PRECIOUS BIBLE PROMISES
compiled by Samuel Clarke, D.D. (1675-1729)
Also, known as Clarke’s Scripture Promises.
Compiled by Samuel Clarke, D.D. (1675-1729).
Reformatted by Tom Stewart
An Historical Perspective of Precious
Bible Promises
book of Precious Bible Promises (1750). “Whereby
are given unto us Exceeding Great and Precious Promises: that by these ye might be
partakers of the Divine Nature” (2Peter 1:4). As an English
academic, theologian, and preacher, Clarke would be found mastering Isaac Newton’s
new system of the Universal Laws of Motion and translating an invaluable textbook
to introduce and promote Newton’s position (1697), defending
the Christian religion in A Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God,
the Obligations of Natural Religion, and the Truth and Certainly of the Christian
Revelation (1705), serving as a chaplain to Protestant
Queen Anne of England (1705), translating Isaac Newton’s Optics
(1706), expounding upon the Tri-Unity of God in his celebrated
treatise The Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity (1712),
refusing the secular post of Master of the Mint (1727) upon
the death of Sir Isaac Newton (whom he would have replaced), and accumulating ten
volumes of his own sermons (published posthumously); but, best remembered by many
Christians is his compilation of Precious Bible Promises, which shows us that
Dr. Samuel Clarke had not only a keen intellect, but a true understanding of the
evangelical “faith which worketh by love” (Galatians 5:6)
and its attendant Promises. “Let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth
and knoweth Me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness,
in the Earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD” (Jeremiah
9:24).
This book of Precious Bible Promises was once known by its 19th century readers
as Clarke’s Scripture Promises. Twenty-one years after the decease of Samuel
Clarke, Isaac Watts, the Father of English Hymnology
(1674-1748),
penned the introduction to Clarke’s Scripture Promises. In a time that already
had seen the Authorized Version of the Scriptures from the Church of England
– the King James Version of 1611–
and had produced The Pilgrim’s Progress (1675) from the Church of England’s famous dissenter,
John Bunyan (1628-1688)– who was acquainted for twelve years with the
hospitality of Bedford jail for preaching without a license– a book of Precious
Bible Promises was (and, still is needed) to encourage every True Believer in
their pursuit of holy living. “Having therefore these Promises, dearly beloved,
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God” (2Corinthians 7:1). The “Notice
by Dr. Watts” affixed to the front of the Precious Bible Promises, identifies
Samuel Clarke as the “worthy author of this collection, which I [“I. Watts”]
have known with esteem and honor.” “I am a companion of all them that fear
thee, and of them that keep thy precepts” (Psalm 119:63).
Of interest, Isaac Watts, the author of over 600 hymns, was himself the son of another
dissenter from the Church of England. You will probably notice that a good number
of Clarke’s compiled Promises were gleaned from the Book of Psalms of the Old Testament,
and Watts could especially identify with their Promises, since he had himself published
the Psalms of David (1719) in which are found poetic
paraphrases of Psalm 90 (”O God, Our Help in Ages Past”) and Psalm 98 (”Joy
to the World”). “10 The days of our years are threescore
years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their
strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 17
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish Thou the work of
our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it” (90:10,
17).
A notable 19th century advocate of Clarke’s Scripture Promises was found in
the person of the enigmatic, English General Charles G. Gordon
(1833-1885)–
“Chinese Gordon,” the “Hero of Khartoum,” “Gordon Pasha.”
In January 1884, he had advised Lord Wolseley to distribute a copy of Clarke’s
Scripture Promises to every member of the Cabinet of Prime Minister William Gladstone
upon Gordon’s departure to handle the volatile situation of the revolting Mahdi in
the Sudan. “Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained
Promises, stopped the mouths of lions” (Hebrews 11:33).
Charles Gordon had early made his peace with Jesus Christ as a young officer in the
Royal Engineers at Pembroke (U.K.) after being pursued for Christ by his sister Augusta
and by a “very religious captain of the name of Drew.” “I will be
merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember
no more” (8:12). Gordon had distinguished himself with
conspicuous gallantry during the Crimean War (1853-1856), had
successfully quelled the Taiping Rebellion in China (1863-1864),
and had been instrumental in the suppression of the slave trade (1877-1880)
in the Sudan (south of Egypt), during which he had been a solitary man of One Book–
his pocket Bible. “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having Promise of
the life that now is, and of that which is to come” (1Timothy
4:8). Though the career of General Gordon was peppered with the intensity
of great overcoming in times of conflict, he knew times of obscurity and grievous
backsliding; but, as he once wrote to his sister Augusta, “I am glad to say
that this disease [a smallpox experienced in China] has brought me back to my Saviour,
and I trust in future to be a better Christian than I have been hitherto.” “Whom
the LORD loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth” (Hebrews 12:6).
In the timing of God’s Providence, Gordon Pasha met
his end on the morning of January 26th 1885, two days before the British relief column
reached the newly subjugated city of Khartoum, where the unbowing Gordon had held
out to the end. “Ye shall be hated of all men for My Name’s sake: but he that
endureth to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 10:22).
Rosalind Goforth, a Canadian Christian missionary, was another who lived in 19th
century China that gave a glowing recommendation of the value of Clarke’s Scripture
Promises. She wrote of the faithfulness of God in her testimonial book, How
I Know God Answers Prayer. “They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy
great goodness”
(Psalm 145:7). As she, her husband Jonathan,
and her four children faced the bloody onslaught of the anti-foreigner, anti-Christian
Boxer Revolt of the secret society “Harmonious Fists” of China (1900),
they were advised by the American Consul in Chefoo to flee from the city of Changte
in North Honan to the coastal seaport of Shanghai. “No weapon that is formed
against thee shall prosper” (Isaiah 54:17). On the morning
of July 8th 1900, their small party of missionaries was resting at an inn in the
small town of Hsintien, while a boisterous mob awaited them outside casting stones
and demanding their money. Rosalind wrote,
“Hints had been given us of coming danger, but that was all; none spoke of
what all felt — that we were probably going to our death. Suddenly, without the
slightest warning, I was seized with an overwhelming fear of what might be awaiting
us. It was not the fear of after death, but of probable torture, that took
such awful hold of me. I thought, ‘Can this be the Christian courage I have looked
for?’ I went by myself and prayed for victory, but no help came. Just then someone
called us to a room for prayer before getting into our carts. Scarcely able to walk
for trembling, and utterly ashamed that others should see my state of panic — for
such it undoubtedly was — I managed to reach a bench beside which my husband stood.
