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FAITHFUL SAYINGS

sa'-inz (pistos ho logos): "This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation" (the King James Version). These words form a striking formula which is found-with slight variations-only in the Pastoral Epistles, in 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 3:1; 1 Timothy 4:9 2 Timothy 2:11; Titus 3:8. A similar expression occurs in Revelation 21:5 and Revelation 22:6 (the King James Version), "These sayings are faithful and true."

The Five "Sayings."

Paul's faithful sayings are thus five in number, and "were no doubt rehearsed constantly in the assemblies, till they became well-known watchwords in the various churches scattered over the Mediterranean-washed provinces of the Roman empire" (Ellicott, New Testament Commentary on 1 Timothy 1:15).

1. The First "Saying":

The first of the faithful sayings speaks of the pre-existence of Christ, of His coming into the world, and the purpose why He came is distinctly stated-to save the lost, irrespective of race or nationality, sinners who, apart from Christ, are without God and without hope.

2. The Second "Saying":

The second of the faithful sayings refers to the work of being a minister of the gospel, a work then so full of danger and always full of difficulty. The office in question is honorable and Christlike, and, in those early days, it meant stern and ceaseless work, grave and constant danger. This faithful saying would act as a call to young men to offer themselves for the work of proclaiming the gospel to the world, and of witnessing for Christ.

3. The Third "Saying":

The third saying is that godliness has an influence that is world-wide; it consists, not merely in holiness and in that fellowship and communion with God which is the very life of the soul; it is also an active force which springs from "the love of Christ constraining us," and manifests itself in love toward all our fellow-men, for they are God's creatures. Godliness transfigures every rank and condition of life. It has the promise of the life that now is: to those who seek the kingdom of God first, all other things will be added. And it has the promise of the life that is to come, the rich prospect of eternal blessedness with Christ. Compare with this saying the remarkable words in Titus 1:2, "in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal." Godliness gives all gladness here, and future glory too. This is a faithful saying.

4. The Fourth "Saying":

The fourth of the faithful sayings speaks of the Christian believer's union with Christ, and of the blessedness of that union. The Christian is "dead with Christ," he "suffers with Christ." But the union with Christ is eternal, "We shall also live with him;. we shall also reign with him" in life that is fadeless, endless and full of glory. Surely then, no one will draw back, for "if we deny him," "if we believe not," "he also will deny us," for "he abideth faithful, he cannot deny himself."

5. The Fifth "Saying":

The fifth and last of the faithful sayings speaks of our former unconverted state, "for we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures. But. the kindness and love of God. toward man appeared, not by works which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us." Blessedness is now the Christian's lot, and this is the result not of our works: we owe it all to the tender love of God, to His Divine pity, to His redeeming grace. Yes, this is a faithful saying.

John Rutherfurd

FAITHFUL; FAITHFULNESS

fath'-fool, fath'-fool-nes: 1. Faithfulness of God in the Old Testament

2. Faithfulness of God in the New Testament

LITERATURE

Faithfulness is a quality or attribute applied in the Scripture to both God and man. This article is limited to the consideration of the Scripture teaching concerning the meaning of faithfulness in its application to God.

Faithfulness is one of the characteristics of God's ethical nature. It denotes the firmness or constancy of God in His relations with men, especially with His people. It is, accordingly, one aspect of God's truth and of His unchangeableness. God is true not only because He is really God in contrast to all that is not God, and because He realizes the idea of Godhead, but also because He is constant or faithful in keeping His promises, and therefore is worthy of trust (see TRUTH). God, likewise, is unchangeable in His ethical nature. This unchangeableness the Scripture often connects with God's goodness and mercy, and also with His constancy in reference to His covenant promises, and this is what the Old Testament means by the Faithfulness of God (see UNCHANGEABLENESS).

