Biblical Concept: Truly Amen
Vocabulary:
!mea' (amen) belief, verily, truly.
From !m;a' (aman) meaning “to stay” “to
support.”
avmh,n (amen) verily, truly
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Observations:
• The Old Testament vocabulary (!mea') demonstrates that saying “Amen” is saying
“I believe it.” See Genesis
15:6, Psalm 27:13, Psalm
119:66; and many more.
• Jesus utilized the emphasis of “truly” during His public ministry. Particularly “truly, truly” in John’s Gospel account. Every human is challenged with the ‘truth’ claims
of Jesus.
• One of Jesus’ names is “Amen.” See Revelation 3:14.
• “Amen” is an oath of
spiritual obedience. See Deuteronomy 27:15ff, and many more.
• “Amen” is a response to the glories of God. See Psalm 72:19 and Psalm
106:48.
• “Truly” can be part of a spiritual warning. See Matthew 6:2, and many more.
• “Truly” can be part of a spiritual blessing. See Matthew 10:42.
• “Amen” is a concluding comment / remark of agreement. See Philippians 4:20; and many, many more.
• “Amen” is part of God’s worship by angels and men. See Revelation 7:12.
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(End parentheses are mine.)
♠NAS Matthew
5:18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not
the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is
accomplished.
26 "Truly I say to you, you
shall not come out of there, until you have paid up the last cent.
♠NAS
Matthew 6:2 "When therefore you give alms, do not sound a
trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets,
that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in
full.
5 "And when you pray, you are
not to be as the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues
and on the street corners, in order to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they
have their reward in full.
16 "And whenever you fast, do
not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their
appearance in order to be seen fasting by men. Truly I say to you, they have
their reward in full.
♠NAS Matthew
8:10 Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled, and said to those who
were following, "Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith
with anyone in Israel. (Few)
NAS Matthew
10:15 "Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land
of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
23 "But whenever they
persecute you in this city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you shall
not finish going through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man
comes.
♠ 42
"And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones
even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you he shall not lose his
reward."
NAS Matthew
11:11 "Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not
arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the
kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
NAS Matthew
13:17 "For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men
desired to see what you see, and did not see it; and to hear what you
hear, and did not hear it.
NAS Matthew
16:28 "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing
here who shall not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His
kingdom."
NAS Matthew
17:20 And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith;
for truly I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you shall say to
this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it shall move; and nothing shall
be impossible to you.
♠NAS Matthew
18:3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and
become like children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.
13 "And if it turns out that
he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the
ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
18 "Truly I say to you,
whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19
"Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that
they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.
NAS Matthew
19:23 And Jesus said to His disciples, "Truly I say to you, it is hard
for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
28 And Jesus said to them,
"Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration
when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
NAS Matthew
21:21 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you
have faith, and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig
tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the
sea,' it shall happen.
♠ 31
"Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The
latter." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the
tax-gatherers and harlots will get into the kingdom of God before you.
NAS Matthew
23:36 "Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this
generation.
NAS Matthew
24:2 And He answered and said to them, "Do you not see all these
things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here shall be left upon another,
which will not be torn down."
34 "Truly I say to you, this
generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
47 "Truly I say to you, that
he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
NAS Matthew
25:12 "But he answered and said, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know
you.'
40 "And the King will answer
and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of
these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to
Me.'
45 "Then He will answer them,
saying, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the
least of these, you did not do it to Me.'
NAS Matthew
26:13 "Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the
whole world, what this woman has done shall also be spoken of in memory of
her."
21 And as they were eating, He
said, "Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me."
34 Jesus said to him, "Truly I
say to you that this very night, before a cock crows, you shall deny Me
three times."
NAS Mark
3:28 "Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men,
and whatever blasphemies they utter;
NAS Mark
8:12 And sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, "Why does this
generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign shall be given to this
generation."
NAS Mark
9:1 And He was saying to them, "Truly I say to you, there are some of
those who are standing here who shall not taste death until they see the
kingdom of God after it has come with power."
41 "For whoever gives you a
cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly
I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
♠NAS Mark
10:15 "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God
like a child shall not enter it at all."
