Words of Wisdom
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
Genesis 5:9-11
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. Genesis 5:17
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Genesis 5:30, 31
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. Genesis 17:1
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis 17:17, 18
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. Genesis 17:24
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. 1 Samuel 4:15
And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 1 Chronicles 9:6
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. Ezra 2:16
The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. Ezra 2:20
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. Ezra 2:58
Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. Ezra 8:35
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. Nehemiah 7:21
The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. Nehemiah 7:25
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. Nehemiah 7:60
And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. Jeremiah 52:23
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. Ezekiel 4:5
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. Ezekiel 4:9
Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. Ezekiel 41:12
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Daniel 12:11
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
Matthew 18:12, 13
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Luke 15:4-7
