Grace of God

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning Jude 1:21,24,25Genesis 15:6Genesis 20:6Deuteronomy 7:6–9Deuteronomy 9:4–6Job 10:12Job 22:2Job 22:3Psalms 94:17–19Psalms 138:3Psalms 143:11Daniel 9:18Daniel 10:18Daniel 10:19John 6:44John 6:45John 17:11John 17:12John 17:15Acts 4:29Acts 4:30
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• GROWTH INPsalms 84:7Proverbs 4:18Philippians 1:6Philippians 1:9–11Philippians 3:12–15Colossians 1:10Colossians 1:11Colossians 2:191 Thessalonians 3:101 Thessalonians 3:121 Thessalonians 3:132 Thessalonians 1:3Hebrews 6:1–31 Peter 2:1–32 Peter 3:18

The passages, in Bible order (73)

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 15:6

   Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 15:61 voice

   And how did Abraham's progeny spread? Only through the inheritance he transmitted in virtue of faith. On this basis the faithful are assimilated to heaven, made comparable to the angels, equal to the stars. This is why he said, "So will your descendants be. And Abraham," the text says, "believed in God." What exactly did he believe? Prefiguratively he believed that Christ through the incarnation would become his heir. In order that you may know that this was what he believed, the Lord says, "Abraham saw my day and rejoiced."

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2. Genesis 20:6

   Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

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3. Deuteronomy 7:6–9

   For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

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   “Thou art a holy people - And therefore should have no connection with the workers of iniquity. A special people - סגלה segullah, - Septuagint, λαον περιουσιον, - a peculiar people, a private property. The words as they stand in the Septuagint are quoted by the apostle, 1Pe 2:9.

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4. Deuteronomy 9:4–6

   When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:4–61 voice

   “I ask, what could be said more clearly against that pernicious opinion and presumption of ours, by which we want to attribute everything that we do to our free will and to our own effort? "Do not say in your heart, when the Lord your God has destroyed them in your sight: Because of my righteousness the Lord has led me in to possess this land." Did he not express himself clearly to those whose souls' eyes are open and whose ears hear?

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5. Job 10:12

   You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

   ›Commentary on Job 10:122 voices

   “Here [Job] foreshadows the incarnation of the divine Word through the assumption of human nature. These words, in fact, appear to be addressed to the Father, as if they were said by the person [the Son] of the Lord.

   “Thou hast granted me life and favorer - Thou hast brought me from my mother’s womb; given me an actual existence among men; by thy favor or mercy thou hast provided me with the means of life; and thy visitation - thy continual providential care, has preserved me in life - has given me the air I breathe, and furnished me with those powers which enable me to respire it as an agent and preserver of life.

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6. Job 22:2

   “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

   ›Commentary on Job 22:21 voice

   “Can a man be profitable unto God?.... Eliphaz imagined that Job thought so, by his insisting so much on his integrity, and complaining of his afflictions; and that God was beholden to him for his holiness and righteousness, and that instead of afflicting him, should have heaped honours and happiness upon him; whereas there is not anything a man can do, or does, by which God can be profiled; which is a very great truth, though misapplied to Job through a wrong construction of his words and meaning.

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7. Job 22:3

   Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

   ›Commentary on Job 22:31 voice

   “Is it any profit to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? For in all that we do well, we are doing good to ourselves and not to God. And hence by the Psalmist it is said, O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my God, seeing that Thou needest not my goods.

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8. Psalms 84:7

   They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 84:71 voice

   “In the valley of tears, in the place which he has set. We read in the book of Judges, when the angel came and preached repentance to the people, saying, You have forsaken the Lord, and the Lord will forsake you; and when the people heard this they wept, and that place was called the Valley of Tears. We have recalled the old history, so that we might flee heresy. But by the valley of tears we can understand, spiritually, this present age.

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9. Psalms 94:17–19

   Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

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   "Unless the Lord had helped me, my soul had almost dwelt in hell." For this reason, O Lord, I rise again, because you were among the dead and rose again. My soul would have been held fast among the dead, if your soul had not risen again from the dead.

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10. Psalms 138:3

    On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

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    “You will multiply strength in my soul. You will multiply: that is, that the soul is subject to many anxieties.

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11. Psalms 143:11

    For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

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    “Quicken me, O Lord - Give me life. Compare the notes at Eph 2:1. Make me equal to my circumstances, for I am ready to sink and to yield. For thy name’s sake - For thine honor. Compare the notes at Dan 9:17-18. It is in thy cause. Thou wilt thus show thy power, thy faithfulness, thy goodness. Thou wilt thus get honor to thyself. This is the highest motive which can influence us - that God may be glorified. For thy righteousness’ sake - Thy justice; thy truth; thy faithfulness in performing thy promises and pledges.

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12. Proverbs 4:18

    The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 4:181 voice

    “But the path of the just - The path of the wicked is gloomy, dark, and dangerous; that of the righteous is open, luminous, and instructive. This verse contains a fine metaphor; it refers to the sun rising above the horizon, and the increasing twilight, till his beams shine full upon the earth.

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13. Daniel 9:18

    Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.

    ›Commentary on Daniel 9:181 voice

    “Verse 18. "For Thine own sake, O my God, incline Thine ear and hear; open Thine eyes and behold our desolation..." This appeal is couched in anthropomorphic language (anthropopathos), with the implication that whenever our prayers are heard, God seems to incline His ear; and whenever God deigns to have regard to us, He appears to open His eyes; but whenever He turns His face away, we appear to be unworthy of attention either from His eyes or His ears.

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14. Daniel 10:18

    Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.

    ›Commentary on Daniel 10:181 voice

    "And he came close," he says, "and he touched me as an appearance of a man and he strengthened me and he said to me, 'Do not fear cherished man. Peace to you, be strong like a man.'" [Daniel 10:18-19] For when all the strength and glory of our life is ended, then we are empowered by the outstretched hand of Christ, who also raises us as the living from the dead and as from Hades to the resurrection of life.

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15. Daniel 10:19

    “Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”

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16. John 6:44

    “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

    ›Commentary on John 6:442 voices

    “And you say that the Son of God is subject by reason of weakness—the Son, to whom the Father brings men and women that he may raise them up in the last day. Does this seem in your eyes to be subjection where the kingdom is prepared for the Father and the Father brings it to the Son? There is no place for perversion of words since the Son gives the kingdom to the Father and none is preferred before him.

    “Except the Father - draw him - But how is a man drawn? St. Augustin answers from the poet, Trahit sua quemque voluptas; a man is attracted by that which he delights in. Show green herbage to a sheep, he is drawn by it: show nuts to a child, and he is drawn by them. They run wherever the person runs who shows these things: they run after him, but they are not forced to follow; they run, through the desire they feel to get the things they delight in.

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