Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. And it came to pass, when …
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Let Fall Handfuls of Purpose
"And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: and let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. So she gleaned in the field …
When Hospitality Is Lacking
"And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging." Judges 19:15 (KJB) REFERENCES: Judges 19, 20; Genesis 18:2-8; 19:2-3; Matthew 25:35, 43; Hebrews …
When God’s Word Is Not Heard
"Then said Micah, 'Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.' " Judges 17:13 (KJB) REFERENCES: Judges 17:6; 18; 19; 21:25; Isaiah 44:20; 66:3-4; Matthew 15:9, 13; John 16:2; Acts 26:9; Romans 10:2-3
A ‘Sunny’ Day
"But the Angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that He was an Angel of the LORD. And Manoah said unto his wife, 'We shall surely die, because we have seen God.' But his wife said unto him, 'If the LORD were pleased to kill …
Just As He Says It
"Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: and all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal." Judges 9:56-57 (KJB) REFERENCES: Judges 8, 9; Numbers 32:23; Proverbs …
From Deborah’s Song
" '...So let all Thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love Him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.' And the land had rest forty years." Judges 5:31 (KJB) REFERENCES: Judges 4-5; Psalm 48:4-5; 68:1-3; 1 Corinthians 8:3; Ephesians 6:24; James 1:12; 2:5; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 John …
Jerusalem
"Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire." Judges 1:8 (KJB) REFERENCES: Judges 1; Joshua 15:63; Psalm 122:6; 2 Samuel 5; Matthew 20:17-18; 23:37; Luke 2:22-25; John 2:13, 23
Day Eighteen – Life Decays Without God
Today's reading is Judges 14 - 1 Samuel 3. For me it was and is a very rewarding experience; as it usually is reading the Word of God. Reading the Judges chapter 14 through 21 you will find a common phrase in it in the latter chapters. “In those days there was no king in …
Day Seventeen – The Peril of Disobedience
Today's Scripture reading is Judges 1 - 13, we read of Joshua’s death, and how the people anger the LORD through their worship of foreign gods; which actually begins by departing from GOD. Disobedience is the first step of departure from GOD; “And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of …
When People Do What is Right in Their Own Eyes
"And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and …
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A Greater Victory
"And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death; that he told her all his heart, and said unto her, 'There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: …
Thirsty, Calling on the LORD
"But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not allow him to go in. And her father said, 'I verily thought that thou …
Caution Needed When Making Vows
"Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, 'If You shall without fail deliver the children of Ammon …
An Army Too Large
"Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. And the LORD said unto Gideon, 'The people that are …