1. Faithfulfulness of God in the Old Testament:

In the Old Testament this attribute is ascribed to God in passages where the Hebrew words denoting faithfulness do not occur. It is implied in the covenant name Yahweh as unfolded in Exodus 3:13-15, which not only expresses God's self-existence and unchangeableness, but, as the context indicates, puts God's immutability in special relation to His gracious promises, thus denoting God's unchangeable faithfulness which is emphasized in the Old Testament to awaken trust in God (Deuteronomy 7:9 Psalm 36:5 (Hebrew 6); Isaiah 11:5 Hosea 12:6, 9). (For fuller remarks on the name Yahweh in Exodus 3:13-15, see article UNCHANGEABLENESS.) It is, moreover, God's faithfulness as well as His immutability which is implied in those passages where God is called a rock, as being the secure object of religious trust (Deuteronomy 32:4, 15 Psalm 18:2 (Hebrew 3); 42:9 (Hebrew 10); Isaiah 17:10, etc.). This same attribute is also implied where God reveals Himself to Moses and to Israel as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and their fathers' God (Exodus 3:6, 15, 16). The truth concerning God here taught is not simply that He stood in a gracious relation to the Patriarchs, but that He is faithful to His gracious promise to their fathers, and that what He was to them He will continue to be to Moses and to Israel. This is the fundamental idea in the Old Testament concerning the faithfulness of God.

This can be seen also from the Hebrew words which are used to express this quality of God's nature and activity. These words are ne'eman, the Niphal participle of the verb 'aman used as an adjective-"faithful"-and the nouns 'emeth and 'emunah-"faithfulness." The verbal stem 'aman means "to be secure or firm." In the Qal it denotes the firmness of that which supports something, being used in the participle of a nurse who carries a child (Numbers 11:12 2 Samuel 4:4 Isaiah 49:23). In the Niphal it denotes the firmness of that which is supported, for example, a child which is carried (Isaiah 60:4); a well-founded house (1 Samuel 2:35; 1 Samuel 25:28); a wall which firmly holds a nail (Isaiah 22:23, 15); a kingdom firmly established (2 Samuel 7:16); persons secure in political station (Isaiah 7:9); a heart which is faithful (Nehemiah 9:8). Hence, in the Niphal the verb comes to have the meaning of being true in the sense of the agreement of words and assertions with reality; for example, of words and revelations (Genesis 42:20 Hosea 5:9); and of persons (Isaiah 8:2 Jeremiah 42:5). It has also the meaning of being faithful, being applied to men in Numbers 12:7 Psalm 101:6 Nehemiah 13:13, etc. In this sense the term is applied to the covenant-keeping Yahweh to express the truth that He is firm or constant, that is, faithful in regard to His covenant promises, and will surely fulfill them (Deuteronomy 7:9 Isaiah 49:7; and possibly Hosea 11:12 (Hebrew 12:1)).

A similar use is made of the nouns 'emeth and 'emunah. Apart from the instances where 'emeth denotes the idea of truth or the correspondence of words and ideas with reality, and the instances where it denotes the agreement of acts and words with the inner disposition, that is, sincerity, it is also used to denote the idea of faithfulness as above defined. As regards the noun 'emunah, apart from a few passages where it is doubtful whether it means truth or faithfulness, it usually denotes the latter idea. Both these nouns, then, are used to signify the idea of faithfulness, that is, constancy or firmness, especially in the fulfillment of all obligations. In this sense these words are not only applied to men, but also to God to express the idea that He is always faithful to His covenant promises. It is this attribute of God which the Psalmist declares (Psalm 40:10 (Hebrew 11)), and the greatness of which he affirms by saying that God's faithfulness reacheth to the clouds (Psalm 36:5 (Hebrew 6)). It is this which he makes the object of praise (Psalm 89:1, 2 (Hebrew 2, 3); Psalm 92:2 (Hebrew 3)); and which he says should be praised and reverenced by all men (Psalm 89:5, 8 (Hebrew 6, 9)). And even this faithfulness is itself characterized by constancy, if we may so speak, for the Psalmist says that it endures to all generations (Psalm 100:5). Being thus a characteristic of God, it also characterizes His salvation, and becomes the basis of confidence that God will hear prayer (Psalm 143:1). It thus becomes the security of the religious man (Psalm 91:4); and the source of God's help to His people (Psalm 31:5 (Hebrew 6)). Accordingly in the teaching of prophecy, the salvation of the covenant people rests upon no claim or merit of their own, but solely upon Yahweh's mercy, grace and faithfulness. When Israel incurred God's judgments, it might have appeared as if His promise was to fail, but, so far from this being true, as Yahweh, He is faithful to His word of promise which stands forever (Isaiah 40:8). Even from eternity His counsels are characterized by faithfulness and truth (Isaiah 25:1); and this is not because of Israel's faithfulness, but it is for His own sake that Yahweh blotteth out their transgressions (Isaiah 43:22-25 Micah 7:18-20). It is, moreover, this same characteristic of Yahweh which is asserted in many cases where the Hebrew words 'emeth and 'emunah are translated by the word "truth" in the King James Version. In Exodus 34:6 it is God's faithfulness ('emeth) which is referred to, since it evidently signifies His constancy from generation to generation; and in Deuteronomy 32:4 it is also God's faithfulness ('emunah) which is mentioned, since it is contrasted with the faithlessness of Israel. The same is true of 'emeth in Micah 7:20 Psalm 31:5 (Hebrew 6)); 91:04:00; 146:06:00. This is also true of the numerous instances where God's mercy and truth ('emeth) are combined, His mercy being the source of His gracious promises, and His truth the faithfulness with which He certainly fulfills them (Psalm 25:10; Psalm 57:3 (Hebrew 4); 61:7 (Hebrew 8); 85:10 (Hebrew 11); 86:15). And since the covenant-keeping Yahweh is faithful, faithfulness comes also to be a characteristic of the New Covenant which is everlasting (Psalm 89:28 (Hebrew 29)); compare also for a similar thought, Isaiah 54:8; Jeremiah 31:35; Hosea 2:19; Ezekiel 16:60.

