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ἡμῶν — 935x G1473 ἐγώ
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Occurrences: 933 times in 655 verses
Speech: Personal / Possessive Pronoun
Parsing: Genitive Plural
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings[fn] have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief[fn] from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the LORD has cursed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can't get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 - Come, let's get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let's get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - “But we want Rebekah to stay with us at least ten days,” her brother and mother said. “Then she can go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - They gave her this blessing as she parted:
“Our sister, may you become
the mother of many millions!
May your descendants be strong
and conquer the cities of their enemies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. “Go somewhere else,” he said, “for you have become too powerful for us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - They replied, “We can plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you away from us in peace. And now look how the LORD has blessed you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26 - “It's not our custom here to marry off a younger daughter ahead of the firstborn,” Laban replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:1 - But Jacob soon learned that Laban's sons were grumbling about him. “Jacob has robbed our father of everything!” they said. “He has gained all his wealth at our father's expense.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - Rachel and Leah responded, “That's fine with us! We won't inherit any of our father's wealth anyway.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:15 - He has reduced our rights to those of foreign women. And after he sold us, he wasted the money you paid him for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:16 - All the wealth God has given you from our father legally belongs to us and our children. So go ahead and do whatever God has told you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - But as for your gods, see if you can find them, and let the person who has taken them die! And if you find anything else that belongs to you, identify it before all these relatives of ours, and I will give it back!” But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - You have rummaged through everything I own. Now show me what you found that belongs to you! Set it out here in front of us, before our relatives, for all to see. Let them judge between us!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44 - So come, let's make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God will see it even if no one else does. He is a witness to this covenant between us.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:53 - I call on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us.”
So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac,[fn] to respect the boundary line.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - You must reply, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob, but they are a gift for his master Esau. Look, he is coming right behind us.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - And be sure to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.'”
Jacob thought, “I will try to appease him by sending gifts ahead of me. When I see him in person, perhaps he will be friendly to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:9 - In fact, let's arrange other marriages, too. You give us your daughters for our sons, and we will give you our daughters for your sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - They said to them, “We couldn't possibly allow this, because you're not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:16 - then we will give you our daughters, and we'll take your daughters for ourselves. We will live among you and become one people.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 - But if you don't agree to be circumcised, we will take her and be on our way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:21 - “These men are our friends,” they said. “Let's invite them to live here among us and trade freely. Look, the land is large enough to hold them. We can take their daughters as wives and let them marry ours.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:23 - But if we do this, all their livestock and possessions will eventually be ours. Come, let's agree to their terms and let them settle here among us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:31 - “But why should we let him treat our sister like a prostitute?” they retorted angrily.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:26 - Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain by killing our brother? We'd have to cover up the crime.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - Instead of hurting him, let's sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!” And his brothers agreed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - There was a young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he told us what each of our dreams meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - “Sir,” they said, “there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a man living in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is back there with our father right now, and one of our brothers is no longer with us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn't listen. That's why we're in this trouble.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One brother is no longer with us, and the youngest is at home with our father in the land of Canaan.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If you send Benjamin with us, we will go down and buy more food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:5 - But if you don't let Benjamin go, we won't go either. Remember, the man said, ‘You won't see my face again unless your brother is with you.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - “The man kept asking us questions about our family,” they replied. “He asked, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' So we answered his questions. How could we know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here'?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - Judah said to his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will be on our way. Otherwise we will all die of starvation—and not only we, but you and our little ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - The brothers were terrified when they saw that they were being taken into Joseph's house. “It's because of the money someone put in our sacks last time we were here,” they said. “He plans to pretend that we stole it. Then he will seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:21 - But as we were returning home, we stopped for the night and opened our sacks. Then we discovered that each man's money—the exact amount paid—was in the top of his sack! Here it is; we have brought it back with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:22 - We also have additional money to buy more food. We have no idea who put our money in our sacks.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28 - “Yes,” they replied. “Our father, your servant, is alive and well.” And they bowed low again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - Didn't we return the money we found in our sacks? We brought it back all the way from the land of Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:9 - If you find his cup with any one of us, let that man die. And all the rest of us, my lord, will be your slaves.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:16 - Judah answered, “Oh, my lord, what can we say to you? How can we explain this? How can we prove our innocence? God is punishing us for our sins. My lord, we have all returned to be your slaves—all of us, not just our brother who had your cup in his sack.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:24 - “So we returned to your servant, our father, and told him what you had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 - Later, when he said, ‘Go back again and buy us more food,'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - we replied, ‘We can't go unless you let our youngest brother go with us. We'll never get to see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:27 - “Then my father said to us, ‘As you know, my wife had two sons,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:30 - “And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father's life is bound up in the boy's life.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving, white-haired man to his grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn't bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you must tell him, ‘We, your servants, have raised livestock all our lives, as our ancestors have always done.' When you tell him this, he will let you live here in the region of Goshen, for the Egyptians despise shepherds.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - And Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”
