The Palace Test
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian,
from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. The , and he was a ; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his that the and that the Lord made all he did to . So Joseph found in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority. So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the was on all that he had in the house and in the field. Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. —Genesis 39:1-6 NKJV The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and
. —Genesis 39:23 NKJV
1) The key to
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the
him. The man began to , and continued until he became very ; —Genesis 26:12-13 NKJV Therefore keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may
in all that you do. —Deuteronomy 29:9 NKJV The Lord was with him; he
wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. —2 Kings 18:7 NKJV Beloved, I pray that you may
in all things and be in health, just as your soul . —3 John 1:2 NKJV
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Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because
of his father David; he did not seek the Baals, —2 Chronicles 17:3 NKJV And David
wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him. —I Samuel 18:14 NKJV Now Saul was afraid of David, because the
, but had departed from Saul. —I Samuel 18:12 NKJV “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you
of the Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. —Deuteronomy 11:26-28 NKJV If they
and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. But if they do not , They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. —Job 36:11-12 NKJV He who covers his sins will not
, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. —Proverbs 28:13 NKJV Then Cain went out from the
and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. —Genesis 4:16 NKJV
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Bondservants,
your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God. And whatever you do, do it heartily, as and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the ; for you serve the Lord Christ. But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no partiality. —Colossians 3:22-25 NKJV And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those
? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. —Hebrews 3:18-19 NKJV
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So then
comes by , and hearing by the . —Romans 10:17 NKJV