Thematic Bible: Faith tested


Thematic Bible



By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.




And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:


And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.


Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.


And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.


Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.


At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.


Now let all your fighting-men make a circle round the town, going all round it once. Do this for six days.


And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.


By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.




And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:


And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.


Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.


And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.


Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.


At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.


Now let all your fighting-men make a circle round the town, going all round it once. Do this for six days.


And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain