it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

For it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.

For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.

When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

The Lord raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.

The Lord’s messenger appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!”

The Israelites did not remain true to the Lord their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

The Lord’s messenger told Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.

The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.

The Lord answered Elijah’s prayer; the boy’s breath returned to him and he lived.

Isaiah was still in the middle courtyard when the Lord told him,

These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand.

When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.

According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.

Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’

For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.