the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his
hands toward heaven:
23. And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in
heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with
thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart.
1 KINGS VIII, 28. Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy
servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the
cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to-day:
29. That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even
toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that
thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make
toward this place.
30. And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou
in heaven thy dwelling-place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
ACTS I, 23. And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was
surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of
all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen.
ACTS VII, 59. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying,
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
ACTS XX, 36. And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed
with them all.
37. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him.
JOEL I, 14. Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the
elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord
your God, and cry unto the Lord.
MATT. XXVI, 39. And he went a little further, and fell on his face,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass
from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
3. WITH FAITH AND IN SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD.
JAMES I, 5. 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.
6. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering: for he that wavereth is
like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the
Lord.
HEB. X, 22. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of
faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our
bodies washed with pure water.
HEB. XI, 6. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he
that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder
of them that diligently seek him.
PSALM XL, 1. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me,
and heard my cry.
LAM. III, 26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait
for the salvation of the Lord.
MATT. VI, 9. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art
in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
10. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
LEV. XXVI, 40. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity
of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against
me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
41. And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought
them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised
hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their
iniquity:
42. Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant
with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I
will remember the land.
2 CHRON. VII, 14. If my people, which are called by my name, shall
humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their
wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
2 CHRON. XXXIII, 12. And when he was in affliction, he besought the
Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his
fathers,
13. And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his
supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.
Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
LUKE XV, 18. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19. And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy
hired servants.
LUKE XVIII, 13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up
so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying,
God be merciful to me a sinner!
14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than
the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
1 KINGS XVIII, 36. And it came to pass at the time of the offering of
the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said,
Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day
that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I
have done all these things at thy word.
37. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art
the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
DAN. IX, 17. Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant,
and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary
that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
18. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold
our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do
not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but
for thy great mercies.
19. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not,
for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called
by thy name.
PSALM LXXIX, 9. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy
name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
JAMES V, 15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by
the space of three years and six months.
18. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit.
4. WITH THE SPIRIT OF FORGIVENESS.
MATT. VI, 12. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
MARK XI, 25. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught
against any; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you
your trespasses.
26. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in
heaven forgive your trespasses.
ACTS VII, 59. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying,
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not
this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
5. PRAYER SHOULD BE IMPORTUNATE.
LUKE VI, 12. And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into
a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
LUKE XI, 5. And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend,
and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me
three loaves;
6. For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have
nothing to set before him?
7. And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not; the door
is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I can not rise and
give thee.
8. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is
his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him
as many as he needeth.
LUKE XVIII, 1. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2. Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither
regarded man:
3. And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying,
Avenge me of mine adversary.
4. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself,
Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5. Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her
continual coming she weary me.
6. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night
unto him, though he bear long with them?
8. I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when
the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
GEN. XXXII, 24. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man
with him until the breaking of the day.
25. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the
hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint,
as he wrestled with him.
26. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will
not let thee go, except thou bless me.
ISAIAH LXII, 6. I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which
shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of
the Lord, keep not silence;
7. And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem
a praise in the earth.
ROM. XII, 12. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing
instant in prayer.
EPH. VI, 18. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the
Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication
for all saints.
1 THESS. III, 10. Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see
your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith.
COL. IV, 2. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with
thanksgiving.
1 THESS. V, 17. Pray without ceasing.
JER. XXIX, 13. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search
for me with all your heart.
DEUT. IV, 29. But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God,
thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul.
30. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon
thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and
shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31. (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake
thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers
which he sware unto them.
6. PRAYER SHOULD BE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST.
COL. III, 17. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
JOHN XVI, 23. 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.
24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall
receive, that your joy may be full.
JOHN XVI, 26. At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto
you, that I will pray the Father for you:
27. For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and
have believed that I came out from God.
JOHN XIV, 6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and
the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7. THE POSTURE OF THE BODY IN PRAYER.
ACTS XX, 36. And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed
with them all.
LUKE XXII, 41. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast,
and kneeled down, and prayed.
42. Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me:
nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done.
EX. IX, 29. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the
city, I will spread abroad my hand unto the Lord; and the thunder
shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest
know how that the earth is the Lord's.
1 KINGS VIII, 22. And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in
the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his
hands toward heaven.
2 CHRON. VI, 13. (For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five
cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set
it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down
upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth
his hands toward heaven.)
DAN. VI, 10. Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went
into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward
Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed,
and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
ACTS VII, 60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord,
lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell
asleep.
ACTS IX, 40. But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and
prayed; and turning him to the body, said, Tabitha, arise. And she
opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
ACTS XXI, 5. And when we had accomplished those days, we departed, and
went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and
children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the
shore, and prayed.
1 KINGS VIII, 54. And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of
praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from
before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his
hands spread up to heaven.
MATT. XVII, 14. And when they were come to the multitude, there came
to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying.
MARK X, 17. And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one
running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I
do that I may inherit eternal life?
MARK I, 40. And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and
kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst
make me clean.
PSALM XCV, 6. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before
the Lord our Maker.
8. SECRET PRAYER.
MATT. VI, 6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and
when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret;
and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
MATT. XIV, 23. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up
into a mountain apart to pray; and when the evening was come, he was
there alone.
MARK I, 35. And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he
went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
LUKE V, 16. And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
PSALM CXIX, 62. At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee,
because of thy righteous judgments.
EPH. VI, 18. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the
Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication
for all saints.
9. PUBLIC OR SOCIAL PRAYER.
ACTS I, 24. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the
hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen.
ACTS XX, 36. And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed
with them all.
37. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him.
JOEL II, 32. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on
the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in
Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the
remnant whom the Lord shall call.
LUKE XVIII, 7. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day
and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
8. I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when
the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
LUKE XII, 5. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him,
which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say
unto you, Fear him.
JAMES IV, 3. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye
may consume it upon your lusts.
JAMES IV, 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse
your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
1 PET. III, 12. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and
his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is
against them that do evil.
JAMES V, 16. 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.
17. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by
the space of three years and six months.
18. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit.
MATT. XVIII, 19. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree
on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done
for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am
I in the midst of them.
ACTS XII, 12. And when he had considered the thing, he came to the
house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many
were gathered together praying.
ZECH. VII, 2. When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and
Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the Lord,
3. And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord
of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth
month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
1 COR. XIV, 14. For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth,
but my understanding is unfruitful.
15. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with
the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing
with the understanding also.
16. Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that
occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks,
seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17. For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18. I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19. Yet in the Church I had rather speak five words with my
understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten
thousand words in an unknown tongue.
JAMES V, 14. As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according
to the former lusts in your ignorance:
15. But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all
manner of conversation:
16. Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
ACTS XVI, 13. And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a river
side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake
unto the women which resorted thither.
ACTS XVI, 16. And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain
damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her
masters much gain by soothsaying.
ACTS I, 12. Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called
Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey.
13. And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where
abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes,
and Judas the brother of James.
14. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication,
with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
ACTS II, 41. Then they that gladly received his Word were baptized:
and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand
souls.
42. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
10. PRAYER FOR TEMPORAL BLESSINGS.
EX. IX, 29. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the
city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder
shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest
know how that the earth is the Lord's.
LEV. XXVI, 40. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity
of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against
me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
41. And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought
them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised
hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their
iniquity:
42. Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant
with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I
will remember the land.
1 SAM. I, 27. For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my
petition which I asked of him.
1 SAM. XII, 18. So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent
thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord
and Samuel.
1 KINGS XVII, 22. And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah: and the soul
of the child came into him again, and he revived.
1 KINGS XVIII, 37. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know
that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back
again.
38. Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice,
and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water
that was in the trench.
2 KINGS VI, 18. And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the
Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he
smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
2 KINGS XIX, 20. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying,
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me
against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
2 KINGS XX, 5. Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people,
Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy
prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third
day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.
6. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee
and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will
defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
ZECH. X, 1. 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.
11. EXAMPLES OF ANSWERS TO PRAYERS.
2 KINGS XX, 5. Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people,
Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy
prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee: on the third
day thou shalt go up into the house of the Lord.
6. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee
and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will
defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 KINGS XX, 11. And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord: and he
brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in
the dial of Ahaz.
2 KINGS VI, 18. And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the
Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he
smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
ACTS XII, 5. Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made
without ceasing of the Church unto God for him.
ACTS XII, 7. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a
light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised
him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his
hands.
JAMES V, 17. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and
he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the
earth by the space of three years and six months.
18. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit.
1 KINGS XVIII, 37. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know
that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back
again.
38. Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice,
and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water
that was in the trench.
EX. XXXII, 11. And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord,
why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought
forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty
hand?
12. Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he
bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them
from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of
this evil against thy people.
13. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou
swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your
seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of
will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.
14. And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his
people.
GEN. XVIII, 23. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also
destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24. Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou
also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are
therein?
25. That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the
righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the
wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do
right?
26. And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
27. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes;
28. Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt
thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find
there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29. And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there
shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's
sake.
30. And he said unto him, O let not the Lord be angry, and I will
speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I
will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31. And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon myself to speak unto
the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said,
I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32. And he said, O let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but
this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will
not destroy it for ten's sake.
PSALM XVIII, 6. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto
my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before
him, even into his ears.
PSALM XXXIV, 4. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me
from all my fears.
5. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not
ashamed.
6. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of
all his troubles.
PSALM LXV, 2. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh
come.
PSALM CXVIII, 5. I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered
me, and set me in a large place.
JER. XXXIII, 3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee
great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
DAN. IX, 21. Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused
to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
DAN. X, 12. Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first
day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten
thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy
words.
PSALM CXLV, 18. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to
all that call upon him in truth.
19. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will
hear their cry, and will save them.
1 SAM. I, 27. For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my
petition which I asked of him.
CHAPTER II.
PRAISE TO GOD.
1. PRAISE IS A CHRISTIAN DUTY.
PSALM XLVII, 6. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto
our King, sing praises.
7. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with
understanding.
PSALM XCV, 1. O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful
noise to the Rock of our salvation.
2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a
joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
PSALM IX, 11. Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion:
declare among the people his doings.
PSALM XXII, 22. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst
of the congregation will I praise thee.
PSALM XXXV, 18. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I
will praise thee among much people.
PSALM C, 1. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
PSALM C, 4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his
courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting, and his truth
endureth to all generations.
PSALM CVII, 31. O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and
for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32. Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and
praise him in the assembly of the elders.
PSALM CL, 1. Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise
him in the firmament of his power.
2. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his
excellent greatness.
3. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the
psaltery and harp.
4. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed
instruments and organs.
5. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high-sounding
cymbals.
6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the
Lord.
HEB. XIII, 15. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise
to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to
his name.
ACTS XVI, 25. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises
unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
MATT. XXVI, 30. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the
mount of Olives.
EPH. V, 19. Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord:
20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. PRAISE SHOULD BE EARNEST.
EPH. V, 19. Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 COR. XIV, 15. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I
will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit,
and I will sing with the understanding also.
PSALM CXI, 1. Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole
heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
COL. III, 16. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns, and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
PHIL. IV, 6. Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
5. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto
God.
COL. IV, 2. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with
thanksgiving.
PSALM V, 11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them
also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
PSALM XXXII, 32. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and
shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
PSALM XXVII, 4. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give
thee the desires of thine heart.
PSALM LXIII, 3. Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my
lips shall praise thee.
4. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy
name.
PSALM XCVII, 1. The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the
multitude of isles be glad thereof.
2. Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment
are the habitation of his throne.
PSALM CXLIX, 2. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the
children of Zion be joyful in their King.
ISAIAH XLI, 16. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them
away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in
the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
1 CHRON. XVI, 31. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice:
and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.
32. Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all that is therein.
1 SAM. II, 1. And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the
Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine
enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
NEH. VIII, 10. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and
drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is
prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for
the joy of the Lord is your strength.
HAB. III, 17. Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall
fruit be in the vines; the labor 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:
18. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my
salvation.
19. The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds'
feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.
1 PET. I, 8. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see
him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of
glory.
PHIL. III, 1. Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the
same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is
safe.
PHIL. IV, 4. Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
CHAPTER III.
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.
1. LOVE.
(1.) _Love to God._
MATT. XXII, 37. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38. This is the first and great commandment.
DEUT. VI, 5. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
DEUT. XI, 1. Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his
charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments,
always.
JOSH. XXII, 5. But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the
law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord
your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments,
and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with
all your soul.
PROV. XXIII, 26. My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe
my ways.
1 COR. XVI, 22. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
anathema maranatha.
JUDE, 21. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of
our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
DEUT. VII, 9. Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the
faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him
and keep his commandments to a thousand generations.
DEUT. XI, 13. And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken
diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love
the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all
your soul,
14. That 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.
15. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou
mayest eat and be full.
PSALM CXLV, 20. The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all
the wicked will he destroy.
PROV. VIII, 17. I love them that love me: and those that seek me early
shall find me.
JOHN XIV, 21. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is
that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and
I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt
manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23. Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep
my words and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and
make our abode with him.
JAMES I, 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he
is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath
promised to them that love him.
1 COR. II, 9. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him.
ROM. VIII, 28. And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.
(2.) _The love of God._
JOHN III, 16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.
ROM. V, 8. But God commandeth his love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
EPH. II, 4. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us,
5. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with
Christ; (by grace ye are saved;)
6. And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7. That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his
grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
LUKE VI, 35. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping
for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the
evil.
1 JOHN IV, 7. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God
sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
him.
10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and
sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
JAMES V, 11. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard
of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the
Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
HOSEA XI, 8. How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver
thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as
Zeboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled
together.
LAM. III, 22. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed,
because his compassions fail not.
LAM. III, 32. But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion
according to the multitude of his mercies.
33. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
PSALM XXXVI, 7. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore
the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
PSALM LXIX, 16. Hear me, O Lord; for thy loving-kindness is good: turn
unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
PSALM LXXVIII, 38. But he, being full of compassion, forgave their
iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger
away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
PSALM CIII, 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
pitieth them that fear him.
PSALM LXXXVI, 15. But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and
gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
PSALM CXLV, 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion: slow to
anger, and of great mercy.
9. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his
works.
MATT. IX, 35. And Jesus went about all the cities and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom,
and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
36. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on
them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having
no shepherd.
MATT. XIV, 14. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and
was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
MATT. XV, 32. Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I
have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now
three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away
fasting, lest they faint in the way.
MATT. XXIII, 37. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I
have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
JOHN XIII, 34. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
another, as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
JOHN XV, 9. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue
ye in my love.
ROM. V, 6. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ
died for the ungodly.
7. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for
a good man some would even dare to die.
8. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us.
ROM. VIII, 37. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us.
EPH. V, 2. And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a
sweet-smelling savor.
MATT. XX, 28. Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
PHIL. II, 6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to
be equal with God:
7. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
ISAIAH L, 6. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that
plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
ISAIAH LIII, 7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened
not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a
sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
1 PETER II, 21. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also
suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his
steps.
2 COR. VIII, 9. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through
his poverty might be rich.
(3.) _Love to the brethren._
JAMES II, 8. If ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
9. But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced
of the law as transgressors.
COL. III, 14. And above all these things put on charity, which is the
bond of perfectness.
1 THESS. III, 12. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love
one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you.
ROM. XIII, 3. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the
evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is
good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4. For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that
which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he
is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that
doeth evil.
5. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also
for conscience' sake.
6. For, for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's
ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due;
custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law.
9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not
covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly
comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.
10. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the
fulfilling of the law.
11. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out
of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast
off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
GAL. V, 13. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use
not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one
another.
14. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself.
GAL. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
1 COR. XIII, 13. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is charity.
1 PETER IV, 8. And above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
1 COR. XVI, 14. Let all your things be done with charity.
MATT. V, 43. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
44. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully
use you, and persecute you;
45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for
he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth
rain on the just and on the unjust.
46. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not
even the publicans the same?
47. And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others?
do not even the publicans so?
LUKE VI, 32. For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye?
for sinners also love those that love them.
33. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have
ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have
ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for
nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the
evil.
ROM. XV, 1. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of
the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to
edification.
3. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The
reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
1 COR. X, 24. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
1 COR. X, 33. Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine
own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
2 COR. V, 15. And that he died for all, that they which live should
not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them,
and rose again.
1 JOHN III, 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid
down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the
brethren.
LUKE X, 33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he
was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.
34. And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine,
and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care
of him.
(4.) _Love to all men._
LEV. XIX, 18. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the
children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I
am the Lord.
LEV. XIX, 34. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto
you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye
were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
MATT. V, 44. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for
he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth
rain on the just and on the unjust.
46. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not
even the publicans the same?
47. And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others?
do not even the publicans so?
48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is
perfect.
ROM. XII, 9. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is
evil; cleave to that which is good.
HEB. X, 24. And let us consider one another, to provoke unto love, and
to good works.
1 PETER I, 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth
through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye
love one another with a pure heart fervently.
1 JOHN II, 10. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and
there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
1 JOHN IV, 20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is
a liar. For he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can
he love God whom he hath not seen?
21. And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God
loveth his brother also.
1 JOHN III, 18. My little children, let us not love in word, neither
in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
PROV. XVIII, 24. A man that hath friends must show himself friendly:
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
1 THESS. IV, 9. But as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I
write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one
another.
ROM. XII, 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
love; in honor preferring one another.
1 THESS. III, 12. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love
one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you.
EPH. I, 15. Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord
Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16. Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my
prayers.
2 THESS. I, 3. We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as
it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the
charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth.
LEV. XIX, 17. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt
in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
1 JOHN III, 14. We know that we have passed from death unto life,
because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth
in death.
15. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no
murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
EX. XXIII, 5. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under
his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help
with him.
ROM. XII, 21. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
2. JOY.
(1.) _Rejoice in God._
PHIL. III, 1. Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the
same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is
safe.
ROM. V, 11. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
PSALM XXXII, 11. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and
shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
ISAIAH XXIX, 19. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
PSALM V, 11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them
also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
ROM. V, 2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
LUKE X, 20. Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are
subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written
in heaven.
ROM. XV, 13. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy
Ghost.
PSALM IV, 7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time
that their corn and their wine increased.
PSALM XVI, 11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is
fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures forever more.
ACTS XVI, 34. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat
before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
1 PETER I, 8. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now you
see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full
of glory.
ROM. XIV, 17. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
JOHN XVI, 20. Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and
lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but
your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
JOHN XV, 11. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might
remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
ISAIAH LXV, 14. Thus saith the Lord, The labor of Egypt, and
merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come
over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee;
in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee;
they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee;
and there is none else, there is no God.
PHIL. III, 3. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the
spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the
flesh.
PSALM XCII, 4. For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I
will triumph in the works of thy hands.
PSALM XLIII, 4. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my
exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
PSALM LXIII, 5. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;
and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.
PSALM CXXII, 1. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the
house of the Lord.
EZRA III, 12. But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the
fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the
foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud
voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
13. So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy
from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted
with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
ZECH. II, 10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come,
and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
PSALM XXXV, 27. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my
righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be
magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
NEH. VIII, 10. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and
drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is
prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for
the joy of the Lord is your strength.
PSALM XVI, 8. I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at
my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also
shall rest in hope.
1 SAM. II, 1. And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the
Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine
enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
PSALM IX, 14. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the
daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
PSALM CXVIII, 15. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the
tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth
valiantly.
LUKE I, 47. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior.
PSALM XLVIII, 11. Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah
be glad, because of thy judgments.
PSALM XIX, 8. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart:
the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
PSALM CXIX, 14. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much
as in all riches.
(2.) _Rejoice always._
PHIL. IV, 4. Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
1 THESS. V, 16. Rejoice evermore.
ISAIAH LXV, 14. Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but
ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of
spirit.
