Hosea 2:15 (ESV)
And there I will give her her vineyards
and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth,
as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
Ruins in the Gorge of the Wady Kelt, The Valley of Achor
Harry Fenn (1838-1911)
From Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, 1881-84 published by D. Appleton
Isaiah 11:10 (ESV)
In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
Abstract Jerusalem Painting: The Heavenly Jerusalem
Alex Levin (Ukrainian-Israeli, 1975 - present)
Isaiah 25:8 (ESV)
He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
Malachi 4:2 (ESV)
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
A Leaping Calf
Susan Williamson (American)
https://linktr.ee/SusanWilliamson
https://www.instagram.com/susanwilliamsonpaints
Isaiah 26:19 (ESV)
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For your dew is a dew of light,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.
The Ascent of the Blessed (panel from Visions of the Hereafter), 1505-15
Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch, c.1450–1516)
Isaiah 52:10 (ESV)
The Lord has bared his holy arm
before the eyes of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth shall see
the salvation of our God.
Aurora Borealis, 1865
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900)
http://aesthetic.gregcookland.com/2009/01/to-ends-of-earth-at-peabody-essex.html
Isaiah 35:10 (ESV)
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Barn Dance, 1950's
William Medcalf (American, 1920-2005)
Psalm 121:1-2 (ESV)
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
In the Mountains, 1867
Albert Bierstadt (German-American, 1830-1902)
Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Weary (or Reverie), 1872-74
Edward Radford (English, 1831-1920)
Genesis 7:17-18 (ESV)
The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
Noah's Ark,
Aurelio Luini (Italian, 1530-1593)
Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Psalm 145:18 (ESV)
The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
Christ Blessing Children
Ilya Efimovich Repin (Russian, 1844-1930)
Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
Peace I Give Unto You, 2004
Walter Rane (American, 1949-present)
Ecclesiastes 8:11-12 (ESV)
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
The God-Fearing Job, 1900
Gyula Kardos (Hungarian, 1857-1908)
Isaiah 30:15 (NIV)
In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength.
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, 1655
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632-1675)
Nahum 1:7 (NIV)
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble.
Shelter, 2020
Daniel Gerhartz (American, 1965 - present)
https://www.providencefineart.com/
Here is a 'making of' video showing the processing of painting this piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qetKPVFEZg8
Psalm 73:26 (ESV)
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Allegory of Charity, c.1655
Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598-1664)
Ephesians 2:14-15 (NIV)
“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations.”
Multitude of Worshippers
Gregory Staton (American)
Matthew 5:4 (ESV)
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Old Shepherds Chief Mourner, 1837
Edwin Henry Landseer (English, 1802-1873)
John 4:14 (ESV)
“But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.
The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
The Samaritan Woman at the Well, 1872
Carl Heinrich Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Isaiah 2:4 (ESV)
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.
Swords to Plowshares
Warhammer 40K Card Illustration
Diego Gisbert Llorens (Spanish, 1980-present)
Matthew 25:31-32 (ESV)
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”
The Last Judgement
Illegibly signed, inscribed, and dated lower left: Höllensturz July 1867
Isaiah 6:2 (ESV)
Each had six wings:
with two he covered his face,
and with two he covered his feet,
and with two he flew.
The Vision of Isaiah, 2017
Luke Allsbrook (American)
Romans 6:4 (ESV)
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
The Resurrection, 1459
Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431-1506)
1 Peter 3:18-19 (ESV)
For Christ also suffered once for sins,
the righteous for the unrighteous,
that he might bring us to God,
being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison
Christ's Descent into Hell
Follower of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516)