The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

But the Lord delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble.

So I said, “My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord.”

For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord.

A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.

The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord.

The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord – so how can anyone understand his own way?

Is anything impossible for the Lord? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”

But Naboth replied to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance.”

The people of Judah assembled to ask for the Lord’s help; they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the Lord’s help.

Let the whole earth fear the Lord! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!

Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel, “The Lord is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “This is the Lord’s doing. Our wishes are of no concern.

and the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward you may return and be free of your obligation to the Lord and to Israel. This land will then be your possession in the Lord’s sight.

Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).

After some time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, thinking, “I asked the Lord for him.

Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast, “Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

“For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken by their God, the Lord who rules over all. For the land of Babylonia is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

ט (Tet) Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the Lord.

Ask the Lord for rain in the season of the late spring rains – the Lord who causes thunderstorms – and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.