ISAIAH XII, 2. 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.
3. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of
salvation.
ISAIAH XLI, 10. Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed;
for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee: yea, I will help thee; yea,
I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
DEUT. XII, 7. And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye
shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your
households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
DEUT. XXVI, 11. And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the
Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the
Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
JOEL II, 23. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the
Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and
he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the
latter rain in the first month.
HAB. III, 17. Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall
fruit be in the vines; the labor 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:
18. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my
salvation.
PSALM XXIII, 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me.
ISAIAH XII, 1. And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise
thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and
thou comfortedst me.
2 COR. I, 3. Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4. Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we
ourselves are comforted of God.
2 THESS. II, 16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our
Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace.
PSALM XXXVI, 8. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of
thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy
pleasures.
9. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see
light.
ISAIAH XLI, 16. Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them
away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in
the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
JER. IX, 24. But 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.
GAL. VI, 14. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I
unto the world.
JOB XXII, 26. For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty,
and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
3. PEACE.
(1.) _Peace with God._
ROM. V, 1. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we
stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
ROM. V, 10. 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.
GAL. II, 19. For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I might
live unto God.
20. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live
by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
EPH. I, 6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath
made us accepted in the beloved:
7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of his grace.
COL. I, 20. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by
him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they
be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by
wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy, and
unblamable, and unreprovable in his sight:
23. 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; whereof I, Paul, am
made a minister.
EPH. II, 13. But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometime were far off
are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down
the middle wall of partition between us;
15. 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;
16. And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the
cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17. And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to
them that were nigh.
18. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.
HEB. II, 17. Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like
unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the
sins of the people.
ROM. III, 24. Being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
ACTS XIII, 39. And by him all that believe are justified from all
things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
1 COR. VI, 11. 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.
ROM. VI, 14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not
under the law, but under grace.
15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but
under grace? God forbid.
ROM. VIII, 1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death.
3. 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:
4. That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;
but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
6. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace.
7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
ROM. VIII, 33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?
It is God that justifieth.
34. 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.
GAL. IV, 6. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of
his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then
an heir of God through Christ.
ROM. XV, 33. Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
PSALM LXXXV, 8. I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will
speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn
again to folly.
ISAIAH IX, 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
2 THESS. III, 16. Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always
by all means. The Lord be with you all.
EPH. II, 14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath
broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15. 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.
JOHN XIV, 27. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as
the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.
ROM. XIV, 17. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
GAL. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
JOB XXII, 21. Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby
good shall come unto thee.
EZEK. XXXIV, 25. And 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.
MAL. II, 5. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave
them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before
my name.
ISAIAH LXVI, 12. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace
to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing
stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be
dandled upon her knees.
ISAIAH LIV, 10. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be
removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the
covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on
thee.
ISAIAH LV, 12. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with
peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into
singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
ISAIAH XXVI, 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
staid on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
LUKE I, 79. To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the
shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
ZECH. VIII, 12. For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give
her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens
shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to
possess all these things.
JOHN XVI, 33. 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.
PHIL., 4. I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers.
5. Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord
Jesus, and toward all saints.
6. That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the
acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
7. For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the
bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
(2.) _Peace of Mind--Tranquillity._
PSALM IV, 8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou,
Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
PSALM XXIX, 11. The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord
will bless his people with peace.
ISAIAH XXVI, 3. For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes: and I
have walked in thy truth.
COL. III, 15. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the
which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
GAL. VI, 16. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on
them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
PSALM LXXII, 7. In his days shall the righteous flourish, and
abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
JER. XXXIII, 6. Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will
cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
1 THESS. I, 1. Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the Church of
the Thessalonians which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus
Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
PSALM CXIX, 165. Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing
shall offend them.
JOB XXXIV, 29. When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble?
and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be
done against a nation, or against a man only.
PHIL., 4. I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
5. Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord
Jesus, and toward all saints;
6. That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the
acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
7. For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the
bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
PSALM XXXVII, 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for
the end of that man is peace.
LUKE II, 29. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word:
30. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation.
EPH. II, 14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath
broken down the middle wall of partition between us.
PSALM LXXXV, 8. I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will
speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn
again to folly.
ISAIAH IX, 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given; and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
the Prince of Peace.
ISAIAH LIII, 5. But 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.
PROV. III, 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace.
(3.) _Disposed to promote peace._
1 PET. III, 10. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him
refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11. Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue
it.
JAMES III, 17. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good
fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
HEB. XII, 14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which
no man shall see the Lord.
2 TIM. II, 24. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be
gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient;
25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God
peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the
truth.
COL. III, 8. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
1 THESS. V, 13. And to esteem them very highly in love for their
work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
1 THESS. II, 7. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her children.
COL. III, 15. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the
which also ye are called in one body: and be ye thankful.
PHIL. II, 14. Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without
rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye
shine as lights in the world.
EPH. IV, 1. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye
walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2. With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing
one another in love;
3. Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
EPH. IV, 32. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
PSALM XXXIV, 14. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue
it.