29 Jesus said, "Truly I say to
you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or
father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake,
NAS Mark
11:23 "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up
and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what
he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him.
NAS Mark
12:43 And calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, "Truly I say
to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury;
NAS Mark
13:30 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until
all these things take place.
NAS Mark
14:9 "And truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the
whole world, that also which this woman has done shall be spoken of in memory
of her."
18 And as they were reclining at
the table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I say to you that one of you
will betray Me-- one who is eating with Me."
25 "Truly I say to you, I
shall never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it
new in the kingdom of God."
30 And Jesus said to him,
"Truly I say to you, that you yourself this very night, before a cock
crows twice, shall three times deny Me."
NAS Mark
16:8 And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and
astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were
afraid.
NAS Luke
4:24 And He said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his
home town.
NAS Luke
12:37 "Blessed are those slaves whom the master shall find on the
alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve,
and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.
NAS Luke
18:17 "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God
like a child shall not enter it at all."
29 And He said to them, "Truly
I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents
or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
NAS Luke
21:32 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until
all things take place.
♠NAS Luke
23:43 And He said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with
Me in Paradise."
NAS John
1:51 And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you shall see
the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son
of Man."
♠NAS
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say
to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
5 Jesus answered, "Truly,
truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.
11 "Truly, truly, I say to
you, we speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen;
and you do not receive our witness.
NAS John
5:19 Jesus therefore answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I
say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He
sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the
Son also does in like manner.
♠ 24
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who
sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out
of death into life.
25 "Truly, truly, I say to
you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the
Son of God; and those who hear shall live.
NAS John
6:26 Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you
seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were
filled.
32 Jesus therefore said to them,
"Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread
out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.
♠ 47
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.
53 Jesus therefore said to them,
"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man
and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.
♠NAS John
8:34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who
commits sin is the slave of sin.
51 "Truly, truly, I say to
you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death."
58 Jesus said to them, "Truly,
truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am."
NAS John
10:1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door
into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a
robber.
7 Jesus therefore said to them
again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
NAS John
12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into
the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much
fruit.
NAS John
13:16 "Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his
master; neither is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
20 "Truly, truly, I say to
you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me
receives Him who sent Me."
21 When Jesus had said this, He
became troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, "Truly, truly, I say
to you, that one of you will betray Me."
38 Jesus answered, "Will you
lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a cock shall not crow,
until you deny Me three times.
NAS John
14:12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works
that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;
because I go to the Father.
NAS John
16:20 "Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but
the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned
to joy.
23 "And in that day you will
ask Me no question. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you shall ask the Father for
anything, He will give it to you in My name.
NAS John
21:18 "Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to
gird yourself, and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will
stretch out your hands, and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you
do not wish to go."
NAS Romans
1:25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and
served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
NAS Romans
9:5 whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the
flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
NAS Romans
11:36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the
glory forever. Amen.
NAS Romans
15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
NAS Romans
16:27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever.
Amen.
NAS 1
Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise if you bless in the spirit only, how
will the one who fills the place of the ungifted say the "Amen " at
your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?
NAS 2
Corinthians 1:20 For as many as may be the promises of God, in Him they are
yes; wherefore also by Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.
♠NAS Galatians
1:5 to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen.
NAS Galatians
6:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren.
Amen.
♠NAS Ephesians
3:21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all
generations forever and ever. Amen.
♠NAS
Philippians 4:20 Now to our God and Father be the glory
forever and ever. Amen.
NAS 1
Thessalonians 3:13 so that He may establish your hearts unblamable
in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all
His saints. (Amen at the end is in some manuscripts.)
♠NAS 1
Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be
honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
♠NAS 1
Timothy 6:16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable
light; whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal
dominion! Amen.
♠NAS 2
Timothy 4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed, and will bring
me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever.
Amen.
♠NAS Hebrews
13:21 equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that
which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the
glory forever and ever. Amen.
NAS 1
Peter 4:11 Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the utterances
of God; whoever serves, let him do so as by the strength which God
supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to
whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
♠NAS 1
Peter 5:11 To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.
