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Always Abounding in Excellence

By Sammy Tabuena
Excellence Definition (Word Assocaitions)
Dignity
Genesis 49:3 (KJV) Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the
excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Power
Genesis 49:3 (KJV) Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the
excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Greatness
Exodus 15:7 (KJV) And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up
against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

Sky (Heaven)
Deuteronomy 33:26 (KJV) There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in
thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Job 20:6, excellency mount up to the heavens
Majesty
Job 40:10 (KJV) Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Glorious
Psalm 76:4 (KJV) Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

Dread
Job 13:11 (KJV) Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

Excellence - Benefits
Shield (Defence) and Sword (Offence)
Deuteronomy 33:29 (KJV) Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD,
the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars
unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Psalm 36:7 under the shadow of thy wings
Delight
Psalm 16:3 (KJV) But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Excellence Areas/Field

Wisdom
1 Kings 4:30 (KJV) And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country,
and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Harps (Music)
1 Chronicles 15:21 (KJV) And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and
Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

Power, Judgment, Justice


Job 37:23 (KJV) Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in
judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
Name
Psalm 8:1 (KJV) To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is
thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Psalm 8:9 (KJV) O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Lovingkindness
Psalm 36:7 (KJV) How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their
trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Nation (Jacob/Israel)
Psalm 47:4 (KJV) He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved.
Selah.
Psalm 68:34 (KJV) Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the
clouds.
Strength
Psalm 103:20 (KJV) Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments,
hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Oil
Psalm 141:5 (KJV) Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be
an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Speech
Proverbs 8:6 (KJV) Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right
things.
Proverbs 17:7 (KJV) Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Spirit
Proverbs 8:6 (KJV) Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right
things.
Proverbs 17:7 (KJV) Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Proverbs 17:27 (KJV) He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an
excellent spirit.
Counsels and knowledge
Proverbs 22:20 (KJV) Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Virtue
Proverbs 31:29 (KJV) Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

Name
Psalm 148:13 (KJV) Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is
above the earth and heaven.

Excellence Losing it
Short, But for a Moment
Job 20:4 (KJV) Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the
night.
9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Death
Job 4:21 (KJV) Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

Exellence - Hindrances
Unstable
Genesis 49:4 (KJV) Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's
bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Lies
Psalm 62:4 (KJV) They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless
with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

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