PROV. XV, 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir
up anger.
JER. XXIX, 7. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you
to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the
peace thereof shall ye have peace.
MATT. V, 9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
children of God.
ROM. XII, 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
love; in honor preferring one another.
ROM. XII, 18. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live
peaceably with all men.
2 COR. XIII, 11. Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good
comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace
shall be with you.
GAL. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
4. LONG-SUFFERING.
(1.) _Patience under provocation._
LUKE XXI, 19. In your patience possess ye your souls.
PSALM XXXVII, 1. Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be
thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
PSALM XXXVII, 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret
not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the
man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
ROM. II, 7. To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for
glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life.
ROM. XII, 12. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing
instant in prayer.
HEB. X, 36. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the
will of God, ye might receive the promise.
2 COR. VI, 4. But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers
of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in
distresses,
5. In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings,
in fastings.
HEB. VI, 12. That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who
through faith and patience inherit the promises.
HEB. XII, 1. Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race
that is set before us,
2. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for
the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the
shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
JAMES I, 4. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be
perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
JAMES V, 7. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the
Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the
earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and
latter rain.
8. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the
Lord draweth nigh.
9. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned:
behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of
the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
1 PET. II, 20. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your
faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and
suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
2 PET. I, 5. And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith
virtue; and to virtue, knowledge.
EPH. IV, 1. I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye
walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.
2. With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing
one another in love.
EPH. IV, 32. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
1 PET. III, 8. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one
of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but
contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye
should inherit a blessing.
PROV. XIX, 11. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is
his glory to pass over a transgression.
LUKE XVII, 3. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against
thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven
times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt
forgive him.
COL. III, 12. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
long-suffering;
13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have
a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
1 PET. II, 18. Servants, be subject to your masters, with all fear;
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19. For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward God
endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
20. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye
shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it,
ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for
us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
22. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered he
threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
(2.) _Submission to the will of God._
1 SAM. III, 18. And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from
him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.
2 SAM. XVI, 10. And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons
of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him,
Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
11. And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my
son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now
may this Benjamite do it: let him alone, and let him curse; for the
Lord hath bidden him.
PSALM XXXIX, 9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst
it.
JOHN XVIII, 11. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the
sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
LEV. XXVI, 41. And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and
have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their
uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the
punishment of their iniquity:
42. Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant
with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I
will remember the land.
43. The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her Sabbaths,
while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the
punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they despised my
judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
ISAIAH XLV, 9. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the
potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to
him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no
hands?
JAMES IV, 7. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and
he will flee from you.
JOB I, 20. Then Job arose and rent his mantle, and shaved his head,
and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped.
21. And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I
return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed
be the name of the Lord.
ACTS XXI, 14. And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying,
The will of the Lord be done.
JOHN XII, 27. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father,
save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
PSALM XLVI, 10. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted
among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
MATT. VI, 10. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in
heaven.
HEB. XII, 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which
corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be
in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
ROM. IX, 20. Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made
me thus?
21. Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make
one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
ROM. V, 3. And not only so, but we glory in the tribulations also;
knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4. And patience, experience; and experience, hope.
TITUS II, 2. That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in
faith, in charity, in patience.
2 PET. I, 6. And to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance,
patience; and to patience, godliness.
ROM. XV, 4. For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written
for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the
Scriptures might have hope.
5. GENTLENESS.
(1.) _Must be kind._
LUKE XIX, 41. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept
over it,
42. Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day,
the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from
thine eyes.
ROM. XII, 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them
that weep.
1 PETER II, 8. If ye fulfill the royal law, according to the
Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well.
JOB VI, 14. To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his
friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
HEB. XIII, 3. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and
them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
ISAIAH XXII, 4. Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep
bitterly, labor not to comfort me; because of the spoiling of the
daughter of my people.
JER. IX, 1. O that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of
tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter
of my people!
PSALM XXXV, 13. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned unto
mine own bosom.
PROV. XIX, 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord;
and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
2 COR. XI, 29. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I
burn not?
GAL. VI, 2. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of
Christ.
1 COR. XII, 25. That there should be no schism in the body; but that
the members should have the same care one for another.
26. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or
one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 JOHN III, 17. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him,
how dwelleth the love of God in him?
LUKE XV, 20. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet
a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and
fell on his neck, and kissed him.
EX. II, 6. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold,
the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of
the Hebrews' children.
2 SAM. XVII, 27. And it came to pass, when David was come to Mohanaim,
that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and
Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of
Rogelim,
28. Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and
barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and
parched pulse,
29. And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David,
and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The
people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
1 COR. IX, 22. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the
weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save
some.
(2.) _Not contentious._
1 PETER III, 8. Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one
of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but
contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye
should inherit a blessing.
PROV. XXIX, 22. An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man
aboundeth in transgression.
PROV. XXX, 33. Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and
the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath
bringeth forth strife.
PROV. XXVII, 4. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is
able to stand before envy?
ECCL. VII, 9. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger
resteth in the bosom of fools.
ROM. XII, 17. But he beckoning unto them with the hand, to hold their
peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the
prison. And he said, Go, show these things unto James, and to the
brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
ROM. XIV, 10. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou
set at naught thy brother? we shall all stand before the judgment-seat
of Christ.
EPH. IV, 31. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and
evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice.
1 COR. IV, 5. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord
come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and
will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every
man have praise of God.
1 THESS. V, 14. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are
unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward
all men.
15. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow
that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
HEB. X, 30. For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto
me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge
his people.
PROV. XVII, 14. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out
water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
LEV. XIX, 18. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the
children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I
am the Lord.
GEN. XLIX, 1. And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather
yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you
in the last days.
2. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken
unto Israel your father.
3. Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my
strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4. Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to
thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
5. Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their
habitations.
6. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly,
mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man,
and in their self-will they digged down a wall.
7. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it
was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
PROV. XVIII, 6. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth
calleth for strokes.
PROV. XXVI, 17. He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belongeth
not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
PROV. XX, 22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the
Lord, and he shall save thee.
JOB V, 2. For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the
silly one.
PSALM XXXVII, 8. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself
in any wise to do evil.
(3.) _Should help the feeble._
JOB VI, 14. To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from
his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
HEB. XIII, 3. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and
them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
ROM. XII, 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them
that weep.
PHIL. IV, 14. Notwithstanding, ye have well done, that ye did
communicate with my affliction.
PROV. XVII, 17. A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born
for adversity.
PSALM XXXV, 13. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into
mine own bosom.
14. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I
bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
EX. XXII, 21. Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for
ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
22. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
PROV. XIV, 31. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but
he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
DEUT. XXIV, 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger,
nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge.
PROV. XXII, 16. Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and
take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
PROV. XXII, 22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress
the afflicted in the gate.
PSALM XLI, 1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will
deliver him in time of trouble.
2. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be
blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of
his enemies.
1 JOHN III, 17. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him,
how dwelleth the love of God in him?
JAMES I, 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is
this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to
keep himself unspotted from the world.
JAMES II, 1. My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
2. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in
goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
3. And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say
unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand
thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
4. Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of
evil thoughts?
5. 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?
LEV. XXV, 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay
with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger,
or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
DEUT. XV, 10. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be
grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the
Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou
puttest thine hand unto.
11. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I
command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy
brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
MATT. V, 7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
MATT. XXV, 34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world:
35. For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye
gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36. Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me.
PSALM CXII, 9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his
righteousness endureth forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
PROV. XIX, 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord;
and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
PROV. XXII, 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he
giveth of his bread to the poor.
ISAIAH LVIII, 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the
bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that
thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health
shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before
thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.
9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry,
and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee
the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy
darkness be as the noonday:
11. And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
6. GOODNESS.
(1.) _The right state of heart--be good._
ROM. XV, 14. And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that
ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to
admonish one another.
GAL. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
EPH. V, 9. (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and
righteousness and truth.)
EPH. IV, 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness.
ROM. VII, 22. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man.
2 COR. IV, 16. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward
man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
2 PETER I, 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious
promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
EZEK. XXXVI, 26. 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 a heart of flesh.
EZEK. XI, 19. 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 a heart of flesh.
ROM. VII, 6. But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead
wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and
not in the oldness of the letter.
1 JOHN II, 29. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one
that doeth righteousness is born of him.
1 JOHN IV, 7. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
ISAIAH XLIII, 6. I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south,
Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends
of the earth;
7. Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him
for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
1 PETER II, 21. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also
suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his
steps:
22. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.
LEV. XIX, 2. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God
am holy.
1 PETER I, 15. But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy
in all manner of conversation;
16. Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
ROM. VIII, 29. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to
be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born
among many brethren.
1 JOHN II, 6. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to
walk, even as he walked.
ISAIAH XXXV, 8. And a 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.
(2.) _Doing good--Beneficence._
JOB XXIX, 12. Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the
fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
ACTS II, 44. And all that believed were together, and had all things
common;
45. And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men,
as every man had need.
ACTS IV, 32. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are
witnesses.
33. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed
forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34. For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself,
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35. Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
HEB. XIII, 3. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and
them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
PHIL. IV, 14. Notwithstanding, ye have well done, that ye did
communicate with my affliction.
JOB VI, 14. To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his
friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
PSALM LXXXII, 3. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the
afflicted and needy.
4. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
PROV. XXI, 13. Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also
shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
EZEK. XVI, 49. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,
pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in
her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and
needy.
JER. XXI, 12. O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment
in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
ISAIAH I, 17. Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
PSALM XXXI, 8. And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy:
thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
ISAIAH XVI, 3. Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the
night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him
that wandereth.
4. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them
from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the
spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
PROV. XXIV, 11. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto
death, and those that are ready to be slain;
12. If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth
the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know
it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
PROV. XXI, 7. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because
they refuse to do judgment.
ISAIAH LVIII, 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the
bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out of thy house? when thou seest the naked, that
thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health
shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before
thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.
