Faith

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• General scriptures concerning2 Samuel 22:31Psalms 2:12Psalms 5:11Psalms 7:1Psalms 9:9Psalms 9:10Psalms 18:30Psalms 32:10Psalms 33:18Psalms 33:19Psalms 34:1–8Psalms 34:22Psalms 36:7Psalms 40:4Psalms 64:10Psalms 78:5–7Psalms 84:5Psalms 84:12Psalms 112:5Psalms 112:7
• See Faith in Christ
• ENJOINEDExodus 14:13Numbers 21:34Deuteronomy 1:21–31Deuteronomy 3:2Deuteronomy 3:22Deuteronomy 7:17–21Deuteronomy 20:1Deuteronomy 31:6–8Deuteronomy 31:23Joshua 1:5–9Joshua 10:25Judges 6:14–162 Kings 19:62 Kings 19:72 Chronicles 15:72 Chronicles 16:92 Chronicles 20:152 Chronicles 20:172 Chronicles 20:202 Chronicles 32:7
• INSTANCES OF: see after the following subtopic
• EXEMPLIFIEDGenesis 6:22Genesis 16:13Genesis 24:7Genesis 24:40Genesis 48:21Genesis 50:20Genesis 50:24Exodus 15:1–19Exodus 18:11Numbers 10:29Numbers 14:8Numbers 14:9Joshua 14:121 Samuel 14:61 Samuel 17:361 Samuel 17:371 Samuel 17:45–472 Samuel 7:282 Samuel 22:2–52 Samuel 23:5
• INSTANCES OF
• Noah, in building the arkGenesis 6:14–22Hebrews 11:7
• Abraham, in forsaking the land of his nativity at the command of GodGenesis 12:1–4
• Believing the promise of many descendantsGenesis 12:7Genesis 15:4–8
• In the offering up of IsaacGenesis 22:1–10Romans 4:18–21Hebrews 11:8–19
• Jacob, in blessing Joseph's sonsHebrews 11:21
• Joseph, concerning God's providence in his being sold into Egypt, and the final deliverance of IsraelGenesis 50:20Hebrews 11:22

The passages, in Bible order (711)

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 6:14–22

   Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 6:14–222 voices

   “God could have secured Noah by the ministration of angels, without putting him to any care, or pains, or trouble, himself; but he chose to employ him in making that which was to be the means of his preservation, both for the trial of his faith and obedience and to teach us that none shall be saved by Christ but those only that work out their salvation.

   “Make thee an ark of Gopher wood,.... It is not called a ship, for it was not made for sailing to any distant parts, but an ark or chest, being like one, flat bottomed, and ridged and sloping upwards, and was made for floating on the waters for a little way.

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2. Genesis 6:22

   So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

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   “And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood--The repetition of the announcement was to establish its certainty (Ge 41:32). Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the operation of natural laws and agencies in the deluge, it was brought on the world by God as a punishment for the enormous wickedness of its inhabitants.

   “Thus did Noah - He prepared the ark; and during one hundred and twenty years preached righteousness to that sinful generation, 2Pe 2:5. And this we are informed, 1Pe 3:18, 1Pe 3:19, etc., he did by the Spirit of Christ; for it was only through him that the doctrine of repentance could ever be successfully preached. The people in Noah’s time are represented as shut up in prison - arrested and condemned by God’s justice, but graciously allowed the space of one hundred and twenty years to repent in.

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3. Genesis 12:1–4

   Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

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   “This call included two promises: the first, showing the land of his future posterity; and the second, that in his posterity all the earth was to be blessed (Ge 12:2). Abraham obeyed, and it is frequently mentioned in the New Testament as a striking instance of his faith (Heb 11:8).

   “Get out for thyself (so some read it), that is, for thy own good. Note, Those who leave their sins, and turn to God, will themselves be unspeakable gainers by the change, Prov. ix. This command which God gave to Abram is much the same with the gospel call by which all the spiritual seed of faithful Abram are brought into covenant with God.

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4. Genesis 12:7

   Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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   “The Lord appeared - In what way this appearance was made we know not; it was probably by the great angel of the covenant, Jesus the Christ. The appearance, whatsoever it was, perfectly satisfied Abram, and proved itself to be supernatural and Divine. It is worthy of remark that Abram is the first man to whom God is said to have shown himself or appeared: 1. In Ur of the Chaldees, Act 7:2; and 2. At the oak of Moreh, as in this verse.

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5. Genesis 15:4–8

   Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 15:4–81 voice

   But if the words of Abraham are not enough to correct, consider the word of God, who condemns such a mode of transmitting inheritance. "This man shall not be your heir," he says, "but the other who will come out from you, he will be your heir." Who is this other of whom he speaks? In fact Hagar too bore a son, Ishmael, but he is not speaking of him. Instead, he is speaking of holy Isaac. For this reason he added "who will come out from you."

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6. Genesis 16:13

   So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

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   “Thou seest me, if in any instance I depart from thee. This thought should always restrain us from sin, and excite us to duty, Thou God seest me. Have I here also looked after him that seeth me? - Probably she knew not who it was that talked with her till he was departing, and then looking after him, with a reflexion like that of the two disciples, Luke xxiv, 31, 32.

   “And she called the name of the Lord - She invoked (ותקרא vattikra) the name of Jehovah who spake unto her, thus: Thou God seest me! She found that the eye of a merciful God had been upon her in all her wanderings and afflictions; and her words seem to intimate that she had been seeking the Divine help and protection, for she says, Have I also (or have I not also) looked after him that seeth me? This last clause of the verse is very obscure and is rendered differently by all the versions.

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7. Genesis 22:1–10

   Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

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   “God did tempt Abraham--not incite to sin (Jas 1:13), but try, prove--give occasion for the development of his faith (1Pe 1:7). and he said, . . . Here I am--ready at a moment's warning for God's service.

   “Here is the trial of Abraham's faith, whether it continued so strong, so vigorous, so victorious, after a long settlement in communion with God, as it was at first, when by it he left his country: then it was made to appear that he loved God better than his father; now that he loved him better than his son.

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8. Genesis 24:7

   The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:72 voices

   “The Lord God, etc. - He expresses the strongest confidence in God, that the great designs for which he had brought him from his own kindred to propagate the true religion in the earth would be accomplished; and that therefore, when earthly instruments failed, heavenly ones should be employed. He shall send his angel, probably meaning the Angel of the Covenant, of whom see Gen 15:7.

   “God will cause that to issue in our comfort in which we sincerely aim at his glory. God's promises, and our own experiences, are sufficient to encourage our dependence upon God, and our expectations from him, in all the affairs of this life. God's angels are ministering spirits, sent forth, not only for the protection, but for the guidance, of the heirs of promise, Heb. i.

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9. Genesis 24:40

   And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.

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   “But when he has the desired success, he worships God, not the angel. Whatever benefit we have by the ministration of angels, all the glory must be given to the Lord of the angels, Rev. xxii.

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10. Genesis 48:21

    Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

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    “Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die--The patriarch could speak of death with composure, but he wished to prepare Joseph and the rest of the family for the shock. but God shall be with you--Jacob, in all probability, was not authorized to speak of their bondage--he dwelt only on the certainty of their restoration to Canaan.

    “Behold, I die - With what composure is this most awful word expressed! Surely of Jacob it might be now said, “He turns his sight undaunted on the tomb;” for though it is not said that he was full of days, as were Abraham and Isaac, yet he is perfectly willing to bid adieu to earthly things, and lay his body in the grave. Could any person act as the patriarchs did in their last moments, who had no hopes of eternal life, no belief in the immortality of the soul? Impossible!

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11. Genesis 50:20

    As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

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12. Genesis 50:24

    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

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    “Joseph said unto his brethren, I die--The national feelings of the Egyptians would have been opposed to his burial in Canaan; but he gave the strongest proof of the strength of his faith and full assurance of the promises, by "the commandment concerning his bones" [Heb 11:22].

    “Joseph said - I die - That is, I am dying; and God will surely visit you - he will yet again give you, in the time when it shall be essentially necessary, the most signal proof of his unbounded love towards the seed of Jacob. And bring you out of this land - Though ye have here every thing that can render life comfortable, yet this is not the typical land, the land given by covenant, the land which represents the rest that remains for the people of God.

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13. Exodus 2:2

    and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.

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    “Hence it is said to have been done by faith (Heb 11:23), either in the general promise of deliverance, or some special revelation made to Amram and Jochebed--and in this view, the pious couple gave a beautiful example of a firm reliance on the word of God, united with an active use of the most suitable means.

    “Bare a son - This certainly was not her first child, for Aaron was fourscore and three years old when Moses was but fourscore, see Exo 7:7: and there was a sister, probably Miriam, who was older than either; see below, Exo 2:4, and see Num 26:59. Miriam and Aaron had no doubt been both born before the decree was passed for the destruction of the Hebrew male children, mentioned in the preceding chapter.

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14. Exodus 3:11

    But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

    ›Commentary on Exodus 3:112 voices

    “He thinks he wants courage, and therefore cannot go to Pharaoh: he thinks he wants conduct, and therefore cannot bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt; they are unarmed, undisciplined, quite dispirited, utterly unable to help themselves, Moses was incomparably the fittest of any man living for this work, eminent for learning, wisdom, experience, valour, faith, holiness, and yet Who am I?

    “Who am I - These words indicate humility (compare Num 12:3), not fear. He feared failure, owing to incompetency, especially in the power of expression.

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15. Exodus 3:12

    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

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    “Certainly I will be with thee - This great event shall not be left to thy wisdom and to thy power; my counsel shall direct thee, and my power shall bring all these mighty things to pass. And this shall be a token - Literally, And This to thee for a sign, i.e., this miraculous manifestation of the burning bush shall be a proof that I have sent thee; or, My being with thee, to encourage thy heart, strengthen thy hands, and enable thee to work miracles, shall be to thyself and to others the evidence of thy Divine mission.

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16. Exodus 4:10–17

    “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

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    “I am not eloquent--It is supposed that Moses labored under a natural defect of utterance or had a difficulty in the free and fluent expression of his ideas in the Egyptian language, which he had long disused. This new objection was also overruled, but still Moses, who foresaw the manifold difficulties of the undertaking, was anxious to be freed from the responsibility.

    “Moses himself once said: "I am alogos"("wordless"). The Latin version uses a different expression, but we can translate the word alogos exactly as "without words and reason." After he said this, he received reason and speech, which he admitted that he did not have before. When the people of Israel were in Egypt, before they had received the law, they too were without words and reason and thus in a sense mute. Then they received the Word; Moses was the image of it.

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