♠NAS 2
Peter 3:18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
♠NAS Jude
1:25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory,
majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
NAS Revelation
1:6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and
Father; to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, He is coming with the
clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the
tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Even so. Amen.
♠NAS
Revelation 3:14 "And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God,
says this:
♠NAS Revelation
5:14 And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the
elders fell down and worshiped.
♠NAS
Revelation 7:12 saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever
and ever. Amen." (See the context.)
♠NAS Revelation
19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and
worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, "Amen. Hallelujah!"
♠NAS Revelation
22:20 He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming
quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
♠NAS
Genesis 15:6 Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to
him as righteousness.
NAS Genesis
42:20 and bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified,
and you will not die." And they did so.
NAS Genesis
45:26 And they told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and indeed he
is ruler over all the land of Egypt." But he was stunned, for he did not
believe them.
NAS Exodus
4:1 Then Moses answered and said, "What if they will not believe me,
or listen to what I say? For they may say, 'The LORD has not appeared to
you.'"
5 "that they may believe that
the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
8 "And it shall come about
that if they will not believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they
may believe the witness of the last sign.
9 "But it shall be that if
they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall
take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water
which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground."
31 So the people believed; and when
they heard that the LORD was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had
seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped.
NAS Exodus
14:31 And when Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against
the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in
His servant Moses.
♠NAS Exodus
19:9 And the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I shall come to you in a
thick cloud, in order that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may
also believe in you forever." Then Moses told the words of the people to
the LORD.
NAS Numbers
5:22 and this water that brings a curse shall go into your stomach, and
make your abdomen swell and your thigh waste away." And the woman shall
say, "Amen. Amen."
♠NAS Numbers
11:12 "Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought
them forth, that Thou shouldest say to me, 'Carry
them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which Thou
didst swear to their fathers '?
NAS Numbers
12:7 "Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My
household;
NAS Numbers
14:11 And the LORD said to Moses, "How long will this people spurn Me?
And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have
performed in their midst?
NAS Numbers
20:12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you have not
believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore
you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."
NAS Deuteronomy
1:32 "But for all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,
NAS Deuteronomy
7:9 "Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful
God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to
a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
NAS Deuteronomy
9:23 "And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea,
saying, 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled
against the command of the LORD your God; you neither believed Him nor listened
to His voice.
♠NAS
Deuteronomy 27:15 'Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten
image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and
sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
16 'Cursed is he who dishonors his
father or mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
17 'Cursed is he who moves his
neighbor's boundary mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
18 'Cursed is he who misleads a
blind person on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
19 'Cursed is he who distorts the
justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
20 'Cursed is he who lies with his
father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' And all the people
shall say, 'Amen.'
21 'Cursed is he who lies with any
animal.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
22 'Cursed is he who lies with his
sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother.' And all the people shall
say, 'Amen.'
23 'Cursed is he who lies with his
mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
24 'Cursed is he who strikes his
neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
25 'Cursed is he who accepts a
bribe to strike down an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
26 'Cursed is he who does not
confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say,
'Amen.'
NAS Deuteronomy
28:59 then the LORD will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your
descendants, even severe and lasting plagues, and miserable and chronic
sicknesses.
66 "So your life shall hang in
doubt before you; and you shall be in dread night and day, and shall have no
assurance of your life.
NAS Judges
11:20 'But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass
through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his
people and camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
NAS Ruth
4:16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his
nurse.
NAS 1
Samuel 2:35 'But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do
according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an
enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always.
NAS 1
Samuel 3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was
confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
NAS 1
Samuel 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king and
said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the
king's son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your
house?
NAS 1
Samuel 25:28 "Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant;
for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord
is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil shall not be found in you all
your days.
NAS 1
Samuel 27:12 So Achish believed David, saying,
"He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he
will become my servant forever."
NAS 2
Samuel 4:4 Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was
five years old when the report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it
happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
NAS 2
Samuel 7:16 "And your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me
forever; your throne shall be established forever."'"
NAS 1
Kings 1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, "Amen! Thus may
the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say.
NAS 1
Kings 8:26 "Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Thy word, I pray Thee,
be confirmed which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, my father David.
