Hebrews 12:1-2
Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
The Resurrection, 1965
Robert Clark (American)
Genesis 11:1-2 (ESV)
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
The Tower of Babel
Hendrick van Cleve III (Flemish, 1525-1589)
Deuteronomy 5:11 (DARBY)
Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.
Defeat of Sennacherib, 1614
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
This is what the Lord says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king’s messengers. Listen! I myself will move against him, and the king will receive a message that he is needed at home. So he will return to his land, where I will have him killed with a sword.
2 Kings 19:6-7 (NLT)
Genesis 5:3 (ESV)
When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
Seth Greets Adam on His Return from the Field, 1586
Johann Sadeler, engraving after drawing by Maerten de Vos
Genesis 6:3 (ESV)
Then the Lord said,
"My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years."
Valley of Mount Ararat, 1885
Ivan Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817-1900)
Deuteronomy 18:21-22 (NIV)
If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.
Doña Juana la Loca (Queen Joanna the Mad), 1877,
oil on canvas painting by Spanish painter Francisco Pradilla.
Joanna of Castile is shown watching over the casket of her dead husband, Philip I of Castile. Philip died suddenly of typhoid fever, and it was said she carried his casket around with her everywhere, believing one day he would wake from sleep. This was a common ritual for her.
Job 9:5-13 (NIV)
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
The Pleiades at Night
Unknown artist.
Luke 2:8-9 (KJV)
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 1834
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
Psalm 23:4 (KJV)
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
The Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1829
John Martin (English, 1789-1854)
Psalm 46:4-5 (ESV)
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
The City of God, 1850
John Martin (English, 1789-1854)
Luke 1:46-49 (The Magnificat)
My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name.
Head of the Madonna
Federico Barocci (Italian, 1528-1612)
Luke 1:30-32 (NIV)
But the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High."
The Annunciation, 1898
Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859-1937)
Revelation 19:6 (ESV)
Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns."
Through the Gap, 2018
Dave A. Santillanes (American)
John 15:5 (ESV)
I am the vine; you are the branches.
Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:4 (ESV)
Abide in me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
Still Life with Fruits, Foliage and Insects, 1669
Abraham Mignon (German, 1640-1679)
Genesis 3:19 (ESV)
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
Sorrow, 1898
Émile Friant (French, 1863–1932)
Genesis 13:14-15 (ESV)
All the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
God showing Moses the Promised Land from the top of Mount Nebo, 1818
Carl Ludwig Kuhbeil (German, 1770-1823)
Genesis 2:22-23 (ESV)
And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
Adam’s First Sight of Eve, 1812
John Martin (English, 1789-1854)
First exhibited in the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1813 where to Martin's delight it was displayed in the Great Room. It was accompanied by a quote from Milton’s Paradise Lost,
‘Nature herself, though pure of sinful thought,
Wrought on her so, that, seeing me, she turned’.
https://glasgowmuseumsartdonors.co.uk/2022/07/19/adams-first-sight-of-eve-provenance/
Genesis 24:60 (NIV)
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the cities of their enemies."
Rebekah
Frederick Goodall (English, 1822-1904)
Exodus 18:20-21 (NIV)
Select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
Jethro Advising Moses, 1659
Jan van Bronchorst (Dutch, 1603-1661)
Painting, Royal Palace of Amsterdam.
Genesis 21:17-18 (NIV)
God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid... Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
Hagar in the Wilderness, 1835
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Leviticus 26:3-5 (BSB)
If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
Gleaners, 1880
Frederick Morgan (British, 1847-1927)
Luke 19:40 (ESV)
"If these were silent, the very stones would cry out."
Christ's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
Félix Louis Leullier (French, 1811-1882)
Luke 2:46-47 (ESV)
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
Being Filled with Wisdom, 1896-1909
Vasily Polenov (1844–1927)
In His humanity, the young Jesus was taught the words of the Law and Prophets. He listened and he learned. He was not born with head-knowledge. But what he learnt he understood, and his authority was recognised from the moment he first spoke at the Temple… All Glory to God.
Luke 2:29-32 (BCP)
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles,
and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Simeon's Song of Praise, 1631
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)