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PRECIOUS BIBLE PROMISES
Also, known as Clarke's Scripture Promises.
Compiled by Samuel Clarke, D.D. (1675-1729).
An Historical Perspective of Precious Bible Promises
Samuel Clarke (1675-1729) was the compiler of this eminent book of Precious
Bible Promises (1750). "Whereby are given unto us Exceeding
Great and Precious Promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the Divine
Nature" (2Peter 1:4). As an English academic, theologian, and
preacher, Clarke would be found mastering Isaac Newton's new system of the Universal Laws
of Motion and translating an invaluable textbook to introduce and promote Newton's
position (1697), defending the Christian religion in A Discourse
concerning the Being and Attributes of God, the Obligations of Natural Religion, and the
Truth and Certainly of the Christian Revelation (1705), serving
as a chaplain to Protestant Queen Anne of England (1705),
translating Isaac Newton's Optics (1706), expounding upon the
Tri-Unity of God in his celebrated treatise The Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity (1712), refusing the secular post of Master of the Mint (1727)
upon the death of Sir Isaac Newton (whom he would have replaced), and accumulating ten
volumes of his own sermons (published posthumously); but, best remembered by many
Christians is his compilation of Precious Bible Promises, which shows us that Dr.
Samuel Clarke had not only a keen intellect, but a true understanding of the evangelical
"faith which worketh by love" (Galatians 5:6) and its
attendant Promises. "Let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and
knoweth Me, that I am the LORD which exercise loving kindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the Earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD" (Jeremiah 9:24).
This book of Precious Bible Promises was once known by its 19th century readers as Clarke's
Scripture Promises. Twenty-one years after the decease of Samuel Clarke, Isaac Watts,
the Father of English Hymnology (1674-1748), penned the introduction
to Clarke's Scripture Promises. In a time that already had seen the Authorized
Version of the Scriptures from the Church of England-- the King James Version of 1611--
and had produced The Pilgrim's Progress (1675) from the
Church of England's famous dissenter, John Bunyan (1628-1688)-- who
was acquainted for twelve years with the hospitality of Bedford jail for preaching without
a license-- a book of Precious Bible Promises was (and, still is needed) to
encourage every True Believer in their pursuit of holy living. "Having therefore
these Promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh
and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2Corinthians 7:1).
The "Notice by Dr. Watts" affixed to the front of the Precious Bible Promises,
identifies Samuel Clarke as the "worthy author of this collection, which I ["I.
Watts"] have known with esteem and honor." "I am a companion of all them
that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts" (Psalm 119:63).
Of interest, Isaac Watts, the author of over 600 hymns, was himself the son of another
dissenter from the Church of England. You will probably notice that a good number of
Clarke's compiled Promises were gleaned from the Book of Psalms of the Old Testament, and
Watts could especially identify with their Promises, since he had himself published the Psalms
of David (1719) in which are found poetic paraphrases of Psalm
90 ("O God, Our Help in Ages Past") and Psalm 98 ("Joy to the World").
"10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if
by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow;
for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 17 And let the beauty of
the LORD our God be upon us: and establish Thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the
work of our hands establish Thou it" (90:10, 17).
A notable 19th century advocate of Clarke's Scripture Promises was found in the
person of the enigmatic, English General Charles G. Gordon (1833-1885)--
"Chinese Gordon," the "Hero of Khartoum," "Gordon Pasha." In
January 1884, he had advised Lord Wolseley to distribute a copy of Clarke's Scripture
Promises to every member of the Cabinet of Prime Minister William Gladstone upon
Gordon's departure to handle the volatile situation of the revolting Mahdi in the Sudan.
"Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained Promises,
stopped the mouths of lions" (Hebrews 11:33). Charles Gordon
had early made his peace with Jesus Christ as a young officer in the Royal Engineers at
Pembroke (U.K.) after being pursued for Christ by his sister Augusta and by a "very
religious captain of the name of Drew." "I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more" (8:12). Gordon had distinguished himself with conspicuous gallantry during
the Crimean War (1853-1856), had successfully quelled the Taiping
Rebellion in China (1863-1864), and had been instrumental in the
suppression of the slave trade (1877-1880) in the Sudan (south of
Egypt), during which he had been a solitary man of One Book-- his pocket Bible.
"Godliness is profitable unto all things, having Promise of the life that now is, and
of that which is to come" (1Timothy 4:8). Though the career of
General Gordon was peppered with the intensity of great overcoming in times of conflict,
he knew times of obscurity and grievous backsliding; but, as he once wrote to his sister
Augusta, "I am glad to say that this disease [a smallpox experienced in China] has
brought me back to my Saviour, and I trust in future to be a better Christian than I have
been hitherto." "Whom the LORD loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son
whom He receiveth" (Hebrews 12:6). In the timing of God's
Providence, Gordon Pasha met his end on the morning of January 26th 1885, two days before
the British relief column reached the newly subjugated city of Khartoum, where the
unbowing Gordon had held out to the end. "Ye shall be hated of all men for My Name's
sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved" (Matthew 10:22).
Rosalind Goforth, a Canadian Christian missionary, was another who lived in 19th century
China that gave a glowing recommendation of the value of Clarke's Scripture Promises.
She wrote of the faithfulness of God in her testimonial book, How I Know God Answers
Prayer. "They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy great goodness" (Psalm 145:7). As she, her husband Jonathan, and her four children faced
the bloody onslaught of the anti-foreigner, anti-Christian Boxer Revolt of the secret
society "Harmonious Fists" of China (1900), they were
advised by the American Consul in Chefoo to flee from the city of Changte in North Honan
to the coastal seaport of Shanghai. "No weapon that is formed against thee shall
prosper" (Isaiah 54:17). On the morning of July 8th 1900, their
small party of missionaries was resting at an inn in the small town of Hsintien, while a
boisterous mob awaited them outside casting stones and demanding their money. Rosalind
wrote,
"Hints had been given us of coming danger, but that was all; none spoke of what all felt -- that we were probably going to our death. Suddenly, without the slightest warning, I was seized with an overwhelming fear of what might be awaiting us. It was not the fear of after death, but of probable torture, that took such awful hold of me. I thought, 'Can this be the Christian courage I have looked for?' I went by myself and prayed for victory, but no help came. Just then someone called us to a room for prayer before getting into our carts. Scarcely able to walk for trembling, and utterly ashamed that others should see my state of panic -- for such it undoubtedly was -- I managed to reach a bench beside which my husband stood. He drew from his pocket a little book, Clarke's Scripture Promises, and read the verses his eyes first fell upon. They were the following:
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness... The Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
If God be for us, who can be against us?
