So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.

The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

They have destroyed our vines; they have turned our fig trees into mere splinters. They have completely stripped off the bark and thrown them aside; the twigs are stripped bare.

as it is written: “The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”

So Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.

Then you shall say before the Lord your God, “I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.

Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops.

You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.)

But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”

Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

You have become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you attack me.

if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’

Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner.

I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.