10 expressions of faith found in the Psalms

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1. 13:5 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
2. 25:1, 2 Of David. In you, LORD my God, I put my trust. I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
3. 20:7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
4. 31:6 and 14 I hate those who cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the LORD. 14 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, "You are my God."
5. 33:21 In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.
6. 52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever.
7. 55:23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
8. 56:3, 4 and 11 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise - in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? 11 in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me?
9. 86:4 Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you.
10. 91:2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

(Also 143:8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.)

20 Women Whose Names Are Not Given

Here are twenty women who appear in the Bible but whose names are not given and the names given them by tradition if there is one.

1. Enoch's wife (Edna)
2. Noah's wife (Naamah)
3. Lot's wife (Ado or Edith)
4. Job's wife (Sitis or Dinah; some traditions posit a second wife, Rahma)
5. Potiphar's wife (Zuleikha)
6. Pharaoh's daughter (Thermutis or Bithia)
7. Moses' Cushite wife (Tharbis)
8. Jephthah's daughter (Seila or Adah)
9. Manoah's wife (Tzelelponit)
10. The wise woman of Abel (Serah)
11. The widow of Zarephath
12. The wealthy Shunammite woman
13. Naaman's wife
14. And her servant girl
15. Peter's mother-in-law
16. The widow of Nain
17. The woman with the issue of blood
18. The woman at the well
19. The widow who put two coins in the treasury
20. The mother of Rufus

(There are as many as 600 of these)

10 Men whose Names Are Not Given

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Here are ten men who appear in the Bible but whose names are not given and the names given them by tradition.

1. The blasphemer of Leviticus 24
2. The prophet of Judges 6 (Phinehas)
3. The man of God in 1 Kings 13 (Iddo or Jadon)
4. The Magi or wisemen (Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar)
5. The rich young ruler
6. The man born blind in John 9 (Celidonius)
7. The thief on the cross who repented (Dismas)
8. The thief on the cross who didn't repent(Titus or Gestaas)
9. The soldier who pierced Jesus's side (Longinus)
10. The Ethiopian eunuch (Simeon Bachos or Djan Darada)

6 boasts of Haman in Esther 5

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Esther 5:10b-13

Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife, Haman boasted to them about

his vast wealth,

his many sons,

and all the ways the king had honoured him

and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.

“And that’s not all,” Haman added. “I’m the only person Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave.

And she has invited me along with the king tomorrow.

But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate.”

13 Levites in Nehemiah 8:7

Nehemiah 8:7

The Levites - 

Jeshua,

Bani,

Sherebiah,

Jamin,

Akkub,

Shabbethai,

Hodiah,

Maaseiah,

Kelita,

Azariah,

Jozabad,

Hanan

and Pelaiah

- instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there.

6 and 7 supporters of Ezra, Nehemiah 8:4

Ezra 8:4

Ezra the teacher of the Law stood on a high wooden platform built for the occasion. Beside him on his right stood

Mattithiah,

Shema,

Anaiah,

Uriah,

Hilkiah

and Maaseiah;

and on his left were

Pedaiah,

Mishael,

Malkijah,

Hashum,

Hashbaddanah,

Zechariah

and Meshullam.

6 Questions about John the Baptist in Matthew 11

Matthew 11:7-11

As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John:

“What did you go out into the wilderness to see?

A reed swayed by the wind?

If not, what did you go out to see?

A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces.

Then what did you go out to see?

A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

This is the one about whom it is written:

“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.