21 passages · God
The angel finds Hagar fleeing and tells her to return and submit. He promises many descendants and says she will bear Ishmael, and she names God 'the God who sees me'.
God appears, calls himself God Almighty, and tells Abram to walk blamelessly. He renames him Abraham, promises many nations and kings, an everlasting covenant, and the land of Canaan.
Moses asks what name to give the Israelites. God answers 'I AM WHO I AM' and says he is the LORD, the God of their fathers, the name by which he is to be remembered forever.
God says Pharaoh will let them go by his mighty hand. He explains that he revealed himself as the LORD, recalls his covenant, and promises to redeem Israel and give them the land.
God tells Moses to cut two new tablets and climb Sinai alone. The LORD descends in a cloud and declares he is compassionate, gracious, slow to anger and forgiving, yet does not overlook guilt. Moses worships and asks him to go with them.
A man with an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father fights with another Israelite in the camp and curses God's name. He is taken to Moses and held until the LORD's will is known.
Moses asks whether any people has ever heard God speak from fire or been rescued by such signs as Israel was. He concludes that the LORD alone is God and calls them to keep His commands.
Moses explains that these commands are to be kept so Israel may prosper in the land. He declares that the LORD is one, commands love for Him with all one's being, and tells them to keep His words on their hearts, teach their children, and display them.
Hezekiah spreads the letter before the LORD and prays. He affirms that the LORD alone is God over all kingdoms, asks him to hear Sennacherib's insults, and asks for rescue so all nations will know.
The psalm opens by praising the LORD for His majestic name and glory above the heavens. It says God has established praise from the mouths of children to silence His enemies.
The psalm ends by repeating its opening line, praising the LORD's majestic name throughout the earth.
A closing doxology blesses the LORD, the only one who does wonders, and asks that the earth be filled with his glory. A note says the prayers of David son of Jesse end here.
They ask for God's help and forgiveness for the sake of his name, so that the nations cannot ask where their God is. They ask for the captives' groans to be heard, and promise lasting praise as his flock.
The psalmist asks that the enemies be driven off like chaff and fire-swept forest, and be put to shame. The stated hope is that they will seek God's name and know he alone is Most High.
The servants of the Lord are called to praise his name always and everywhere, from sunrise to sunset, since he is exalted above all nations and the heavens.
All are to praise the LORD's name, which alone is exalted and whose splendor is above earth and heaven. He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of His faithful ones in Israel who are near Him.
The LORD, Israel's King and Redeemer, says he is the first and last and challenges anyone to declare the future like him. He tells Israel not to fear, as they are his witnesses and there is no other Rock.
God calls Jacob to listen: he is the first and last, who founded the earth. His chosen ally will act against Babylon, and the speaker adds that the Lord GOD has now sent him with his Spirit.
The city's perimeter is described with twelve gates named for the tribes, three on each side. From then on the city's name will be THE LORD IS THERE.
Jesus says He is the light of the world. The Pharisees say His self-testimony is invalid, and He replies that He and the Father testify together and that they know neither.
Opponents accuse Him of being a Samaritan with a demon. Jesus says those who keep His word will not see death, claims Abraham rejoiced to see His day, and says 'before Abraham was born, I am'. They pick up stones.