It is in this connection, moreover, that God's faithfulness is closely related to His righteousness in the Old Testament. In the second half of the prophecy of Isaiah and in many of the psalms, righteousness is ascribed to God because He comes to help and save His people. Thus righteousness as a quality parallel with grace, mercy and faithfulness is ascribed to God (Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 45:13, 19, 21; Isaiah 63:1). It appears in these places to widen out from its exclusively judicial or forensic association and to become a quality of God as Saviour of His people. Accordingly this attribute of God is appealed to in the Psalms as the basis of hope for salvation and deliverance (Psalm 31:1 (Hebrew 2); 35:24:00; 71:02:00; 143:11). Hence, this attribute is associated with God's mercy and grace (Psalm 36:5 (Hebrew 6); 36:9 (Hebrew 10); 89:14 (Hebrew 15)); also with His faithfulness (Zechariah 8:8 Psalm 36:6 (Hebrew 7)); Psalm 40:10 (Hebrew 11); 88:11, 12 (Hebrew 12, 13); 89:14 (Hebrew 15); 96:13:00; 119:137, 142; 143:1). Accordingly the Old Testament conception of the righteousness of God has been practically identified with His covenant faithfulness, by such writers as Kautzsch, Riehm and Smend, Ritschl's definition of it being very much the same. Moreover, Ritschl, following Diestel, denied that the idea of distributive and retributive justice is ascribed to God in the Old Testament. In regard to this latter point, it should be remarked in passing that this denial that the judicial or forensic idea of righteousness is ascribed to God in the Old Testament breaks down, not only in view of the fact that the Old Testament does ascribe this attribute to God in many ways, but also in view of the fact that in a number of passages the idea of retribution is specifically referred to the righteousness of God (see RIGHTEOUSNESS; compare against Diestel and Ritschl, Dalman, Die richterliche Gerechtigkeit im Alten Testament).

That which concerns us, however, in regard to this close relation between righteousness and faithfulness is to observe that this should not be pressed to the extent of the identification of righteousness with covenant faithfulness in these passages in the Psalms and the second half of Isaiah. The idea seems to be that Israel has sinned and has no claim upon Yahweh, finding her only hope of deliverance in His mercy and faithfulness. But this very fact that Yahweh is merciful and faithful becomes, as it were, Israel's claim, or rather the ground of Israel's hope of deliverance from her enemies. Hence, in the recognition of this claim of His people, God is said to be righteous in manifesting His mercy and faithfulness, so that His righteousness, no less than His mercy and faithfulness, becomes the ground of His people's hope. Righteousness is thus closely related in these cases to faithfulness, but it is not identified with it, nor has it in all cases lost entirely its forensic tone. This seems to be, in general, the meaning of righteousness in the Psalms and the second half of Isaiah, with which may also be compared Micah 6:9 Zechariah 8:8.

