Faith: General Scriptures Concerning

2Sa 22:31; Psa 2:12; 5:11; 7:1; 9:9, 10; 18:30; 32:10; 33:18, 19; 34:1-8, 22; 36:7; 40:4; 64:10; 78:5-7; 84:5, 12; 112:5, 7, 8; 118:8, 9; 125:1; 147:11; Pro 3:5; 14:26; 22:19; 28:25; 29:25; 30:5; Isa 10:20; 14:32; 26:3; 30:15; 57:13; Jer 17:7, 8; 39:18; Nah 1:7; Mat 9:22; 21:21, 22; Mar 9:23, 24; 11:23, 24; Luk 7:50; 8:48-50; 17:5; 18:8; Jhn 11:25-27; Act 3:16; 13:48; 26:18; Rom 1:16, 17; 4:1-25; 5:1; 9:31-33; 10:6-10; 11:20, 23; 15:13; 1Cr 1:21; 2:5; 12:8, 9; 2Cr 1:24; Gal 3:1-29; 5:22; Eph 2:8; 6:16; Col 1:23; 2:12; 1Th 2:13; 5:8; 2Th 2:13; 1Ti 1:5, 19; 2:15; 4:10; 6:11, 12, 17; 2Ti 4:7, 8; Hbr 4:1-11; 6:1, 7, 12, 18; 10:35, 38, 39; 11:1-39; 13:5, 6; Jam 1:6; 2:1-26; 1Pe 1:5, 7, 9, 21; 3:5; 1Jo 3:21; 5:4; Rev 22:7

Faith: Enjoined

Exd 14:13; Num 21:34; Deu 1:21-31; 3:2, 22; 7:17-21; 20:1; 31:6-8, 23; Jos 1:5-9; 10:25; Jdg 6:14-16; 2Ki 19:6, 7; 2Ch 15:7; 16:9; 20:15, 17, 20; 32:7, 8; Neh 4:14; Job 35:14; Psa 4:5; 27:14; 31:19, 24; 37:3, 5, 7, 39, 40; 55:22; 62:8; 115:9, 11; 130:7; Pro 3:5, 6, 24-26; 16:3; Isa 26:4, 20; 35:3, 4; 37:6; 41:10, 13, 14; 43:1, 2, 5, 10; 44:2, 8; 50:10; Jer 42:11; 49:11; Joe 2:21; 3:16; Hab 2:3, 4; Zep 3:16, 17; Zec 8:9; 9:12; Mat 6:25-34; 17:18-20; Mar 1:15; 11:22-24; Luk 12:22-32; 17:6

INSTANCES OF: see after the following subtopic (below).

