Constancy
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In obedience
Ps 119:31, 33
31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Psalms 119:3133 HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Psalms 119:33 -
In friendship
Prov 27:10
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:10 -
Under suffering
Matt 5:12; Heb 12:5; 1 Pet 4:12–16
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Matthew 5:125 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Hebrews 12:512 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
1 Peter 4:12 -
In prayer
Luke 18:1; Rom 12:12; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2; 1 Thess 5:17
1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke 18:112 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Romans 12:1218 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Ephesians 6:182 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Colossians 4:217 Pray without ceasing.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 -
In beneficence
Gal 6:9
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Galatians 6:9 -
In profession
Heb 10:23
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Hebrews 10:23 -
Instances of
Ruth 1:14
14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Ruth 1:14 -
Jonathan
1 Sam 18:1; 20:16
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 18:116 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
1 Samuel 20:16 -
Priscilla and Aquila
Rom 16:3, 4
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
Romans 16:34 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Romans 16:4 - See Character
- See Stability
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