The emphasis which this attribute of God has in the Old Testament is determined by the fact that throughout the whole of the Old Testament the covenant relation of Yahweh to His people is founded solely in God's grace, and not on any merit of theirs. If this covenant relation had been based on any claim of Israel, faithfulness on God's part might have been taken for granted. But since Yahweh's covenant relation with Israel and His promises of salvation spring solely from, and depend wholly upon, the grace of God, that which gave firm assurance that the past experience of God's grace would continue in the future was this immutable faithfulness of Yahweh. By it the experience of the fathers was given a religious value for Israel from generation to generation. And even as the faithfulness of God bridged over the past and the present, so also it constituted the connecting link between the present and the future, becoming thus the firm basis of Israel's hope; compare Psalm 89 which sets forth the faithfulness of God in its greatness, its firmness as the basis of the covenant and the ground it affords of hope for future help from Yahweh, and for hope that His covenant shall endure forever. When God's people departed from Him all the more emphasis was put upon His faithfulness, so that the only hope of His wayward people lay not only in His grace and mercy but also in His faithfulness, which stands in marked contrast with the faithlessness and inconstancy of His people. This is probably the meaning of the difficult verse Hosea 11:12 (Hebrew 12:1).

2. Faithfulness of God in the New Testament:

In the New Testament teaching concerning the faithfulness of God the same idea of faithfulness to His gracious promises is emphasized and held up as the object of a confident trust in God. This idea is usually expressed by the adjective pistos, and once by the noun pistis, which more frequently has the active sense of faith or trust.

An attempt has been made by Wendt (SK, 1883, 511; Teaching of Jesus, English translation, I, 259) to interpret the words aletheia and alethes in many instances, especially in the Johannine writings, as denoting faithfulness and rectitude, after the analogy of the Septuagint rendering eleos kai aletheia for the Hebrew phrase "mercy and truth," in which truth is equivalent to faithfulness. But the most that could be inferred from the fact that the Septuagint uses the word aletheia to translate the Hebrew word 'emeth, and in about one-half the cases where 'emunah occurs, would be that those Greek words might have been prepared for such a use in the New Testament. But while it is true that there is one usage of these words in John's writings in an ethical sense apparently based on the Old Testament use of 'emeth and 'emunah, the Greek words do not have this meaning when employed to denote a characteristic of God. Neither is the adjective alethinos so used.

SeeTRUTH.

In the Epistles of Paul the word aletheia occurs quite frequently to denote the truth revealed by God to man through reason and conscience, and to denote the doctrinal content of the gospel. In two passages, however, the words alethes and aletheia seem to signify the faithfulness of God (Romans 3:4, 7; Romans 15:8). In the former passage Paul is contrasting the faithfulness of God with the faithlessness of men, the word alethes, 3:4, and aletheia, 3:7, apparently denoting the same Divine characteristic as the word pistis, 3:3. In the latter passage (Romans 15:8), the vindication of God's covenant faithfulness, through the realization of His promises to the fathers, is declared to have been the purpose of the ministry of Jesus Christ to the Jews.

This faithfulness of God to His covenant promises is frequently emphasized by Paul, the words he employs being the noun pistis (once) and the adjective: pistos. The noun pistis is used once by Paul in this sense (Romans 3:3). In this place Paul is arguing that the unbelief of the Jews cannot make void God's faithfulness. Both Jew and Gentile, the apostle had said, are on the same footing as regards justification. Nevertheless the Jews had one great advantage in that they were the people to whom the revelation of God's gracious promises had been committed. These promises will certainly be fulfilled, notwithstanding the fact that some of the Jews were unfaithful, because the fulfillment of these promises depends not on human conduct but on the faithfulness of God, which cannot be made void by human faithlessness and unbelief. And to the supposition that man's faithlessness could make of none effect God's faithfulness, Paul replies `let God be faithful (alethes) and every man a liar' (Romans 3:4), by which Paul means to say that in the fulfillment of God's promises, in spite of the fact that men are faithless, the faithfulness of God will be abundantly vindicated, even though thereby every man should be proven untrue and faithless. And not only so, but human faithlessness will give an opportunity for a manifestation of the faithfulness (aletheia) of God, abounding to His glory (Romans 3:7). God's faithfulness here is His unchangeable constancy and fidelity to His covenant promises; and it is this fidelity to His promises, or the fact that God's gracious gifts and election are without any change of mind on His part, which gave to Paul the assurance that all Israel should finally be saved (Romans 11:25-29). Moreover this covenant faithfulness of God is grounded in His very nature, so that Paul's hope of eternal life rests on the fact that God who cannot lie promised it before the world began (Titus 1:2); and the certainty that God will abide faithful notwithstanding human faithlessness rests on the fact that God cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:13). It is because God is faithful that His promises in Christ are yea and amen (2 Corinthians 1:18, 20). This attribute of God, moreover, is the basis of Paul's confident assurance that God will preserve the Christian in temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13); and establish him and preserve him from evil (2 Thessalonians 3:3). And since God is faithful and His gracious promises trustworthy, this characteristic attaches to the "faithful sayings" in the Pastoral Epistles which sum up the gospel, making them worthy of trust and acceptance (1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 4:9 Titus 3:8).

