The Holy Bible.

     There are phrases found in the Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, for example ), that are readily recognizable, though some may not be aware of them.  For example, Job 19:20 ( NKJV ) reads as follows:

"My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).

Furthermore, Isaiah 40:15 ( NKJV ) reads as follows:

"Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the small dust on the scales; look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).

     Finally, Deuteronomy 32:10 ( NKJV ) reads as follows:

"He found him in a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. - see also Psalm 17:8, Proverbs 7:2, and Zechariah 2:8 ).

Also, in the King James Version of the Holy Bible ( 1611 EDITION ), Job 19:20 reads as follows:

"My bone cleaueth to my skinne, and to my flesh , and I am escaped with the skinne of my teeth" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).

Isaiah 40:15 ( KJV; 1611 EDITION ) reads as follows:

"Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, hee taketh vp the yles as a very litle [ sic ] thing" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).

     Deuteronomy 32:10 ( KJV; 1611 EDITION ) reads as follows:

"He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness : Hee ledde [ sic ] him about, he instructed him, hee kept him as the apple of his eye" ( emphasis mine, R.E.W. ).

Thus, while there tends to be some variation between the phrases underlined above ( when comparing the renderings of those phrases in the Holy Bible ( KJV; 1611 EDITION and NKJV )), they ( primarily those phrases found in the New King James version of the Holy Bible ) are recognized as being used in the English language.  Does this observation indicate merely a coincidence?

     The answer to this question is - "No."  Why?  Because 1 Peter 4:11 ( KJV; 1611 EDITION ) reads as follows:

"If any man speake, let him speake as the oracles of God : if any man minister, let him doe it as of the ability which God giueth, that God in all things may bee glorified through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for euer and euer.  Amen."

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The Holy Bible.

Psalm 35:11 ( NKJV ) reads as follows:

     "Fierce witnesses rise up; they ask me things that I do not know."

We who are Christians ( see Acts 11:26, for example ) will find ourselves in situations where we are tested by those who are ungodly.  If we stand fast in the Lord ( see Philippians 4:1; NKJV ) regarding some Bible subject, we will be unreasonably considered to be a know-it-all by our enemies.

     Our enemies will respond as if to say: "Okay, Mr. ( or Mrs. ) know-it-all, let's see if you can answer this question."  Such enemies will pose questions we cannot answer.  Our enemies' ulterior motives for asking such questions are to try to discourage us, to try to intimidate us, or to try to damage our credibility.

     Whatever motive our enemies may have, their goal is to try to prevent us from having a Christian influence in the world ( see Matthew 5:13-16 and Galatians 6:9, for example ).  Calling Psalm 35:11 to mind will help us realize that God ( see 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, for example ) does not expect us to have all the answers concerning His word ( the Holy Bible - recall 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, for example ), at any particular time in our lives.  However, God does command us to take a stand for what we do know about the His word, and to increase our knowledge of it ( recall Philippians 4:1 and 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, and see John 1:1, 14, John 14:6, 2 Timothy 2:15 and 2 Peter 3:18, for example ).

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