3106 verses about Salvation

O Jerusalem, look about you toward the east, and behold the joy that comes to you from God.

Behold, your sons come, whom you sent away, they come gathered together from the east to the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.

Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of your mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that comes from God forever.

Cast about you the robe of the righteousness which comes from God; set a diadem on your head of the glory of the Everlasting.

For God will show your brightness to every region under heaven.

Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand upon the height, and look about you toward the east, and behold your children gathered from the going down of the sun to the rising thereof at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them.

For they went from you on foot, being led away of their enemies: but God brings them in to you borne on high with glory, as on a royal throne.

For God has appointed that every high mountain, and the everlasting hills, should be made low, and the valleys filled up, to make plain the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God.

For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that comes from him.

How then can’t men understand that they be no gods, which can neither save themselves from war, nor from plague?

Deliver us not up utterly, for your name’s sake, neither disannul you your covenant:

like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs; so let our sacrifice be in your sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after you, for they shall not be ashamed that put their trust in you.

and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.

O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever: for he has rescued us from hell, and saved us from the hand of death: he has delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame, even out of the midst of the fire has he delivered us.

Therefore when she was led away to be put to death, God raised up the holy spirit of a young youth, whose name was Daniel:

and he cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman.

With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and blessed God, who saves those who hope in him.

and according to the law of Moses they did to them in such sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbor: and they put them to death, and the innocent blood was saved the same day.

And they rescued the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of the kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.

Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, believed, and were saved out of the flame.

And the lawless shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of lawlessness were sore troubled, and salvation prospered in his hand.

and he was renowned to the utmost part of the earth, and he gathered together such as were ready to perish.

Remember how our fathers were saved in the Red sea, when Pharaoh pursued them with an army.

and all the Gentiles shall know that there is one who redeemeth and saves Israel.

And Israel had a great deliverance that day.

And all the people fell upon their faces, and worshipped, and gave praise to heaven, which had given them good success.

And there was exceeding great gladness among the people, and the reproach of the Gentiles was turned away.

and he gave himself to deliver his people, and to get him an everlasting name;

And he restored to him the captives which he had taken aforetime out of the land of Judah, and he returned and departed into his own land, and came not any more into their borders.

I yield up also my authority over the citadel which is at Jerusalem, and give it to the high priest, that he may appoint in it such men as he shall choose to keep it.

And every soul of the Jews, that has been carried captive from the land of Judah into any part of my kingdom, I set at liberty without price; and let all remit the tributes of their cattle also.

Forasmuch as I am returned to my kingdom, and am set on the throne of my fathers, and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and have gotten possession of our country;

And they set the city on fire, and got many spoils that day, and saved the king.

for we have the help which is from heaven to help us, and we have been delivered from our enemies, and our enemies have been brought low.

In the hundred and seventies year was the yoke of the heathen taken away from Israel.

And they cried out to Simon, that he should give them his right hand; and he gave it to them: and he put them out from thence, and he cleansed the citadel from its pollutions.

and the people saw the faith of Simon, and the glory which he thought to bring to his nation, and they made him their leader and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and the faith which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to exalt his people:

All the people consented to ordain for Simon that he should do according to these words;

Having been saved by God out of great perils, as men arrayed against a king, we thank him greatly.

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:

accept the sacrifice for all your people Israel, and guard your own portion, and consecrate it.

Gather together our Dispersion, set at liberty those who are in bondage among the heathen, look upon those who are despised and abhorred, and let the heathen know that you are our God.

Plant your people in your holy place, even as Moses said.

Now God, who saved all his people, and restored the heritage to all, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the hallowing,

So Heliodorus, having offered a sacrifice to the Lord and vowed great vows to him that had saved his life, and having graciously received Onias, returned with his army to the king.

that by so doing he might be delivered from death, and for his ancient friendship with them might be treated kindly.

and that in me and my kindred you may stay the wrath of the Almighty, which has been justly brought upon our whole race.

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

And others sold all that was left over to them, and withal implored the Lord to deliver those who had been sold as slaves by the impious Nicanor or ever he met them;

And when they had gathered the arms of the enemy together, and had stripped off their spoils, they occupied themselves about the Sabbath, blessing and thanking the Lord exceedingly, who had saved them to this day, for that he had caused a beginning of mercy to distil upon them.

and taking Maccabaeus in the midst of them, and covering him with their own armor, guarded him from wounds, while on the adversaries they shot forth arrows and thunderbolts; by reason whereof they were blinded and thrown into confusion, and were cut to pieces, filled with bewilderment.

And when they had accomplished these things, they blessed the Lord with hymns and thanksgivings, him who does great benefits to Israel, and gives them the victory.

But calling upon the Sovereign who with might breaks in pieces the strength of the enemy, they got the city into their hands, and killed as many as twenty and five thousand of those who were within.

(And if he did it looking to an honorable memorial of gratitude laid up for those who die in godliness, holy and godly was the thought.) Wherefore he made the atoning sacrifice for those who had died, that they might be released from their sin.

and not to suffer the people that had been but now a little while revived to fall into the hands of those profane heathen.

And such a passover was not held in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel.

