Faith

General scriptures concerning 2Sa 22:31; Ps 2:12; 5:11; 7:1; 9:9,10; 18:30; 32:10;33:18,19; 34:1-8,22; 36:7; 40:4; 64:10; 78:5-7; 84:5,12;112:5,7,8; 118:8,9; 125:1; 147:11; Pr 3:5; 14:26; 22:19;28:25; 29:25; 30:5; Isa 10:20; 14:32; 26:3; 30:15; 57:13;Jer 17:7,8; 39:18; Na 1:7; Mt 9:22; 21:21,22; Mr 9:23,24;11:23,24; Lu 7:50; 8:48-50; 17:5; 18:8; Joh 11:25-27; Ac3:16; 13:48; 26:18; Ro 1:16,17; 4:1-25; 5:1; 9:31-33;10:6-10; 11:20,23; 15:13; 1Co 1:21; 2:5; 12:8,9; 2Co 1:24;Ga 3:1-29; 5:22; Eph 2:8; 6:16; Col 1:23; 2:12; 1Th 2:13;5:8; 2Th 2:13; 1Ti 1:5,19; 2:15; 4:10; 6:11,12,17; 2Ti4:7,8; Heb 4:1-11; 6:1,7,12,18; 10:35,38,39; 11:1-39;13:5,6; Jas 1:6; 2:1-26; 1Pe 1:5,7,9,21; 3:5; 1Jo 3:21; 5:4;Re 22:7

See Faith in christ

ENJOINED Ex 14:13; Nu 21:34; De 1:21-31; 3:2,22; 7:17-21; 20:1;31:6-8,23; Jos 1:5-9; 10:25; Jud 6:14-16; 2Ki 19:6,7; 2Ch15:7; 16:9; 20:15,17,20; 32:7,8; Ne 4:14; Job 35:14; Ps 4:5;27:14; 31:19,24; 37:3,5,7,39,40; 55:22; 62:8; 115:9,11;130:7; Pr 3:5,6,24-26; 16:3; Isa 26:4,20; 35:3,4; 37:6;41:10,13,14; 43:1,2,5,10; 44:2,8; 50:10; Jer 42:11; 49:11;Joe 2:21; 3:16; Hab 2:3,4; Zep 3:16,17; Zec 8:9; 9:12; Mt6:25-34; 17:18-20; Mr 1:15; 11:22-24; Lu 12:22-32; 17:6

• INSTANCES OF: see after the following subtopic

EXEMPLIFIED Ge 6:22; 16:13; 24:7,40; 48:21; 50:20,24; Ex 15:1-19;18:11; Nu 10:29; 14:8,9; Jos 14:12; 1Sa 14:6;17:36,37,45-47; 2Sa 7:28; 22:2-5; 23:5; 2Ki 18:5; 1Ch 28:20;2Ch 13:10,11; 14:11; 20:12; 32:7,8; Ezr 8:22; Ne 1:8-10;2:20; Job 4:7-21; 5:8,9; 10:12; 13:15; 14:15; 16:19;19:25-27; 23:6; 42:2; Ps 3:3,5,6; 4:3,8; 6:8,9; 7:1,10;9:3,4; 11:1; 13:5; 16:1,2,5,8,11; 17:6; 18:1-3,18,28,29;20:5-7; 21:7; 22:4,5; 23:1-6; 25:1,2,5,15,20; 26:1,12;27:1,5,6,10; 28:7; 31:1,3-6,14,15; 32:7; 33:20-22; 35:10;38:9; 39:7; 40:3,4,17; 41:12; 42:5,6,8; 43:5; 44:5,8;46:1-3,5,7; 47:3,4; 48:8,14; 52:8; 54:4; 55:16,17,23;56:3,4,8,9,11; 57:1-3; 59:9,10,17; 60:9,10,12; 61:2,4,6,7;62:1,5-7; 63:6,7; 66:9; 67:6; 69:19,35,36; 70:5;71:1,3,5-7,14,16,20,21; 73:23,24,26,28; 74:12; 77:10-12;86:2,7; 89:18,26; 90:1; 91:1,2,9,10; 92:10,15;94:14,15,17,18,22; 102:13; 108:10-13; 115:12-14; 116:7;118:6,7,10,14,17; 119:42,43,57,74,81,114,151,166; 121:2;124:8; 130:5,6; 138:7,8; 140:6,7,12; 141:8; 142:3,5;143:8,9; 144:2,10; Ec 11:1; Isa 8:10,17; 12:2; 25:9; 26:1,8;33:2,22; 38:16; 50:7-9; 63:16; 64:8; Jer 10:23; 14:9,22;16:19; 17:12,17; 20:11; La 3:24-32; Da 3:16,17; 6:16; Jon2:2-9; Mic 7:7-9,20; Hab 1:12; 3:17-19; Zep 3:12; Lu 1:38;7:50; Joh 3:33; Ac 16:34; 24:14,15; 27:25; Ro 8:18,28,38,39;15:29; 1Co 9:26; 2Co 1:10; 4:8,9,13,16-18; 5:7; Ga 5:5; Php1:19-21; 1Ti 4:10; 2Ti 1:12; 2:11-13; Heb 10:34;11:4,5,7-11,13,14,16-39; 13:14; 2Pe 3:13; 1Jo 4:16

