By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.

May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.

Jesus answered, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?

Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?

For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Joshua warned the people, “You will not keep worshiping the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give!

By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness – the one who does not love his fellow Christian – is not of God.

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

For he adds transgression to his sin; in our midst he claps his hands, and multiplies his words against God.”

For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God’s wrath.

Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.

Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant!

God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.