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• Psalm 111

  [Bible]

  Psalm 111 is a ten-verse hymn of praise that gives thanks to God while remembering His works and His covenant. It is an acrostic poem arranged according to the order of the Hebrew alphabet, and it closes with the confession that "the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom."

• Psalm 119

  [Bible]

  Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, with 176 verses. It is an acrostic poem arranged in eight-verse stanzas that follow the order of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. It consists of confessions and prayers expressing love for God's word and law and a resolve to keep them.

• Asia (Roman Province)

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  Asia was a Roman province in western Asia Minor during the New Testament period. Centered on Ephesus, it was the region where Paul carried out an extended ministry and where the seven churches of Revelation were located. It is distinct from the modern continent of Asia.

• Wisdom

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, wisdom (Hebrew chokmah) is the ability to judge rightly and live well, an ability that begins with the fear of God. The New Testament connects wisdom with Christ and with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

• Ecclesiastes 3

  [Bible]

  Ecclesiastes 3 declares, in fourteen pairs of opposites, that there is an appointed time for everything under heaven. It then reflects on human labor and the work of God, on injustice and judgment, and on the death that comes alike to humans and animals.

• Isaiah 5

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  Isaiah 5 rebukes Judah and Israel through the Song of the Unfruitful Vineyard and pronounces judgment through six woes and a prophecy of invasion by an army from a distant nation.

• Isaiah 22

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 22 contains the oracle against Jerusalem concerning the "valley of vision" and a prophecy that Shebna, an official of the royal household, will be removed from office and Eliakim installed in his place.

• 2 Timothy 1:7

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse in which Paul tells Timothy that God has given not a spirit of fear but a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind (self-control). It is widely cited as an encouragement to courage in ministry amid suffering and as a word of comfort for overcoming fear.

• Isaiah 34

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  Isaiah 34 is a prophecy that the LORD is angry with all nations and that, judging Edom as their representative, he will turn it into an uninhabitable wasteland. It is paired with the prophecy of Zion's restoration in the following chapter, Isaiah 35.

• Isaiah 54

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 54 is a prophecy promising restoration to Zion, who has become like a forsaken woman. Drawing on God's oath after Noah's flood, it proclaims an unchanging covenant of peace.

• Isaiah 58

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 58 rebukes merely outward fasting and declares that the fast God delights in is to set the oppressed free and to care for one's poor neighbors. The chapter closes with an exhortation to honor the Sabbath.

• Isaiah 55

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 55 is a prophetic chapter that opens with a free invitation to all who thirst, continues with an exhortation to seek the LORD and return to him, and closes with the promise that his word will surely accomplish its purpose.

• Isaiah 56

  [Bible]

  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.

• Isaiah 61

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  Isaiah 61 is a chapter of the Book of Isaiah in which one anointed by the Spirit of the LORD proclaims good tidings to the poor, liberty to the captives, and "the acceptable year of the LORD," and celebrates the restoration of Zion and an everlasting covenant.

• Jeremiah 1

  [Bible]

  Jeremiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Jeremiah. It contains the book's superscription, the account of Jeremiah's call to be a prophet, and two visions: the rod of an almond tree and the seething pot.

• Jeremiah 23

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  Jeremiah 23 rebukes the shepherds of Judah who scattered the people, promises a "righteous Branch" to be raised up from David, and then delivers an extended indictment of the false prophets whom God did not send.

• Ezekiel 38

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  Ezekiel 38 is a prophecy in which Gog of the land of Magog leads many nations against Israel while it dwells in safety, but God judges him with an earthquake and other calamities and so displays His holiness before the nations.

• Daniel 2

  [Bible]

  Daniel 2 is the chapter in which Daniel receives from God, reveals, and interprets King Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a great image. It centers on the vision of an image made of gold, silver, brass, iron, and clay that is broken in pieces by a stone cut out without hands, together with the interpretation of that vision.

• Joel 2

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  Joel 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Joel. It warns of the day of the LORD, when an army like a swarm of locusts advances, and calls the people to rend their hearts and return to God. It then promises the restoration of the land and the outpouring of God's Spirit upon all flesh.

• Hosea 9

  [Bible]

  Hosea 9 is a prophecy of judgment declaring that, because of the idolatry of the northern kingdom of Israel (Ephraim), the joy of harvest and the feasts will come to an end, the people will be scattered to Egypt and Assyria, and their offspring will be cut off.