Underdog

And David saith unto the Philistine, `Thou art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming unto thee in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which thou hast reproached. — read the full passage →

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong; — read the full passage →

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me: — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Too many <FI>are<Fi> the people who <FI>are<Fi> with thee for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand hath given salvation to me; — read the full passage →

Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, station yourselves, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He doth for you to-day; for, as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye add no more to see them--to the age; — read the full passage →

`Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the land.

Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention. — read the full passage →

He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness. — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

and many first shall be last, and last first.

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens. — read the full passage →

And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets, — read the full passage →

Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel, I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah, Even thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. — read the full passage →

And David saith unto the Philistine, `Thou art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming unto thee in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which thou hast reproached. — read the full passage →

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.

and many first shall be last, and the last first.'

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

Then the king hath said, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast <FI>him<Fi> into a den of lions. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, `Thy God, whom thou art serving continually, Himself doth deliver thee.' — read the full passage →

Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention.

`And--a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, — read the full passage →

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life--unto death;

He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart, — read the full passage →

and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

And he saith, `Fear not, for more <FI>are<Fi> they who <FI>are<Fi> with us than they who <FI>are<Fi> with them.'

and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.'

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

And he saith unto him, `O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief <FI>is<Fi> weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father.'

And Jesus said to him, `If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;'

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, `We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee. — read the full passage →

As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every <FI>kind of<Fi> literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every <FI>kind of<Fi> vision and dreams.

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous. — read the full passage →

And Jonathan saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of these uncircumcised; it may be Jehovah doth work for us, for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.'

`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot--a people more numerous than thou--thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt;

`Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye <FI>are<Fi> the least of all the peoples, — read the full passage →

`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; — read the full passage →

for many are called, and few chosen.'

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.

And he saith unto him, `O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief <FI>is<Fi> weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father.' — 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,

but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;

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 he said, `The things impossible with men are possible with God.'

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint, — read the full passage →

`He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

But <FI>to<Fi> him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it <FI>is<Fi> better than to the dead lion.

A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. — read the full passage →

And Asa calleth unto Jehovah his God, and saith, `Jehovah! it is nothing with Thee to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O Jehovah, our God, for on Thee we have leant, and in Thy name we have come against this multitude; O Jehovah, our God thou <FI>art<Fi> ; let him not prevail with Thee--mortal man!

And the servant of the man of God riseth early, and goeth out, and lo, a force is surrounding the city, and horse and chariot, and his young man saith unto him, `Alas! my lord, how do we do?' — read the full passage →

And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour--leprous. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `By the three hundred men who are lapping I save you, and have given Midian into thy hand, and all the people go, each to his place.'

be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time, — read the full passage →

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?' — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,' — read the full passage →

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

And Peter having opened his mouth, said, `Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, — read the full passage →

and Peter said, `Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.'

and Peter said, `Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.' — read the full passage →

who, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness. — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled, — read the full passage →

`Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not--but I chose out of the world--because of this the world hateth you. — read the full passage →

A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.

How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `By the three hundred men who are lapping I save you, and have given Midian into thy hand, and all the people go, each to his place.' — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Too many <FI>are<Fi> the people who <FI>are<Fi> with thee for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand hath given salvation to me; — read the full passage →

and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, — read the full passage →

I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door--opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;

he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God--the life he hath not. — read the full passage →

to you, then, who are believing <FI>is<Fi> the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner,

having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation, — read the full passage →

quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouth of the sword, were made powerful out of infirmities, became strong in battle, caused to give way camps of the aliens.

In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted <FI>them<Fi> , and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth, — read the full passage →

Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens--Jesus the Son of God--may we hold fast the profession, — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast. — read the full passage →

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war, — read the full passage →

for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last--as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men; — read the full passage →

for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received? — read the full passage →

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

for see your calling, brethren, that not many <FI>are<Fi> wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; — read the full passage →

because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men; — read the full passage →

(according as it hath been written--`For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,') — read the full passage →

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God <FI>is<Fi> for us, who <FI>is<Fi> against us? — read the full passage →