Perseverance

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning1 Chronicles 16:11Job 17:9Psalms 37:24Psalms 37:28Psalms 73:24Psalms 138:8Proverbs 4:18Jeremiah 32:40Hosea 12:6Matthew 10:22Matthew 24:13Mark 4:3–8Mark 13:13Luke 10:42Luke 22:31Luke 22:32John 6:37John 6:39John 6:40John 8:31
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• INSTANCES OF
• Jacob, in prayerGenesis 32:24–26
• Caleb and Joshua, in representing the land of promiseNumbers 14:24Numbers 14:38

The passages, in Bible order (121)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 32:24–26

   So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 32:24–261 voice

   “Therefore Jacob, who had purified his heart of all pretenses and was manifesting a peaceable disposition, first cast off all that was his, then remained behind alone and wrestled with God. For whoever forsakes worldly things comes nearer to the image and likeness of God. What is it to wrestle with God other than to enter upon the struggle for virtue, to contend with one who is stronger and to become a better imitator of God than the others are?

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2. Numbers 14:24

   But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.

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   “But my servant Caleb,....

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3. Numbers 14:38

   Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.

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   “But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,....

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4. 1 Chronicles 16:11

   Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

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5. Job 17:9

   Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

   ›Commentary on Job 17:91 voice

   “Ver. 9. The righteous also shall hold on his way, and to clean hands he shall add strength.

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6. Psalms 37:24

   Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 37:242 voices

   “(Verse 23.) The steps of a man are established by the Lord. The Greek word διαβήματα means 'steps' or 'transitions'. And therefore it is said to you: If you pass through water, rivers will not stop you (Isaiah 43:2). Therefore, cross over, do not hesitate; like a good traveler, when he comes to a sign on the road, he does not stop, but passes through; and you are on a journey, as long as you are in this course. If Paul had stopped, he would not have completed his race.

   “It is impossible for anyone to travel blamelessly the way of virtue without God's grace. He works in association with those who have this intent: for the acquisition of virtue there is need of human zeal and divine assistance at one and the same time. …

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7. Psalms 37:28

   For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

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   “For the Lord loves justice, and will not forsake his saints: they will be preserved forever. But the wicked will be punished, and the seed of the wicked will perish. The righteous will inherit the land, and dwell forever upon it. Do not think that your sins go unnoticed by God; for many fall in this way. He himself sees and condemns all things, and exterminates the seed of the wicked; indeed, the seed is not of physical generation, but of internal mind and succession of impiety (Job 1:1).

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8. Psalms 73:24

   You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 73:242 voices

   "Because I am like a beast before Thee in all innocence, comfort me with Thy counsel, and lead me after Thy glory." For I have never understood the distinguishing attributes of Thy government, because while I sought to know why Thou didst desire one thing, …

   For this reason David says, as if visited by him," "You have held my right hand, and in your will you have conducted me and have taken me up with glory." This is the text we have received, and it is in accord with the Greek, for the Greek said, ekratēsas tēs cheiros, that is, "you have held the hand," tēs dexias mou, "my right hand." A person receives good guidance when God takes hold of his right hand with his own hand. Such a one can say, "The Lord is at my right hand, that I be not moved."

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9. Psalms 138:8

   The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 138:81 voice

   “The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me,.... Or "will", or "may the Lord perform for me" (x): all things in providence; all that he had appointed for him, that would be for his good and his own glory, Psa 57:2; and particularly what concerned him as a king. He had made him king over the house of Judah; he had begun to fulfil his promise concerning the kingdom; and he would perfect it, by setting him over all the tribes of Israel.

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10. Proverbs 4:18

    The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

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    “He therefore who keeps away from all bitterness and all the noisome effluvia of the flesh, and raises himself on the aforesaid wings above all low earthly ambitions, or, more than that, above the whole universe itself, will be the man to find that which is alone worth loving, and to become himself as beautiful as the Beauty which he has touched and entered, and to be made bright and luminous himself in the communion of the real Light.

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11. Jeremiah 32:40

    I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

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    “(Verse 37 and following) Behold, I will gather them from all the lands to which I have driven them in my anger, in my wrath, and in great indignation, and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell securely. They will be my people, and I will be their God. And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

    “(Verse 40) And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, and I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. For He made an everlasting covenant with us and will not cease to show us kindness. And what follows: 'And I will put my fear into their hearts, that they shall not depart from me,' (Jeremiah 32:40) He grants free will to choose, yet the fear that is given remains as a grace from the giver.

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12. Hosea 12:6

    But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

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    “The judgment therefore of the Lord with Judah: and a visitation upon Jacob. He will render to him according to his ways, and according to his inventions he will recompense him. In the womb he supplanted his brother: and in his strength he had success with the angel, and he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

    “Combine justice with mercy, spending in mercy what you possess with justice. It is written, "Keep mercy and justice, and draw near to thy God always." Because God loves mercy and justice, he who takes care to do mercy and justice draws near to God.

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13. Matthew 10:22

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

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    “(Verse 22.) But whoever perseveres until the end, he will be saved. For it is not to begin, but to complete virtue.

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14. Matthew 24:13

    But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

    ›Commentary on Matthew 24:132 voices

    “(Verse 12, 13.) And since iniquity will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who perseveres to the end, he will be saved. He did not deny the faith of all, but of many. For many are called, but few are chosen. For in the apostles and those like them, charity will remain, of which it is written: 'Many waters cannot quench love' (Song of Solomon 8:7). And even Paul himself said: 'Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?' tribulation, or distress, or famine (Rom. VIII, 35)? and so on.

    “But "by patience," says He, "ye shall yourselves be saved." Of this very patience the Psalm says, "The patient endurance of the just shall not perish for ever; " because it is said in another Psalm, "Precious (in the sight of the Lord) is the death of the just"-arising, no doubt, out of their patient endurance, so that Zechariah declares: "A crown shall be to them that endure.

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15. Mark 4:3–8

    “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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    “And these (heretics) suppose that this is what is spoken by the Saviour: "A sower went forth to sow; and that which fell on the fair and good ground produced, some a hundred-fold, and some sixty-fold, and some thirty-fold." And for this reason, the (Docetic) says, (that the Saviour) has spoken the words, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear," because these (truths)are not altogether rumours. All these Aeons, both the three and all those infinite (Aeons which proceed) from these indefinitely, are hermaphrodite Aeons.

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16. Mark 13:13

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

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