We may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
The effect of these words at such a time was remarkable. All realized that God was speaking to us. Never was there a message more directly given to mortal man from his God than that message to us. From almost the first verse my whole soul seemed flooded with a great peace; all trace of panic vanished; and I felt God's presence was with us. Indeed, His presence was so real it could scarcely have been more so had we seen a visible form."
Needless to say, they all escaped with their lives with each able
to give amazing stories of physical deliverance from innumerable attempts to kill, injure,
or maim them. "Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in Whom we
trust that He will yet deliver us" (2Corinthians 1:10).
The testimony from the past serves to remind us that the same God Who Promised Abraham
that He would make him a father of a great multitude-- which He did-- has Promised us,
"Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which
thou knowest not" (Jeremiah 33:3). May we be like Abraham in
rising to the challenge. "20 He staggered not at the Promise of God through unbelief;
but was strong in Faith, giving Glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what He
had Promised, He was able also to perform" (Romans 4:20-21).
May God bless you as you lay hold of His Promises!
Tom Stewart
"Thy Counsels of old are Faithfulness and Truth" (Isaiah 25:1).
November 15th 2003
Notice by Dr. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
The Bible is a book of such transcendent worth, and so happily suited to all the parts and
purposes of the Christian life, that it can never be too much recommended to the world;
every thing that allures the world to peruse it, is a blessing to mankind. And though it
is hard for our narrow capacities to grasp and take in its several distinguishing
excellences at one view, yet, if we take a separate survey of the doctrines and duties,
the promises and threatenings, the prophecies and histories, which are contained therein,
each of them will afford us an awful or a delightful prospect, with lessons for special
improvement.
The worthy author of this collection, which I have long known with esteem and honor, has
chosen to reduce all the most useful and important promises of the Word of God into order,
and here set them before us. These are the most powerful motives of duty; these are the
constant food of a living Christian, as well as his highest cordials in a fainting hour.
And in such a world as this, where duties perpetually demand our practice, and
difficulties and trials are ever surrounding us, what can we do better than to treasure up
the promises in our hearts, which are the most effectual persuasives to fulfil the one and
sustain the other? Here are laid up the true riches of a Christian, and his highest hopes
on this side of heaven.
The materials which are collected here are all divine, and the disposition of them is
elegant and regular; so that it is an easy matter to find something suited to the frame of
our souls, or our present wants on every occasion; and that soul who knows what a suitable
promise is worth in an hour of darkness or temptation, will never think such a work as
this, and such a various treasure, can have sufficient value set upon it.
Those who have little leisure for reading, may find their account in keeping this book
always near them; and with the glance of an eye they may take in the riches of grace and
glory, and derive many a sweet refreshment from hence, amidst their labors and travels
through this wilderness. It is of excellent use to lie on the table in a chamber of
sickness, and now and then to take a sip of the river of life, which runs through it in a
thousand little rills of peace and joy.
May the Holy Spirit of God, who indited all these promises, and our blessed Mediator, who,
by his ministry and by his blood, has sealed and confirmed them all, render them every day
more and more powerful and prevalent to draw the hearts of men towards God, and to fit
them for the enjoyment of these words of grace in their complete accomplishment in glory.
Amen.
I. Watts
Newington, Jan. 19, 1750
PRECIOUS BIBLE PROMISES
PART ONE
BLESSINGS PROMISED TO BELIEVERS
CHAPTER 1 PROMISES OF TEMPORAL BLESSINGS
1. GENERAL PROMISES TO BELIEVERS
"The LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing
will he withhold from them that walk uprightly" (Psalm 84:11).
"The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage"
(Psalm 16:6).
"Surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before
him" (Ecclesiastes 8:12).
"Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the
fruit of their doings" (Isaiah 3:10).
"Verily there is a reward for the righteous" (Psalm 58:11).
"Thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a
shield" (Psalm 5:12).
"Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people" (Psalm
3:8).
"He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and
honour" (Proverbs 21:21).
"Blessings are upon the head of the just. The desire of the righteous shall be
granted. The hope of the righteous shall be gladness" (Proverbs 10:6, 24, 28).
"To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Righteousness tendeth to
life. The righteous shall flourish as a branch. (Proverbs 11:18, 19, 28).
"His secret is with the righteous" (Proverbs 3:32).
"A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD" (Proverbs 12:2).
"The light of the righteous rejoiceth. To the righteous good shall be repayed"
(Proverbs 13:9, 21).
"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell
in the house of the LORD for ever" (Psalm 23:6).
"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not
with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8:32).
"All things are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or
death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours" (1Corinthians 3:21, 22).
"Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and
of that which is to come" (1Timothy 4:8).
2. TEMPORAL BLESSINGS IN GENERAL
"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Thou preparest a table before me in the
presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over"
(Psalm 23:1, 5).
"There is no want to them that fear him. They that seek the LORD shall not want any
good thing" (Psalms 34:9, 10).
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall
be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33).
"My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ
Jesus" (Philippians 4:19).
"Godliness with contentment is great gain. Who giveth us richly all things to
enjoy" (1Timothy 6:6, 17).
3. FOOD AND RAIMENT
FOOD
"Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou
shalt be fed" (Psalm 37:3).
"He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his
covenant" (Psalm 111:5).
"I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread"
(Psalm 132:15).
"He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat" (Psalm 147:14).
"The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul" (Proverbs 13:25).
"26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather
into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"
(Matthew 6:26).
"And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied" (Joel 2:26).
"Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall
drink, but ye shall be thirsty" (Isaiah 65:13).
RAIMENT
"I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and
the body than raiment? Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day
is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little
faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or,
Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all
these things" (Matthew 6:25, 30, 31, 32).
4. LONG LIFE AND HEALTH
LONG LIFE
"Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye
may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land
which ye shall possess" (Deuteronomy 5:33).
"That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his
commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of
thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged" (Deuteronomy 6:2).
"Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his
season" (Job 5:26).
"What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep
thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it" (Psalm 34:12-14).
"With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation" (Psalm 91:16).
"Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Length of days is
in her [Wisdom's] right hand" (Proverbs 3:2, 16).
"By me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be
increased" (Proverbs 9:11).
HEALTH
"Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy
life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who
satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's"
(Psalm 103:3-5).
"Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be
health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones" (Proverbs 3:7, 8).
"They are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh"
(Proverbs 4:22).
5. SAFETY UNDER THE DIVINE PROTECTION
"The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him
all the day long" (Deuteronomy 33:12).
"The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is
safe" (Proverbs 18:10).
"I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be
moved" (Psalm 16:8).
"He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the
LORD" (Psalm 112:7).
"And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?"
(1Peter 3:13).
"Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the
righteous cut off?" (Job 4:7).
"Thou shalt be secure, because there is hope" (Job 11:18).
"Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field
shall be at peace with thee" (Job 5:23).
"And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and
with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the
bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down
safely" (Hosea 2:18).
"I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease
out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land
devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid" (Ezekiel
34:25, 28).
"And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and
upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes
of the sea; into your hand are they delivered" (Genesis 9:2).
"Thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. Also thou shalt
lie down, and none shall make thee afraid" (Job 11:18, 19).
"I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in
safety" (Psalm 4:8).
"He giveth his beloved sleep" (Psalm 127:2).
"When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy
sleep shall be sweet" (Proverbs 3:24).
"He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for
by strength shall no man prevail" (1Samuel 2:9).
"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength
of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" (Psalm 27:1).
"He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken" (Psalm 34:20).
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him
will I trust. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:
his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall
any plague come nigh thy dwelling" (Psalm 91:1, 2, 4, 10).
"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh
from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he
that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber
nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun
shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all
evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in
from this time forth, and even for evermore" (Psalm 121:1-8).
"Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth" (Psalm 124:8).
"As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people
from henceforth even for ever" (Psalm 125:2).
"Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble"
(Proverbs 3:23).
"But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of
evil" (Proverbs 1:33).
"And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her
assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon
all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the
daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from
rain" (Isaiah 4:5, 6).
"He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks"
(Isaiah 33:16).
"When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be
burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One
of Israel, thy Saviour" (Isaiah 43:2, 3).
"I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep
it night and day" (Isaiah 27:3).
"For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the
glory in the midst of her" (Zechariah 2:5).
6. PROMISES OF PEACE
"And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you
afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through
your land" (Leviticus 26:6).
"The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with
peace" (Psalm 29:11).
"Peace shall be upon Israel" (Psalm 125:5).
"Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them" (Psalm
119:165).
"He maketh peace in thy borders" (Psalm 147:14).
"LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in
us" (Isaiah 26:12).
"My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet
resting places" (Isaiah 32:18).
7. DIRECTION
"The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way"
(Psalm 37:23).
"He will be our guide even unto death" (Psalm 48:14).
"Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory" (Psalm
73:24).
"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths" (Proverbs 3:6).
"The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way" (Proverbs 11:5).
"A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps" (Proverbs
16:9).
"His God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him" (Isaiah 28:26).
"And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths
that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things
straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them" (Isaiah 42:16).
8. HONOR
"And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above
only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the
LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them" (Deuteronomy
28:13).
"Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting
remembrance. his horn shall be exalted with honour" (Psalm 112:6, 9).
"For them that honour me I will honour" (1Samuel 2:30).
"By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life"
(Proverbs 22:4).
"In her left hand riches and honour" (Proverbs 3:16).
"Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou
dost embrace her" (Proverbs 4:8).
"The memory of the just is blessed" (Proverbs 10:7).
"Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him
on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I
will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him" (Psalm 91:14, 15).
"If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant
be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour" (John 12:26).
"Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are
not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know
that I have loved thee" (Revelation 3:9).
9. SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY
"He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his
fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper" (Psalm 1:3).
"Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass"
(Psalm 37:5).
"Thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well
with thee" (Psalm 128:2).
"I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me"
(Psalm 57:2).
"And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and
eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant,
and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall
long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for
trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with
them" (Isaiah 65:21-23).
"Thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery,
and remember it as waters that pass away: And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday;
thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning" (Job 11:15, 17).
"Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light
shall shine upon thy ways" (Job 22:28).
10. PLENTY AND RICHES
"I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the
latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. And I will
send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full"
(Deuteronomy 11:14, 15).
"The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto
thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto
many nations, and thou shalt not borrow" (Deuteronomy 28:12).
"And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the
fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good:
for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers. And
the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of
thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy
fathers to give thee" (Deuteronomy 30:9; 28:11).
"Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the
brooks. Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver"
(Job 22:24, 25).
"He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their
cattle to decrease" (Psalm 107:38).
"Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for
ever" (Psalm 112:3).
"In her [Wisdom's] left hand riches and honour" (Proverbs 3:16).
"Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. My fruit is
better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver" (Proverbs
8:18, 19).
"In the house of the righteous is much treasure" (Proverbs 15:6).
"Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and
bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall
thy cattle feed in large pastures" (Isaiah 30:23).
11. OF CHILDREN
"He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit
of thy womb" (Deuteronomy 7:13).
"And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the
fruit of thy body" (Deuteronomy 30:9).
"Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass
of the earth" (Job 5:25).
"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man
that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with
the enemies in the gate" (Psalm 127:3-5).
"The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children" (Psalm
115:14).
12. A BLESSING UPON ALL THE BELIEVER HAS
"And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy
water" (Exodus 23:25).
"And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto
thee, and unto thine house" (Deuteronomy 26:11).
"Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed
shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle,
the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy
store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou
goest out. The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all
that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy
God giveth thee" (Deuteronomy 28:3-6, 8).
"A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked"
(Psalm 37:16).
"The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it"
(Proverbs 10:22).
"Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble
therewith" (Proverbs 15:16).
"For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy:
but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him
that is good before God" (Ecclesiastes 2:26).
"Every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift
of God" (Ecclesiastes 3:13).
"Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to
eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of
God. For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the
joy of his heart" (Ecclesiastes 5:19, 20).
