And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

He performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people

Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the Lord’s battle flag.” This is what the Lord says – the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.

But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

“‘This is the law: When a man dies in a tent, anyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be ceremonially unclean seven days.

So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam – three in all.

The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.

And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

“The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

There right in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”

Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.