And the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he had compassion on them and on his dwelling place.

If therefore there be any of you that are of his people, let the Lord, even his Lord, be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord of Israel: he is the Lord that dwells in Jerusalem.

Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithradates his treasurer,

and were carried back by Sanabassar, together with them of the captivity, from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Ezra 2:1, etc. And these are they of Jewry that came up from the captivity, where they lived as strangers, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon.

Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favor, because the Lord had visited the captivity;

And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set up in his own temple, those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple in Babylonia, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the governor,

and that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and carried away to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.

Having determined to deal graciously, I have given order, that such of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites, and of those within our realm, as are willing and desirous, should go with you to Jerusalem.

And now in some measure has mercy been showed to us from you, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of your sanctuary;

and glorified the temple of our Lord, and raised up the desolate Sion, to give us a sure dwelling in Jewry and Jerusalem.

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

And there was made proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all those who were of the captivity, that they should be gathered together at Jerusalem:

You, O Lord, according to your great goodness have promised repentance and forgiveness to those who have sinned against you: and of your infinite mercies have appointed repentance to sinners, that they may be saved. You therefore, O Lord, that are the God of the just, have not appointed repentance to the just, to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against you; but you have appointed repentance to me that am a sinner:

and in me you will show all your goodness: for you will save me, that am unworthy, according to your great mercy.

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

To do away with the appearance of hating them all, he had it written underneath, that if any of them should elect to enter the community of those initiated in the rites, these should have equal rights with the Alexandrians.

to overthrow the evil purpose which was gone out against them, and to deliver them by extraordinary manifestation from that death which was in store for them.

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

The Jews, having heard of these events, praised the glorious God and King of kings, because they had obtained this help, too, from him.

sent up an exceeding great cry entreating the Lord of all power to reveal himself, and have mercy upon those who now lay at the gates of hades.

You destroyed Pharaoh, with his army of chariots, when that lord of this same Egypt was uplifted with lawless hardihood and loud-sounding tongue. Shedding the beams of your mercy upon the race of Israel, you did overwhelm him with his proud army.

When Sennacherim, the grievous king of the Assyrians, glorying in his countless army, had subdued the whole land with his spear, and was lifting himself against your holy city, with boastings grievous to be endured, you, O Lord, did demolish him and did show forth your might to many nations.

When the three friends in the land of Babylon of their own will exposed their lives to the fire rather than serve vain things, you did send a dewy coolness through the fiery furnace, and bring the fire upon all their adversaries.

It was you who, when Daniel was hurled, through slander and envy, as a prey to lions down below, did bring him back against unhurt to light.

When Jonah was pining away in the belly of the sea-bred monster, you did look upon him, O Father, and recover him to the sight of his own.

And now, you who hate insolence; you who do abound in mercy; you who are the protector of all things; appear quickly to those of the race of Israel, who are insulted by abhorred, lawless gentiles.

Let not the vain-minded congratulate vain idols at the destruction of your beloved, saying, Neither did their god deliver them.

Let the heathen cower before your invincible might today, O glorious One, who have all power to save the race of Jacob.

Release the sons of the almighty living God of heaven, who from our ancestors’ times until now has granted a glorious and uninterrupted prosperity to our affairs.

These things he said; and they, released the same moment, having now escaped death, praised God their holy Saviour.

The king then departed to the city, and called his financier to him, and bade him provide a seven days’ quantity of wine and other materials for feasting for the Jews. He decided that they should keep a gladsome festival of deliverance in the very place in which they expected to meet with their destruction.

Then they who were before despised and near to hades, yes, rather advanced into it, partook of the cup of salvation, instead of a grievous and lamentable death. Full of exultation, they parted out the place intended for their fall and burial into banqueting booths.

Ceasing their miserable strain of woe, they took up the subject of their fatherland, hymning in praise God their wonder-working Saviour. All groans, all wailing, were laid aside: they formed dances in token of serene joy.

They made a public ordinance to commemorate these things for generations to come, as long as they should be sojourners. They thus established these days as days of mirth, not for the purpose of drinking or luxury, but because God had saved them.

The Ruler over all did during this time manifest forth his mercy gloriously, and did deliver them all together unharmed.

They themselves having held fast their God to death, and having enjoyed a full deliverance, departed from the city garlanded with sweet-flowered wreaths of every kind. Uttering exclamations of joy, with songs of praise, and melodious hymns they thanked the God of their fathers, the eternal Saviour of Israel.

they partook of a banquet of deliverance, for the king generously granted them severally the means of securing a return home.

Every man received back his own, according to inventory; those who had obtained their goods, giving them up with the greatest terror. For the greatest God wrought with perfectness wonders for their salvation.

Blessed be the Redeemer of Israel to everlasting. Amen.

Thus says the Lord, of a truth I brought you through the sea, and where there was no path I made for you highways; I gave you Moses for a leader, and Aaron for a priest.

What shall I do to you, O Jacob? you, Judah, would not obey me: I will turn me to other nations, and to them will I give my name, that they may keep my statutes.

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

Your houses will I give to a people that shall come; which not having heard of me yet believe me; they to whom I have showed no signs shall do that which I have commanded.