Author name: Paul Hamilton

“Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;” — Psalm 103:4 “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.” — James 1:12 There is a divine pattern in […]

“And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.” — Judges 17:2 “For he that

“And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death.” — Judges 16:16 “With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.” — Proverbs 7:21 Pressed Until He Yielded Samson did

“The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.” — Isaiah 26:7 “The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.” — Proverbs 20:7 God does not just look at where a man ends. He watches how he walks. Isaiah tells us that

“A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.” — Proverbs 17:2 “Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.” — Ecclesiastes 4:13 These verses teach a powerful truth: wisdom,

“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” — Psalm 90:10 “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life?

“And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.” — Joshua 10:17 “That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.” — Psalm 64:4 In Joshua’s day, the enemy kings did not disappear — they hid in a

“A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.” — Proverbs 14:6 “Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.” — Proverbs 17:24 The difference is not opportunity — but attitude and attention. The scorner looks

“Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.” — Joshua 7:11 “But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a

“I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.” — Psalm 87:4 “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.” — Philippians 3:20 Psalm 87 reveals a remarkable truth —