But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

“‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.

So realize that the Lord your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

God answered Manoah’s prayer. God’s angelic messenger visited the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.

just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,

Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked.

Because of our God’s tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high

For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.

Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.

They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God,

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.