He drew from his pocket a little book, Clarke’s Scripture Promises, and read
the verses his eyes first fell upon. They were the following:The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall
thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right
hand of my righteousness… The Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto
thee, Fear not; I will help thee.If God be for us, who can be against us?
We may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto
me.The effect of these words at such a time was remarkable. All realized that God was
speaking to us. Never was there a message more directly given to mortal man from
his God than that message to us. From almost the first verse my whole soul seemed
flooded with a great peace; all trace of panic vanished; and I felt God’s presence
was with us. Indeed, His presence was so real it could scarcely have been more so
had we seen a visible form.”
stories of physical deliverance from innumerable attempts to kill, injure, or maim
them. “Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in Whom we
trust that He will yet deliver us” (2Corinthians 1:10).
The testimony from the past serves to remind us that the same God Who Promised Abraham
that He would make him a father of a great multitude– which He did– has Promised
us, “Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things,
which thou knowest not”
(Jeremiah 33:3). May we be like
Abraham in rising to the challenge. “20 He staggered not at the Promise of God
through unbelief; but was strong in Faith, giving Glory to God; 21 And being fully
persuaded that, what He had Promised, He was able also to perform” (Romans
4:20-21).
May God bless you as you lay hold of His Promises!
Tom Stewart
“Thy Counsels of old are Faithfulness and Truth”
(Isaiah
25:1).
November 15th 2003
Notice by Dr. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
The Bible is a book of such transcendent worth, and so happily suited to all the
parts and purposes of the Christian life, that it can never be too much recommended
to the world; every thing that allures the world to peruse it, is a blessing to mankind.
And though it is hard for our narrow capacities to grasp and take in its several
distinguishing excellences at one view, yet, if we take a separate survey of the
doctrines and duties, the promises and threatenings, the prophecies and histories,
which are contained therein, each of them will afford us an awful or a delightful
prospect, with lessons for special improvement.
The worthy author of this collection, which I have long known with esteem and honor,
has chosen to reduce all the most useful and important promises of the Word of God
into order, and here set them before us. These are the most powerful motives of duty;
these are the constant food of a living Christian, as well as his highest cordials
in a fainting hour. And in such a world as this, where duties perpetually demand
our practice, and difficulties and trials are ever surrounding us, what can we do
better than to treasure up the promises in our hearts, which are the most effectual
persuasives to fulfil the one and sustain the other? Here are laid up the true riches
of a Christian, and his highest hopes on this side of heaven.
The materials which are collected here are all divine, and the disposition of them
is elegant and regular; so that it is an easy matter to find something suited to
the frame of our souls, or our present wants on every occasion; and that soul who
knows what a suitable promise is worth in an hour of darkness or temptation, will
never think such a work as this, and such a various treasure, can have sufficient
value set upon it.
Those who have little leisure for reading, may find their account in keeping this
book always near them; and with the glance of an eye they may take in the riches
of grace and glory, and derive many a sweet refreshment from hence, amidst their
labors and travels through this wilderness. It is of excellent use to lie on the
table in a chamber of sickness, and now and then to take a sip of the river of life,
which runs through it in a thousand little rills of peace and joy.
May the Holy Spirit of God, who indited all these promises, and our blessed Mediator,
who, by his ministry and by his blood, has sealed and confirmed them all, render
them every day more and more powerful and prevalent to draw the hearts of men towards
God, and to fit them for the enjoyment of these words of grace in their complete
accomplishment in glory. Amen.
I. Watts Newington, Jan. 19, 1750
An Historical Perspective of Precious Bible Promises
Notice by Dr. Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
PART ONE
BLESSINGS PROMISED TO BELIEVERS
Chapter 1
Promises of Temporal Blessings
1. General promises
to believers
2. Temporal blessings
in general
3. Food and raiment
Food
Raiment
4. Long life and
health
Long life
Health
5. Safety under the divine protection
6. Promises of peace
7. Direction
8. Honor
9. Success and
prosperity
10. Plenty and riches
11. Of children
12. A blessing
upon all the believer has
13. A blessing
upon the children of believers
14. A blessing
upon the families of the Good
Chapter 2
Promises Relating to the Troubles of Life
1. In general
Preservation
from trouble
Deliverance
from trouble
Support in trouble
2. Promises relating to sickness,
old age, etc.
Deliverance
from sickness
Support in sickness
In old age
3. Deliverance from
famine and want
4. Deliverance from
war and enemies
From war
From enemies
5. From oppression
and injustice
6. From slander and
reproach
Slander
Reproach
7. From witchcraft
8. Promises
to the stranger and exile
9. To the poor and helpless
10. To the fatherless
and widow
11. To the childless
12. To the prisoner
and captive
13. Deliverance from
death
Chapter 3
Promises of Spiritual Blessings in This Life
1.In general
2. Of justification,
pardon, and reconciliation
Justification
Pardon of sin
Of the most heinous sins
Of all sins
Of backsliding
Pardon through
Christ
Reconciliation
3. Adoption
4. Union and communion
with the church
5. Free access to
God, with acceptance
6. Of hearing prayer
7. Sanctifying
grace in general
8. Of converting
grace
The grace
of repentance
The grace of faith
Grace to fear God
9. Knowledge, wisdom,
etc.
Knowledge
Wisdom
Divine teaching
Divine guidance
Ability for
good discourse
10. The means of grace
A blessing upon
ordinances
11. Of grace
against sin and temptation
To mortify sin
Against temptation
From the enticement
of sinners
Victory over the
world
Victory over the
devil
12. Strength,
courage, and resolution
13. Fruitfulness
and increase of grace
Fruitfulness
In old age
Increase of grace
The grace of meekness
14. Grace to persevere
15. Sanctified
afflictions
16. Grace to the
children of Israel
17. An interest
in God
As our God
Our portion
Our glory
His presence
with us
His love
His mercy
His help
His care
His covenant with his people
God will not
forsake them
18. An interest
in Christ
All grace
from Christ
Redemption by
Christ
Life from Him
His intercession
His love
His care of
his church
His presence
with his people
19. Promises
of the Spirit
His teaching
Help in prayer
To witness our
adoption
To seal our
redemption
To be our comforter
The joys of the
Holy Ghost
20. The ministry
of angels
21. That we
shall be kings and priests unto God
22. Peace
of conscience, comfort, and hope
Peace of conscience
Comfort
Hope
23. Delight and joy in God
24. Support in death
Chapter 4
Promises of Blessings in the Future World
1. Deliverance
from hell
2. Happiness
immediately after death
3. A glorious
resurrection
4. Everlasting
happiness in heaven
Freedom from
all sorrow in heaven
Joy in heaven
Glory in heaven
The kingdom of
heaven
The heavenly
inheritance
Enjoyment of God
Eternal life
PART TWO
PROMISES FOR THE EXERCISE OF DUTIES AND GLORIES
Chapter 1
In the Fulfillment of Duty Toward God
1. To faith in Christ
Confessing Christ
2. To repentance
To them that mourn
for the wickedness of the land
Repenting
in affliction
Confession of sin
3. Obedience
Obeying Christ
4. To
sincerity and uprightness
5. To the love of
God
To the love
of Christ
6. To trusting
and patiently waiting on God
7. To the fear of
God
Honoring God
8. To prayer
Seeking God
Secret prayer
Praising God
Desires of grace
9. To wisdom
and knowledge
To the wise
Love and
study of wisdom
Knowledge of
God and Christ
Learning of Christ
10. To a due regard to the Word
of God
To hearing and
reading the Word
Loving the Word
Trembling
at the Word
11. Meditation
12. To fasting
Fasting in secret
13. To baptism
14.To the Lord’s
Supper
15. To good discourse
The
government of the tongue
16. To watchfulness
17. To
keeping good company
Avoiding evil
company
18. To performing
oaths
19. To
the keeping of the Sabbath
Chapter 2
In the Performance of Duty Toward Men
1. To
obedience to parents
2. To good education
Correction
of children
3. To a good wife
4. To faithful
servants
5. To
good kings and magistrates
6. To obedient
subjects
7. To faithful
ministers
8. To them that
receive and hearken to ministers
9. To love and unity
To the peacemakers
Love to God’s
people
10. To
the charitable, the merciful and the liberal to God’s ministers
To alms in secret
To
the supporting of God’s ministers and worship
To the merciful
11. To
the giving and the receiving of reproofs
12. To forgiving
injuries
13. To chastity
and purity
14. To diligence
To improving
our talents
Moderation in
sleep
15. To the just and
honest
16. To truth
17. To candor
18. To contentment
and mortification
Contentment
Mortification
of sin
To the spiritually-minded
Chapter 3
In the Cultivation of Christian Character
1. To the meek, humble,
contrite
The meek
To the humble
The contrite
and mourners
2. To them
that suffer for righteousness’ sake
To them
that are excommunicated unjustly
3. To patience
and submission
4. To perseverance
To him that
overcomes
PART THREE
PROMISES OF THE GROWTH AND GLORY OF THE CHURCH
1. The
enlargement of the church, and the spread of the Gospel and
2. Glory of the church
3. Increase of light
and knowledge, and the means of grace
4. Increase
of purity, holiness, and righteousness
5. Peace, love, and
unity
6. Submission
and destruction of the enemies of the church
The
destruction of Antichrist, Babylon, etc.
7. Favor and submission
of kings to the Kingdom of Christ
8. The
security, tranquility, and prosperity of the church
9. The perpetual
continuance of the church
10. The
conversion and restoration of the Jews
PART FOUR
PROMISES OF CHRIST’S SECOND COMING
CONCLUSION
That God will
perform all his promises
PRECIOUS BIBLE PROMISES
PART ONE
BLESSINGS PROMISED TO BELIEVERS
CHAPTER 1
PROMISES OF TEMPORAL BLESSINGS
1. GENERAL PROMISES TO BELIEVERS (Table of Contents)
“The LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good
thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11).
“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage”
(Psalm 16:6).
“Surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before
him” (Ecclesiastes 8:12).
“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat
the fruit of their doings” (Isaiah 3:10).
“Verily there is a reward for the righteous” (Psalm 58:11).
“Thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as
with a shield” (Psalm 5:12).
“Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people” (Psalm
3:8).
“He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness,
and honour” (Proverbs 21:21).
“Blessings are upon the head of the just. The desire of the righteous shall
be granted. The hope of the righteous shall be gladness” (Proverbs 10:6, 24,
28).
“To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. Righteousness tendeth
to life. The righteous shall flourish as a branch. (Proverbs 11:18, 19, 28).
“His secret is with the righteous” (Proverbs 3:32).
“A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD” (Proverbs 12:2).
“The light of the righteous rejoiceth. To the righteous good shall be repayed”
(Proverbs 13:9, 21).
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will
dwell in the house of the LORD for ever” (Psalm 23:6).
