Faithfulness & Loyalty
The theme of faithfulness and loyalty in the Bible: keeping one's word, staying near in hard times and God's unchanging devotion. Key chapters from Ruth to the psalms.
Faithfulness stands out in the Bible as an unchanging devotion — of people to one another and of God to his people. The chapters below explore, through different lives, staying near in hard times, goodness that endures for generations and a faithful response to a sincere return. Each link takes you straight to the reading page.
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- Ruth 1
A chapter recounting a foreign woman's choice not to leave her poor and grieving mother-in-law but to stay with her, beginning a story of loyalty and devotion amid loss and migration.
- Psalms 100
A short, joyful psalm of thanksgiving that calls all the earth to praise God with gladness, remembering a God whose goodness and faithfulness endure through generations.
- Psalms 103
A psalm of thanksgiving that opens 'Praise the LORD, my soul!' recalling the goodness of a God who forgives, heals and abounds in steadfast love.
- Hosea 14
The book's closing chapter, calling a people who have lost their way to a sincere return and announcing that this return will be met with healing and fresh flourishing — a chapter full of hope.
- 1 Thessalonians 5
The letter's closing counsel, commending joy, prayer and thankfulness in every circumstance as a habit of life, and picturing a community that encourages one another.