"And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good." — Gen 32:12 When Jacob was on the other side of the brook Jabbok, and Esau was coming with...

"She bound the scarlet line in the window." — Jos 2:21 Rahab depended for her preservation upon the promise of the spies, whom she looked...

"We would see Jesus." — Joh 12:21 Evermore the worldling's cry is, "Who will show us any good?" He seeks satisfaction in earthly...

"We are come to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel." — Heb 12:24 Reader, have you come to the blood...

"And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun." — Exo 17:12 So mighty was the prayer of Moses, that all depended upon it....

"The precious blood of Christ." - 1Pe 1:19 Standing at the foot of the cross, we see hands, and feet, and side, all distilling crimson...

"Lift them up for ever." — Psa 28:9 God's people need lifting up. They are very heavy by nature. They have no wings, or, if they have,...

"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" — Psa 22:1 We here behold the Saviour in the depth of his sorrows. No other place so well...

"Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him." — Isa 3:10 It is well with the righteous ALWAYS. If it had said, "Say ye to...

"All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head." — Psa 22:7 Mockery was a great ingredient in our...

"And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him." — Lev 1:4...

"A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me." - Song of Sol. 1:13 Myrrh may well be chosen as the type of Jesus on account of its...

"The king's garden." — Neh 3:15 Mention of the king's garden by Nehemiah brings to mind the paradise which the King of kings prepared for...

"My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels." — Psalm 22:14 Our blessed Lord experienced a terrible sinking and melting...

"Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins." — Psa 25:18 It is well for us when prayers about our sorrows are linked...

"I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint." — Psa 22:14 Did earth or heaven ever behold a sadder spectacle of woe!...

" For there stood by me this night the angel of God." — Act 27:23 Tempest and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had...

"The place which is called Calvary." — Luke 23:33 The hill of comfort is the hill of Calvary; the house of consolation is built with the...

"thy gentleness hath made me great." — Psa 18:35 The words are capable of being translated, "thy goodness hath made me great." David...

"And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him." — Luke 23:27 Amid the rabble rout...