“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall
he not with him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32).
“All things are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or
life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours” (1Corinthians
3:21, 22).
“Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now
is, and of that which is to come” (1Timothy 4:8).
2. TEMPORAL BLESSINGS IN GENERAL (Table of Contents)
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth
over” (Psalm 23:1, 5).
“There is no want to them that fear him. They that seek the LORD shall not want
any good thing” (Psalms 34:9, 10).
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33).
“My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ
Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).
“Godliness with contentment is great gain. Who giveth us richly all things to
enjoy” (1Timothy 6:6, 17).
3. FOOD AND RAIMENT (Table of Contents)
FOOD (Table of Contents)
“Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily
thou shalt be fed” (Psalm 37:3).
“He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his
covenant” (Psalm 111:5).
“I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread”
(Psalm 132:15).
“He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat” (Psalm 147:14).
“The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul” (Proverbs 13:25).
“26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better
than they?” (Matthew 6:26).
“And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied” (Joel 2:26).
“Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants
shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty” (Isaiah 65:13).
RAIMENT (Table of
Contents)
“I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye
shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than
meat, and the body than raiment? Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field,
which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?
or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For your heavenly Father
knoweth that ye have need of all these things” (Matthew 6:25, 30, 31, 32).
4. LONG LIFE AND HEALTH (Table of Contents)
LONG LIFE (Table
of Contents)
“Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that
ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days
in the land which ye shall possess” (Deuteronomy 5:33).
“That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his
commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the
days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged” (Deuteronomy 6:2).
“Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh
in his season” (Job 5:26).
“What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and
do good; seek peace, and pursue it” (Psalm 34:12-14).
“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation” (Psalm 91:16).
“Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Length of
days is in her [Wisdom’s] right hand” (Proverbs 3:2, 16).
“By me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased”
(Proverbs 9:11).
HEALTH (Table of Contents)
“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth
thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the
eagle’s” (Psalm 103:3-5).
“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall
be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones” (Proverbs 3:7, 8).
“They are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh”
(Proverbs 4:22).
5. SAFETY UNDER THE DIVINE PROTECTION (Table of Contents)
“The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover
him all the day long” (Deuteronomy 33:12).
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and
is safe” (Proverbs 18:10).
“I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall
not be moved” (Psalm 16:8).
“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the
LORD” (Psalm 112:7).
“And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?”
(1Peter 3:13).
“Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the
righteous cut off?” (Job 4:7).
“Thou shalt be secure, because there is hope” (Job 11:18).
“Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the
field shall be at peace with thee” (Job 5:23).
“And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field,
and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will
break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to
lie down safely” (Hosea 2:18).
“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. And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast
of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid”
(Ezekiel 34:25, 28).
“And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth,
and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all
the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered” (Genesis 9:2).
“Thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. Also thou
shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid” (Job 11:18, 19).
“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me
dwell in safety” (Psalm 4:8).
“He giveth his beloved sleep” (Psalm 127:2).
“When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and
thy sleep shall be sweet” (Proverbs 3:24).
“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness;
for by strength shall no man prevail” (1Samuel 2:9).
“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength
of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1).
“He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken” (Psalm 34:20).
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:
my God; in him will I trust. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his
wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. There shall no
evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling” (Psalm 91:1,
2, 4, 10).
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help
cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to
be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy
right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD
shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve
thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore”
(Psalm 121:1-8).
“Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth” (Psalm
124:8).
“As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his
people from henceforth even for ever” (Psalm 125:2).
“Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble”
(Proverbs 3:23).
“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear
of evil” (Proverbs 1:33).
“And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon
her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night:
for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a
shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert
from storm and from rain” (Isaiah 4:5, 6).
“He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks”
(Isaiah 33:16).
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the
rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt
not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God,
the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour” (Isaiah 43:2, 3).
“I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will
keep it night and day” (Isaiah 27:3).
“For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will
be the glory in the midst of her” (Zechariah 2:5).
6. PROMISES OF PEACE (Table of Contents)
“And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make
you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go
through your land” (Leviticus 26:6).
“The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people
with peace” (Psalm 29:11).
“Peace shall be upon Israel” (Psalm 125:5).
“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them”
(Psalm 119:165).
“He maketh peace in thy borders” (Psalm 147:14).
“LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works
in us” (Isaiah 26:12).
“My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and
in quiet resting places” (Isaiah 32:18).
7. DIRECTION (Table
of Contents)
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way”
(Psalm 37:23).
“He will be our guide even unto death” (Psalm 48:14).
“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory”
(Psalm 73:24).
“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs
3:6).
“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way” (Proverbs 11:5).
“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps” (Proverbs
16:9).
“His God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him” (Isaiah 28:26).
“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in
paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked
things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them” (Isaiah
42:16).
8. HONOR (Table of Contents)
“And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be
above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments
of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them”
(Deuteronomy 28:13).
“Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting
remembrance. his horn shall be exalted with honour” (Psalm 112:6, 9).
“For them that honour me I will honour” (1Samuel 2:30).
“By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life”
(Proverbs 22:4).
“In her left hand riches and honour” (Proverbs 3:16).
“Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when
thou dost embrace her” (Proverbs 4:8).
“The memory of the just is blessed” (Proverbs 10:7).
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will
set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will
answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him”
(Psalm 91:14, 15).
“If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my
servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour” (John 12:26).
“Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews,
and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy
feet, and to know that I have loved thee” (Revelation 3:9).
9. SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY (Table of Contents)
“He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper” (Psalm 1:3).
“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass”
(Psalm 37:5).
“Thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall
be well with thee” (Psalm 128:2).
“I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me”
(Psalm 57:2).
“And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards,
and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall
not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people,
and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in
vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD,
and their offspring with them” (Isaiah 65:21-23).
“Thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 16 Because thou shalt forget thy
misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: And thine age shall be clearer
than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning” (Job
11:15, 17).
“Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and
the light shall shine upon thy ways” (Job 22:28).
10. PLENTY AND RICHES (Table of Contents)
“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.
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full”
(Deuteronomy 11:14, 15).
“The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain
unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt
lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow” (Deuteronomy 28:12).
“And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand,
in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy
land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced
over thy fathers. And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of
thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the
land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee” (Deuteronomy 30:9;
28:11).
“Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of
the brooks. Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of
silver” (Job 22:24, 25).
“He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not
their cattle to decrease” (Psalm 107:38).
“Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for
ever” (Psalm 112:3).
“In her [Wisdom’s] left hand riches and honour” (Proverbs 3:16).
“Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. My fruit
is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver”
(Proverbs 8:18, 19).
“In the house of the righteous is much treasure” (Proverbs 15:6).
“Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal;
and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that
day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures” (Isaiah 30:23).
11. OF CHILDREN (Table
of Contents)
“He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the
fruit of thy womb” (Deuteronomy 7:13).
“And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand,
in the fruit of thy body” (Deuteronomy 30:9).
“Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the
grass of the earth” (Job 5:25).
“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his
reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but
they shall speak with the enemies in the gate” (Psalm 127:3-5).
“The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children” (Psalm
115:14).
12. A BLESSING UPON ALL THE BELIEVER HAS
(Table of Contents)
“And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy
water” (Exodus 23:25).
“And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given
unto thee, and unto thine house” (Deuteronomy 26:11).
“Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit
of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall
be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed
shalt thou be when thou goest out. The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee
in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless
thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee” (Deuteronomy 28:3-6, 8).
“A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked”
(Psalm 37:16).
“The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it”
(Proverbs 10:22).
“Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble
therewith” (Proverbs 15:16).
“For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and
joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give
to him that is good before God” (Ecclesiastes 2:26).
“Every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is
the gift of God” (Ecclesiastes 3:13).
“Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him
power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this
is the gift of God. For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because
God answereth him in the joy of his heart” (Ecclesiastes 5:19, 20).
13. A BLESSING UPON THE CHILDREN OF BELIEVERS
(Table of Contents)
“Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command
thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and
that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
for ever. O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep
all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children
for ever!” (Deuteronomy 4:40; 5:29).
“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth
of the sinner is laid up for the just” (Proverbs 13:22).
“In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a
place of refuge” (Proverbs 14:26).
“The seed of the righteous shall be delivered” (Proverbs 11:21).
“The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him”
(Proverbs 20:7).
“The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established
before thee.” (Psalm 102:28).
“His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be
blessed” (Psalm 112:2).
“His seed shall inherit the earth” (Psalm 25:13).
“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed”
(Psalm 37:25, 26).
“He hath blessed thy children within thee” (Psalm 147:13).
“I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for
the good of them, and of their children after them” (Jeremiah 32:39).
14. A BLESSING UPON THE FAMILIES OF THE GOOD
(Table of Contents)
“Thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit
thy habitation, and shalt not sin” (Job 5:24).
“If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make
the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Though thy beginning was small, yet
thy latter end should greatly increase” (Job 8:6, 7).
“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children
like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed
that feareth the LORD. The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see
the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s
children, and peace upon Israel” (Psalm 128:3-6).
“He blesseth the habitation of the just” (Proverbs 3:33).
“The house of the righteous shall stand” (Proverbs 12:7).
“The tabernacle of the upright shall flourish” (Proverbs 14:11).
Chapter 2
PROMISES RELATING TO THE TROUBLES OF LIFE
1. IN GENERAL (Table
of Contents)
PRESERVATION FROM TROUBLE (Table of Contents)
“For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest
be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass
me about with songs of deliverance” (Psalm 32:6, 7).
“He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch
thee” (Job 5:19).
“The LORD preserveth the faithful” (Psalm 31:23).
“There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling”
(Psalm 91:10).
“There shall no evil happen to the just” (Proverbs 12:21).
“The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous
is made plain” (Proverbs 15:19).
DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLE (Table of Contents)
“Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil
doers: Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. (Job 8:20,
21).
“Thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away”
(Job 11:16).
“Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where
there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full
of fatness” (Job 36:16).
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure
for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” (Psalm 30:5).
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out
of them all” (Psalm 34:19).
“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope
thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and
my God” (Psalm 42:11).
“Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove
covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold” (Psalm 68:13).
“Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again,
and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth” (Psalm 71:20).
“For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. For
thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness” (Psalm
18:27, 28).
“The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed
down” (Psalm 146:8).
“They cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses”
(Psalm 107:19).
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves
with him” (Psalm 126:5, 6).
“The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead”
(Proverbs 11:8).
“The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come
out of trouble” (Proverbs 12:13).
“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again” (Proverbs 24:16).
“I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace,
and not of evil, to give you an expected end” (Jeremiah 29:11).
“Their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more
at all. I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them
rejoice from their sorrow” (Jeremiah 31:12, 13).
“Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us;
he hath smitten, and he will bind us up” (Hosea 6:1).
SUPPORT IN TROUBLE (Table of Contents)
“The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble”
(Psalm 9:9).
“He hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither
hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard” (Psalm
22:24).
“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. Wait
on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say,
on the LORD” (Psalm 27:10, 14).
“Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him
with his hand. The salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength
in the time of trouble” (Psalm 37:24, 39).
“The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength,
in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower”
(Psalm 18:2).
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore
will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried
into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though
the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah” (Psalm 46:1-3).
“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer
the righteous to be moved” (Psalm 55:22).
“I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble;
thou hast known my soul in adversities” (Psalm 31:7).
“I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows” (Exodus
3:7).
“Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time
of trouble” (Psalm 41:1).
“Thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress”
(Psalm 71:3).
“Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness” (Psalm 112:4).
“Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever”
(Psalm 136:23).
“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch
forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save
me” (Psalm 138:7).
“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart” (Psalm
73:26).
“The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down”
(Psalm 145:14).
“Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress,
a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones
is as a storm against the wall” (Isaiah 25:4).
“In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his
rough wind in the day of the east wind” (Isaiah 27:8).
“He will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment
with God” (Job 34:23).
“Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant,
that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD,
and stay upon his God” (Isaiah 50:10).
“For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will
he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict
willingly nor grieve the children of men” (Lamentations 3:31-33).
“O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction”
(Jeremiah 16:19).
“I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all
nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but
I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished”
(Jeremiah 30:11).
“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit
in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the
LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment
for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness”
(Micah 7:8, 9).
“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them
that trust in him” (Nahum 1:7).
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”
(Matthew 11:28).
“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”
(John 16:33).
“For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth
by Christ” (2Corinthians 1:5).
“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not
in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed” (2Corinthians
4:8, 9).
2. PROMISES RELATING TO SICKNESS, OLD AGE, ETC. (Table of Contents)
DELIVERANCE FROM SICKNESS (Table of Contents)
“Ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water;
and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee” (Exodus 23:25).
“If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt
do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep
all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought
upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee” (Exodus 15:26).
“He is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit:
I have found a ransom. His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return
to the days of his youth: He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto
him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light”
(Job 33:24-26, 28).
“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome
pestilence. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that
flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction
that wasteth at noonday” (Psalm 91:3, 5, 6).
“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases” (Psalm
103:3).
“The LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil
diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee” (Deuteronomy 7:15).
“Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal
unto them the abundance of peace and truth” (Jeremiah 33:6).
SUPPORT IN SICKNESS (Table of Contents)
“The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all
his bed in his sickness” (Psalm 41:3).
“The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me” (Psalm
116:6).
“Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith
and charity and holiness with sobriety” (1Timothy 2:15).
“He will also bless the fruit of thy womb” (Deuteronomy 7:13).
“Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who
shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth
under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb” (Genesis 49:25).
IN OLD AGE (Table
of Contents)
“Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth”
(Psalm 71:9).
“And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you:
I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you” (Isaiah
46:4).
“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness”
(Proverbs 16:31).
3. DELIVERANCE
FROM FAMINE AND WANT (Table
of Contents)
“In famine he shall redeem thee from death. At destruction and famine thou shalt
laugh” (Job 5:20, 22).
“Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope
in his mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine”
(Psalm 33:18, 19).
“They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they
shall be satisfied” (Psalm 37:19).
“Which giveth food to the hungry” (Psalm 146:7).
“When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth
for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them”
(Isaiah 41:17).
“I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye
shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen” (Ezekiel 36:29,
30).
“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”
(Zechariah 10:1).
“He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness”
(Psalm 107:9).
“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines;
the labour 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: Yet I will
rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation” (Habakkuk 3:17,
18).
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of
the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).
4. DELIVERANCE FROM WAR AND ENEMIES (Table of Contents)
FROM WAR (Table of
Contents)
“The LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your
enemies, to save you. For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver
thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy:
that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee” (Deuteronomy
20:4; 23:14).
“In war from the power of the sword” (Job 5:20).
“Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies”
(Psalm 60:12).
“Behold, God himself is with us for our captain” (2Chronicles 13:12).
“Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when
it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being
taken” (Proverbs 3:25, 26).
“Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded:
they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt
seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that
war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought” (Isaiah 41:11,
12).
“I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given
into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. For I will surely deliver thee,
and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee:
because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD” (Jeremiah 39:17, 18).
FROM ENEMIES (Table
of Contents)
“Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them”
(2Kings 6:16).
“LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that
have no power” (2Chronicles 14:11).
“The LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of
all your enemies” (2Kings 17:39).
“Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them
which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them” (Psalm 17:7).
“In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his
tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head
be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle
sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD” (Psalm
27:5, 6).
“The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The LORD will not
leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. And the LORD shall help
them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because
they trust in him” (Psalm 37:32, 33, 40).
“He preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of
the wicked” (Psalm 97:10).
“His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon
his enemies” (Psalm 112:8).
“The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire
upon them that hate me” (Psalm 118:7).
“The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the
righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity” (Psalm 125:3).
“They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of
the wicked shall come to nought” (Job 8:22).
“When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace
with him” (Proverbs 16:7).
“Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even
the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought
low” (Isaiah 25:5).
“Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. No weapon
that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against
thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the
LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD” (Isaiah 54:15, 17).
“The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten
before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven
ways” (Deuteronomy 28:7).
“Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though
he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily” (Luke
18:7, 8).
“I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee” (Acts 18:10).
“So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what
man shall do unto me. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto
me?” (Hebrews 13:6; Psalm 118:6).
“That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate
us; That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days
of our life” (Luke 1:71, 74, 75).
5. FROM OPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE
(Table of Contents)
“If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it
unto him by that the sun goeth down: For that is his covering only, it is his raiment
for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto
me, that I will hear; for I am gracious” (Exodus 22:26, 27).
“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise,
saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him” (Psalm
12:5).
“All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor
from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth
him?” (Psalm 35:10).
“He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy,
and shall break in pieces the oppressor. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and
violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight” (Psalm 72:4, 14).
“He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn
his soul” (Psalm 109:31).
“Which executeth judgment for the oppressed” (Psalm 146:7).
“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment
and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the
highest regardeth; and there be higher than they” (Ecclesiastes 5:8).
“In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression;
for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee” (Isaiah
54:14).
