Bible Commentaries

Genesis 44:1-34 — Chapter 44 And so he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks ( Genesis 44:1 ) Well, let's see. "And he sat them before him according to birthright." And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess

Exodus 31:1-18 — Chapter 31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner

Job 30:1-31 — Chapter 30But now, chapter 30, he tells of the present condition. And just as glorious as was the past, so depressing is the present. But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs

Psalms 17:1-15 — Psalms 17:1-15 The seventeenth psalm is another prayer of David. And it is, again, one of those prayers where David is sort of pleading his own cause, his own righteousness before the Lord. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto

Proverbs 6:1-35 — Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened by the phrase: My son, if you be surety for thy friend,

Isaiah 2:1-22 — Chapter 2Now chapter 2 is introduced again. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem ( Isaiah 2:1 ). And now God takes him off to the future. And it shall come to pass in the last days [or in the latter days], that the

Isaiah 40:1-31 — Chapter 40But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord declaring, Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,

Isaiah 50:1-11 — Chapter 50Now in chapter 50 another marvelous prophecy of Jesus Christ and of the humiliation that He would receive from His own people. Thus saith the LORD ( Isaiah 50:1 ), Talking to Israel now. Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom

Jeremiah 10:1-25 — Chapter 10 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven [or the Zodiac]; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs

Jeremiah 46:1-28 — Let's turn now in our Bibles to Jeremiah 46:1-28 . Beginning with chapter 45 we came into the sixth part or section of the book of Jeremiah. And this sixth section is comprised of miscellaneous prophecies that are directed mainly to those nations that

Ezekiel 3:1-27 — Chapter 3 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which you find; eat this scroll, and then go and speak to the house of Israel ( Ezekiel 3:1 ). In other words, devour it and then go give it forth. You see, that's really what the ministry is

Ezekiel 36:1-38 — Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Ezekiel 36:0 as we continue our study in this very fascinating prophecy. In chapter 36 Ezekiel is commanded to prophesy to the mountains of Israel. Now this is the second time he prophesied to the mountains of Israel.

Numbers 4:1-49 — Chapter 4Now in chapter four we find that from the tribe of Kohath the men that were to actually do the service of carrying and all, of course they numbered them from a month old upwards. It's obvious that little kids couldn't carry these heavy boards

Matthew 19:1-30 — Chapter 19 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and he came to the coast of Judea ( Matthew 19:1 ); Now that is the border of Judea, so He is moving south towards Jerusalem, for Jerusalem lies in the

Matthew 21:1-46 — Chapter 21 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, they were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, and then Jesus sent two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately you're going to find an ass tied, and

John 8:1-59 — Chapter 8 Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again to the temple ( John 8:1-2 ), Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the next day. and all of the people came on to him; and he sat down,

Colossians 4:1-18 — Chapter 4 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal [pay them a decent salary]; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving ( Colossians 4:1-2 ); As we said, prayer has

1 Samuel 18:1-30 — Chapter 18 Now when it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan [Saul's son was just sort of] knit with the soul of David, Jonathan loved him as himself ( 1 Samuel 18:1 ). Actually there became a bond between

1 Samuel 25:1-44 — Chapter 25 Now Samuel died; and all of the Israelites were gathered together, and lamenting him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were

1 Samuel 26:1-25 — Let's turn in our Bibles to first Samuel, twenty-six, and let's begin our study of these final five chapters, six chapters.The wilderness of Ziph actually lies between Hebron and the area of the Dead Sea, a very vast, barren area. And the Ziphites came