He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: “The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.”

Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”

He also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham replied.

The people responded, “Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can worship other gods!

Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.

O Lord, there is none like you; there is no God besides you! What we heard is true!

“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself, “You will not hold me accountable.”

A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west.

As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!

All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

“Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”

– children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.