They replied, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just like our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:15 - When the people of Egypt and Canaan ran out of money, all the Egyptians came to Joseph. “Our money is gone!” they cried. “But please give us food, or we will die before your very eyes!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:18 - But that year ended, and the next year they came again and said, “We cannot hide the truth from you, my lord. Our money is gone, and all our livestock and cattle are yours. We have nothing left to give but our bodies and our land.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:19 - Why should we die before your very eyes? Buy us and our land in exchange for food; we offer our land and ourselves as slaves for Pharaoh. Just give us grain so we may live and not die, and so the land does not become empty and desolate.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:25 - “You have saved our lives!” they exclaimed. “May it please you, my lord, to let us be Pharaoh's servants.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:24 - “Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - The man replied, “Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?”
Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Everyone knows what I did.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:19 - “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they answered. “And then he drew water for us and watered our flocks.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - “The elders of Israel will accept your message. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD, our God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - But Aaron and Moses persisted. “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they declared. “So let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness so we can offer sacrifices to the LORD our God. If we don't, he will kill us with a plague or with the sword.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - But still require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don't reduce the quota. They are lazy. That's why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:17 - But Pharaoh shouted, “You're just lazy! Lazy! That's why you're saying, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to the LORD.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - The foremen said to them, “May the LORD judge and punish you for making us stink before Pharaoh and his officials. You have put a sword into their hands, an excuse to kill us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:26 - But Moses replied, “That wouldn't be right. The Egyptians detest the sacrifices that we offer to the LORD our God. Look, if we offer our sacrifices here where the Egyptians can see us, they will stone us.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - We must take a three-day trip into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, just as he has commanded us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - Moses replied, “We will all go—young and old, our sons and daughters, and our flocks and herds. We must all join together in celebrating a festival to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:25 - “No,” Moses said, “you must provide us with animals for sacrifices and burnt offerings to the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:26 - All our livestock must go with us, too; not a hoof can be left behind. We must choose our sacrifices for the LORD our God from among these animals. And we won't know how we are to worship the LORD until we get there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.'” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:7 - In the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your complaints, which are against him, not against us. What have we done that you should complain about us?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:8 - Then Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread to satisfy you in the morning, for he has heard all your complaints against him. What have we done? Yes, your complaints are against the LORD, not against us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - But tormented by thirst, they continued to argue with Moses. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don't know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:23 - They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will lead us. We don't know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:16 - How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don't go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - And he said, “O Lord, if it is true that I have found favor with you, then please travel with us. Yes, this is a stubborn and rebellious people, but please forgive our iniquity and our sins. Claim us as your own special possession.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:20 - But you might ask, ‘What will we eat during the seventh year, since we are not allowed to plant or harvest crops that year?'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:29 - One day Moses said to his brother-in-law, Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, “We are on our way to the place the LORD promised us, for he said, ‘I will give it to you.' Come with us and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised wonderful blessings for Israel!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - “Please don't leave us,” Moses pleaded. “You know the places in the wilderness where we should camp. Come, be our guide.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:32 - If you do, we'll share with you all the blessings the LORD gives us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:6 - But now our appetites are gone. All we ever see is this manna!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:31 - But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can't go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - “Why is the LORD taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and our little ones will be carried off as plunder! Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - Isn't it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the LORD's presence with our brothers!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:4 - Why have you brought the congregation of the LORD's people into this wilderness to die, along with all our livestock?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:15 - Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there a long time, and we and our ancestors were brutally mistreated by the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - But when we cried out to the LORD, he heard us and sent an angel who brought us out of Egypt. Now we are camped at Kadesh, a town on the border of your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - Then the people came to Moses and cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass in the field!”
