These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

So he said, “Who are you, Lord?” He replied, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!

So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, “Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”

so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, “I would rather die than live!”

So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”

Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied, “To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people.”

But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed by the leaping flames.

God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.

so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.

to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the Lord’s angel added, “so that they will be too numerous to count.”

So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.

So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham’s servant and his men.

But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed.