[Promises, Implied.] Luke 6:38—Give and it shall be given unto you, &c.
[Proof.] 1 Peter. 3:15—Always ready ... to give a reason for this hope that is in you.
[Proof by Experience.] 1 Kings 3:16–28—Then came there two women, &c.
[Proper Nutrition.] Isa. 55:1—Every one that thirsteth, &c.
[Prophecy.] Eccl. 8:7—For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be.
[Protection.] Jonah 4:6—And the Lord prepared a gourd and made it to come up over Jonah, &c.; Josh. 6:12–16—And Joshua rose early, &c.; Eph. 6:16—Above all, taking the shield of faith.
[Protection, Unseen.] 2 Kings 6:17—Open his eyes that he may see.
[Provocation, Silence Under.] Ps. 39:1—I will keep my mouth with a bridle.
[Pruning to Destroy.] Matt. 5:30—If thy right hand offend thee, &c.
[Punctiliousness.] Matt. 23:24—Strain out a gnat, &c.; Esther 4:11—Whosoever whether man or woman shall come unto the king ... who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, &c.