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Thematic Bible



Come and listen, all who reverence God, and I will tell you what he has done for me.

I will also speak of your laws before kings and will not be ashamed.

All day long my mouth will tell of your righteousness and of your salvation. I do not know the number.

With my lips I have told of all the ordinances of your mouth.


He replied: I am Hebrew and I respect Jehovah, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.

But if I say: I will not remember him or speak anymore in his name, then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in. I cannot endure it.

It seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.


But having the same spirit (attitude) of faith, according to that which is written, I believe, and therefore I speak. We also believe, and therefore we also speak.

By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast.




Having obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those that the prophets and Moses said should come.


Those who respected Jehovah spoke to one another, and Jehovah listened to what they had to say. In his presence a memorial record was written down in a book listing those who reverence Jehovah and respect (esteem) (regard) his name.

They spread the news about Jesus all over that part of the country.


I will acknowledge Jehovah's acts of loving-kindness, and sing the praises of Jehovah, because of everything that Jehovah has done for us. He has done many good things for the nation of Israel because of his compassion and the abundance of his loving-kindness.