INSTANCES OF

• Noah, in building the ark Ge 6:14-22; Heb 11:7
• Abraham, in forsaking the land of his nativity at the command of GodGe 12:1-4
• Believing the promise of many descendants Ge 12:7; 15:4-8
• In the offering up of Isaac Ge 22:1-10; Ro 4:18-21; Heb 11:8-19
• Jacob, in blessing Joseph's sons Heb 11:21
• Joseph, concerning God's providence in his being sold into Egypt, and the final deliverance of IsraelGe 50:20; Heb 11:22
• Jochebed, in caring for Moses Ex 2:2; Heb 11:23
• Pharaoh's servants, who obeyed the Lord Ex 9:20
• Moses
• In espousing the cause of his people Heb 11:24-28
• At the death of Korah Nu 16:28,29
• The Israelites
• When Aaron declared the mission of himself and Moses Ex 4:31
• In the battle with the Canaanites 1Ch 5:20
• And other conquests 2Ch 13:8-18
  • See Miracles of moses
• Caleb, in advising to take the land of promise Nu 13:30; 14:6-9
• Rahab, in hospitality to the spies Jos 2:9,11; Heb 11:31
• The spies, sent to reconnoiter Jericho Jos 2:24
• Conquest of Jericho Jos 6
• Manoah's wife Jud 13:23
• Hannah 1Sa 1
• Jonathan, in stricking down the Philistines 1Sa 14:6
• David, in striking down Goliath 1Sa 17:37,46,47
• In choosing to fall into the hands of the Almighty for his punishment for counting the people of Israel2Sa 24:14
• In believing God's promise, that his kingdom would be a perpetual kingdomAc 2:30
• Elijah, in his controversy with the priest of Baal 1Ki 18:32-38
• Widow of Zarephath in feeding Elijah 1Ki 17:13-15
• Amaziah, in dismissing the Ephraimites in obedience to the command of God, and going alone to battle against theEdomites2Ch 25:7-10
• Hezekiah 2Ki 18:5; 19; 20:1-11
• Daniel, in the lions' den Da 6
• The three Hebrews, who refused to worship Nebuchadnezzars idolDa 3:13-27
• Ninevites, in obeying Jonah Jon 3:5
• Ezra, in making the journey from Babylon to Jerusalem without a military escortEzr 8:22
• Joseph, in obeying the vision about Mary and to flee into EgyptMt 1:18-24; 2:13,14
• Abel Heb 11:4
• Eliphaz, in the overruling providence of God, that afflictions are for the good of the righteousJob 5:6-27
• Mordecai, in the deliverance of the Jews Es 4:14
• Simeon, when he saw Jesus in the temple courtyard Lu 2:25-35
• Conquests by Heb 11:32-34
  • See Faith, trial of, below

IN CHRIST Isa 28:16; Mt 7:24,25; 8:2,13; 9:22,29; 11:6,28-30; 14:27;15:28; 17:7; Mr 5:36; 9:23; 16:16; Lu 6:46-49; 7:9,50; 8:50;17:6; 18:42; Joh 1:12; 3:14-16,18,36; 5:24;6:20,29,35,45,47; 7:38; 9:35; 11:25,26,40; 12:36,44,46;13:7,20; 14:1,11,12; 16:27,33; 18:37; 20:27,29,31; Ac 3:16;10:43; 15:9,11; 16:31; 20:21; 26:18; Ro 3:22-28; 9:33;10:4,9; Ga 2:16; 3:1-29; 5:6; Eph 1:12-14; 3:12,17; 4:13;Php 3:9; Col 2:7; 1Ti 1:16; 2Ti 1:13; 2:1; 3:15; Heb 4:16;6:19; 10:22; 12:2; 13:7; 1Pe 1:8; 2:6,7; 2Pe 1:1; 1Jo 3:23;5:4,5,10,13,14; Jude 1:21; Re 1:17; 3:18,20

IN CHRIST, EXEMPLIFIED Mt 8:2,5-10; 9:18,21,28; 14:33; 15:26-28; 16:16; Mr 5:28;7:27-30; 9:24; Lu 5:5; 7:3-9; 23:42; Joh 4:29,42;6:14,68,69; 7:31; 9:38; 10:41,42; 11:21,22,27,32; 16:30;20:28; Ac 8:37; 11:17; Ro 7:24,25; 8:35,37; 2Co 12:9,10; Ga2:20; Php 4:13; 1Ti 1:14; 2Ti 1:12; 4:18

