When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night.

I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.

Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him through God.

Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.

When David got up the next morning, the Lord had already spoken to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.

The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha got up and followed her back.

Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds,

Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city’s gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.

So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew; Esau ate and drank, then got up and went out. So Esau despised his birthright.

He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

And he set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, for the Lord has refused to permit me to go with you.”