Questioning God

For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form <FI>it<Fi> , Why me didst thou make thus?

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him; — read the full passage →

Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee--`Violence,' and Thou dost not save. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: -- — read the full passage →

Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity, — read the full passage →

Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

Righteous <FI>art<Fi> Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?' And thy work, `He hath no hands?' — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? --for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me? — read the full passage →

for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we--we have the mind of Christ.

Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee--`Violence,' and Thou dost not save.

What--sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin? — read the full passage →

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself--and what?

for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: -- — read the full passage →

Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?' — read the full passage →

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture. — read the full passage →

and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting hath been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?' — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them. — read the full passage →

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

Stir up--why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever. — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?' And thy work, `He hath no hands?'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit, — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?' And thy work, `He hath no hands?' — read the full passage →

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: -- — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that <FI>is<Fi> of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples, — read the full passage →

To the ages doth the Lord cast off? Doth He add to be pleased no more? — read the full passage →

and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

Also I--I withhold not my mouth--I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, `Lord, why hast Thou done evil to this people? why <FI>is<Fi> this? --Thou hast sent me! — read the full passage →

O that I had known--and I find Him, I come in unto His seat, — read the full passage →

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins--(then saith he to the paralytic) --having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.' — read the full passage →

Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer <FI>is<Fi> good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where <FI>is<Fi> the God of judgment?'

Lo, He doth slay me--I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?' — read the full passage →

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance--My God!

And we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother disorderly walking, and not after the deliverance that ye received from us,

so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?' — read the full passage →

Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

Who <FI>is<Fi> this--he hath said, and it is, <FI>And<Fi> the Lord hath not commanded <FI>it<Fi> ? — read the full passage →

An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

Lo, these <FI>are<Fi> the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength. — read the full passage →

And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?' — read the full passage →

O that I had known--and I find Him, I come in unto His seat, — read the full passage →

Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit,

for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink; — read the full passage →

And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return? — read the full passage →

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;' — read the full passage →

It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;'

Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?'

`But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins--(then saith he to the paralytic) --having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.'

And have not said, Where <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land--none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?' — read the full passage →

And Elijah saith unto the people, `I--I have been left a prophet of Jehovah--by myself; and the prophets of Baal <FI>are<Fi> four hundred and fifty men;

Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee--`Violence,' and Thou dost not save. — read the full passage →

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you, — read the full passage →

Thou wilt say, then, to me, `Why yet doth He find fault? for His counsel who hath resisted?' — read the full passage →

What--sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin? — read the full passage →

Thou hast persuaded me, O Jehovah, and I am persuaded; Thou hast hardened me, and dost prevail, I have been for a laughter all the day, Every one is mocking at me, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? --for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me? — read the full passage →

Is flock and herd slaughtered for them, that one hath found for them? --are all the fishes of the sea gathered for them--that one hath found for them?'

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, `I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.'

And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city, — read the full passage →

God <FI>is<Fi> not a man--and lieth, And a son of man--and repenteth! Hath He said--and doth He not do <FI>it<Fi> ? And spoken--and doth He not confirm it?

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →