Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you (whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the Lord. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues; but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.

But they must make sure you learn to follow the religious practices of my people. Once they taught my people to swear their oaths using the name of the god Baal. But then, they must swear oaths using my name, saying, “As surely as the Lord lives, I swear.” If they do these things, then they will be included among the people I call my own.

“‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are godlike,

But the Lord told Shemaiah the prophet,

Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!

so that no one can boast in his presence.

So Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring near the ephod,” for he was at that time wearing the ephod.

The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw a basket of summer fruit.

But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.

Amaziah asked the prophet: “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.”

and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”

By David. I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you.

So she went to visit the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, it’s the Shunammite woman.

“‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the sovereign Lord.

So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.

You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”

Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”

They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”

The king then said to the prophet, “Come home with me and have something to eat. I’d like to give a present.”