Quotes About Faith

In the womb he grasped his brotherís heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—

the LORD is the God of Hosts—the LORD is His name of renown.

But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.

Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ëOur gods!í to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.

Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?

They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.