Wisdom & Truth Verses
Every verse of God's eternal Word carries wisdom and truth. A home for all the rich teachings not captured elsewhere.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof {were like} the goodly cedars. {goodly...: Heb. cedars of God}
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
{It is} burned with fire, {it is} cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. {finest...: Heb. fat of wheat}
Deliver the poor and needy: rid {them} out of the hand of the wicked.
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. {out...: Heb. moved}