“This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back – because of my feelings within me.

But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.

Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.”

so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!

They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them,

For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king!

So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”

and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

You are to tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the Lord’s sake.

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”

But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! For this land is not secure! Sin will thoroughly destroy it!

Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.”

So the Lord replied, “If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

Abraham spoke to him again, “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

Abraham said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

Finally Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”