Genesis 15:1

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Summary

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am.

And he said, Hear now my words. If there be a prophet among you, I LORD will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer, for he who is now called a Prophet was formerly called a Seer.)

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

And he said to me, Son of man, go, get thee to the house of Israel, and speak to them with my words.

And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to those of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar, and the thing was true, even a great warfare. And he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

And he became very hungry and wanted to eat. But while those men prepared, a trance fell upon him.

God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son,

Thy shield

Happy are thou, O Israel. Who is like thee, a people saved by LORD, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee, and thou shall tread upon their high places.

But thou, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory and he who lifts up of my head.

For thou will bless the righteous man, O LORD. Thou will encompass him with favor as with a shield. Selah.

LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

He will cover thee with his pinions, and under his wings shall thou take refuge. His truth is a shield and a buckler.

Thou are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in thy word.

Every word of God is tried. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides upon the heavens for thy help, and in his excellency on the skies.

LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou have come to take refuge.

LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup. Thou maintain my lot.

so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.

I cried to thee, O LORD. I said, Thou are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.

LORD is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him.

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours,

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them.