13. A BLESSING UPON THE CHILDREN OF BELIEVERS
"Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee
this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou
mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. O
that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my
commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for
ever!" (Deuteronomy 4:40; 5:29).
"A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the
sinner is laid up for the just" (Proverbs 13:22).
"In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of
refuge" (Proverbs 14:26).
"The seed of the righteous shall be delivered" (Proverbs 11:21).
"The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him"
(Proverbs 20:7).
"The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established
before thee." (Psalm 102:28).
"His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be
blessed" (Psalm 112:2).
"His seed shall inherit the earth" (Psalm 25:13).
"I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor
his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed"
(Psalm 37:25, 26).
"He hath blessed thy children within thee" (Psalm 147:13).
"I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the
good of them, and of their children after them" (Jeremiah 32:39).
14. A BLESSING UPON THE FAMILIES OF THE GOOD
"Thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy
habitation, and shalt not sin" (Job 5:24).
"If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the
habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter
end should greatly increase" (Job 8:6, 7).
"Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like
olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that
feareth the LORD. The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of
Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace
upon Israel" (Psalm 128:3-6).
"He blesseth the habitation of the just" (Proverbs 3:33).
"The house of the righteous shall stand" (Proverbs 12:7).
"The tabernacle of the upright shall flourish" (Proverbs 14:11).
Chapter 2
PROMISES RELATING TO THE TROUBLES OF LIFE
1. IN GENERAL
PRESERVATION FROM TROUBLE
"For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be
found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Thou art my
hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs
of deliverance" (Psalm 32:6, 7).
"He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch
thee" (Job 5:19).
"The LORD preserveth the faithful" (Psalm 31:23).
"There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling" (Psalm 91:10).
"There shall no evil happen to the just" (Proverbs 12:21).
"The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous
is made plain" (Proverbs 15:19).
DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLE
"Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. (Job 8:20, 21).
"Thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away" (Job
11:16).
"Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there
is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of
fatness" (Job 36:16).
"For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a
night, but joy cometh in the morning" (Psalm 30:5).
"Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them
all" (Psalm 34:19).
"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou
in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God"
(Psalm 42:11).
"Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered
with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold" (Psalm 68:13).
"Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and
shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth" (Psalm 71:20).
"For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. For thou
wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness" (Psalm 18:27, 28).
"The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed
down" (Psalm 146:8).
"They cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their
distresses" (Psalm 107:19).
"They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
him" (Psalm 126:5, 6).
"The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead"
(Proverbs 11:8).
"The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out
of trouble" (Proverbs 12:13).
"For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again" (Proverbs 24:16).
"I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and
not of evil, to give you an expected end" (Jeremiah 29:11).
"Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from
their sorrow" (Jeremiah 31:12, 13).
"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he
hath smitten, and he will bind us up" (Hosea 6:1).
SUPPORT IN TROUBLE
"The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble"
(Psalm 9:9).
"He hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he
hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard" (Psalm 22:24).
"When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. Wait on the
LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the
LORD" (Psalm 27:10, 14).
"Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with
his hand. The salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time
of trouble" (Psalm 37:24, 39).
"The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom
I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower" (Psalm
18:2).
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not
we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst
of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake
with the swelling thereof. Selah" (Psalm 46:1-3).
"Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the
righteous to be moved" (Psalm 55:22).
"I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou
hast known my soul in adversities" (Psalm 31:7).
"I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard
their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows" (Exodus 3:7).
"Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of
trouble" (Psalm 41:1).
"Thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress"
(Psalm 71:3).
"Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness" (Psalm 112:4).
"Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever" (Psalm
136:23).
"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth
thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me"
(Psalm 138:7).
"My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart" (Psalm
73:26).
"The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down"
(Psalm 145:14).
"Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a
refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a
storm against the wall" (Isaiah 25:4).
"In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough
wind in the day of the east wind" (Isaiah 27:8).
"He will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with
God" (Job 34:23).
"Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that
walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay
upon his God" (Isaiah 50:10).
"For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have
compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly
nor grieve the children of men" (Lamentations 3:31-33).
"O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction"
(Jeremiah 16:19).
"I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all
nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will
correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished" (Jeremiah
30:11).
"Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in
darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the LORD,
because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me:
he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness" (Micah
7:8, 9).
"The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that
trust in him" (Nahum 1:7).
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"
(Matthew 11:28).
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye
shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John
16:33).
"For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by
Christ" (2Corinthians 1:5).
"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed" (2Corinthians
4:8, 9).
2. PROMISES RELATING TO SICKNESS, OLD AGE, ETC.
DELIVERANCE FROM SICKNESS
"Ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I
will take sickness away from the midst of thee" (Exodus 23:25).
"If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that
which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his
statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the
Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee" (Exodus 15:26).
"He is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have
found a ransom. His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of
his youth: He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see
his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. He will deliver his soul
from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light" (Job 33:24-26, 28).
"Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome
pestilence. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that
flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction
that wasteth at noonday" (Psalm 91:3, 5, 6).
"Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases" (Psalm
103:3).
"The LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil
diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee" (Deuteronomy 7:15).
"Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto
them the abundance of peace and truth" (Jeremiah 33:6).
SUPPORT IN SICKNESS
"The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed
in his sickness" (Psalm 41:3).
"The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me" (Psalm
116:6).
"Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and
charity and holiness with sobriety" (1Timothy 2:15).
"He will also bless the fruit of thy womb" (Deuteronomy 7:13).
"Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall
bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under,
blessings of the breasts, and of the womb" (Genesis 49:25).
IN OLD AGE
"Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength
faileth" (Psalm 71:9).
"And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have
made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you" (Isaiah 46:4).
"The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness"
(Proverbs 16:31).
3. DELIVERANCE FROM FAMINE AND WANT
"In famine he shall redeem thee from death. At destruction and famine thou shalt
laugh" (Job 5:20, 22).
"Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his
mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine" (Psalm
33:18, 19).
"They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be
satisfied" (Psalm 37:19).
"Which giveth food to the hungry" (Psalm 146:7).
"When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for
thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them" (Isaiah
41:17).
"I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. And I
will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive
no more reproach of famine among the heathen" (Ezekiel 36:29, 30).
"Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make
bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field"
(Zechariah 10:1).
"He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness"
(Psalm 107:9).
"Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the
labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut
off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the
LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation" (Habakkuk 3:17, 18).
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4).
4. DELIVERANCE FROM WAR AND ENEMIES
FROM WAR
"The LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies,
to save you. For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and
to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no
unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee" (Deuteronomy 20:4; 23:14).
"In war from the power of the sword" (Job 5:20).
"Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our
enemies" (Psalm 60:12).
"Behold, God himself is with us for our captain" (2Chronicles 13:12).
"Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it
cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being
taken" (Proverbs 3:25, 26).
"Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded:
they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek
them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against
thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought" (Isaiah 41:11, 12).
"I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into
the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. For I will surely deliver thee, and thou
shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast
put thy trust in me, saith the LORD" (Jeremiah 39:17, 18).
FROM ENEMIES
"Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them"
(2Kings 6:16).
"LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no
power" (2Chronicles 14:11).
"The LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all
your enemies" (2Kings 17:39).
"Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which
put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them" (Psalm 17:7).
"In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his
tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be
lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle
sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD" (Psalm 27:5,
6).
"The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The LORD will not leave
him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. And the LORD shall help them, and
deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in
him" (Psalm 37:32, 33, 40).
"He preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the
wicked" (Psalm 97:10).
"His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his
enemies" (Psalm 112:8).
"The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon
them that hate me" (Psalm 118:7).
"The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the
righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity" (Psalm 125:3).
"They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the
wicked shall come to nought" (Job 8:22).
"When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with
him" (Proverbs 16:7).
"Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the
heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought
low" (Isaiah 25:5).
"Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. No weapon that
is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in
judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their
righteousness is of me, saith the LORD" (Isaiah 54:15, 17).
"The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before
thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways"
(Deuteronomy 28:7).
"Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear
long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily" (Luke 18:7, 8).
"I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee" (Acts 18:10).
"So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall
do unto me. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?"
(Hebrews 13:6; Psalm 118:6).
"That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might
serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our
life" (Luke 1:71, 74, 75).
5. FROM OPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE
"If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto
him by that the sun goeth down: For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his
skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I
will hear; for I am gracious" (Exodus 22:26, 27).
"For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise,
saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him" (Psalm 12:5).
"All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from
him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth
him?" (Psalm 35:10).
"He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and
shall break in pieces the oppressor. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence:
and precious shall their blood be in his sight" (Psalm 72:4, 14).
"He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn
his soul" (Psalm 109:31).
"Which executeth judgment for the oppressed" (Psalm 146:7).
"If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and
justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest
regardeth; and there be higher than they" (Ecclesiastes 5:8).
"In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for
thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee" (Isaiah
54:14).
6. FROM SLANDER AND REPROACH
SLANDER
"Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of
destruction when it cometh" (Job 5:21).
"Thou lift up thy face without spot" (Job 11:15).
"He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the
noonday" (Psalm 37:6).
"Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt
keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues" (Psalm 31:20).
"He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow
me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth" (Psalm 57:3).
REPROACH
"Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law;
fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. For the moth
shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my
righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation"
(Isaiah 51:7, 8).
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all
manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great
is your reward in heaven" (Matthew 5:11, 12).
"Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he
had respect unto the recompence of the reward" (Hebrews 11:26).
"If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory
and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is
glorified" (1Peter 4:14).
7. FROM WITCHCRAFT
"Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination
against Israel" (Numbers 23:23).
8. PROMISES TO THE STRANGER AND THE EXILE
"He loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment" (Deuteronomy 10:18).
"The LORD preserveth the strangers" (Psalm 146:9).
"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and
although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little
sanctuary in the countries where they shall come" (Ezekiel 11:16).
9. TO THE POOR AND HELPLESS
"The needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish
for ever" (Psalm 9:18).
"Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor" (Psalm 68:10).
"The LORD heareth the poor" (Psalm 69:33).
"I will satisfy her poor with bread" (Psalm 132:15).
"The firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety"
(Isaiah 14:30).
"He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. He shall
deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall
spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy" (Psalm 72:2, 12,
13).
"He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer"
(Psalm 102:17).
"Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a
flock" (Psalm 107:41).
"He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the
dunghill" (Psalm 113:7).
"Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor
from the hand of evildoers" (Jeremiah 20:13).
"He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the
mighty. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth" (Job 5:15, 16).
"He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression"
(Job 36:15).
"Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted" (James 1:9).
"Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in
faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?" (James
2:5).
"Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things,
and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented"
(Luke 16:25).
10. TO THE FATHERLESS AND WIDOW
"Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any
wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath shall wax
hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children
fatherless" (Exodus 22:22-24).
"He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow" (Deuteronomy 10:18).
"The poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. To
judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more
oppress" (Psalm 10:14, 18).
"A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy
habitation" (Psalm 68:5).
"He relieveth the fatherless and widow" (Psalm 146:9).
"The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of
the widow" (Proverbs 15:25).
"Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For
their Redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee" (Proverbs 23:10, 11).
"Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust
in me" (Jeremiah 49:11).
"In thee the fatherless findeth mercy" (Hosea 14:3).
11. TO THE CHILDLESS
"God setteth the solitary in families" (Psalm 68:6).
"He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of
children" (Psalm 113:9).
"Thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things
that please me, and take hold of my covenant; even unto them will I give in mine house and
within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them
an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off" (Isaiah 56:4, 5).
12. TO THE PRISONER AND CAPTIVE
"He bringeth out those which are bound with chains" (Psalm 68:6).
"The LORD looseth the prisoners" (Psalm 146:7).
"If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the
LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee" (Deuteronomy 30:4).
"He despiseth not his prisoners" (Psalm 69:33).
"[He] brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in
sunder" (Psalm 107:14).
"The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the
pit, nor that his bread should fail" (Isaiah 51:14).
"Thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the
prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with
thee, and I will save thy children" (Isaiah 49:25).
"Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat
thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction" (Jeremiah 15:11).
13. DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH
"He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the
light" (Job 33:28).
"He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues
from death" (Psalm 68:20).
"O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: which
holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved" (Psalms 66:8, 9).
"From heaven did the LORD behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to
loose those that are appointed to death" (Psalm 102:19, 20).
"Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their
distresses" (Psalm 107:18, 19).
"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints" (Psalm 116:15).
"A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall
not come nigh thee" (Psalm 91:7).
"Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death" (Psalm 9:13).
"The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth
up" (1Samuel 2:6).
"See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make
alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand"
(Deuteronomy 32:39).
Chapter 3
PROMISES OF SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN THIS LIFE
1. IN GENERAL
"All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his
testimonies. The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his
covenant" (Psalm 25:10, 14).
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in
love: according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded toward us in all
wisdom and prudence" (Ephesians 1:3, 4, 7, 8).
"According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life
and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises" (2Peter 1:3, 4).
"As many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the
Israel of God" (Galatians 6:16).
"Whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also
justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified" (Romans 8:30).
2. OF JUSTIFICATION, PARDON, AND RECONCILIATION
JUSTIFICATION
"He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in
Israel" (Numbers 23:21).
"In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory" (Isaiah
45:25).
"By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their
iniquities" (Isaiah 53:11).
"Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your
filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you" (Ezekiel 36:25).
"Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus" (Romans 3:24).
"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's
elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea
rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us" (Romans 8:1, 33, 34).
"That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of
eternal life" (Titus 3:7).
"He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him" (2Corinthians 5:21).
"By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be
justified by the law of Moses" (Acts 13:39).
"Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. By the
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. So by the
obedience of one shall many be made righteous" (Romans 5:1, 9, 18, 19).
PARDON OF SIN
"Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin"
(Exodus 34:7).
"As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away" (Psalm 65:3).
"I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will
not remember thy sins" (Isaiah 43:25).
"There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. He shall redeem Israel
from all his iniquities" (Psalm 130:4, 8).
"The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be
forgiven their iniquity" (Isaiah 33:24).
"I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins:
return unto me; for I have redeemed thee" (Isaiah 44:22).
"He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt
with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is
high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east
is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us" (Psalm
103:9-12).
"Mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. I will not
execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim" (Hosea
11:8, 9).
"Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the
transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because
he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will
subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea"
(Micah 7:18, 19).
"Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more" (Hebrews 10:17).
"I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more" (Jeremiah
31:34).
"I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities
will I remember no more" (Hebrews 8:12).
"Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much. And he said unto her,
Thy sins are forgiven. Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace" [See Repentance, part
2, chap. 1, sect. 2] (Luke 7:47, 48, 50).
"All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word
against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him" (Matthew 12:31, 32).
"Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the
man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile"
(Psalm 32:1, 2).
OF THE MOST HEINOUS SINS
"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isaiah 1:18).
OF ALL SINS
"Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases" (Psalm
103:3).
"I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me;
and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have
transgressed against me" (Jeremiah 33:8).
"None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him" (Ezekiel
33:16).
OF BACKSLIDING
"Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to
fall upon you. Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings"
(Jeremiah 3:12, 22).
"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely" (Hosea 14:4).
PARDON THROUGH CHRIST
"In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness" (Zechariah 13:1).
"He shall save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21).
"Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins" (Acts 13:38).
"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to
the riches of his grace" (Ephesians 1:7).
"Who gave himself for our sins" (Galatians 1:4).
"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners" (1Timothy 1:15).
"Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures" (1Corinthians 15:3).
"When he had by himself purged our sins" (Hebrews 1:3).
"He hath appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many" (Hebrews 9:26, 28).
"By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified" (Hebrews
10:14).
"The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).
"This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of
sins" (Matthew 26:28).
"He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like
sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on
him the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:5, 6).
"If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: He
is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his
name's sake" (1John 2:1, 12).
"The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness" (1John 1:7, 9).
"He was manifested to take away our sins" (1John 3:5).
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" (1Peter 2:24).
"That loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood" (Revelation 1:5).
RECONCILIATION
"Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make
peace with me" (Isaiah 27:5).
"Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if,
when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being
reconciled, we shall be saved by his life" (Romans 5:9, 10).
"All things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath
given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling
the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them" (2Corinthians 5:18,
19).
"Now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall
of partition between us; having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of
commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so
making peace; and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having
slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to
them that were nigh" (Ephesians 2:13-17).
"You, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now
hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and
unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: if ye continue in the faith grounded and
settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which
was preached to every creature which is under heaven" (Colossians 1:21-23).
"A merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the people" (Hebrews 2:17).
3. ADOPTION
"I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn" (Jeremiah 31:9).
"Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel
acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from
everlasting" (Isaiah 63:16).
"But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we
all are the work of thy hand" (Isaiah 64:8).
"As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not
received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father" (Romans 8:14, 15).
"And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not
my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God" (Romans 9:26).
"[I] will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty" (2Corinthians 6:18).
"Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:26).
"God sent forth his Son, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption of sons. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a
son, then an heir of God through Christ" (Galatians 4:4, 5, 7).
"Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:5, 6).
"As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to
them that believe on his name" (John 1:12).
"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God. Beloved, now are we the sons of God" (1John 3:1, 2).
4. UNION AND COMMUNION WITH THE CHURCH
"Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of
the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the
spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to
the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel" (Hebrews
12:22-24).
"For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ
Jesus" (Philippians 3:3).
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither
male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:28, 29).
"Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. Now we, brethren,
as Isaac was, are the children of promise" (Galatians 4:26, 28).
"That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have
fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus
Christ" (1John 1:3).
"That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of
Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in
the world: but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the
blood of Christ. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens
with the saints, and of the household of God; in whom [Christ] ye also are builded
together for an habitation of God through the Spirit" (Ephesians 2:12, 13, 19, 22).
"Thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest
of the root and fatness of the olive tree" (Romans 11:17).
5. FREE ACCESS TO GOD, WITH ACCEPTANCE
"Through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father" (Ephesians
2:18).
"In mine holy mountain will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings. I
will accept you with your sweet savour" (Ezekiel 20:40, 41).
"In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him"
(Ephesians 3:12).
"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of
Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that
is to say, his flesh" (Hebrews 10:19, 20).
"Wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:6).
"To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God,
and precious, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ"
(1Peter 2:4, 5).
6. OF HEARING PRAYER
"Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee" (Job 22:27).
"But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will
hear when I call unto him" (Psalm 4:3).