Faith: Exemplified

Gen 6:22; 16:13; 24:7, 40; 48:21; 50:20, 24; Exd 15:1-19; 18:11; Num 10:29; 14:8, 9; Jos 14:12; 1Sa 14:6; 17:36, 37, 45-47; 2Sa 7:28; 22:2-5; 23:5; 2Ki 18:5; 1Ch 28:20; 2Ch 13:10, 11; 14:11; 20:12; 32:7, 8; Ezr 8:22; Neh 1:8-10; 2:20; Job 4:7-21; 5:8, 9; 10:12; 13:15; 14:15; 16:19; 19:25-27; 23:6; 42:2; Psa 3:3, 5, 6; 4:3, 8; 6:8, 9; 7:1, 10; 9:3, 4; 11:1; 13:5; 16:1, 2, 5, 8, 11; 17:6; 18:1-3, 18, 28, 29; 20:5-7; 21:7; 22:4, 5; 23:1-6; 25:1, 2, 5, 15, 20; 26:1, 12; 27:1, 5, 6, 10; 28:7; 31:1, 3-6, 14, 15; 32:7; 33:20-22; 35:10; 38:9; 39:7; 40:3, 4, 17; 41:12; 42:5, 6, 8; 43:5; 44:5, 8; 46:1-3, 5, 7; 47:3, 4; 48:8, 14; 52:8; 54:4; 55:16, 17, 23; 56:3, 4, 8, 9, 11; 57:1-3; 59:9, 10, 17; 60:9, 10, 12; 61:2, 4, 6, 7; 62:1, 5-7; 63:6, 7; 66:9; 67:6; 69:19, 35, 36; 70:5; 71:1, 3, 5-7, 14, 16, 20, 21; 73:23, 24, 26, 28; 74:12; 77:10-12; 86:2, 7; 89:18, 26; 90:1; 91:1, 2, 9, 10; 92:10, 15; 94:14, 15, 17, 18, 22; 102:13; 108:10-13; 115:12-14; 116:7; 118:6, 7, 10, 14, 17; 119:42, 43, 57, 74, 81, 114, 151, 166; 121:2; 124:8; 130:5, 6; 138:7, 8; 140:6, 7, 12; 141:8; 142:3, 5; 143:8, 9; 144:2, 10; Ecc 11:1; Isa 8:10, 17; 12:2; 25:9; 26:1, 8; 33:2, 22; 38:16; 50:7-9; 63:16; 64:8; Jer 10:23; 14:9, 22; 16:19; 17:12, 17; 20:11; Lam 3:24-32; Dan 3:16, 17; 6:16; Jon 2:2-9; Mic 7:7-9, 20; Hab 1:12; 3:17-19; Zep 3:12; Luk 1:38; 7:50; Jhn 3:33; Act 16:34; 24:14, 15; 27:25; Rom 8:18, 28, 38, 39; 15:29; 1Cr 9:26; 2Cr 1:10; 4:8, 9, 13, 16-18; 5:7; Gal 5:5; Phl 1:19-21; 1Ti 4:10; 2Ti 1:12; 2:11-13; Hbr 10:34; 11:4, 5, 7-11, 13, 14, 16-39; 13:14; 2Pe 3:13; 1Jo 4:16

Faith: Instances Of

Noah, in building the ark,

Gen 6:14-22; Hbr 11:7.

Abraham, in forsaking the land of his nativity at the command of God,

Gen 12:1-4;

believing the promise of many descendants,

Gen 12:7; 15:4-8;

in the offering up of Isaac,

Gen 22:1-10; Rom 4:18-21; Hbr 11:8-19.

Jacob, in blessing Joseph's sons,

Hbr 11:21.

Joseph, concerning God's providence in his being sold into Egypt, and the final deliverance of Israel,

Gen 50:20; Hbr 11:22.

Jochebed, in caring for Moses,

Exd 2:2; Hbr 11:23.

Pharaoh's servants, who obeyed the Lord,

Exd 9:20.

Moses, in espousing the cause of his people,

Hbr 11:24-28;

at the death of Korah,

Num 16:28, 29.

The Israelites, when Aaron declared the mission of himself and Moses,

Exd 4:31;

in the battle with the Canaanites,

1Ch 5:20;

and other conquests,

2Ch 13:8-18.

See MIRACLES OF MOSES

Caleb, in advising to take the land of promise,

Num 13:30; 14:6-9.

Rahab, in hospitality to the spies,

Jos 2:9, 11; Hbr 11:31.

The spies, sent to reconnoiter Jericho,

Jos 2:24.

Conquest of Jericho,

Jos 6.

Manoah's wife,

Jdg 13:23.

Hannah,

1Sa 1.

Jonathan, in stricking down the Philistines,

1Sa 14:6.

David, in striking down Goliath,

1Sa 17:37, 46, 47;

in choosing to fall into the hands of the Almighty for his punishment for counting the people of Israel,

2Sa 24:14;

in believing God's promise, that his kingdom would be a perpetual kingdom,

Act 2:30.

Elijah, in his controversy with the priest of Baal,

1Ki 18:32-38.

Widow of Zarephath in feeding Elijah,

1Ki 17:13-15.

Amaziah, in dismissing the Ephraimites in obedience to the command of God, and going alone to battle against the Edomites,

2Ch 25:7-10.

Hezekiah,

2Ki 18:5; 19; 20:1-11.

