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 am I.

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

(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spoke, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that 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 of Kebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

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

Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them 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, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,

Thy shield

Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like to thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellence! and thy enemies shall be found liars to thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

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

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

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

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him.

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There is none like to the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellence on the sky.

The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to trust.

The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

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

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor 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 shall be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.