Indeed, as a result of him the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed – and a sword will pierce your own soul as well!”

When they got out on the beach, they saw a charcoal fire ready with a fish placed on it, and bread.

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

For this is what the promise declared: “About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.”

They said, “Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

Then you must affirm before the Lord your God, “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.

Live with him for a little while until your brother’s rage subsides.

But Simeon and Levi replied, “Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?”

It is a guilt offering; he was surely guilty before the Lord.”

The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.

“The Levites will call out to every Israelite with a loud voice:

There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled.

until I come and take you to a land just like your own – a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Then you will live and not die. Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, “The Lord will rescue us.”

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth.

They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about.

Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!