Daniel, in the lions' den,

Dan 6.

The three Hebrews, who refused to worship Nebuchadnezzars idol,

Dan 3:13-27.

Ninevites, in obeying Jonah,

Jon 3:5.

Ezra, in making the journey from Babylon to Jerusalem without a military escort,

Ezr 8:22.

Joseph, in obeying the vision about Mary and to flee into Egypt,

Mat 1:18-24; 2:13, 14.

Abel,

Hbr 11:4.

Eliphaz, in the overruling providence of God, that afflictions are for the good of the righteous,

Job 5:6-27.

Mordecai, in the deliverance of the Jews,

Est 4:14.

Simeon, when he saw Jesus in the temple courtyard,

Luk 2:25-35.

Conquests by,

Hbr 11:32-34.

See FAITH, TRIAL OF, below; FAITH IN CHRIST, INSTANCES OF, below.

Faith: In Christ

Isa 28:16; Mat 7:24, 25; 8:2, 13; 9:22, 29; 11:6, 28-30; 14:27; 15:28; 17:7; Mar 5:36; 9:23; 16:16; Luk 6:46-49; 7:9, 50; 8:50; 17:6; 18:42; Jhn 1:12; 3:14-16, 18, 36; 5:24; 6:20, 29, 35, 45, 47; 7:38; 9:35; 11:25, 26, 40; 12:36, 44, 46; 13:7, 20; 14:1, 11, 12; 16:27, 33; 18:37; 20:27, 29, 31; Act 3:16; 10:43; 15:9, 11; 16:31; 20:21; 26:18; Rom 3:22-28; 9:33; 10:4, 9; Gal 2:16; 3:1-29; 5:6; Eph 1:12-14; 3:12, 17; 4:13; Phl 3:9; Col 2:7; 1Ti 1:16; 2Ti 1:13; 2:1; 3:15; Hbr 4:16; 6:19; 10:22; 12:2; 13:7; 1Pe 1:8; 2:6, 7; 2Pe 1:1; 1Jo 3:23; 5:4, 5, 10, 13, 14; Jud 1:21; Rev 1:17; 3:18, 20

Faith: In Christ, Exemplified

Mat 8:2, 5-10; 9:18, 21, 28; 14:33; 15:26-28; 16:16; Mar 5:28; 7:27-30; 9:24; Luk 5:5; 7:3-9; 23:42; Jhn 4:29, 42; 6:14, 68, 69; 7:31; 9:38; 10:41, 42; 11:21, 22, 27, 32; 16:30; 20:28; Act 8:37; 11:17; Rom 7:24, 25; 8:35, 37; 2Cr 12:9, 10; Gal 2:20; Phl 4:13; 1Ti 1:14; 2Ti 1:12; 4:18

Faith: Instances of Faith in Christ

The wise men from the east,

Mat 2:1, 2, 11.

Peter,

Mat 4:18-22; Mar 1:16-20; Luk 5:4, 5; Jhn 6:68, 69.

Andrew,

Mat 4:18-22; Mar 1:16-20; Jhn 1:41.

James and John,

Mat 4:21, 22; Mar 1:19, 20.

The woman with the issue of blood,

Mat 9:21, 22.

Jairus, for the healing of his daughter,

Mat 9:18, 23-25.

Two blind men,

Mat 9:29, 30.

Blind Bartimaeus and a fellow blind man,

Mat 20:30-34; Mar 10:46-52; Luk 18:35-42.

The Samaritan leper,

Luk 17:11-19.

The sick people of Gennesaret,

Mat 14:36; Mar 3:10; 6:54-56.

Those who brought the paralyzed man to Jesus,

Luk 5:18-20.

The Syrophoenician woman,

Mat 15:22-28; Mar 7:25-30.

The woman who anointed Jesus' feet,

Luk 7:36-50.

Those who brought those who were sick with palsy,

Mat 9:2.

Philip,

Jhn 1:45, 46.

Nathanael,

Jhn 1:49.

