In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure.

The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.

I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.

Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the heart of his masters.

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.

How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.

Then I will summon as my reliable witnesses Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

I will fasten him like a peg into a solid place; he will bring honor and respect to his father’s family.

This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

ה (He) Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage.

Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!

The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

They told him, “Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

Moses answered again, “And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you’?”

“that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

and the people believed. When they heard that the Lord had attended to the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed down close to the ground.

When Israel saw the great power that the Lord had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.