“We too must be like all the nations, with a king to rule us, lead us in warfare, and fight our battles.” (1 Samuel 8:20) God elected...

“Why has the Lord permitted us to be defeated today by the Philistines?”  (I Samuel 4:3) The leaders of Israel asked themselves the abov...

“2Then the L ORD   answered me and said: Write down the vision; * Make it plain upon tablets, so that the one who reads it may run....

1 I raise my eyes toward the mountains. From whence shall come my help? 2 My help comes from the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth. 3 He...

"Do not fear: I am with you; do not be anxious: I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my vict...

"For he says: “In an acceptable time I heard you, and on the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is a very acceptable time; b...

“Be strong and courageous.  Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you.  He will not leave you or f...

“While meeting with them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for “the promise of the Father *   about which you ha...

"The LORD said to Abram: Go forth from your land, your relatives, and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you.  I wil...

"I will lead them out from among the peoples and gather them from the lands; I will bring them back to their own country and pasture ...

"I will lead them out from among the peoples and gather them from the lands; I will bring them back to their own country and pastur...

"I will lead them out from among the peoples and gather them from the lands; I will bring them back to their own country and pasture ...

"I will lead them out from among the peoples and gather them from the lands; I will bring them back to their own country and pasture ...

"The LORD said to Abram: Go forth from your land, your relatives, and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you.  I wil...

"He waited seven days, until the appointed time Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come, and the army deserted Saul. He then said, “B...

" And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God ...

“So now I tell you, have nothing to do with these men, and let them go. For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will ...

"The LORD appeared to Abram and said: To your descendants I will give this land. So Abram built an altar there to the LORD who had ap...

"Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them up from that land into a good and spacious l...

"By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing w...