James 2:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

The scripture

The friend

General references

Genesis 18:17

Genesis 22:10

Bible References

The scripture

Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:

And the scripture was fulfilled which says, And he was reckoned with the lawless.

And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.

Brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus;

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst men, that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.

God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture says in the history of Elias, how he pleads with God against Israel?

and the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations on the principle of faith, announced beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham: In thee all the nations shall be blessed.

Every scripture is divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;

Because it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.

The friend

And Jehovah spoke with Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. And he returned to the camp; but his attendant, Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not from within the tent.

Hast not thou, our God, dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and given it for ever to the seed of Abraham, thy friend?

Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend!

No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

General references

And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing?

And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son.