6. FROM SLANDER AND REPROACH (Table of Contents)
SLANDER (Table of Contents)
“Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid
of destruction when it cometh” (Job 5:21).
“Thou lift up thy face without spot” (Job 11:15).
“He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the
noonday” (Psalm 37:6).
“Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou
shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues” (Psalm 31:20).
“He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would
swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth” (Psalm 57:3).
REPROACH (Table
of Contents)
“Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my
law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. For
the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool:
but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation”
(Isaiah 51:7, 8).
“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say
all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad:
for great is your reward in heaven” (Matthew 5:11, 12).
“Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt:
for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward” (Hebrews 11:26).
“If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of
glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your
part he is glorified” (1Peter 4:14).
7. FROM WITCHCRAFT (Table of Contents)
“Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination
against Israel” (Numbers 23:23).
8. PROMISES TO THE STRANGER AND THE EXILE (Table of Contents)
“He loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment” (Deuteronomy 10:18).
“The LORD preserveth the strangers” (Psalm 146:9).
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen,
and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as
a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come” (Ezekiel 11:16).
9. TO THE POOR AND HELPLESS (Table of Contents)
“The needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not
perish for ever” (Psalm 9:18).
“Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor” (Psalm 68:10).
“The LORD heareth the poor” (Psalm 69:33).
“I will satisfy her poor with bread” (Psalm 132:15).
“The firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety”
(Isaiah 14:30).
“He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. He
shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy” (Psalm
72:2, 12, 13).
“He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer”
(Psalm 102:17).
“Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like
a flock” (Psalm 107:41).
“He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill”
(Psalm 113:7).
“Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the
poor from the hand of evildoers” (Jeremiah 20:13).
“He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the
mighty. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth” (Job 5:15, 16).
“He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression”
(Job 36:15).
“Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted” (James 1:9).
“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?”
(James 2:5).
“Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things,
and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented”
(Luke 16:25).
10. TO THE FATHERLESS AND WIDOW (Table of Contents)
“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in
any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath
shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows,
and your children fatherless” (Exodus 22:22-24).
“He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow” (Deuteronomy
10:18).
“The poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more
oppress” (Psalm 10:14, 18).
“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation”
(Psalm 68:5).
“He relieveth the fatherless and widow” (Psalm 146:9).
“The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border
of the widow” (Proverbs 15:25).
“Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their Redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee” (Proverbs
23:10, 11).
“Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows
trust in me” (Jeremiah 49:11).
“In thee the fatherless findeth mercy” (Hosea 14:3).
11. TO THE CHILDLESS (Table of Contents)
“God setteth the solitary in families” (Psalm 68:6).
“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children”
(Psalm 113:9).
“Thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the
things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; even unto them will I give in
mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters:
I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off” (Isaiah 56:4,
5).
12. TO THE PRISONER AND CAPTIVE (Table of Contents)
“He bringeth out those which are bound with chains” (Psalm 68:6).
“The LORD looseth the prisoners” (Psalm 146:7).
“If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence
will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee” (Deuteronomy
30:4).
“He despiseth not his prisoners” (Psalm 69:33).
“[He] brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their
bands in sunder” (Psalm 107:14).
“The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die
in the pit, nor that his bread should fail” (Isaiah 51:14).
“Thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and
the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth
with thee, and I will save thy children” (Isaiah 49:25).
“Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to
entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction” (Jeremiah
15:11).
13. DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH (Table of Contents)
“He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the
light” (Job 33:28).
“He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the
issues from death” (Psalm 68:20).
“O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: which
holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved” (Psalms 66:8,
9).
“From heaven did the LORD behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner;
to loose those that are appointed to death” (Psalm 102:19, 20).
“Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates
of death. Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of
their distresses” (Psalm 107:18, 19).
“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints” (Psalm 116:15).
“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but
it shall not come nigh thee” (Psalm 91:7).
“Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death” (Psalm 9:13).
“The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth
up” (1Samuel 2:6).
“See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make
alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand”
(Deuteronomy 32:39).
Chapter 3
PROMISES OF SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN THIS LIFE
1. IN GENERAL (Table
of Contents)
“All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant
and his testimonies. The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will
shew them his covenant” (Psalm 25:10, 14).
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us
with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen
us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without
blame before him in love: according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded
toward us in all wisdom and prudence” (Ephesians 1:3, 4, 7, 8).
“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto
life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and
virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises” (2Peter
1:3, 4).
“As many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon
the Israel of God” (Galatians 6:16).
“Whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he
also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified” (Romans 8:30).
2. OF JUSTIFICATION, PARDON, AND RECONCILIATION
(Table of Contents)
JUSTIFICATION (Table
of Contents)
“He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in
Israel” (Numbers 23:21).
“In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory”
(Isaiah 45:25).
“By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear
their iniquities” (Isaiah 53:11).
“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all
your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you” (Ezekiel 36:25).
“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus” (Romans 3:24).
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Who shall lay any thing to the charge
of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. 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” (Romans 8:1, 33, 34).
“That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the
hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:7).
“He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him” (2Corinthians 5:21).
“By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could
not be justified by the law of Moses” (Acts 13:39).
“Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. By the
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
So by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous” (Romans 5:1, 9, 18,
19).
PARDON OF SIN (Table
of Contents)
“Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin”
(Exodus 34:7).
“As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away” (Psalm 65:3).
“I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and
will not remember thy sins” (Isaiah 43:25).
“There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. He shall redeem
Israel from all his iniquities” (Psalm 130:4, 8).
“The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall
be forgiven their iniquity” (Isaiah 33:24).
“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud,
thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee” (Isaiah 44:22).
“He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath
not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For
as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear
him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions
from us” (Psalm 103:9-12).
“Mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. I will
not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim”
(Hosea 11:8, 9).
“Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression
of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth
in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our
iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea” (Micah
7:18, 19).
“Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more” (Hebrews 10:17).
“I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more”
(Jeremiah 31:34).
“I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities
will I remember no more” (Hebrews 8:12).
“Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much. And he said unto
her, Thy sins are forgiven. Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace” [See Repentance,
part 2, chap. 1, sect. 2] (Luke 7:47, 48, 50).
“All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word
against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him” (Matthew 12:31, 32).
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed
is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is
no guile” (Psalm 32:1, 2).
OF THE MOST HEINOUS SINS (Table of Contents)
“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool” (Isaiah 1:18).
OF ALL SINS (Table
of Contents)
“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases” (Psalm
103:3).
“I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against
me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby
they have transgressed against me” (Jeremiah 33:8).
“None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him” (Ezekiel
33:16).
OF BACKSLIDING (Table of Contents)
“Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine
anger to fall upon you. Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings”
(Jeremiah 3:12, 22).
“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely” (Hosea 14:4).
PARDON THROUGH CHRIST (Table of Contents)
“In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness” (Zechariah 13:1).
“He shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).
“Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins” (Acts 13:38).
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according
to the riches of his grace” (Ephesians 1:7).
“Who gave himself for our sins” (Galatians 1:4).
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners” (1Timothy 1:15).
“Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures” (1Corinthians 15:3).
“When he had by himself purged our sins” (Hebrews 1:3).
“He hath appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many” (Hebrews 9:26, 28).
“By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified” (Hebrews
10:14).
“The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).
“This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission
of sins” (Matthew 26:28).
“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. All we
like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD
hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:5, 6).
“If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins
of the whole world. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven
you for his name’s sake” (1John 2:1, 12).
“The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we confess
our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness” (1John 1:7, 9).
“He was manifested to take away our sins” (1John 3:5).
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed”
(1Peter 2:24).
“That loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood” (Revelation
1:5).
RECONCILIATION (Table of Contents)
“Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall
make peace with me” (Isaiah 27:5).
“Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
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” (Romans 5:9, 10).
“All things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and
hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ,
reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them”
(2Corinthians 5:18, 19).
“Now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood
of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us; 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; and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body
by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you
which were afar off, and to them that were nigh” (Ephesians 2:13-17).
“You, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works,
yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you
holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 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”
(Colossians 1:21-23).
“A merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation
for the sins of the people” (Hebrews 2:17).
3. ADOPTION (Table of Contents)
“I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn” (Jeremiah 31:9).
“Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel
acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from
everlasting” (Isaiah 63:16).
“But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter;
and we all are the work of thy hand” (Isaiah 64:8).
“As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have
not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit
of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:14, 15).
“And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye
are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God”
(Romans 9:26).
“[I] will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith
the Lord Almighty” (2Corinthians 6:18).
“Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:26).
“God sent forth his Son, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption of sons. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and
if a son, then an heir of God through Christ” (Galatians 4:4, 5, 7).
“Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:5, 6).
“As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on his name” (John 1:12).
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should
be called the sons of God. Beloved, now are we the sons of God” (1John 3:1,
2).
4. UNION AND COMMUNION WITH THE CHURCH (Table of Contents)
“Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church
of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to
the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,
and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel”
(Hebrews 12:22-24).
“For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in
Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:3).
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither
male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then
are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:28,
29).
“Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. Now we, brethren,
as Isaac was, are the children of promise” (Galatians 4:26, 28).
“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have
fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son
Jesus Christ” (1John 1:3).
“That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth
of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without
God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made
nigh by the blood of Christ. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; in whom [Christ]
ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit” (Ephesians
2:12, 13, 19, 22).
“Thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest
of the root and fatness of the olive tree” (Romans 11:17).
5. FREE ACCESS TO GOD, WITH ACCEPTANCE (Table of Contents)
“Through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father” (Ephesians
2:18).
“In mine holy mountain will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings.
I will accept you with your sweet savour” (Ezekiel 20:40, 41).
“In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him”
(Ephesians 3:12).
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood
of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the
veil, that is to say, his flesh” (Hebrews 10:19, 20).
“Wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:6).
“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen
of God, and precious, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house,
an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus
Christ” (1Peter 2:4, 5).
6. OF HEARING PRAYER (Table of Contents)
“Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee” (Job 22:27).
“But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD
will hear when I call unto him” (Psalm 4:3).
“This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles”
(Psalm 34:6, 15, 17).
“Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify
me” (Psalm 50:15).
“O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come” (Psalm 65:2).
“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him” (Psalm 91:15).
“He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry,
and will save them” (Psalm 145:19).
“The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous”
(Proverbs 15:29).
“He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear
it, he will answer thee” (Isaiah 30:19).
“Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall
say, Here I am” (Isaiah 58:9).
“And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while
they are yet speaking, I will hear” (Isaiah 65:24).
“Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken
unto you” (Jeremiah 29:12).
“They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people:
and they shall say, The LORD is my God” (Zechariah 13:9).
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall
be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven
give good things to them that ask him?” (Matthew 7:7, 8, 11).
“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive”
(Matthew 21:22).
“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and
it shall be done unto you” (John 15:7).
“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. Hitherto have ye asked nothing
in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full” (John 16:23,
24).
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may
be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it”
(John 14:13, 14).
“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. 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. (James 5:15, 16).
“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments,
and do those things that are pleasing in his sight” (1John 3:22).
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according
to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. If any man see his brother
sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them
that sin not unto death” (1John 5:14-16).
7. SANCTIFYING GRACE IN GENERAL
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“The LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good
thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11).
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. And for their sakes I sanctify
myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth” (John 17:17, 19).
“We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).
“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure”
(Philippians 2:13).
PRECIOUS BIBLE PROMISES; compiled by Samuel Clarke, D.D. (1675-1729)
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