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• Psalm 108

  [Bible]

  Psalm 108 is a psalm of David that opens with early-morning praise and then seeks God's help, holding fast to his promise that he rules over the land and the surrounding nations. It combines portions of Psalms 57 and 60.

• Psalm 97

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  Psalm 97 is a hymn of praise that opens with the declaration "The LORD reigneth." It celebrates the majesty of God, who appears amid fire and lightning, the shame of idol worshipers, and the joy of the righteous.

• Psalm 101

  [Bible]

  Psalm 101 is an eight-verse psalm titled "A Psalm of David," in which the king pledges before God to govern his own life, his household, and his kingdom with integrity.

• Rainbow (Bible)

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, the rainbow is the sign of the covenant God made after Noah's Flood, promising never again to destroy the earth by a flood. The books of Ezekiel and Revelation also use it to describe God's glory and throne.

• Fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

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  The fruit of the knowledge of good and evil is the fruit of the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil," which stood in the midst of the Garden of Eden. God commanded that it not be eaten, and Adam and Eve's eating of it is read in Scripture as the beginning of humanity's fall.

• Abba

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  Abba is an Aramaic word meaning "father." In the New Testament it is used by Jesus when addressing God in Gethsemane and by Paul when describing the prayer of believers. It usually appears in the combined form "Abba, Father."

• Hope

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  Hope is a biblical term referring both to the disposition of trusting and waiting for the fulfillment of God's promises and to the object of that waiting. In the New Testament it is named, together with faith and love, as one of the central Christian virtues.

• Psalm 138

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  Psalm 138 is an eight-verse psalm of thanksgiving bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." It gives wholehearted thanks to God for answering prayer, expresses the hope that the kings of the earth will also praise him, and asks him to care for the psalmist to the end.

• Psalm 144

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  Psalm 144 is a fifteen-verse psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." It praises God, who delivers in battle, and asks for rescue from the hand of strangers. It then celebrates the blessedness of the people whose God is the LORD.

• Truth (Biblical Concept)

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, truth denotes what is genuine rather than false. In the Old Testament it refers to the faithfulness of God, and in the New Testament it refers especially to Jesus Christ and his word.

• River of the Water of Life

  [Bible]

  The river of the water of life is the river described in Revelation 22 as flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb and watering the New Jerusalem. Together with Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 47 of a river flowing from the temple, it is read as a symbol of the life that God gives.

• Psalm 149

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  Psalm 149 is a psalm of praise that calls the congregation of the saints to praise God with a new song, with dancing, and with musical instruments, and that celebrates the honor of executing judgment on the nations with a two-edged sword held in the hand.

• World (Biblical Concept)

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, the "world" refers to the universe and humanity that God created, and also to the order of human society that has turned away from God and stands in opposition to him.

• Babylon the Great

  [Bible]

  Babylon the Great is a symbolic city that appears in Revelation 14–18. It represents worldly power that opposes God and the judgment that falls upon that power.

• Ecclesiastes 6

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  Ecclesiastes 6 describes as "vanity" the plight of a person who receives riches and honor from God yet cannot enjoy them. In twelve verses, the chapter addresses the futility of endless desire and the human inability to know what lies ahead.

• Psalm 42:1

  [Bible Verses]

  Psalm 42:1 is the opening verse of Psalm 42, which compares longing for God to a thirsty deer seeking water. It is widely quoted as a classic expression of spiritual longing and is also well known through the worship song "As the Deer."

• Psalm 100:4–5

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage that calls worshipers to enter the temple gates and courts with thanksgiving and praise and to exalt God (v. 4), and that gives the reason: God's goodness, steadfast love, and faithfulness (v. 5). It is frequently used in Thanksgiving sermons and as a call to worship.

• Isaiah 1

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  The first chapter of the Book of Isaiah. It indicts Judah and Jerusalem for rebelling against God, rejects sacrifices and feasts devoid of justice, calls the people to repentance, and announces both judgment and restoration.

• Isaiah 30

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  Isaiah 30 is a prophecy that rebukes Judah for relying on Egypt without seeking counsel from God, yet proclaims that the LORD waits to be gracious, promising restoration for His people and judgment on Assyria.

• Isaiah 56

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  Isaiah 56 declares that foreigners and eunuchs who keep the covenant are received as part of God's people, and it calls God's house "an house of prayer for all people." The chapter closes by rebuking blind watchmen and greedy shepherds.