Near Bethlehem the remnant vows to obey and asks for guidance. God answers with a clear command to stay and a promise of protection, warning that Egypt’s safety is an illusion that turns into judgment.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Near Bethlehem the remnant vows to obey and asks for guidance. God answers with a clear command to stay and a promise of protection, warning that Egypt’s safety is an illusion that turns into judgment.
Proverbs 20 trains daily faithfulness where God directs steps and honest measures honor him. Learn how sobriety, counsel, restraint, and truthful work shape communities God delights to bless.
Wisdom calls in the open square, promising truth, joy, and life to those who listen and seek. In Christ, wisdom’s voice becomes a living way that writes God’s path on our hearts.
Proverbs 4 hands down wisdom from one generation to the next and sets two roads before us. It centers on guarding the heart so that words, eyes, and steps align with the path that shines ever brighter.
Proverbs 2 sketches a treasure hunt that ends in the knowledge of God. Wisdom enters the heart, guards the path, and rescues from violent schemes and seductive shortcuts so that the upright can dwell secure.
Psalm 143 models honest lament and bold trust. It teaches us to seek morning mercy, learn God’s will, and walk by his Spirit on level ground.
Psalm 32 maps the path from hidden guilt to honest confession to protected joy. Learn how God covers sin, refuses to count it, and then counsels the forgiven life.
Psalm 25 is a school of hope where trust, guidance, confession, and integrity shape a humble walk with God. Learn how David’s prayer ties personal rescue to God’s covenant mercy and the wider good of his people.
Psalm 23 teaches trust in the Shepherd-King who guides, protects, and honors His people. From green pastures to dark valleys, He is near now and will bring us home.
Psalm 16 teaches exclusive trust, contentment in the Lord as portion, and a hope stronger than death. It traces counsel by night to joy at God’s right hand.
Psalm 5 opens the day with expectant prayer to the King who hates evil and welcomes by mercy. It asks for straight paths, guarded speech, and joy that spreads over God’s people like a shield.
Hiram’s cedar and craftsmen confirm David’s establishment “for the sake of His people.” Two raids in Rephaim are answered by two words of guidance, idols are burned, and a valley is renamed for God’s breakout. The chapter teaches dependence without presumption and holiness that guards joy.
Trumpets summon and send; the cloud lifts and rests. Numbers 10 shows a people learning to move at God’s word while keeping worship at the center.
Numbers 9 safeguards Passover for the hindered without lowering its standard and trains Israel to move only at God’s signal. Memory of redemption and daily guidance hold the camp together.
Exodus 13 turns rescue into a way of life. Consecrate the firstborn, teach the story with bread and words, carry Joseph’s bones, and follow the pillar that never leaves.