1516 verses about Dependence

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:

Therefore will I now beseech the Most High, that he will strengthen me to the end.

but I sat in the field seven days, as the angel commanded me; and in those days I did eat only of the flowers of the field, and had my meat of the herbs.

Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, and they were delivered from thence,

Be you⌃ not afraid, neither doubt; for God is your guide:

then when evening came, sweating and very weary, he came to the royal tent, about which the entire army of our ancestors was encamped.

Remember that through God you⌃ obtained existence, and have enjoyed it.

And the righteous Daniel was cast to the lions; and Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael, were slung out into a furnace of fire; yet they endured through God.

When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’” Deuteronomy 8:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Isaiah 57:15; 66:2

Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

Give us today our daily bread.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

“Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’

For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”

Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.

Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.