Do not leave this place until I come back with a gift and present it to you.” The Lord said, “I will stay here until you come back.”

Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king was told, “The prophet has come here.”

If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.’”

Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the rulers really know that this man is the Christ?

And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”

Again he says, “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am, with the children God has given me.”

“Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob.

So Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three shelters – one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

“It is not our custom here,” Laban replied, “to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.

Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”

So Moses said to them, “Remain here and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”

When they arrived, Samuel noticed Eliab and said to himself, “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!”

Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become the wife of your master’s son, just as the Lord has decided.”

So he returned to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. Moreover, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”

So they inquired again of the Lord, “Has the man arrived here yet?” The Lord said, “He has hidden himself among the equipment.”

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he rose and stood there.

So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen one who sees me!”

Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised.

The Lord continued, “Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you.

Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Think carefully about what you are doing.