This faithfulness of God in the sense of fidelity to His promises is set forth as the object of sure trust and hope by the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews. It was the basis of Sarah's faith that she would bear a child when she was past age (Hebrews 11:11); and it is because God is faithful to His promise in Christ that we can draw nigh to Him with full assurance of faith, holding fast without wavering the profession of hope (Hebrews 10:23).

John also ascribes this attribute to God. Since one of the most precious of God's promises through Christ is the pardon of sin through the "blood of Jesus Christ," John says that God's faithfulness, as well as His righteousness, is manifested in the forgiveness of sin (1 John 1:9).

The faithfulness of God is viewed from a slightly different point by Peter when he tells his readers that those who suffer as Christians and in accordance with God's will should "commit their soul's in well-doing unto a faithful Creator" (1 Peter 4:19). The quality of faithfulness, which in the Scripture is more frequently ascribed to God in His relation to man as gracious Saviour, and as the ground of hope in His gracious promises, is here applied by Peter to God in His relation to man as his Creator, and is made the ground of comfort under persecution and suffering. The omission of the article before the words "faithful Creator" makes emphatic that this is a characteristic of God as Creator, and the position of the words in the sentence throws great emphasis on this attribute of God as the basis of comfort under suffering. It is as if Peter would say to suffering Christians, "You suffer not by chance but in accordance with God's will; He, the almighty Creator, made you, and since your suffering is in accordance with His will, you ought to trust yourselves to Him who as your Creator is faithful." It is, of course, Christians who are to derive this comfort, but the faithfulness of God is extended here to cover all His relations to His people, and to pledge all His attributes in their behalf.

This attribute is also ascribed to Christ in the New Testament. Where Jesus is called a faithful high priest, the idea expressed is His fidelity to His obligations to God and to His saving work (Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:2, 6). But when in the Book of Revelation Jesus Christ is called the "faithful witness" or absolutely the "Faithful and True," it is clear that the quality of faithfulness, in the most absolute sense in which it is characteristic of God in contrast with human changeableness, is ascribed to Christ (Revelation 1:5; Revelation 3:14; Revelation 19:11). This is especially clear in the last-named passage. The heavens themselves open to disclose the glorified Christ, and He appears not only as a victorious warrior whose name is faithful and true, but also as the one in whom these attributes have their highest realization, and of whom they are so characteristic as to become the name of the exalted Lord. This clearly implies the Deity of Jesus.

In summing up the Scripture teaching concerning God's faithfulness, three things are noteworthy. In the first place, this characteristic of God is usually connected with His gracious promises of salvation, and is one of those attributes which make God the firm and secure object of religious trust. As is the case with all the Scripture teaching concerning God, it is the religious value of His faithfulness which is made prominent. In the second place, the so-called moral attributes, of which this is one, are essential in order to constitute God the object of religion, along with the so-called incommunicable attributes such as Omnipotence, Omnipresence and Unchangeableness. Take away either class of attributes from God, and He ceases to be God, the object of religious veneration and trust. And in the third place, while these moral attributes, to which faithfulness belongs, have been called "communicable," to distinguish them from the "incommunicable" attributes which distinguish God from all that is finite, it should never be forgotten that, according to the Scripture, God is faithful in such an absolute sense as to contrast Him with men who are faithful only in a relative sense, and who appear as changeable and faithless in comparison with the faithfulness of God.

SeeRIGHTEOUSNESS; TRUTH; UNCHANGEABLENESS.

LITERATURE.

Besides the Commentaries on the appropriate passages, see Oehler, Theology of the Old Testament, English translation, 95, 112 505: Dillmann, Handbuch der alttest. Theol., 268-76, 269-70; Schlatter, Der Glaube im New Testament, 21-22, 259-60. In the works on New Testament theology this subject is treated under the sections on the truthfulness of God.

On the relation of God's truth and faithfulness, see Wendt, Der Gebrauch der Worter, und im New Testament, SK, 1883, 511; Stanton, article "Truth," in HDB, IV, 816; and the above-mentioned work of Schlatter. On the relation of the faithfulness to the righteousness of God, see Diestel, "Die Idee der Gerechtigkeit vorzuglich im Altes Testament," Jahrbucher fur deutsche Theologie, 1860, 173; Kautzsch, Ueber die Derivate des Stammes im Altes Testament Sprachgebrauch; Riehm, Altes Testament Theol., 271; Smend, Alttest. Religionsgeschichte, 363; Ritschl, Justification and Reconciliation; Dalman, Die richterliche Gerechtigkeit im Altes Testament; and the above-mentioned Old Testament Theologies of Dillmann and Oehler.

Gaspar Wistar Hodge

SAYINGS, FAITHFUL

See FAITHFUL SAYINGS.

Greek

4103. pistos -- faithful, reliable
... faithful, reliable. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: pistos Phonetic Spelling:
(pis-tos') Short Definition: trustworthy, faithful, believing Definition ...
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1646. elachistos -- least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.)
... Lk 16:10: "He who is faithful in a (1646 ) is faithful also in much; and he who
is unrighteous in a (1646 ) is unrighteous also in much" (). ...
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2324. therapon -- an attendant
... 2324 () refers to a faithful attendant who serves another, like a friend serving
in a tender, noble way (used only in Heb 3:5). Moses is called a faithful 2324 ...
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569. apisteo -- to disbelieve, be faithless
... Cognate: 569 (from 571 , "unfaithful," without faith, ie negating 4103 , "faithful")
-- properly, by God ("betray His trust," J. Thayer). ...
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570. apistia -- unbelief
... Cognate: 570 (the negated form of 4103 , "faithful") -- properly, without (divine)
persuasion, "no-faithfulness" (unfaithfulness); "want of faith" (betraying a ...
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2939. ktistes -- a creator
... 1 Pet 4:19: "Therefore, those also who suffer according to the (2307 ) of (2316 )
shall entrust their souls to a faithful (2939 ) in doing what is right" (). ...
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3933. parthenos -- a maiden, a virgin
... who has never had sexual relations; a female (virgin), beyond puberty but not yet
married; (figuratively) when they are pure (chaste), ie faithful to Christ ...
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Strong's Hebrew

550. Amnon -- "faithful," two Israelites
... "faithful," two Israelites. Transliteration: Amnon Phonetic Spelling: (am-nohn')
Short Definition: Amnon. Word Origin from aman Definition "faithful," two Isr. ...
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540. aman -- to trust
... 539, 540. aman. 541 . to trust. Transliteration: aman Phonetic Spelling:
(am-an') Short Definition: faithful. ... believe, faithful, sure. ...
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529. emun -- faithfulness
... 528, 529. emun or emun. 530 . faithfulness. Transliteration: emun or emun Phonetic
Spelling: (ay-moon') Short Definition: faithful. ... faithful, truth. ...
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539. aman -- to confirm, support
... 11), believes (2), bringing (1), carried (1), chronic (1), confirmed (5), doorposts
(1), endure (1), enduring (3), established (3), faithful (21), firm (2 ...
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571. emeth -- firmness, faithfulness, truth
... Word Origin from aman Definition firmness, faithfulness, truth NASB Word Usage faith
(1), faithful (2), faithfully (6), faithfulness (10), lasting (1), nor* (1 ...
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530. emunah -- firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
... Word Origin from aman Definition firmness, steadfastness, fidelity NASB Word Usage
faith (1), faithful (3), faithfully (8), faithfulness (25), honestly (1 ...
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1968. Heman -- an Israelite name
... name NASB Word Usage Heman (16). Heman. Probably from 'aman; faithful; Heman, the
name of at least two Israelites -- Heman. see HEBREW 'aman. 1967, 1968. ...
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Library

The Faithful Promiser
The Faithful Promiser. <. The Faithful Promiser John Ross Macduff.
Produced by Heiko Evermann, Nigel Blower and the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/the faithful promiser/

A Faithful Friend
... A Faithful Friend. ... Fidelity is an absolute necessary in a true friend; we can
not rejoice in men unless they will stand faithful to us. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/a faithful friend.htm

A Faithful Friend
... A Faithful Friend. A Sermon (No.120). ... Fidelity is an absolute necessary in a true
friend; we can not rejoice in men unless they will stand faithful to us. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/a faithful friend.htm

Saints and Faithful
... EPHESIANS SAINTS AND FAITHFUL. 'The saints which are at Ephesus and the faithful
in Christ Jesus.'"Ephesians 1:1. That is Paul's way of describing a church. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/saints and faithful.htm

The Faithful Steward
The Faithful Steward. <. The Faithful Steward Sereno D. Clark. E-text
prepared by Jared Fuller Table of Contents. Title Page. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clark/the faithful steward/

To the Faithful.
... XLVII."To the Faithful. I admonish the faithful not to hold their brethren in
hatred. Hatreds are accounted impious by martyrs for the flame. ...
/.../commodianus/the instructions of commodianus/xlvii to the faithful.htm

The Fortress of the Faithful
... THE FORTRESS OF THE FAITHFUL. 'He shall dwell on high: his place of defence
shall be the munitions of rocks; bread shall be given ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the fortress of the faithful.htm

The Reward of the Faithful
... THE NEW TESTAMENT THE REWARD OF THE FAITHFUL. After that I saw a vast host,
which no one could count, from every nation and tribe ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/the reward of the faithful.htm

When Therefore the Faithful Mother of a Faithful Son Departed ...
... 7. When therefore the faithful mother of a faithful son departed desired
to have his� 7. When therefore the faithful mother of ...
/.../augustine/on care to be had for the dead /7 when therefore the faithful.htm

February 7. "Faithful in that which is Least" (Luke xvi. 10).
... FEBRUARY 7. "Faithful in that which is least" (Luke xvi. 10). "Faithful
in that which is least" (Luke 16:10). The man that missed ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /february 7 faithful in that.htm

ATS Bible Dictionary

Faithful

In many passages in the Bible, means "believing." Thus in Galatians 3:9, believers are said to be blessed with Abraham, because of his preeminent distinction above all man for steadfast faith in God. This appellation is given in Scripture to true Christians, to indicate not only their saving faith in Christ, but their trustworthy and consistent Christian character, Acts 16:15 1 1 Corinthians 4:17 Ephesians 6:21 Colossians 4:9 1 Peter 5:12. "A faithful saying" is one that cannot prove false, 1 Timothy 1:15 2 Timothy 2:11.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

As a designation of Christians, means full of faith, trustful, and not simply trustworthy (Acts 10:45; 16:1; 2 Corinthians 6:15; Colossians 1:2; 1 Timothy 4:3, 12; 5:16; 6:2; Titus 1:6; Ephesians 1:1; 1 Corinthians 4:17, etc.).

It is used also of God's word or covenant as true and to be trusted (Psalm 119:86, 138; Isaiah 25:1; 1 Timothy 1:15; Revelation 21:5; 22:6, etc.).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

2. (a.) Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.

3. (a.) True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant.

4. (a.) Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth or fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.

Thesaurus

Faithful (136 Occurrences)
... be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm
in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or ...
/f/faithful.htm - 69k

Loyal (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the
lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject ...
/l/loyal.htm - 11k

Wast (84 Occurrences)
... Matthew 25:21 His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful
over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy ...
/w/wast.htm - 33k

Tychicus (5 Occurrences)
... Chance, an Asiatic Christian, a "faithful minister in the Lord" (Ephesians 6:21,
22), who, with Trophimus, accompanied Paul on a part of his journey from ...
/t/tychicus.htm - 14k

Firmly (47 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that
he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who ...
/f/firmly.htm - 19k

Trustworthy (30 Occurrences)
... Luke 16:11 if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful -- the true
who will entrust to you? ... Psalms 119:86 All of your commandments are faithful. ...
/t/trustworthy.htm - 14k

Happiness (54 Occurrences)
... Matthew 25:21 "His lord said to him,'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have
been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. ...
/h/happiness.htm - 21k

Sayings (134 Occurrences)
... Max L. Margolis. FAITHFUL SAYINGS. sa'-inz (pistos ho logos): "This is a faithful
saying and worthy of all acceptation" (the King James Version). ...
/s/sayings.htm - 41k

Faithfulness (91 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia FAITHFUL; FAITHFULNESS. fath'-fool,
fath'-fool-nes: 1. Faithfulness of God in the Old Testament ...
/f/faithfulness.htm - 58k

Unrighteous (32 Occurrences)
... Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he
that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. ...
/u/unrighteous.htm - 16k

Bible Concordance

Faithful (136 Occurrences)

Matthew 23:23 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law--just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.
(WEY NAS NIV)

Matthew 24:45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:21 "His lord said to him,'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 25:23 "His lord said to him,'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:42 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 16:10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 16:11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 16:12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 19:17 "He said to him,'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

John 12:35 "Yet a little while," He replied, "the light is among you. Be faithful to the light that you have, for fear darkness should overtake you; for a man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
(WEY)

Acts 10:45 And the faithful of the circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, that upon the nations also the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out:
(DBY)

Acts 11:23 On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.
(WEY RSV)

Acts 13:34 But that he raised him from among the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.
(DBY YLT)

Acts 16:15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 20:24 But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.
(WEY)

Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord came and stood at Paul's side, and said, "Be of good courage, for as you have borne faithful witness about me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome."
(WEY)

Romans 12:12 rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 4:2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

1 Corinthians 4:17 Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 1:18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband.
(WEY)

Galatians 3:9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Galatians 3:10 All who are depending upon their own obedience to the Law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who does not remain faithful to all the precepts of the Law, and practise them."
(WEY)

Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 6:7 With right good will, be faithful to your duty as service rendered to the Lord and not to man.
(WEY)

Ephesians 6:21 But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Philippians 4:3 Yes, and I beg you also, my faithful yoke-fellow, to help these women who have shared my toil in connection with the Good News, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are recorded in the Book of Life.
(WEY)

Colossians 1:2 to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 1:7 even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 4:7 All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 4:9 together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that is going on here.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 5:24 He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Timothy 1:12 And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Timothy 1:15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS)

1 Timothy 3:1 This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY)

1 Timothy 3:11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
(DBY)

1 Timothy 4:6 If you warn the brethren of these dangers you will be a good and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, inwardly feeding on the lessons of the faith and of the sound teaching of which you have been, and are, so close a follower.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 4:9 This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS)

1 Timothy 5:9 Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
(See NIV)

1 Timothy 6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
(KJV WEY DBY WBS)

2 Timothy 2:2 The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Timothy 2:11 This saying is faithful: "For if we died with him, we will also live with him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS)

2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, he remains faithful. He can't deny himself."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
(KJV WBS)

Titus 1:9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Titus 3:8 This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS)

Hebrews 2:17 Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 3:2 who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 3:5 Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 3:6 but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 8:9 a Covenant unlike the one which I made with their forefathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt; for they would not remain faithful to that.' 'So I turned from them,' says the Lord.
(WEY NIV)

Hebrews 10:23 let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 11:11 By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 1:21 are faithful to God, who raised Him from among the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are resting upon God.
(WEY)

1 Peter 4:19 Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 5:12 Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

3 John 1:5 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Revelation 1:2 This is the John who taught the truth concerning the Word of God and the truth told us by Jesus Christ-- a faithful account of what he had seen.
(WEY)

Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 2:10 Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 2:13 "I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 3:14 "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation, says these things:
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 14:12 Here is endurance of the saints: here 'are' those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'
(See NIV)

Revelation 17:14 These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 19:11 I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 21:5 He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Revelation 22:6 He said to me, "These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Numbers 12:7 My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that Yahweh your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:4 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
(Root in WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 5:15 the princes of Is'sachar came with Deb'orah, and Is'sachar faithful to Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his heels. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
(DBY RSV)

1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 2:35 I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, "Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 20:19 I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 22:26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 3:6 Solomon said, "You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 31:18 and to the genealogy among all their infants, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters to all the congregation, for in their faithfulness they sanctify themselves in holiness.
(Root in YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 31:20 Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his God.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 7:2 that I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Nehemiah 9:8 and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 13:13 I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Psalms 12:1 For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 18:25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
(See NIV)

Psalms 25:10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 31:5 Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
(See RSV)

Psalms 31:23 Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 33:4 For the word of Yahweh is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.
(Root in WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 37:28 For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
(See NIV)

Psalms 50:5 "Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
(See RSV)

Psalms 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
(See RSV)

Psalms 78:8 and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS NIV)

Psalms 89:19 Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Faithful

Faithful Sayings

Related Terms

Loyal (15 Occurrences)

Wast (84 Occurrences)

Tychicus (5 Occurrences)

Firmly (47 Occurrences)

Trustworthy (30 Occurrences)

Happiness (54 Occurrences)

Sayings (134 Occurrences)

Faithfulness (91 Occurrences)