1516 verses about Dependence

And how would anything have endured, except you had willed it? Or that which was not called by you, how would it have been preserved?

While then he takes thought for it that it may not fall down, Knowing that it is unable to help itself; (For verily it is an image, and has need of help;)

That your sons, whom you loved, O Lord, might learn That it is not the growth of the earth’s fruits that nourishes a man, But that your word preserves those who trust you.

Cleave to him, and depart not, That you may be increased at your latter end.

Put your trust in him, and he will help you: Order your ways aright, and set your hope on him.

You⌃ that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; And turn not aside, lest you⌃ fall.

saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, And not into the hands of men: For as his majesty is, So also is his mercy.

Seek not things that are too hard for you, And search not out things that are above your strength.

Set not your heart upon your goods; And say not, They are sufficient for me.

If you shall be brought low, he will be against you, And will hide himself from your face.

There is one that is sluggish, and has need of help, Lacking in strength, and that abounds in poverty; And the eyes of the Lord looked upon him for good, And he set him up from his low estate,

Say not, What use is there of me? And what from henceforth will my good things be?

Say not, I have sufficient, And from henceforth what harm will happen to me?

Take not up a burden above your strength; And have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than yourself. What fellowship shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? This will strike, and that will be dashed in pieces.

Hath he had need of you? then he will deceive you, And smile upon you, and give you hope: He will speak you fair, and say, What need you?

He will be stayed upon her, and will not be moved; And will rely upon her, and will not be confounded.

Don’t say, I shall be hidden from the Lord; And who will remember me from on high? I will not be known among so many people; For what is my soul in a boundless creation?

To none has he given power to declare his works: And who will trace out his mighty deeds?

In the days of fulness remember the time of hunger, And poverty and lack in the days of wealth.

O Lord, Father and Master of my life, Abandon me not to their counsel: Suffer me not to fall by them.

Confirm your word, and keep faith with him; And at all seasons you shall find what you need.

Forget not the good offices of your surety; For he has given his life for you.

And he that is of an unthankful mind will fail him that delivered him.

Suretiship has undone many that were prospering, And shaken them as a wave of the sea: Mighty men has it driven from their homes; And they wandered among strange nations.

Help your neighbor according to your power, And take heed to yourself that you fall not to the same.

Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs, Than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.

It is a miserable life to go from house to house: And where you are a sojourner, you shall not dare to open your mouth.

A poor man toileth in lack of substance; And when he rests, he becomes needy.

Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt; It diminishes strength, and adds wounds.

Be not confident in a smooth way.

As the clay of the potter in his hand, All his ways are according to his good pleasure; So men are in the hand of him that made them, To render to them according to his judgement.

Whilst you yet live, and breath is in you, Give not yourself over to anybody.

For better it is that your children should supplicate you, Than that you should look to the hand of your sons.

If you have a servant, treat him as yourself; For as your own soul will you have need of him: If you treat him ill, and he depart and run away, Which way will you go to seek him?

Whoso fears the Lord shall not be afraid, and shall not play the coward; For he is his hope.

For who will trust a nimble robber, that skips from city to city? Even so who shall trust a man that has no nest, and lodges wherever he finds himself at nightfall?

And above all this entreat the Most High, That he may direct your way in truth.

He will fashion the clay with his arm, And will bend its strength in front of his feet; He will apply his heart to finish the glazing; And he will be wakeful to make clean the furnace.

All these put their trust in their hands; And each becomes wise in his own work.

All the works of the Lord are good: And he will supply every need in its season.

Riches and strength will lift up the heart; And the fear of the Lord is above both: There is nothing lacking in the fear of the Lord, And there is no need to seek help therein.

My son, lead not a beggar’s life; Better it is to die than to beg.

A man that looks to the table of another, His life is not to be counted for a life; He will pollute his soul with another man’s meats: But a man wise and well-instructed will beware thereof.

Howbeit in the land of the people he shall have no inheritance, And he has no portion among the people: For he himself is your portion and inheritance.

He called upon the Most High and Mighty One, When his foes pressed him round about; And the great Lord heard him.

In his days the cistern of waters was diminished, The brazen vessel in compass as the sea.

And did deliver me, according to the abundance of your mercy, and greatness of your name, From the gnashings of teeth ready to devour, Out of the hand of such as sought my life, Out of the manifold afflictions which I had;

They compassed me on every side, And there was none to help me. I was looking for the succour of men, And it was not.

And I remembered your mercy, O Lord, And your working which has been from everlasting, How you deliver those who wait for you, And save them out of the hand of the enemies.

Let your wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where you have scattered us.

But I, what can I help you?

