BELIEVER IN CHRIST AS MY BEST FRIEND

James 1:2-4   King James Version (KJV) 2  My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3  Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4  But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. james 2   King James Version (KJV) 2  My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2  For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3  And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

2 Samuel 7:27   King James Version (KJV) 27  For thou, O  Lord  of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 2 Samuel 8   King James Version (KJV) 8  And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2  And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

Revelation 20   King James Version (KJV) 20  And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must  be loosed a little season.

Psalms 118:8 Context 5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me,  and set me  in a large place.  6 The LORD  is  on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?  7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see  my desire  upon them that hate me.  8 It is  better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.   9 It is  better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.  10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.  11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destro y them.

The phrase “every knee shall bow” comes from the Old Testament book of Isaiah. In the last half of the book (chapters 40—66), God prophesies through Isaiah the coming comfort to His people, Israel, who are in exile in Babylon for their covenant unfaithfulness. The phrase in question is found in  Isaiah 45:23 , which reads, “By myself I have sworn; from my mouth has gone out in righteousness a word that shall not return: To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear allegiance.”

Isaiah 12:2 Context 1 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.  2 Behold, God  is  my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH  is  my strength and  my  song; he also is become my salvation.   3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.  4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.  5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this  is  known in all the earth.

Jeremiah 24:3 Context 1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs  were  set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.  2 One basket  had  very good figs,  even  like the figs  that are  first ripe: and the other basket  had  very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.  3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they ar e so evil.  

Genesis 2:9 Context 6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.  7 And the LORD God formed man  of  the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.  8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.  9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.   10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.  11 The name of the first  is  Pison: that  is  it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where  there is  gold;  12 And the gold of that land  is  good: there  is  bdellium and the onyx stone.

Genesis 18:3 Context 1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;  2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw  them , he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,  3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:   4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:  5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.  6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead  it , and make cakes upon the hearth.

Ezekiel 33:11 Context 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked  man , thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked  man  shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.  9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.  10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins  be  upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?  11 Say unto them,  As  I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will  ye die, O house of Israel?

Genesis 21:22 “And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:” 

Song of Solomon 5:13 Context 10 My beloved  is  white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.  11 His head  is as  the most fine gold, his locks  are  bushy,  and  black as a raven.  12 His eyes  are  as  the eyes  of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk,  and  fitly set.  13 His cheeks  are  as a bed of spices,  as  sweet flowers: his lips  like  lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.   14 His hands  are as  gold rings set with the beryl: his belly  is as  bright ivory overlaid  with  sapphires.  15 His legs  are as  pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance  is  as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.  16 His mouth  is  most sweet: yea, he  is  altogether lovely. This  is  my beloved, and this  is  my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 5:13 Context 10 My beloved  is  white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.  11 His head  is as  the most fine gold, his locks  are  bushy,  and  black as a raven.  12 His eyes  are  as  the eyes  of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk,  and  fitly set.  13 His cheeks  are  as a bed of spices,  as  sweet flowers: his lips  like  lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.   14 His hands  are as  gold rings set with the beryl: his belly  is as  bright ivory overlaid  with  sapphires.  15 His legs  are as  pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance  is  as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.  16 His mouth  is  most sweet: yea, he  is  altogether lovely. This  is  my beloved, and this  is  my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

John 10:27 Context 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.  25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.  26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.  27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:   28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any  man  pluck them out of my hand.  29 My Father, which gave  them  me, is greater than all; and no  man  is able to pluck  them  out of my Father's hand.  30 I and  my  Father are one.

Genesis 7:19 Context 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.  17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.  18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.  19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that  were  under the whole heaven, were covered.   20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.  21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:  22 All in whose nostrils  was  the breath of life, of all that  was  in the dry  land , died.

Matthew 7:13 Context 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?  11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?  12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.  13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide  is  the gate, and broad  is  the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:   14 Because strait  is  the gate, and narrow  is  the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.  15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.  16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Nehemiah 9:8 Context 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah,  and  Pethahiah, said, Stand up  and  bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.  6 Thou,  even  thou,  art  LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all  things  that  are  therein, the seas, and all that  is  therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.  7 Thou  art  the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;  8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give  it, I say , to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou  art  righteous: 9 And didst see the af

2 Chronicles 20:21 Context 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with  his  face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.  19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.  20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.  21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for hi s mercy  endureth for ever.   2