INSTANCES OF FAITH IN CHRIST

• The wise men from the east Mt 2:1,2,11
• Peter Mt 4:18-22; Mr 1:16-20; Lu 5:4,5; Joh 6:68,69
• Andrew Mt 4:18-22; Mr 1:16-20; Joh 1:41
• James and John Mt 4:21,22; Mr 1:19,20
• The woman with the issue of blood Mt 9:21,22
• Jairus, for the healing of his daughter Mt 9:18,23-25
• Two blind men Mt 9:29,30
• Blind Bartimaeus and a fellow blind man Mt 20:30-34; Mr 10:46-52; Lu 18:35-42
• The Samaritan leper Lu 17:11-19
• The sick people of Gennesaret Mt 14:36; Mr 3:10; 6:54-56
• Those who brought the paralyzed man to Jesus Lu 5:18-20
• The Syrophoenician woman Mt 15:22-28; Mr 7:25-30
• The woman who anointed Jesus' feet Lu 7:36-50
• Those who brought those who were sick with palsy Mt 9:2
• Philip Joh 1:45,46
• Nathanael Joh 1:49
• The Samaritans, who believed
• Through the preaching of Jesus Joh 4:39-42
• Through the preaching of Philip Ac 8:9-12
• The nobleman whose child was sick Joh 4:46-53
• Abraham Joh 8:56
• The blind man whom Jesus healed on the Sabbath Joh 9:13-38
• Mary, the sister of Martha Lu 10:38-42; Joh 11:32
• John the disciple Joh 20:8
• The disciples, through the miracle at Cana of Galilee Joh 2:11
• Jews at Jerusalem Joh 2:23; 8:30; 11:45; 12:11
• About three-thousand people on the day of Pentecost Ac 2:41
• About five-thousand people Ac 4:4
• Multitudes Ac 5:14
• The crippled man at Lystra Ac 14:9
• Stephen Ac 6:8
• The Ethiopian eunuch Ac 8:37
• The people of Lydda and S h) aron Ac 9:35
• The people of Joppa Ac 9:42
• The people of Antioch Ac 11:21-24
• Barnabas Ac 11:24
• Eunice, Lois, and Timothy 2Ti 1:5; Ac 16:1
• Lydia Ac 16:14
• The Philippian jailor Ac 16:31-34
• Crispus Ac 18:8
• The Corinthians Ac 18:8; 1Co 15:11
• Jews at Rome Ac 28:24
• Ephesians Eph 1:13,15
• Colossians Col 1:2,4
• Thessalonians 1Th 1:6; 3:6-8; 2Th 1:3,4
• Philemon Phm 1:5
• The congregation at Thyatira Re 2:19

TRIAL OF 1Ch 29:17; Ps 26:2; 81:7; Mt 13:19-22; 24:21-25; Lu8:13,14; 2Th 1:3-5; Heb 6:13-15; Jas 1:3,12; 1Pe 1:7

• See Temptation

INSTANCES OF TRIAL OF

• Noah Ge 6:14-22; Heb 11:7
• Abraham, when commanded to leave his native land and to go where he did not knowGe 12:1-4; Heb 11:8
• Abraham, when commanded to offer Isaac Ge 22:1-19; Heb 11:17-19
• Moses, when sent to Pharaoh Ex 3:11,12; 4:10-17; Heb 11:25-29
• Moses, at the Red Sea, by the complaints of the people Ex 14; 15
• Joshua and the people of Israel, in the method of taking JerichoJos 6; Heb 11:30
• Gideon, when commanded to deliver Israel Jud 6:36-40; 7; Heb 11:32
• Job, by affliction and adversity Job 1; 2
• Ezra, in leaving Babylon without a military escort Ezr 8:22
• Daniel, when forbidden to pray to Jehovah Da 6:4-23; Heb 11:32,33
• The three Hebrews, when commanded to worship the image Da 3:8-30; Heb 11:32-34
• The Syrophoenician woman Mt 15:21-28; Mr 7:24-30
• The two blind men who appealed to Jesus for sight Mt 9:28
• The disciples, when Jesus came walking upon the Sea of GalileeMt 14:25-33
• The disciples
• By the question of Jesus, as to who he was Mt 16:15-20; Lu 9:20,21
• By their inability to cast out the evil spirit from the epileptic boyMt 17:14-21; Mr 9:14-29; Lu 9:37-42
• In the tempest at sea Mt 8:23-27; Mr 4:36-41; Lu 8:22-26
• Of Philip, when questioned by Jesus as to how the multitude would be fedJoh 6:5,6
• Of Peter, when asked whether he loved Jesus Joh 21:16,17
  • See Affliction, design of

STRENGTHENED BY MIRACLES

• See Miracles, design of

SUM TOTAL OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND LIFE Ro 1:8; Jude 1:3

WEAK

• See Doubting