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Lamentations 3:22–23
[Bible Verses]Lamentations 3:22–23 is a confession that the LORD's mercies and compassions never fail, that they are new every morning, and that His faithfulness is great. A song of hope that arises from the ruins of Jerusalem's destruction, the passage is also well known as the basis of the hymn "Great Is Thy Faithfulness."
Matthew 27:46
[Bible Verses]Matthew 27:46 records the cry that Jesus uttered with a loud voice from the cross: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" It is one of the Seven Last Words of Christ. Its meaning, specifically what it means for the Son to have been forsaken on the cross, has been the subject of profound theological discussion.
Psalm 119:105
[Bible Verses]Psalm 119:105 is a verse of confession: "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." It expresses the conviction that God's word illuminates the course of one's life. It is a representative text on the authority of Scripture and on meditation on the word, and it is widely used in worship songs and as a motto.
Isaac
[People]Isaac is a patriarch in the Book of Genesis, the son of promise born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. He is best known for nearly being offered as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and he was the father of Jacob and Esau.
Seth
[People]Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve. Born in place of Abel, whom Cain had killed, he stands at the head of the genealogy in Genesis 5 that leads to Noah.
Psalm 37:5
[Bible Verses]Psalm 37:5 urges the righteous, who are shaken by the prosperity of the wicked, to commit their way to God and trust in him. It is frequently cited to believers facing decisions about their future, and discussion of the verse often turns to how "he shall bring it to pass" should be read.
Lamentations 3:19–26
[Bible Verses]Lamentations 3:19–26 is the passage in which a speaker, despairing as he remembers the suffering of Jerusalem's destruction, recalls the mercies and faithfulness of the LORD and turns toward hope. Because of the words "They are new every morning," it is often cited as a text of comfort and for New Year's meditation.
Habakkuk 3:19
[Bible Verses]Habakkuk 3:19 is the final verse of the Book of Habakkuk. It is a confession of trust that, even when everything is lost, the LORD is "my strength" who makes the speaker walk upon high places. The verse is often cited as an expression of joy in the midst of suffering.
Pool of Bethesda
[Bible]The Pool of Bethesda was a pool beside the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem. In John 5, it is the place where Jesus healed, on the Sabbath, a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
Psalm 119:97–104
[Bible Verses]The thirteenth stanza of Psalm 119, in which the psalmist meditates on God's word all day long and confesses that it makes him wiser than his enemies, his teachers, and the aged, and that it is sweeter than honey. The passage is often cited to encourage meditation on Scripture and the practice of quiet time.
Zadok
[People]Zadok was a priest in the time of David and Solomon. He anointed Solomon as king, and Scripture records his descendants as the family that carried on the priesthood of the Jerusalem temple.
Gershom
[People]Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah, a Midianite woman, and appears in Exodus and 1 Chronicles. His name derives from Moses' experience of living as a stranger in a foreign land.
Kohath
[People]Kohath was the second son of Levi and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron. During the wilderness period his descendants, the Kohathites, were responsible for carrying the holy furnishings of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, on their shoulders.
Debir
[Bible]Debir was a Canaanite city in the hill country of Judah. Its earlier names were Kirjath-sepher and Kirjath-sannah, and it is known as the city captured by Othniel, a member of Caleb's family.
Hittites
[Bible]The Hittites were one of the peoples of the land of Canaan mentioned in the Old Testament. Ephron, who sold Abraham the field containing the cave of Machpelah, and Uriah, one of David's mighty men, were Hittites.
Asher
[People]Asher was a son of Jacob by Zilpah, the maidservant of Leah. His descendants formed the tribe of Asher, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. His name is interpreted as meaning "happiness."
Gihon
[Bible]Gihon is the name of two places in the Bible: in Genesis it is the second of the four rivers that branched off from the river flowing out of the Garden of Eden, and in Kings and Chronicles it is a spring beside the City of David in Jerusalem.
Tribe of Dan
[Bible]The tribe of Dan was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Dan, the son of Jacob. Unable to hold the territory it was first allotted, it migrated north and settled there.
Tribe of Manasseh
[Bible]The tribe of Manasseh was an Israelite tribe descended from Manasseh, the firstborn son of Joseph. Because it received land both east and west of the Jordan River, the expression "the half tribe of Manasseh" came into use.
Seven Nations of Canaan
[Bible]The seven nations of Canaan is a collective term for the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, the peoples who lived in the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The expression derives from Deuteronomy 7:1.