"This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The
righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles"
(Psalm 34:6, 15, 17).
"Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify
me" (Psalm 50:15).
"O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come" (Psalm 65:2).
"He shall call upon me, and I will answer him" (Psalm 91:15).
"He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and
will save them" (Psalm 145:19).
"The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous"
(Proverbs 15:29).
"He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it,
he will answer thee" (Isaiah 30:19).
"Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say,
Here I am" (Isaiah 58:9).
"And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are
yet speaking, I will hear" (Isaiah 65:24).
"Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken
unto you" (Jeremiah 29:12).
"They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and
they shall say, The LORD is my God" (Zechariah 13:9).
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to
him that knocketh it shall be opened. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to
them that ask him?" (Matthew 7:7, 8, 11).
"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive"
(Matthew 21:22).
"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you" (John 15:7).
"And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever
ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in
my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:23, 24).
"And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it" (John
14:13, 14).
"And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if
he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another,
and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much. (James 5:15, 16).
"And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in his sight" (1John 3:22).
"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according
to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know
that we have the petitions that we desired of him. If any man see his brother sin a sin
which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not
unto death" (1John 5:14-16).
7. SANCTIFYING GRACE IN GENERAL
"The LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing
will he withhold from them that walk uprightly" (Psalm 84:11).
"Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. And for their sakes I sanctify
myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth" (John 17:17, 19).
"We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10).
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure"
(Philippians 2:13).
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Philippians 4:13).
"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our
sufficiency is of God" (2Corinthians 3:5).
"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and
soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ"
(1Thessalonians 5:23).
"Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the
inheritance of the saints in light. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in
your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through
death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight"
(Colossians 1:12, 21, 22).
"We are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,
because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the
Spirit and belief of the truth" (2Thessalonians 2:13).
"Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works" (Titus 2:14).
"This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those
days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their
hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people" (Jeremiah 31:33).
"That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of
our life" (Luke 1:74, 75).
"They shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto
them" (Jeremiah 30:9).
"And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God" (1Corinthians
6:11).
"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord"
(2Corinthians 3:18).
8. OF CONVERTING GRACE
"And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love
the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live"
(Deuteronomy 30:6).
"I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my
people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole
heart" (Jeremiah 24:7).
"Turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God" (Jeremiah
31:18).
"Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power" (Psalm 110:3).
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he
saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Titus
3:5).
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will
take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh"
(Ezekiel 36:26).
"Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works,
but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the
world began" (2Timothy 1:9).
"And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will
take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my
people, and I will be their God" (Ezekiel 11:19, 20).
"In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come,
they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the
LORD their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come,
and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be
forgotten" (Jeremiah 50:4, 5).
THE GRACE OF REPENTANCE
"They shall look upon me whom they have pierced" (Zechariah 12:10).
"Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in
turning away every one of you from his iniquities" (Acts 3:26).
"Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give
repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins" (Acts 5:31).
"Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and
shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your
abominations" (Ezekiel 36:31).
"Behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not
find her paths. And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them;
and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return
to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now" (Hosea 2:6, 7).
"I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Matthew 9:13).
"And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been
defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have
committed" (Ezekiel 20:43).
THE GRACE OF FAITH
"Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also
to suffer for his sake" (Philippians 1:29).
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift
of God" (Ephesians 2:8).
"It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man
therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me" (John
6:45).
GRACE TO FEAR GOD
"I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever"
(Jeremiah 32:39).
9. KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, ETC.
KNOWLEDGE
"Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all
things" (Proverbs 28:5).
"He will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall
go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem" (Isaiah 2:3).
"God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ"
(2Corinthians 4:6).
"Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. Then
shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path"
(Proverbs 2:5, 9).
"And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of
holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring
men, though fools, shall not err therein" (Isaiah 35:8).
"And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind
shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. They also that erred in spirit shall come
to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine" (Isaiah 29:18, 24).
"Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD" (Hosea 6:3).
"Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I
am he that doth speak" (Isaiah 52:6).
"I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things
from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes" (Matthew 11:25).
"And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we
may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus
Christ" (1John 5:20).
"And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the
greatest of them, saith the LORD" (Jeremiah 31:34).
"To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet
into the way of peace" (Luke 1:77-79).
"He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind" (Luke 4:18).
"And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall
hearken" (Isaiah 32:3).
"To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that
sit in darkness out of the prison house" (Isaiah 42:7).
"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" (John
8:12).
"The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man"
(1Corinthians 2:14, 15).
WISDOM
"I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the
night seasons" (Psalm 16:7).
"The LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He
layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous" (Proverbs 2:6, 7).
"For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge"
(Ecclesiastes 2:26).
"Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt
make me to know wisdom" (Psalm 51:6).
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" (James 1:5).
DIVINE TEACHING
"I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide
thee with mine eye" (Psalm 32:8).
"If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or
whether I speak of myself" (John 7:17).
"Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. What man
is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose"
(Psalm 25:8, 12).
DIVINE GUIDANCE
"Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it,
when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left" (Isaiah 30:21).
"I will direct their work in truth" (Isaiah 61:8).
"Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel" (Psalm 73:24).
"And the LORD shall guide thee continually" (Isaiah 58:11).
"He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's
sake" (Psalm 23:3).
"He that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he
guide them" (Isaiah 49:10).
"He led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an
eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh
them, beareth them on her wings: so the LORD alone did lead him" (Deuteronomy
32:10-12).
ABILITY FOR GOOD DISCOURSE
"The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut
out. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable" (Proverbs 10:31, 32).
"The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the
stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly" (Isaiah 32:4).
"The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the
LORD" (Proverbs 16:1).
"To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge
by the same Spirit" (1Corinthians 12:8).
"I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to
gainsay nor resist" (Luke 21:15).
10. THE MEANS OF GRACE
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still
waters" (Psalm 23:2).
"They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. They
shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them" (Isaiah 49:9,
10).
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings,
that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that
saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice
together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again
Zion" (Isaiah 52:7, 8).
"I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace
day nor night" (Isaiah 62:6).
"And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with
knowledge and understanding" (Jeremiah 3:15).
"I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will
make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water" (Isaiah
41:18).
"Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied
with my goodness, saith the LORD" (Jeremiah 31:12, 14).