NAS 1
Kings 10:7 "Nevertheless I did not believe the reports, until I came
and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You exceed in
wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard.
NAS 1
Kings 11:38 'Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you
and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight by observing My statutes
and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build
you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
NAS 2
Kings 10:1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and
sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel,
the elders, and to the guardians of the children of Ahab, saying,
5 And the one who was over
the household, and he who was over the city, the elders, and the
guardians of the children, sent word to Jehu, saying, "We
are your servants, all that you say to us we will do, we will not make any man
king; do what is good in your sight."
NAS 2
Kings 17:14 However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like
their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.
NAS 1
Chronicles 16:36 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting
even to everlasting. Then all the people said, "Amen," and praised
the LORD.
NAS 1
Chronicles 17:23 "And now, O LORD, let the word that Thou hast spoken
concerning Thy servant and concerning his house, be established forever, and do
as Thou hast spoken.
24 "And let Thy name be
established and magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is the God of
Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Thy servant is
established before Thee.'
NAS 2
Chronicles 1:9 "Now, O LORD God, Thy promise to my father David is
fulfilled; for Thou hast made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of
the earth.
NAS 2
Chronicles 6:17 "Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let Thy
word be confirmed which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant David.
NAS 2
Chronicles 9:6 "Nevertheless I did not believe their reports until I
came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half of the greatness of your
wisdom was not told me. You surpass the report that I heard.
NAS 2
Chronicles 20:20 And they rose early in the morning and went out to the
wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out,
Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of
Jerusalem, put your trust in the LORD your God, and you will be established.
Put your trust in His prophets and succeed."
NAS 2
Chronicles 32:15 'Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead
you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was
able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How
much less shall your God deliver you from my hand?'"
NAS Nehemiah
5:13 I also shook out the front of my garment and said, "Thus may God
shake out every man from his house and from his possessions who does not
fulfill this promise; even thus may he be shaken out and emptied." And all
the assembly said, "Amen!" And they praised the LORD. Then the people
did according to this promise.
♠NAS Nehemiah
8:6 Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. And all the people answered,
"Amen, Amen!" while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and
worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
NAS Nehemiah
9:8 "And Thou didst find his heart faithful before Thee, And didst
make a covenant with him To give him the land of the Canaanite, Of the
Hittite and the Amorite, Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite-- To
give it to his descendants. And Thou hast fulfilled Thy promise, For
Thou art righteous.
NAS Nehemiah
13:13 And in charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah
the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah
of the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the
son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah;
for they were considered reliable, and it was their task to distribute to their
kinsmen.
NAS Esther
2:7 And he was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter,
for she had neither father nor mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form
and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own
daughter.
NAS Job 4:18
'He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges
error.
NAS Job
9:16 "If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was
listening to my voice.
NAS Job
12:20 "He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the
discernment of the elders.
NAS Job
15:15 "Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are
not pure in His sight;
22 "He does not believe that
he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword.
31 "Let him not trust in
emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.
NAS Job
24:22 "But He drags off the valiant by His power; He rises, but no one
has assurance of life.
NAS Job
29:24 "I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my
face they did not cast down.
NAS Job
39:12 "Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain, And
gather it from your threshing floor?
24 "With shaking and rage he
races over the ground; And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.
NAS Psalm
19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of
the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
♠NAS
Psalm 27:13 I would have despaired unless I had believed
that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
♠NAS Psalm
41:13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting to
everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
♠NAS
Psalm 72:19 And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the
whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.
NAS Psalm
78:8 And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A
generation that did not prepare its heart, And whose spirit was not faithful to
God.
22 Because they did not believe in
God, And did not trust in His salvation.
32 In spite of all this they still
sinned, And did not believe in His wonderful works.
37 For their heart was not
steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
NAS Psalm
89:28 "My lovingkindness I will keep for him
forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.
37 "It shall be established
forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful." Selah.
52 Blessed be the LORD forever!
Amen and Amen.
NAS Psalm
93:5 Thy testimonies are fully confirmed; Holiness befits Thy house, O
LORD, forevermore.
NAS Psalm
101:6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell
with me; He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.
NAS Psalm
106:12 Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.
24 Then they despised the pleasant
land; They did not believe in His word,
♠48 Blessed be
the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all
the people say, "Amen." Praise the LORD!
NAS Psalm
111:7 The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are
sure.
NAS Psalm
116:10 I believed when I said, "I am greatly afflicted."
♠NAS
Psalm 119:66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge, For I
believe in Thy commandments.
NAS Proverbs
11:13 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is
trustworthy conceals a matter.
NAS Proverbs
14:15 The naive believes everything, But the prudent man considers his
steps.
NAS Proverbs
25:13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest Is a faithful messenger
to those who send him, For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
NAS Proverbs
26:25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, For there are seven
abominations in his heart.
NAS Proverbs
27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of
an enemy.
♠NAS Song
of Solomon 7:1 "How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's
daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an
artist (artist = !m;a' / aman).
NAS Isaiah
1:21 How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of
justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers.
26 "Then I will restore your
judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning; After that you
will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful city."
NAS Isaiah
7:9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son
of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you surely
shall not last."'"
NAS Isaiah
8:2 "And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah
the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."
NAS Isaiah
22:23 "And I will drive him like a peg in a firm place, And he
will become a throne of glory to his father's house.
25 "In that day,"
declares the LORD of hosts, "the peg driven in a firm place will give way;
it will even break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off,
for the LORD has spoken."
NAS Isaiah
25:1 O lord, Thou art my God; I will exalt Thee, I will give thanks to Thy
name; For Thou hast worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect
faithfulness.
♠NAS Isaiah
28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a
stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly
placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.
NAS Isaiah
33:16 He will dwell on the heights; His refuge will be the impregnable
rock; His bread will be given him; His water will be sure.
♠NAS Isaiah
43:10 "You are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And My
servant whom I have chosen, In order that you may know and believe Me, And
understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be
none after Me.
NAS Isaiah
49:7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and its Holy One,
To the despised One, To the One abhorred by the nation, To the Servant of
rulers, "Kings shall see and arise, Princes shall also bow down; Because
of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You."
23 "And kings will be your
guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with
their faces to the earth, And lick the dust of your feet; And you will
know that I am the LORD; Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to
shame.
NAS Isaiah
53:1 Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been
revealed?
NAS Isaiah
55:3 "Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And
I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful
mercies shown to David.
NAS Isaiah
60:4 "Lift up your eyes round about, and see; They all gather
together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, And your daughters
will be carried in the arms.
NAS Isaiah
65:16 "Because he who is blessed in the earth Shall be blessed by the
God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My
sight!
NAS Jeremiah
11:5 in order to confirm the oath which I swore to your forefathers, to give
them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day."'"
Then I answered and said, "Amen, O LORD."
NAS Jeremiah
12:6 "For even your brothers and the household of your father, Even
they have dealt treacherously with you, Even they have cried aloud after you.
Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you."
NAS Jeremiah
15:18 Why has my pain been perpetual And my wound incurable, refusing to be
healed? Wilt Thou indeed be to me like a deceptive stream With water
that is unreliable?
NAS Jeremiah
28:6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the LORD do so; may the
LORD confirm your words which you have prophesied to bring back the vessels of
the LORD's house and all the exiles, from Babylon to this place.
NAS Jeremiah
40:14 and said to him, "Are you well aware that Baalis
the king of the sons of Ammon has sent Ishmael the
son of Nethaniah to take your life?" But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did
not believe them.
NAS Jeremiah
42:5 Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful
witness against us, if we do not act in accordance with the whole message with
which the LORD your God will send you to us.
NAS Lamentations
4:5 Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in
purple Embrace ash pits.
12 The kings of the earth did not
believe, Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary
and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
NAS Hosea
5:9 Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes
of Israel I declare what is sure.
NAS Hosea
11:12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God, Even against the Holy One who is faithful.
♠NAS Jonah
3:5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and
put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.
NAS Micah
7:5 Do not trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a friend. From
her who lies in your bosom Guard your lips.
NAS Habakkuk
1:5 "Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I
am doing something in your days-- You would not believe if you were told.