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Psalm 119:115 “Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.”

v. 103 “How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”

2:1-4 “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.”

3:6 “I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.”

Romans 3:3-4 “. . . yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written. . . .”

Genesis 32:24-30 Jacob wrestled with “a man” who touched the hollow of his thigh. (Who was this?)

(35:9-13 “And God appeared unto Jacob again. . . .”)

1st John 2:15-17 “If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. . . . And the world passeth away. . . .”

James 4:4 “. . . whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”

Job 24:1 “Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?”

(Answer) See James 4:4 again. (They are friends with the world.)

(Answer) Matthew 16:1-4 Because they are “wicked and adulterous.”

Hebrews 13:10-14 “Let us go forth therefore . . . bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city. . . .”

Psalm 104:1-3 “O Lord my God, thou art very great . . . who walketh upon the wings of the wind. . . .”

Revelation 2:8-11 “. . . unto . . . the church in Smyrna . . . Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. . . .”

(The churches at Smyrna and Philadelphia are the only two the Lord didn’t say anything against.)

Jeremiah 8:9 “. . . lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?” (None!)

(Answer) Romans 1:18-22 “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. . . .”

Matthew 15:21-28 “Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

(As Jacob did, a woman wrestles with God and prevails.)

Psalm 118:6 “The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?”

Psalm 118:8 “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”

Jeremiah 17:5 “Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man. . . .”

v. 7 “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.”

Matthew 8:23-26 “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?” (The question contains the answer!)

Psalm 30:5 “For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

Psalm 100:5 “For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.”

117:2 “For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever.”

119:160 “Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.”

Psalm 135:13 “Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations.”

1st Peter 5:all (v. 5) “Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”

Psalm 138:all (v. 6) “Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.”

23:all (v. 3) “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”

119:140-141 “Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.”

James 5:20 “. . . he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. . . .”

Hebrews 11:1-16 “But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly . . . for he hath prepared for them a city.”

(Revelation 21:1-10 “. . . the holy city, new Jerusalem . . . prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”)

13:10-14 “Let us go forth therefore . . . bearing his reproach. For here have we no continuing city. . . .”

Luke 12:32 “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

John 14:1-4 “In my Father’s house are many mansions. . . . I go to prepare a place for you.”

15:15-21 “. . . the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends. . . .”

Joshua 5:13-15 “Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come.”

Isaiah 51:1-13 “I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man . . . ?”

John 20:1-16 “Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?”

Isaiah 55:all [This is it!]