So Balak, king of Moab,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - So the Moabite officials returned to King Balak and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:3 - “Our father died in the wilderness,” they said. “He was not among Korah's followers, who rebelled against the LORD; he died because of his own sin. But he had no sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:4 - Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan just because he had no sons? Give us property along with the rest of our relatives.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:49 - and said, “We, your servants, have accounted for all the men who went out to battle under our command; not one of us is missing!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:50 - So we are presenting the items of gold we captured as an offering to the LORD from our share of the plunder—armbands, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces. This will purify our lives before the LORD and make us right with him.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 - But they approached Moses and said, “We simply want to build pens for our livestock and fortified towns for our wives and children.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - Then we will arm ourselves and lead our fellow Israelites into battle until we have brought them safely to their land. Meanwhile, our families will stay in the fortified towns we build here, so they will be safe from any attacks by the local people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - We will not return to our homes until all the people of Israel have received their portions of land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:19 - But we do not claim any of the land on the other side of the Jordan. We would rather live here on the east side and accept this as our grant of land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:25 - Then the men of Gad and Reuben replied, “We, your servants, will follow your instructions exactly.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26 - Our children, wives, flocks, and cattle will stay here in the towns of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:2 - They said, “Sir, the LORD instructed you to divide the land by sacred lot among the people of Israel. You were told by the LORD to give the grant of land owned by our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - But if they marry men from another tribe, their grants of land will go with them to the tribe into which they marry. In this way, the total area of our tribal land will be reduced.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:4 - Then when the Year of Jubilee comes, their portion of land will be added to that of the new tribe, causing it to be lost forever to our ancestral tribe.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:6 - “When we were at Mount Sinai, the LORD our God said to us, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:19 - “Then, just as the LORD our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:20 - I said to you, ‘You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the LORD our God is giving us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:22 - “But you all came to me and said, ‘First, let's send out scouts to explore the land for us. They will advise us on the best route to take and which towns we should enter.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:25 - They picked some of its fruit and brought it back to us. And they reported, ‘The land the LORD our God has given us is indeed a good land.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!”'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - “Then you confessed, ‘We have sinned against the LORD! We will go into the land and fight for it, as the LORD our God has commanded us.' So your men strapped on their weapons, thinking it would be easy to attack the hill country.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:7 - For the LORD your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched your every step through this great wilderness. During these forty years, the LORD your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing.”'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - “So we bypassed the territory of our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We avoided the road through the Arabah Valley that comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber.
