Quotes About Belief

Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.

So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.

But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”

But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.

So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

and Abram (that is, Abraham).

But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?í

If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

For Job has declared, ëI am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on Godís behalf.

For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.