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)