Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
Moses reassures the Israelites as they face danger at the sea.
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Old Testament
Deuteronomy1 verses →
Anonymous. Largely a farewell address placed in Moses' mouth by a narrator who goes on to describe his death.
Joshua1 verses →
Anonymous. Tells Joshua's story in the third person.
Psalms6 verses →
Many hands over centuries. Superscriptions assign a number to David; those are ancient editorial notes, not signatures.
Proverbs3 verses →
A collection headed as Solomon's, which elsewhere names other compilers.
Ecclesiastes1 verses →
Written in the voice of 'the Preacher, the son of David' — a role rather than a name.
Isaiah2 verses →
Spans centuries of material and has long been read as the work of more than one hand.
Lamentations1 verses →
Anonymous. Tradition assigns it to Jeremiah; the text does not.
New Testament
Matthew2 verses →
Anonymous. The name is a second-century attribution.
John3 verses →
Anonymous. Names its own source only as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved'.
Paul's letters13 verses →
Named by the text and widely accepted — the clearest authorship in the Bible. Several letters bearing his name are disputed and are marked as such.
James1 verses →
Names its author only as James, a very common name. Which James is disputed.
1 Peter1 verses →
Names Peter. Its polished Greek has made that contested since antiquity.
Revelation1 verses →
Names its author as John. Which John has been disputed since the third century.
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View all filters →He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
God answers Moses' request for guidance with a promise of presence and rest.
“ ‘For the Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
God promises to seek scattered people as a shepherd seeks and tends a wounded flock.
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord Yahweh.
God promises to seek scattered people as a shepherd seeks and tends a wounded flock.
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Paul urges mutual support and persistence in doing good.
Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.
Paul urges mutual support and persistence in doing good.
Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
God speaks to Jacob as he leaves home for an uncertain journey.
yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Habakkuk ends his prayer with joy and strength despite the preceding picture of failed harvests.
Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.
Habakkuk ends his prayer with joy and strength despite the preceding picture of failed harvests.
let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
The letter calls the community to hold to hope and encourage loving action.
Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,
The letter calls the community to hold to hope and encourage loving action.
For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.
The letter encourages endurance, attention to Jesus, and peaceful, grateful living.