Genesis 22:17

22:17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

Genesis 22:2

22:2 God said, “Take your son – your only son, whom you love, Isaac – and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”

Genesis 18:4

18:4 Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.

Job 38:17

38:17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?

Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

Psalms 9:13

9:13 when they prayed:

“Have mercy on me, Lord!

See how I am oppressed by those who hate me,

O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

Psalms 69:12

69:12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;

drunkards mock me in their songs.

Psalms 107:18

107:18 They lost their appetite for all food,

and they drew near the gates of death.

Psalms 127:5

127:5 How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!

They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

Proverbs 24:7

24:7 Wisdom is unattainable for a fool;

in court he does not open his mouth.

Isaiah 28:6

28:6 He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions,

and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.

Isaiah 38:10

38:10 “I thought,

‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol,

I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

Isaiah 38:1

The Lord Hears Hezekiah’s Prayer

38:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,