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Verse Listing and Notes
Matthew 5:20 Except your righteousness exceed the scribes and Pharisees…
Matthew 9:9-17 Eating with tax collectors, not fasting
Matthew 12:1-8 Picking grain on the sabbath
Matthew 15:1-9: It is a gift, in vain do they worship me
Matthew 16:5-12 The leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees
Matthew 22:15-22 Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites….render unto Caesar
Matthew 23:1-12 Pharisees for a pretence made long prayer
Mark 7:1-23 Making the Word of God of none effect through your tradition
Luke 7:36-50 To whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little
Luke 11:37-44 These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone
Luke 14:1-11 He that humbleth himself shall be exalted
(Luke 16:19-31) Lazarus in Abraham’s Bosom [cf. Judges 9:7-16; Mat. 5:13-16. Some early Greek and Aramaic sources add, “And he said also another parable” to the beginning of Luke 16:19. Pharisees:“They also believe that souls have an immortal vigour in them, and that under the earth there will be rewards or punishments , according as they have lived virtuously or viciously in this life, and the latter are to be detained in an everlasting prison, but that the former shall have power to revive and live again” – Josephus, Antiquitiesof the Jews XVIII, i, 3. See also Luke 16:14-15; Acts 23:6-11.]
Luke 18:10-14 He that humbleth himself shall be exalted
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Verse Listing and Notes
Psalms 27:14 Wait (qawah – expect, look for) on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.
Psalms 37:1-9, 34-38 Vs. 5: Commit thy way – “roll thy way upon” the Lord (vss. 9, 34: qawah – wait with expectation) The end of the perfect man is peace.
Psalms 40:1 I waited (qawah – with expectation) [patiently and expectantly] and he heard
Psalms 62:5-8 My expectation [tiqvah] is from him (God), vs. 5
Psalms 71:1-6 Thou art my hope [tiqvah]
Psalms 130 There is forgiveness with God (vs. 4), that he may be feared (revered). I wait (qawah) for the Lord (vs. 5). Watch for the morning – would include guards, keepers
Proverbs 23:17-18 Surely there is an end [reward]; and thine expectation [tiqvah] shall not be cut off
Isaiah 40:28-31 They that wait (qawah – with expectation) upon the LORD shall renew their strength (vs. 31)
Jeremiah 29:10-11 To give you an expected [tiqvah] end [an expectation and an end; a future and a hope]
Ephesians 2:4-8 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus (vs. 7)
Colossians 1:3-5 For the hope which is laid up (NIV: stored up) for you in heaven – vs. 5
I Timothy 1:1 Lord Jesus Christ which is our hope
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised
Titus 3:5-7 Heirs according to the hope of eternal life
I Peter 1:3-5 Begotten (born into it!) us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead – vs. 3. Big S – vs. 5
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Verse Listing and Notes
Psalms 103:4 Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies
Psalms 130:4 There is forgiveness with God, that he may be feared (revered)
Proverbs 3:5, 6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart
Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness
I Samuel 12 Serve the Lord with all your heart (vs. 20)
II Chronicles 32:1-8 Hezekiah: with us is the Lord our God to help us (vs. 8)
Isaiah. 41:10-13 I will help thee and uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness (vss. 10, 13)
Jeremiah 31:3 With lovingkindness He drew us.
Luke 8:15 Fruit with patience (steadfast perseverance) [by persevering]
Acts 4:29-31 Grant that with all boldness they may speak thy word
I Corinthians 14:15 I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also.
II Corinthians 2:1-11 We must forgive, lest one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
Romans 5:1, 2 Peace with God, justified by believing (cf. Rom. 4:17-25 – believing imputed for righteousness). Righteousness – being right with God, so that you can stand before him with no consciousness of shortcoming. Justification – freedom from guilt, “just as if…”
Ephesians 3:12 In Christ we have boldness and access with confidence
Colossians 1:9-11 Strengthened unto all patience with joyfulness
Hebrews 12:1 Let us run with patience [patient endurance] the race before us
Hebrews 13:5-6 So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: what shall man do unto me? (ASV)
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Verse Listing and Notes
Psalms 27:14 Wait (qawah – expect, look for) on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.
Psalms 37:1-9, 34-37 Vs. 5: Commit thy way – “roll thy way upon” the Lord (vss. 9, 34: qawah – wait with expectation) The end of the perfect man is peace
Vs. 7: Rest in the Lord [be still, silent before the Lord]; Wait patiently for him
Psalms 40 I waited (qawah – vs. 1) patiently (intently – waiting I waited) for the Lord, and he heard
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit (vs. 2).
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you. Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be counted. (NRSV)
Psalms 62:5-8 My expectation is from him (God), vs. 5
(Psalms 130) Forgiveness with God (vs. 4), that he may be feared (revered). I wait (with expectation) for the Lord (vs. 5). Watch for the morning – includes guards, keepers
Ecclesiastes 7:8-10 Better is the patient than proud in spirit (disposition). [patience better than pride]
Isaish 40:28-31 They that wait (with expectation) upon the LORD shall renew their strength
Lamentations 3:22-26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD (vs. 26)
II Thessalians 3:1-5 The Lord direct into patient waiting for [patience of] Christ
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Verse Listing and Notes
Psalm 4:6-8 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us
Psalm 18:28-33 (34-50) Thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness
Psalm 119:105 God’s Word brings light where there was only darkness.
Isaiah 50:11-12 Walking in your own sparks brings only sorrow
Proverbs 4:14-19 The path of the just is as the shining light (light of dawn), that shineth more and more unto the perfect day (vs. 18 – full day)
Luke 11:29-35 If thine eye be single (if thy spiritual understanding is clear), thy whole body shall be full of light
II Corinthians 4:1-7 (ff) God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts (vs. 6)
Philippians 2:14-16 Do all things without murmurings and disputings (arguing, complaining, grumbling, questioning): that ye may be blameless and harmless (pure, innocent), without rebuke (without fault, blameless, above reproach), in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation (generation), among whom ye shine as lights in the world, holding forth (or holding fast – paying attention to) the word of life.