Category Archives: religion

What does God know?

Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!   Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?   Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as … Continue reading

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Rushing Waters

Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.   Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.   In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full … Continue reading

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Heads that Touch the Clouds

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:   “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.   I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.   “Surely you know how it has been from of … Continue reading

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Let the Sea Inform You

But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;   or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.   Which … Continue reading

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Treading on the Waves of the Sea

Then Job replied: “Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God? Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand. His wisdom … Continue reading

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Intermittent Streams

Then Job replied: “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous. The arrows of the Almighty … Continue reading

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In the Shadow of a Cloud

The Adversary departed from the Lord’s presence and struck Job with severe sores from the sole of his foot to the top of his head. Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself and sat down on a … Continue reading

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Excluding Foreigners

On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people and there it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted into the assembly of God, because they had not … Continue reading

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Water for our Thirst

You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and laws that are just and right, and decrees and commands that are good. You made known to them your holy Sabbath and gave … Continue reading

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Remembering how to Remember

“You are the Lord God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham. You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants … Continue reading

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