The Samaritans, who believed through the preaching of Jesus,

Jhn 4:39-42;

through the preaching of Philip,

Act 8:9-12.

The nobleman whose child was sick,

Jhn 4:46-53.

Abraham,

Jhn 8:56.

The blind man whom Jesus healed on the Sabbath,

Jhn 9:13-38.

Mary, the sister of Martha,

Luk 10:38-42; Jhn 11:32.

John the disciple,

Jhn 20:8.

The disciples, through the miracle at Cana of Galilee,

Jhn 2:11.

Jews at Jerusalem,

Jhn 2:23; 8:30; 11:45; 12:11.

About three-thousand people on the day of Pentecost,

Act 2:41.

About five-thousand people,

Act 4:4.

Multitudes,

Act 5:14.

The crippled man at Lystra,

Act 14:9.

Stephen,

Act 6:8.

The Ethiopian eunuch,

Act 8:37.

The people of Lydda and Saron,

Act 9:35.

The people of Joppa,

Act 9:42.

The people of Antioch,

Act 11:21-24.

Barnabas,

Act 11:24.

Eunice, Lois, and Timothy,

2Ti 1:5; Act 16:1.

Lydia,

Act 16:14.

The Philippian jailor,

Act 16:31-34.

Crispus,

Act 18:8.

The Corinthians,

Act 18:8; 1Cr 15:11.

Jews at Rome,

Act 28:24.

Ephesians,

Eph 1:13, 15.

Colossians,

Col 1:2, 4.

Thessalonians,

1Th 1:6; 3:6-8; 2Th 1:3, 4.

Philemon,

Phm 1:5.

The congregation at Thyatira,

Rev 2:19.

Faith: Trial Of

1Ch 29:17; Psa 26:2; 81:7; Mat 13:19-22; 24:21-25; Luk 8:13, 14; 2Th 1:3-5; Hbr 6:13-15; Jam 1:3, 12; 1Pe 1:7

See TEMPTATION

Faith: Instances of Trial Of

Noah,

Gen 6:14-22; Hbr 11:7.

Abraham, when commanded to leave his native land and to go where he did not know,

Gen 12:1-4; Hbr 11:8.

Abraham, when commanded to offer Isaac,

Gen 22:1-19; Hbr 11:17-19.

Moses, when sent to Pharaoh,

Exd 3:11, 12; 4:10-17; Hbr 11:25-29.

Moses, at the Red Sea, by the complaints of the people,

Exd 14; 15.

Joshua and the people of Israel, in the method of taking Jericho,

Jos 6; Hbr 11:30.

Gideon, when commanded to deliver Israel,

Jdg 6:36-40; 7; Hbr 11:32.

Job, by affliction and adversity,

Job 1; 2.

Ezra, in leaving Babylon without a military escort,

Ezr 8:22.

Daniel, when forbidden to pray to Jehovah,

Dan 6:4-23; Hbr 11:32, 33.

The three Hebrews, when commanded to worship the image,

Dan 3:8-30; Hbr 11:32-34.

The Syrophoenician woman,

Mat 15:21-28; Mar 7:24-30.

The two blind men who appealed to Jesus for sight,

Mat 9:28.

The disciples, when Jesus came walking upon the Sea of Galilee,

Mat 14:25-33.

The disciples:

By the question of Jesus, as to who he was,

Mat 16:15-20; Luk 9:20, 21;

by their inability to cast out the evil spirit from the epileptic boy,

Mat 17:14-21; Mar 9:14-29; Luk 9:37-42;

in the tempest at sea,

Mat 8:23-27; Mar 4:36-41; Luk 8:22-26.

Of Philip, when questioned by Jesus as to how the multitude would be fed,

Jhn 6:5, 6.

Of Peter, when asked whether he loved Jesus,

Jhn 21:16, 17.

See AFFLICTION, DESIGN OF

Faith: Strengthened by Miracles

See MIRACLES, DESIGN OF

Faith: Sum Total of Religious Belief and Life

Rom 1:8; Jud 1:3

Faith: Weak

See DOUBTING