“And the Lord said: ‘[…] this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and...

“Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!” (Psalm 150:6). From a biblical perspective, what is the primary...

“It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and...

“‘My people are bent on turning away from me’” (Hosea 11:7a). Hosea’s ministry came near the ending of the kingdom of Israel. That nation...

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone” (Isaiah...

“God has done it, so that people fear before him” (Ecclesiastes 3:14b). The Bible is filled with references to the fear of God. When...

“The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps” (Proverbs 16:9). The book of Proverbs is filled with random wise...

“Then Solomon said, […] ‘I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever’” (1 Kings 8:12-13). Solomon was a...

“‘The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. But who is able to build him a house, since heaven,...

“I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,’ and you forgave...

“The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire. […] Then the channels of the...

“But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, ‘Go and tell my servant David, “Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house...

“And David said to Michal, ‘It was before the LORD […] and I will celebrate before the LORD. I will make myself yet more contemptible...

“My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make melody!” (Psalm 57:7). David found himself in many tight spots...

“Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him” (1 Samuel 3:7). Samuel’s story is a...

“But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out, so the Jebusites dwell with the people of...

“And Caleb [...] said to him, ‘[…] I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the...

“‘Take care lest you forget the LORD your God […] who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and...

“‘Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God, who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your...

“And the LORD said to Moses, ‘Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not’” (Numbers...