Condescension of God

How Nave’s arranged it

• In reasoning with his creatures
• Sets forth his reasons for sending the floodGenesis 6:11–13
• Enters into covenant with AbrahamGenesis 15:1–21Genesis 18:1–22
• Indulges Abraham's intercession for SodomGenesis 18:23–33
• Warns Abimelech in a dreamGenesis 20:3–7
• Reasons with MosesExodus 4:2–17
• Sends flesh to the Israelites in consequence of their murmuringExodus 16:12
• Indulges Moses' prayer to behold his gloryExodus 33:18–23
• Indulges Gideon's testsJudges 6:36–40
• Reasons with JOBJob 38Job 39Job 40Job 41
• Invites sinners, saying, "Come now, and let us reason together,"Isaiah 1:18–20
• Expostulates with backsliding IsraelIsaiah 41:21–24Isaiah 43:1–19Isaiah 65:1–16Jeremiah 3:1–15Jeremiah 4:1–31Jeremiah 7:1–34Ezekiel 18:25–32Ezekiel 33:10–20Hosea 2Micah 6:1–9Malachi 3:7–15

The passages, in Bible order (37)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 6:11–13

   Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 6:11–131 voice

   “The earth also was corrupt before God,....

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2. Genesis 15:1–21

   After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 15:1–211 voice

   “Because Abraham did not seek recompense from man, he received it from God, as we read in Scripture: "After these words the Lord spoke to Abraham in a vision saying, Fear not, Abraham, I will protect you. Your reward will be exceedingly great." The Lord is not slow to reward. He is eager to promise, and he gives in abundance, lest any delay cause weak souls to repent of having despised visible things.

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3. Genesis 18:1–22

   Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 18:1–221 voice

   “[Daniel 8:15] "And it came to pass that when I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it." He beheld the vision by way of a picture or likeness, and he failed to understand it. Consequently, not everyone who sees comprehends what he has seen; it is just as if we read the Holy Scripture with our eyes and do not understand it with our heart, "...And behold, one stood before me who resembled the appearance of a man." Angels, after all, are not actually men by nature, but they resemble men in appearance.

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4. Genesis 18:23–33

   Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

   ›Commentary on Genesis 18:23–331 voice

   “And they turned themselves from there and went towards Sodom; but Abraham still stood before the Lord, and approaching he said: Will you indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked? If fifty righteous are in the city, will they perish along with the rest, until …

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5. Genesis 20:3–7

   One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 20:3–71 voice

   “But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him: Behold, you are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she has a husband; but Abimelech had not touched her and said: Lord, will you kill an …

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6. Exodus 4:2–17

   And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

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   “But we know that prophecy expressed itself by things no less than by words. By words and also by deeds is the resurrection foretold.

   “And the Lord said unto him,....

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7. Exodus 16:12

   “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 16:121 voice

   “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel,....

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8. Exodus 33:18–23

   Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”

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   “This is why love which longs to see God, even if it lacks judgment, does have the spirit of devotion. This is why Moses dares to say, "If I have found favor in your sight, show me your face." This is why another man says, …

   “And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.

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9. Judges 6:36–40

   Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,

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   “Some one perhaps will enquire whether he does not seem to have been wanting in faith, seeing that after being instructed by many signs he asked still more. But how can he seem to have asked as if doubting or wanting in faith, who was speaking in mysteries? He was not then doubtful, but careful that we should not doubt. For how could he be doubtful whose prayer was effectual?

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10. Job 38:1

    Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

    ›Commentary on Job 38:11 voice

    “But the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said. PREFACE After the loss of his goods, the death of his children, the wounds of his body, the words of his wife persuading him to evil, the insulting language of his comforters, and the darts of so many sorrows boldly received, blessed Job ought to have been praised by his Judge for such great power of constancy, if he had been now going to be called out of this present world.

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11. Job 39:1

    “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?

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    “Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth in the rocks, or hast thou observed the hinds when they calve? 36. The southern part of the world calls birds, which inhabit the streams of the Nile, 'ibices.' But the eastern and western quarters term small quadrupeds, 'ibices,' whose custom also it is to bring forth in the rocks, because they know not how to dwell except in the rocks. And if they ever fall down, even from the lofty tops of the mountains, they catch themselves without hurt on their own horns.

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12. Job 40:1

    And the LORD said to Job:

    ›Commentary on Job 40:11 voice

    “The Lord added, and spake to Job; Doth he that contendeth with God, so easily remain quiet? He that reproveth God, ought certainly also to answer Him. 107. The holy man did not consider that his merits were being increased, but that his vices were being cut away by this so great severity of the scourge. And since he knew that there were no vices within him, he believed that he was unjustly smitten; and, to murmur at the blow, is altogether to reprove the Smiter.

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13. Job 41:1

    “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

    ›Commentary on Job 41:11 voice

    “This the Lord openly indicates to blessed Job, saying: "Will you catch Leviathan with a hook?" By Leviathan, which means "their addition," that whale who devours the human race is designated. For while he promised to add divinity to man, he took away immortality. And the guilt of transgression, which he gave the first man to drink, he multiplies to those who follow him through the worst persuasion, heaping punishments upon them without end. On a hook, however, the bait is shown while the barb is hidden.

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14. Psalms 8:4–6

    what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

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    “How by his teaching regarding the form of a servant which he took upon him, did he deign to show mildly glimpses of his divinity, to receive accusations preferred against him by his own creatures, and to answer them, not with anger but with mildness …

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15. Psalms 113:5

    Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?

    ›Commentary on Psalms 113:51 voice

    “Another psalm that was read says, "Who is as the Lord our God who dwells on high and looks down on the low things in heaven and in earth?" God, no doubt, casts his eyes on the lowly, he who laid bare the relics of the holy martyrs of his church, lying hid under the lowly turf, their souls in heaven, their bodies in the earth: "Raising up the needy person out of the dust, lifting up the poor person out of the dunghill," placing him, as you see, with the princes of his people.

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16. Psalms 113:6

    He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 113:62 voices

    “Another psalm that was read says, "Who is as the Lord our God who dwells on high and looks down on the low things in heaven and in earth?" God, no doubt, casts his eyes on the lowly, he who laid bare the relics of the holy martyrs of his church, lying hid under the lowly turf, their souls in heaven, their bodies in the earth: "Raising up the needy person out of the dust, lifting up the poor person out of the dunghill," placing him, as you see, with the princes of his people.

    “Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth.

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