GOD’S FAITHFULNESS

 

OLD TESTAMENT

Hebrew:

emunah – faithfulness, stability; to build up, support, to foster as a parent or nurse, faithful, to trust, permanent, quiet, true, certain, assurance, establish, believe, steadfast, sure, verified, put trust

Deuteronomy 7:9 “Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;”

Psalm 36:5 “Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.”

Psalm 40:10 “I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.”

Psalm 89:1-2 “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.”

Psalm 89:5-6 “And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.  For who in heaven can be compared unto the Lord?  Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?”

Psalm 89:8 “O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee?  Or to thy faithfulness round about thee?”

Psalm 92:1-2 “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: to shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.”

Psalm 119:75-77 “I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness has afflicted me.  Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.  Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.”

Psalm 119:90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.”

Psalm 143:1 “Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.”

Isaiah 11:5 “And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.”

Isaiah 49:7 “Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes all shall worship, because the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.”

Lamentation 3:22-23 “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”

Hosea 2:18-20, 23 “And in that day…I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies.  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord…And I will say unto them which were not my people, Thou art my people and they shall say, Thou art my God.”

 

NEW TESTAMENT

Greek:

pistos – faithful, steady; trustworthy, trustful, faithful, sure, true

I Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”

I Corinthians 10:13 “There hath no temptation take you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

I Thessalonians 5:23-24 “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.”

II Thessalonians 3:3 “But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.”

II Timothy 2:13 “If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.”

Hebrews 2:17 “Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.  For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.”

Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;”

I Peter 4:19 “Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.”

Revelation 3:14 “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;”

Revelation 19:11 “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.”

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