Constancy

How Nave’s arranged it

• In obediencePsalms 119:31Psalms 119:33
• In friendshipProverbs 27:10
• Under sufferingMatthew 5:12Hebrews 12:51 Peter 4:12–16
• In prayerLuke 18:1Romans 12:12Ephesians 6:18Colossians 4:21 Thessalonians 5:17
• In beneficenceGalatians 6:9
• In professionHebrews 10:23
• INSTANCES OFRuth 1:14
• Jonathan1 Samuel 18:11 Samuel 20:16
• Priscilla and AquilaRomans 16:3Romans 16:4
• See Character
• See Stability

The passages, in Bible order (18)

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. Ruth 1:14

   Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

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2. 1 Samuel 18:1

   After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

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3. 1 Samuel 20:16

   So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

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4. Psalms 119:31

   I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

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5. Psalms 119:33

   Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 119:331 voice

   “Wherefore the Psalm reads: Happy are they whose way is blameless. And: Instruct me, O Lord, in the way of Your statutes, etc. In every verse there is a reference to commands, indicated as law, or witnessing, or declarations, or some other equivalent name. Also, …

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6. Proverbs 27:10

   Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

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   “Solomon says, "Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off." For this reason a person generally trusts himself to the good will of a friend rather than to the ties of relationship to his brother. So far does good will prevail that it often goes beyond the pledges given by nature.

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7. Matthew 5:12

   Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

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   “(Verse 12.) Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. I do not know who can fulfill this for us, so that our reputation may be torn apart by insults, and we may rejoice in the Lord. Whoever pursues vain glory cannot fulfill it. Therefore, we must rejoice and be glad, so that a reward may be prepared for us in heavenly places. We read elegantly written in a certain volume: 'Do not seek glory, and you will not grieve when you are without it.'

   “This it is in the power of any one of us to attain, that when our good character is injured by calumny, we rejoice in the Lord. He only who seeks after empty glory cannot attain this. Let us then rejoice and exult, that our reward may be prepared for us in heaven.

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8. Luke 18:1

   Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

   ›Commentary on Luke 18:12 voices

   “Or else; Whenever men inflict injury upon us, we must then think it a noble thing to be forgetful of the evil; but when they offend against the glory of God by taking up arms against the ministers of God's ordinance, we then approach God imploring His help, and loudly rebuking them who impugn His glory.

   “And he spoke a parable unto them,.... To his own disciples, as the Ethiopic version reads, in order to encourage them to prayer, with perseverance in it; since such sore times of trial and affliction were coming upon the Jews, of which he had spoken in the preceding chapter; and such times more especially call for prayer; see Psa 50:15 to this end, that men ought always to pray.

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9. Romans 12:12

   Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

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   “Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. He rejoices in hope who does not look at the things that are seen, but awaits the things that are not seen; and who knows that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the future glory that shall be revealed in us. That same person will also be patient in tribulation; because tribulation works patience, patience proof, and proof hope — provided, however, that we fulfill the words that follow, that is, persevering in prayer.

   “Rejoicing in hope,.... Of the glory of God, than the hope of which nothing can make a believer more cheerful in this world; the saints' joy is therefore called the "rejoicing of the hope", Heb 3:

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10. Romans 16:3

    Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

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11. Romans 16:4

    who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

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    “Who have for my life laid down their own necks, i.e., put themselves in danger of death to save my life, an indication of the greatest charity: greater love has no man than that he lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13). This …

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12. Galatians 6:9

    Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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    “(Verse 9) But let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. He encourages those who expect the reward of good works in this life, not knowing that just as there is a different time for sowing and for harvesting in a seed, so in the present life, there is sowing of works (which are either in the spirit or in the flesh) but the harvest is the future judgment.

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13. Ephesians 6:18

    Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

    ›Commentary on Ephesians 6:181 voice

    “Further: since in the self-same commentary of Luke the third hour is demonstrated as an hour of prayer, about which hour it was that they who had received the initiatory gift of the Holy Spirit were held for drunkards; and the sixth, at which Peter went up on the roof; and the ninth, at which they entered the temple: why should we not understand that, with absolutely perfect indifference, we must pray always, and everywhere, and at every time; yet still that these three hours, as being more marked in things human-(hours) which divide the day, which distinguish businesses, which re-echo in the public ear-have likewise ever been of special solemnity in divine prayers?

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14. Colossians 4:2

    Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,

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15. 1 Thessalonians 5:17

    Pray without ceasing.

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16. Hebrews 10:23

    Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

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