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Job 24
[Bible]Job 24 is the latter part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's third speech. Pointing to a world in which those who oppress the weak and those who sin under cover of darkness go unpunished, Job asks why God does not appoint times for judgment.
Daniel 9
[Bible]Daniel 9 is the chapter in which Daniel reads Jeremiah's prophecy of seventy years, fasts, and offers a prayer confessing the sins of his people. He then receives from Gabriel the revelation of the "seventy weeks."
Job 32
[Bible]Job 32 is the chapter in which the young Elihu first appears, after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended. Elihu is angry with both Job and the three friends, and he declares that, although he is young, he will speak.
Job 29
[Bible]Job 29 is the chapter in which Job looks back with longing on his former days, when he lived under God's protection, was held in honor, and helped the poor. It opens Job's final extended defense (chapters 29–31).
Job 19
[Bible]Job 19 is Job's reply to Bildad's second speech. Job laments that he has been abandoned by his friends and by God, yet he also confesses, "I know that my redeemer liveth," expressing his hope that he will ultimately see God.
Job
[People]Job is the central figure of the Book of Job, a righteous man who lived in the land of Uz. Amid suffering that cost him his possessions, his children, and his health, he lamented and protested before God; after encountering God, he was restored. The New Testament cites him as an example of patience.
Son of Man
[Bible]"Son of Man" is a biblical expression meaning literally "son of a human being." In the Old Testament it refers to a human being; in Daniel 7 it describes a figure who comes with the clouds of heaven; and in the Gospels it is the term Jesus most often used to refer to himself.
Zeresh
[People]Zeresh is the wife of Haman in the Old Testament Book of Esther. She urged her husband to set up a gallows on which to hang Mordecai, but later told him that he would not prevail against Mordecai.
Philippians
[Bible]Philippians is the eleventh book of the New Testament, a letter the apostle Paul wrote while imprisoned to the church at Philippi in Macedonia. It has four chapters, and because its exhortation to "rejoice" recurs throughout, it is also called the "Epistle of Joy."
Proverbs 1:7
[Bible Verses]Proverbs 1:7 declares that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, stating the theme of the entire Book of Proverbs. Christian schools and educational institutions widely use it as a motto, and it is often cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and learning.
Eve
[People]Eve is the first woman recorded in the Book of Genesis and the wife of Adam. She is known for the account of her eating the forbidden fruit after being tempted by the serpent and as the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth.
Missionary Journeys of Paul
[Bible]The missionary journeys of Paul were the travels in which Paul, setting out from the church at Antioch, preached the gospel and founded churches throughout Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Achaia. They are recorded in Acts 13–21 and are commonly divided into three journeys.
Bethuel
[People]Bethuel is a figure in the Book of Genesis. He was the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and Nahor's wife Milcah, and the father of Laban and of Rebekah, the wife of Isaac.
The Five Visions of Amos
[Bible]The Five Visions of Amos is the collective name for five scenes that God showed the prophet Amos, recorded in Amos 7:1–9:4 in the Old Testament: the locusts, the fire, the plumb line, the basket of summer fruit, and the Lord standing beside the altar.
Gospel of Nicodemus
[Bible]The Gospel of Nicodemus is an ancient Christian text that recounts the trial, death, and resurrection of Jesus and his descent into Hades. Also known as the Acts of Pilate, it is a work of New Testament apocrypha and is not part of the biblical canon.
Eliasaph
[People]Eliasaph is a name found in the Book of Numbers that refers to two men of the wilderness period: the chief of the tribe of Gad (son of Deuel) and the chief of the Gershonite clan of the tribe of Levi (son of Lael).
Light to the Gentiles
[Bible]"Light to the Gentiles" is an expression in the Book of Isaiah describing the mission given to the Servant of God to bring salvation beyond Israel to all nations. The New Testament applies it to Jesus Christ and to the preaching of the gospel.
Neriah
[People]Neriah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah. He was the son of Maaseiah and the father of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, and of Seraiah, an official of King Zedekiah.
Lois
[People]Lois is a woman mentioned in the New Testament book of 2 Timothy as the maternal grandmother of Timothy and the mother of Eunice. Paul wrote that the "unfeigned faith" that dwelt in her had been passed on to her daughter and grandson.
Joiada (Son of Eliashib)
[People]Joiada was a high priest in Jerusalem during the Persian period after the return from exile. He was the son and successor of the high priest Eliashib. One of his sons became the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite and was driven out by Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:28).