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The term "faileth" is an archaic English word often found in older translations of the Bible, including the King James Version (KJV). It is derived from the verb "fail," meaning to fall short, cease, or come to an end. In the context of Scripture, "faileth" is used to describe the cessation or inadequacy of human strength, resources, or efforts, often in contrast to the unfailing nature of God's love, power, and promises.

Scriptural Usage:

1. Human Limitations:
The word "faileth" is frequently used to highlight the limitations and weaknesses inherent in human nature. For instance, in Isaiah 40:30-31 , the prophet contrasts the frailty of human strength with the enduring power of God: "Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not faint." Here, the concept of failing is implicit in the human tendency to grow weary and stumble, underscoring the need for divine strength.

2. Divine Faithfulness:
In contrast to human failure, the Bible emphasizes the unfailing nature of God's love and faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 states, "Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!" This passage reassures believers of the constancy and reliability of God's mercies, which stand in stark contrast to human frailty.

3. Prophetic Assurance:
The prophets often used the concept of "faileth" to assure the people of Israel of God's enduring promises. In Habakkuk 3:17-18 , the prophet declares, "Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!" Here, the failure of crops and livestock serves as a metaphor for hardship, yet it is met with unwavering faith in God's salvation.

4. Moral and Spiritual Failure:
The Bible also addresses moral and spiritual failure, urging believers to rely on God's strength to overcome sin. In Romans 3:23 , Paul writes, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." This acknowledgment of human failure is met with the redemptive work of Christ, who provides the means for reconciliation with God.

Theological Implications:

The concept of "faileth" in Scripture serves to remind believers of their dependence on God. Human efforts, wisdom, and strength are limited and prone to failure, but God's power and love are infinite and unfailing. This understanding encourages a posture of humility and reliance on divine grace. The recognition of human frailty and the assurance of God's faithfulness are central themes in the Christian faith, calling believers to trust in the Lord's provision and guidance in all circumstances.

Greek

413. anekleiptos -- unfailing
... unfailing. From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of ekleipo;
not left out, ie (by implication) inexhaustible -- that faileth not. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/413.htm - 7k

Library

April 29. "Love Never Faileth" (I. Cor. xiii. 8).
... APRIL 29. "Love never faileth" (I. Cor. xiii. 8). "Love never faileth"
(I. Cor. xiii.8). In our work for God it is a great thing ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /april 29 love never faileth.htm

Love Never Faileth.
... Book I. Chapter 38."Love Never Faileth. 42. But sight shall displace faith;
and hope shall be swallowed up in that perfect bliss ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 38 love never faileth.htm

Psalm 136
... for mercy hath he ever. ^2Thanks to the God of gods give ye: for his grace faileth
never. ... 4Who only wonders great can do: for his grace faileth never. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 136.htm

The Defence
... "Love," urges Paul, "never faileth." Then he begins again one of his marvellous
lists of the great things of the day, and exposes them one by one. ...
/.../drummond/the greatest thing in the world and other addresses/the defence.htm

The Heart-Strings of God.
... He'd never have started away; and he'd never have tried to get away. For love
never faileth. ... Love never faileth. It can't; because it's love. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the heart-strings of god.htm

Two Innumerable Series
... mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they
are more than the hairs of mine head; therefore my heart faileth me.'"Psalm 40 ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/two innumerable series.htm

Unfailing Stabs and Fainting Men
... UNFAILING STABS AND FAINTING MEN. '...For that He is strong in power; not
one faileth.... He giveth power to the faint; and to them ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/unfailing stabs and fainting men.htm

Love and the Comforter.
... things. Love never faileth . . . . ... It failed us not as a lamp that goes out
in the dark. The Love of the Holy Spirit never faileth. And ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxii love and the comforter.htm

Caph.
... For it is said of a good failing: "My soul hath a desire and failing to enter into
the courts of the Lord." [5245] So also here he saith not, faileth away from ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/caph.htm

Psalm 136
... 21Their land by lot he gave; For his grace faileth never,. ^22That Isr'el might
it have. ... Eternally. ^25Who to all flesh gives food; For his grace faileth never. ...
/.../anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 136 2.htm

Thesaurus

Faileth (26 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Faileth (26 Occurrences). Luke 12:33 Sell ... thy presence?
for the money faileth. (KJV JPS ASV WBS). Nehemiah 4 ...
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Failed (58 Occurrences)
... for the money faileth. (KJV WBS). Genesis 47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle;
and I will give you for your cattle, if money hath failed. (WBS). ...
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Fail (130 Occurrences)
... forsake thee," Joshua 1:5 1 Chronicles 28:20); of '-abhadh, "to perish," "be lost"
(Psalm 142:4, "Refuge hath failed me"; Ezekiel 12:22, "Every vision faileth...
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Failing (12 Occurrences)

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Charity (29 Occurrences)
... Many of life's activities cease or change, but "love never faileth." 8. Ultimate
Ideal: To it all other graces and virtues are subordinated. ...
/c/charity.htm - 23k

Vanish (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they
shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be ...
/v/vanish.htm - 12k

Lack (86 Occurrences)
... lack," instead of "without"; 6:32, "void of" for "lacketh"; 10:21, "lack" for "want";
31:11, "lack" for "need"; Isaiah 59:15, "lacking" for "faileth." In the ...
/l/lack.htm - 33k

Lean (22 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV). Psalms 109:24 My knees are weak through
fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness. (See JPS NAS). ...
/l/lean.htm - 14k

Gender (2 Occurrences)
... abhar, "to pass over," etc., or of a separate word meaning "to bear," "to be fruitful"),
translated "gendereth," "Their bull gendereth, and faileth not"; in ...
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Gendereth (2 Occurrences)
... Agar. (KJV WBS). Job 21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow
calveth, and casteth not her calf. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). ...
/g/gendereth.htm - 6k

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Concordance

Faileth (26 Occurrences)

Luke 12:33
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
(KJV ASV WBS)

1 Corinthians 13:8
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Genesis 47:15
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Nehemiah 4:10
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.
(DBY)

Job 21:10
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 31:10
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 38:10
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Psalms 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 49:8
(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)
(ASV)

Psalms 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 109:24
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Psalms 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ecclesiastes 10:3
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Song of Songs 4:2
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly'shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
(See JPS)

Song of Songs 6:6
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 15:6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Isaiah 24:4
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

Isaiah 41:17
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 44:12
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 59:15
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 4:31
For I hear a voice, as of a woman in travail, anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion: she moaneth, she spreadeth forth her hands, saying, Woe unto me! for my soul faileth because of murderers.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 12:22
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Zephaniah 3:5
The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

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