Readings, Select

How Nave’s arranged it

• JUDAH' S DEFENSEGenesis 44:18–34
• JOSEPH REVEALING HIS IDENTITYGenesis 45:1–15
• THE DELIVERANCE OF THE ISRAELITES FROM PHARAOHExodus 14:5–30
• SONG OF MOSES WHEN PHARAOH AND HIS ARMY WERE OVERTHROWNExodus 15:1–19
• DAVID' S LAMENT OVER ABSALOM2 Samuel 18:19–33
• LIGHTS AND SHADOWSRuth 1:1–22
• ELIJAH' S MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION1 Kings 17:1–16
• ELISHA AND THE WIDOW' S OIL2 Kings 4:1–7
• NAAMAN THE LEPER2 Kings 5:1–14
• ESTHER' S TRIUMPHEsther 4:1–17Esther 7:1–10
• THE BREVITY OF LIFEJob 14:1–10
• NATURE' S TESTIMONYJob 28:1–28

The passages, in Bible order (55)

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 44:18–34

   Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 44:18–341 voice

   “Then Judah came near unto him,....

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2. Genesis 45:1–15

   Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

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   “Then Joseph could not refrain himself,....

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3. Exodus 14:5–30

   When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”

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   “And it was told the king of Egypt,....

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4. Exodus 15:1–19

   Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

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   “Our motive in going over all this, dearly beloved brethren, is that we may be on our guard, for fear that, after coming out from Egypt and hastening through the desert for forty days—for forty years, as it were—to reach the land of promise, we should long for the fleshpots of Egypt and be bitten to death by the serpents. We have left Egypt; what have we to do with the food of Egypt? We who have bread from heaven; why do we go in search of earthly foods?

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5. Ruth 1:1–22

   In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.

   ›Commentary on Ruth 1:1–221 voice

   “You call to mind Blaesilla's companionship, her conversation and her endearing ways; and you cannot endure the thought that you have lost them all. I pardon you the tears of a mother, but I ask you to restrain your grief. When I think of the parent, I cannot blame you for weeping, but when I think of the Christian and the recluse, the mother disappears from my view. Your wound is still fresh, and any touch of mine, however gentle, is more likely to inflame than to heal it.

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6. 2 Samuel 18:19–33

   Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”

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   “Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok,....

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7. 1 Kings 17:1–16

   Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 17:1–161 voice

   “Great is the virtue of fasting. Indeed, its military appearance is so beautiful that it delightfully attracts and elevates humans to heaven for fasting and for Christ: so powerful that it raises men up to heaven. And to use more human than divine examples, from the fasting mouth of Elijah a voice was uttered that closed heaven to the sacrilegious people of the Jews. For when Ahab, the king, had set up an altar to the idol, according to the words of the prophet, there was no rain for three years and six months upon the earth.

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8. 2 Kings 4:1–7

   Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”

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   “Just as we said concerning blessed Elijah that he typified our Lord and Savior, dearly beloved, so we assert with confidence and assurance that holy Elisha was an image of our Savior. As you heard in the sacred lesson, a certain widow cried to blessed …

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9. 2 Kings 5:1–14

   Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

   ›Commentary on 2 Kings 5:1–141 voice

   "Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram." Some rely on these words to say that he was the one who had …

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10. Esther 4:1–17

    When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

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    “When Mordecai hears that the slaughter of the Jews has been fixed by imperial decree, he dresses himself in somber clothing and approaches the doors of the palace with a bitter soul and a wailing voice; and when the leaders of the Church hear about …

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11. Esther 7:1–10

    So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,

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    “So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. Or, "to drink with her" (e), that is, wine; for in the next verse it is called a banquet of wine; so they did according to the invitation the queen had given them, Est 5:8. (e) לשתות "ut biberent", V. L. Tigurine version; "ad bibendum", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, Vatablus.

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12. Job 14:1–10

    “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

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    “Man that is born of a woman liveth a short time, and is full of many miseries. In Sacred Writ 'woman' is taken either for the sex, or else for 'frailty.' For the 'sex,' as where it is written, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the Law. But for frailty, as where it is said by the Wise Man, Better is the iniquity of a man than a woman doing well. For 'a man' is the term for every strongminded and discreet person, but 'a woman' is understood of the weak or indiscreet mind.

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13. Job 28:1–28

    “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

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    “The silver hath the beginning of its veins, and to the gold there is a place, where they fine it. Thus the holy man after he had adequately filled up the punishments of the men of power that are lifted up in the world, again directs his words to the pride of heretics, who are lifted up in speech. In silver the power of speaking, in gold brightness of life or of wisdom is used to be denoted.

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14. Job 38:1

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

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    “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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15. 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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16. Psalms 1:1

    Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

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