"And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction,
yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy
teachers" (Isaiah 30:20).
"Them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer:
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine
house shall be called an house of prayer for all people" (Isaiah 56:7).
"I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD"
(Ezekiel 34:15).
"He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors
and teachers; for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fulness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:11-13).
A BLESSING UPON ORDINANCES
"They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt
make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in
thy light shall we see light" (Psalm 36:8, 9).
"To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy
lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee
while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with
marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips" (Psalm 63:2-5).
"I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my
taste" (Song of Solomon 2:3).
"Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our
God" (Psalm 92:13).
"They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the
sanctuary" (Psalm 68:24).
"Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he
may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy
holy temple" (Psalm 65:4).
"Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the
light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy
righteousness shall they be exalted" (Psalm 89:15, 16).
"Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. For a
day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of
my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. The LORD will give grace and glory"
(Psalm 84:4, 11).
"I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit" (Isaiah 48:17).
"With joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation" (Isaiah 12:3).
"They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my
glory" (Isaiah 60:7).
"Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of
them" (Matthew 18:20).
11. OF GRACE AGAINST SIN AND TEMPTATION
TO MORTIFY SIN
"Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols?" (Hosea 14:8).
"O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank
God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God;
but with the flesh the law of sin" (Romans 7:24, 25).
"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be
destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Sin shall not have dominion over you:
for ye are not under the law, but under grace" (Romans 6:6, 14).
"Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh" (Galatians
5:16).
"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free [that is, from sin, ver.
34]" (John 8:32).
"Every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more
fruit" (John 15:2).
"The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin
and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit" (Romans 8:2-4).
AGAINST TEMPTATION
"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us"
(Romans 8:37).
"God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but
will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it"
(1Corinthians 10:13).
"He that feareth God shall come forth of them all" (Ecclesiastes 7:18).
"The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations" (2Peter 2:9).
"My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness"
(2Corinthians 12:9).
"In that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are
tempted" (Hebrews 2:18).
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that
is in you, than he that is in the world" (1John 4:4).
FROM THE ENTICEMENT OF SINNERS
"To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward
things; To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth
with her words" (Proverbs 2:12, 16).
"I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her
hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by
her" (Ecclesiastes 7:26).
VICTORY OVER THE WORLD
"Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).
"By whom [Christ] the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world"
(Galatians 6:14).
"Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil
world" (Galatians 1:4).
"I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest
keep them from the evil" (John 17:15).
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that
believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" (1John 5:4, 5).
VICTORY OVER THE DEVIL
"Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7).
"I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it
shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" (Genesis 3:15).
"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not" (Luke 22:31, 32).
"And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly" (Romans
16:20).
"I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God
abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one" (1John 2:14).
"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God
keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not" (1John 5:18).
12. STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND RESOLUTION
"A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he
shall bring forth judgment unto truth" (Isaiah 42:3).
"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH
is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation" (Isaiah 12:2).
"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they
that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as
eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint" (Isaiah
40:29-31).
"Thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear" (Job 11:15).
"My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness"
(2Corinthians 12:9).
"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the
LORD" (Psalm 31:24).
"I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name,
saith the LORD" (Zechariah 10:12).
"O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth
strength and power unto his people" (Psalm 68:35).
"In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is
feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God,
as the angel of the LORD before them" (Zechariah 12:8).
"Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of
a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God
with a recompence; he will come and save you" (Isaiah 35:3, 4).
"The LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of
Israel" (Joel 3:16).
"God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind" (2Timothy 1:7).
13. FRUITFULNESS AND INCREASE OF GRACE
FRUITFULNESS
"If these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren
nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2Peter 1:8).
"I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his
roots as Lebanon. I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found" (Hosea
14:5, 8).
"He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his
fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper" (Psalm 1:3).
"They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the
goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock
and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow
any more at all" (Jeremiah 31:12).
"Every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye
can do nothing" (John 15:2, 5).
IN OLD AGE
"They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing" (Psalm 92:14).
INCREASE IN GRACE
"The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be
stronger and stronger" (Job 17:9).
"They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before
God" (Psalm 84:7).
"The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in
Lebanon" (Psalm 92:12).
"The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the
perfect day" (Proverbs 4:18).
"But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in
his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall" (Malachi 4:2).
"Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance"
(Matthew 13:12).
"But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth
grace unto the humble" (James 4:6).
THE GRACE OF MEEKNESS
"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the
kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall
lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together:
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of
the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of
the LORD, as the waters cover the sea" (Isaiah 11:6-9).
14. GRACE TO PERSEVERE
"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any
man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no
man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand" (John 10:28, 29).
"The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil"
(2Thessalonians 3:3).
"He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God"
(2Corinthians 1:21).
"Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our
Lord Jesus Christ" (1Corinthians 1:8).
"Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they
may be one, as we are" (John 17:11).
"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will
perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6).
"I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do
it" (1Thessalonians 5:23, 24).
"I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord" (Romans 8:38, 39).
"The righteous is an everlasting foundation" (Proverbs 10:25).
"When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up" (Psalm 94:18).
"Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation" (1Peter 1:5).
"Unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before
the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 24).
"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election
sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall" (2Peter 1:10).
"The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for
ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands" (Psalm 138:8).
"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God
keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not" (1John 5:18).
15. SANCTIFIED AFFLICTIONS
"Happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of
the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make
whole" (Job 5:17, 18).
"As a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee" (Deuteronomy
8:5).
"Whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he
delighteth" (Proverbs 3:12).
"I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all
thy tin" (Isaiah 1:25).
"Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
that thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the
wicked" (Psalm 94:12, 13).
"Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. It is good for
me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. I know, O LORD, that thy
judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me" (Psalm 119:67,
71, 75).
"And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; then he
sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. He openeth also
their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity" (Job
36:8-10).
"Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace
of affliction" (Isaiah 48:10).
"By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit
to take away his sin" (Isaiah 27:9).
"When we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned
with the world" (1Corinthians 11:32).
"We glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and
patience, experience; and experience, hope" (Romans 5:3, 4).
"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man
is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us
a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory" (2Corinthians 4:16, 17).
"I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her
paths. And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she
shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my
first husband; for then was it better with me than now" (Hosea 2:6, 7).
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chaste