They can’t restore a blind man to his sight, nor deliver any that is in distress.

The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a covert, and help themselves.

And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel.

And Daniel said, You have remembered me, O God: neither have you forsaken those who love you.

But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, What? shall we be able, being a small company, to fight against so great and strong a multitude? and we for our part are faint, having tasted no food this day.

And Judas said, It is an easy thing for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with heaven it is all one, to save by many or by few:

for victory in battle stands not in the multitude of an army; but strength is from heaven.

How shall we be able to stand before them, except you be our help?

Now therefore come and deliver us from their hand, for many of us are fallen.

Now therefore cry to heaven, that you⌃ may be delivered out of the hand of your enemies.

And he put his trust in him, and did even as he said, and sent away his forces, and they departed into the land of Judah.

Fight you our battles, and all that you shall say to us, that will we do.

who alone suppliest every need, who alone are righteous and almighty and eternal, you that save Israel out of all evil, who made the fathers your chosen, and did sanctify them:

for he saw that without the king’s providence it was impossible for the state to obtain peace any more, and that Simon would not cease from his madness.

So he also died pure from pollution, putting his whole trust in the Lord.

For they, said he, trust to arms, and withal to deeds of daring; but we trust on the almighty God, since he is able at a beck to cast down those who are coming against us, and even the whole world.

But when Judas heard of these things, he gave charge to the multitude to call upon the Lord day and night, beseeching him, if ever at any other time, so now to succour those who were at the point to be deprived of the law and their country and the holy temple,

But do you, O king, having informed yourself of these things severally, take thought both for our country and for our race, which is surrounded by foes, according to the gracious kindness with which you receive all.

but Maccabaeus still trusted unceasingly, with all hope that he should obtain help from the Lord.

And he exhorted his company not to be fearful at the inroad of the heathen, but, keeping in mind the help which of old they had oftentimes received from heaven, so now also to look for the victory which would come to them from the Almighty;

Maccabaeus, perceiving the presence of the troops, and the various arms with which they were equipped, and the savageness of the elephants, holding up his hands to heaven called upon the Lord that works wonders, recognising that success comes not by arms, but that, according as the Lord shall judge, he gaineth the victory for those who are worthy.

it makes the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:

And there I vowed a fast for the young men before our Lord, to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and for our children and cattle that were with us:

for I was ashamed to ask of the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.

For we had said to the king, that the power of our Lord would be with those who seek him, to support them in all ways.

And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first month, until we came to Jerusalem, by the mighty hand of our Lord which was upon us: and the Lord delivered us from assault by the way, from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem.

Yes, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our Lord; but he made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food,

O Lord of Israel, you are true: for we are left a root this day.

Behold, now are we before you in our iniquities, for we can’t stand any longer before you by reason of these things.

And when you did often aid our fathers when hard pressed, and in low estate, and delivered them out of gret dangers,

see now, holy King, how through our many and great sins we are borne down, and made subject to our enemies, and are become weak and powerless.

He who knows all things, will not, said they, disregard so great a people.

The Jews, breathless with momentary suspense, stretched forth their hands, and prayed the Greatest God, in mournful strains, again to help them speedily.

If our life has during our exile been stained with iniquity, deliver us from the hand of the enemy, and destroy us, O Lord, by the death which you prefer.

Where are the benefits that I have done for you? when you⌃ were hungry and thirsty in the wilderness, did you⌃ not cry to me,

saying, Why have you brought us into this wilderness to kill us? it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than to die in this wilderness.

Wnen you⌃ were thirsty, did I not cleave the rock, and waters flowed out to your fill? for the heat I covered you with the leaves of the trees.

You⌃ have not as it were forsaken me, but your own selves, says the Lord.

Then answered I and said, who of the sons of men is able to do this, that you should ask me of such things?

Nevertheless now have I asked you but only of the fire and wind, and of the day, things wherethrough you have passed, and without which you can not be, and yet have you given me no answer of them.

how then can your vessel comprehend the way of the Most High? and how can he that is already worn out with the corrupted world understand incorruption?

As for me, I am unwise: how may I then speak of these things whereof you asked me?

that the thing which is fashioned may be nourished for a time, and afterwards you shall order it in your mercy.

therefore will I begin to pray before you for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land;

For if you have a desire to have mercy upon us, then shall you be called merciful, to us, namely, that have no works of righteousness.

Forasmuch as the husbandman’s seed, if it come not up, seeing that it has not received your rain in due season, or if it be corrupted through too much rain, so perishes;

And I nourished him with great travail.

Then said I, Speak on, my Lord; only forsake me not, lest I die frustrate of my hope.

and therefore I bade you remain in the field where no house was built: