&#8220;What have you done?&#8221; Laban demanded of Jacob. &#8220;You&#8217;ve deceived me<n id="1" /> and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!<n id="2" />

You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;As for<n id="1" /> the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.

(and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and<n id="1" /> then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for<n id="2" /> their iniquity,

Today realize and carefully consider that the <sc>Lordsc> is God in heaven above and on earth below &#8211; there is no other!

Fix these words of mine into your mind and being,<n id="1" /> and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols<n id="2" /> on your forehead.

Furthermore, he must not marry many<n id="1" /> wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Today the <sc>Lordsc> your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.<n id="1" />

In the morning you will say, &#8216;If only it were evening!&#8217; And in the evening you will say, &#8216;I wish it were morning!&#8217; because of the things you will fear and the things you will see.

Then if you and your descendants<n id="1" /> turn to the <sc>Lordsc> your God and obey him with your whole mind and being<n id="2" /> just as<n id="3" /> I am commanding you today,

Joshua said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.&#8221;p>

He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl&#8217;s father said, &#8220;Get some energy.<n id="1" /> Wait until later in the day to leave!&#8221;<n id="2" /> So they ate a meal together.

Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a secure dynasty<n id="1" /> and he will serve my chosen one for all time.<n id="2" />

Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did?<n id="1" /> When God<n id="2" /> treated them harshly, didn&#8217;t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?<n id="3" />

However, fear the <sc>Lordsc> and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

<p class="bodytext">David thought about what they said<n id="1" /> and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.

<p class="bodytext">He<n id="1" /> won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, &#8220;Return, you and all your servants as well.&#8221;

May he make us submissive,<n id="1" /> so we can follow all his instructions<n id="2" /> and obey<n id="3" /> the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance<n id="1" /> away from the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions<n id="2" />