dead in your trespasses and sins...Isaiah 51:1-8 - "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, Who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn...."1 Corinthians 15:1-11 - ...that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and

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2 Samuel 12:15-23 - "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who knows, the LORD may be gracious to me, that the child may live.'"John 21:1-19 - And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You."Exodus 14:5-31 - ...the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel

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Numbers 11:1-17 - "Gather for Me seventy men from the elders of Israel.... I will take of the Spirit who is upon you, and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you will not bear it all alone."Philemon - For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.Isaiah 49:24-

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Numbers 10:1-13, 29-36 - "Return, O LORD, To the myriad thousands of Israel." Colossians 4:2-18 - Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving....Isaiah 49:14-23 - "...Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame."Acts 26:1-23 - "Why is it considered incredible among you people if God does raise the dead?"

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Numbers 9:1-5, 15-23 - Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.Colossians 3:4-4:1 - Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men....Isaiah 49:1-13 - "I will also make You a light of the nations So that

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Exodus 40:17-38 - He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up a veil for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony....Colossians 2:6-3:3 - See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception....Isaiah 48:12-21 - "From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there."Acts 13:14-39 - "For those who live in Jerusalem, and

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Exodus 35:20-36:1 - Everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the LORD'S contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments.Colossians 1:18-2:5 - For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself....Isaiah 48:1-11 - "Behold, I

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Exodus 34:27-35 - So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone....Colossians 1:1-17 - For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son....Isaiah 47 - "You felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me....'"Acts 3:12-26 - ...you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be

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2 Samuel 1:19-27 - "I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me."John 20:24-31 - Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst....Ezekiel 34:11-16, 30-31 - "I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick...."John 10:1-11 - "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved...."

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Exodus 34:1-14 - Then God said, "Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.1 Peter 5 - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,

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Exodus 32:30-33:23 - "You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!"1 Peter 4 - Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you....Isaiah 45:14-25 - "I am the LORD, and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land...."John 6:25-58 - "I am the bread of life; he who

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Exodus 32:1-24 - "I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them tear it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."We have this ability to create something and then pretend that it sort of created itself. We credit something outside ourselves for our inspirations.But it would seem that the creative force is one of those qualities that separates humans

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Exodus 31 - "I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship...."1 Peter 2:11-25 - Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that... they may... glorify God in the day of visitation.Isaiah 44:6-23 - Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat as he roasts a roast and is satisfied. He also warms

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Exodus 25:1-22 - "Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them."He wants to live with us. You wonder that He made us to multiply. We did, and now there are so many of us. It's as though one of us could never be sufficient for Him.1 Peter 1:22-2:10 - ...for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God....It's something to do with community. Everything we

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Exodus 24 - ...and they saw God, and they ate and drank. 1 Peter 1:1-21 - ...and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory....Isaiah 43:8-21 - "You are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that I

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2 Kings 4:18-37 - "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." Luke 24:13-35 - But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.Job 19:1, 13-27 - "Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me."John 14:1-14 - Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?"

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Exodus 19:16-20:24 - "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die."Mark 14:17, 22-28 - "You will all fall away...."Isaiah 42:17-43:7 - You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; Your ears are open, but none hears.Mark 16:9-20 - ...He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him

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Exodus 19:1-14 - "Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death."Mark 10:32-45 - "Grant that we may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory."Isaiah 42:5-16 - "Behold, the former things have come to pass, Now I declare new things...."John 21:15-25 - "If I want him to remain until I come, what is

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Exodus 18 - Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that had befallen them on the journey, and how the LORD had delivered them. Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel.... "Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods...."You never understand your own story until you tell

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Exodus 17 - "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?"Mark 8:27-9:1 - "...you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's."Isaiah 41:1-20 - Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you....John 20:19-31 - "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand

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Exodus 16:11-35 - ...he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat.John 20:1-18 - Jesus said to her, "Mary!"Isaiah 40:12-31 - "My way is hidden from the LORD, And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God...."Luke 24:36-49 - "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does

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