When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

So we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.

And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses.

The officials of Succoth said, “You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?”

So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness!

So her sons married Moabite women. (One was named Orpah and the other Ruth.) And they continued to live there about ten years.

Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don’t tell her not to!”

The Philistine said to David, “Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!”

So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.

So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised,

So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, “Please help me, O king!”

So Hushai came to Absalom. Absalom said to him, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised. Should we follow his advice? If not, what would you recommend?”

So the watchman called out and informed the king. The king said, “If he is by himself, he brings good news.” The runner came ever closer.

Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted.

May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.)