Emunah — Faithfulness

The word in Habakkuk 2:4 — 'the just shall live by his faith' — the verse that ignited the Reformation when Paul quoted it in Romans.

Emunah in the Bible — example verses

“But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.”Exodus 17:12 (KJV)

“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.”Deuteronomy 32:4 (KJV)

“The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.”1 Samuel 26:23 (KJV)

“Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.”2 Kings 12:15 (KJV)

“Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.”2 Kings 22:7 (KJV)

“All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.”1 Chronicles 9:22 (KJV)

“For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.”1 Chronicles 9:26 (KJV)

“And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.”1 Chronicles 9:31 (KJV)

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