From him will come the cornerstone, the wall peg, the battle bow, and every ruler.

You must leave nothing until morning, but you must burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning.

They say, “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die.”

Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” referring to the circumcision.)

The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

and Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet from it.

“‘Then the priest must take all its fat and offer the fat up in smoke on the altar.

Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)

So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.

They were saying to God, ‘Turn away from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.

He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.