9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry,
and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee
the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy
darkness be as noonday:
11. And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
MICAH VI, 8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth
the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to
walk humbly with thy God?
PROV. XXI, 3. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the
Lord than sacrifice.
DEUT. XVI, 20. That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that
thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee.
ROM. XIII, 7. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom
tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to
whom honor.
8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law.
2 CHRON. XVI, 9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout
the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose
heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly:
therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
PSALM IV, 3. But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly
for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.
PSALM V, 12. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt
thou compass him as with a shield.
PSALM XXXVII, 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell
in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
PSALM XCII, 12. The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree: he
shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in
the courts of our God.
14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat
and flourishing;
15. To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no
unrighteousness in him.
PROV. X, 3. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to
famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
PROV. X, 30. The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked
shall not inhabit the earth.
PROV. XIII, 22. A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's
children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
ISAIAH XXXIII, 15. He that walketh righteously, and speaketh
uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his
hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of
blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
16. He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the
munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him: his waters shall be
sure.
MATT. VI, 19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal.
1 TIM. VI, 6. But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out.
HEB. XIII, 16. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with
such sacrifices God is well pleased.
HEB. VI, 10. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor
of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have
ministered to the saints, and do minister.
PROV. XIX, 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord;
and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
PSALM XLI, 1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will
deliver him in time of trouble.
1 TIM. VI, 17. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be
not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God,
who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
18. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate;
19. Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the
time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
7. MEEKNESS.
(1.) _Christian lowliness._
ZEPH. II, 3. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have
wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness; it may be ye
shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.
COL. III, 12. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
long-suffering;
13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have
a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
EPH. IV, 2. With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering,
forbearing one another in love;
3. Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
2 TIM. II, 25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves:
if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of
the truth.
PSALM XXV, 9. The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he
teach his way.
1 TIM. VI, 11. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow
after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
MATT. X, 16. Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves:
be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
PSALM XXXVII, 11. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall
delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
PSALM CXLVII, 6. The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked
down to the ground.
ECCL. VII, 8. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof;
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
MATT. V, 5. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
1 COR. IV, 12. And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled,
we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it.
EPH. IV, 32. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
LUKE XVII, 3. Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against
thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven
times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt
forgive him.
EPH. III, 8. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is
this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the
unsearchable riches of Christ;
9. And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery which
from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all
things by Jesus Christ.
HEB. X, 36. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the
will of God, ye might receive the promise.
JAMES I, 4. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be
perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
JAMES V, 7. Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the
Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the
earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and
latter rain.
8. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the
Lord draweth nigh.
1 THESS. II, 7. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her children.
2 TIM. II, 24. And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be
gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient;
25. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God
peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the
truth.
NEH. XII, 14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which
no man shall see the Lord.
PHIL. II, 14. Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15. That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without
rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye
shine as lights in the world.
GAL. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
JER. XXIX, 7. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you
to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the
peace thereof shall ye have peace.
PROV. XV, 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir
up anger.
PSALM XXXIV, 14. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue
it.
2 COR. XIII, 11. Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good
comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace
shall be with you.
1 PET. II, 20. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your
faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and
suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
JAMES V, 10. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the
name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of
patience.
11. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the
patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is
very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
(2.) _Humility._
LEV. XXVI, 41. And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and
have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their
uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the
punishment of their iniquity:
42. Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant
with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I
will remember the land.
JUDGES X, 15. And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have
sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us
only, we pray thee, this day.
LUKE XV, 18. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19. And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy
hired servants.
LUKE XVIII, 13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up
so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying,
God be merciful to me a sinner.
14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than
the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
PROV. XV, 33. The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and
before honor is humility.
MICAH VI, 8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth
the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to
walk humbly with thy God?
JAMES IV, 6. But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God
resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
1 PET. V, 5. Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder.
Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
6. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he
may exalt you in due time.
MATT. V, 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.
ISAIAH LVII, 15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with
him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit
of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
PSALM X, 17. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear.
PSALM CXXXVIII, 6. Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto
the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
PROV. III, 34. Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace
unto the lowly.
PROV. XXII, 4. By humility and the fear of the Lord art riches, and
honor, and life.
PROV. XXIX, 23. A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall
uphold the humble in spirit.
ACTS XX, 18. And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye
know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I
have been with you at all seasons,
19. Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears,
and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews.
2 SAM. XXIV, 17. And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel
that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done
wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray
thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
LUKE XXIII, 40. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not
thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41. And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds:
but this man hath done nothing amiss.
8. TEMPERANCE.
(1.) _Self-Denial._
MATT. XVI, 24. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will
come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow
me.
25. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will
lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
LUKE VI, 32. For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye?
for sinners also love those that love them.
33. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have
ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have
ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for
nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the
evil.
ROM. XV, 1. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of
the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to
edification.
3. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The
reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
1 COR. X, 24. Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
1 COR. X, 33. Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine
own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
1 JOHN III, 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid
down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the
brethren.
LUKE X, 33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he
was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,