“Then as we turned north along the desert route through Moab,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - The descendants of Esau who live in Seir allowed us to go through their country, and so did the Moabites, who live in Ar. Let us pass through until we cross the Jordan into the land the LORD our God is giving us.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - “But King Sihon of Heshbon refused to allow us to pass through, because the LORD your God made Sihon stubborn and defiant so he could help you defeat him, as he has now done.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:33 - But the LORD our God handed him over to us, and we crushed him, his sons, and all his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - “The LORD our God also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - However, we avoided the land of the Ammonites all along the Jabbok River and the towns in the hill country—all the places the LORD our God had commanded us to leave alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:3 - “So the LORD our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:20 - When the LORD has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21 - “At that time I gave Joshua this charge: ‘You have seen for yourself everything the LORD your God has done to these two kings. He will do the same to all the kingdoms on the west side of the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:22 - Do not be afraid of the nations there, for the LORD your God will fight for you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:3 - “You saw for yourself what the LORD did to you at Baal-peor. There the LORD your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped Baal, the god of Peor.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:7 - For what great nation has a god as near to them as the LORD our God is near to us whenever we call on him?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24 - They said, ‘Look, the LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice from the heart of the fire. Today we have seen that God can speak to us humans, and yet we live!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:25 - But now, why should we risk death again? If the LORD our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:27 - Go yourself and listen to what the LORD our God says. Then come and tell us everything he tells you, and we will listen and obey.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 - “These are the commands, decrees, and regulations that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you. You must obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:4 - “Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 - “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the LORD our God has commanded us to obey?'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:22 - The LORD did miraculous signs and wonders before our eyes, dealing terrifying blows against Egypt and Pharaoh and all his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:23 - He brought us out of Egypt so he could give us this land he had sworn to give our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:24 - And the LORD our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as he has done to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the LORD our God has given us.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:19 - Remember the great terrors the LORD your God sent against them. You saw it all with your own eyes! And remember the miraculous signs and wonders, and the strong hand and powerful arm with which he brought you out of Egypt. The LORD your God will use this same power against all the people you fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - “Be careful to obey all these commands I am giving you. Show love to the LORD your God by walking in his ways and holding tightly to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:16 - For this is what you yourselves requested of the LORD your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai.[fn] You said, ‘Don't let us hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:7 - Then they must say, ‘Our hands did not shed this person's blood, nor did we see it happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - The parents must say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:3 - Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, ‘With this gift I acknowledge to the LORD your God that I have entered the land he swore to our ancestors he would give us.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors. He heard our cries and saw our hardship, toil, and oppression.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:15 - I am making this covenant both with you who stand here today in the presence of the LORD our God, and also with the future generations who are not standing here today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:29 - “The LORD our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 - Then Moses called for Joshua, and as all Israel watched, he said to him, “Be strong and courageous! For you will lead these people into the land that the LORD swore to their ancestors he would give them. You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:3 - I will proclaim the name of the LORD;
how glorious is our God!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - But I feared the taunt of Israel's enemy,
who might misunderstand and say,
“Our own power has triumphed!
The LORD had nothing to do with this!”'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:31 - But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock,
as even they recognize.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:15 - until the LORD gives them rest, as he has given you rest, and until they, too, possess the land the LORD your God is giving them. Only then may you return and settle here on the east side of the Jordan River in the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, assigned to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:17 - We will obey you just as we obeyed Moses. And may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:11 - No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the LORD your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:14 - “We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,” the men agreed. “If you don't betray us, we will keep our promise and be kind to you when the LORD gives us the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - If you betray us, however, we are not bound by this oath in any way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:24 - “The LORD has given us the whole land,” they said, “for all the people in the land are terrified of us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - giving these instructions to the people: “When you see the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God, move out from your positions and follow them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:9 - So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come and listen to what the LORD your God says.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - For the LORD your God dried up the river right before your eyes, and he kept it dry until you were all across, just as he did at the Red Sea[fn] when he dried it up until we had all crossed over.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:6 - We will let them chase us until we have drawn them away from the town. For they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.' Then, while we are running from them,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - So our elders and all our people instructed us, ‘Take supplies for a long journey. Go meet with the people of Israel and tell them, “We are your servants; please make a treaty with us.”'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - These wineskins were new when we filled them, but now they are old and split open. And our clothing and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - This is what we must do. We must let them live, for divine anger would come upon us if we broke our oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:24 - They replied, “We did it because we—your servants—were clearly told that the LORD your God commanded his servant Moses to give you this entire land and to destroy all the people living in it. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you. That is why we have done this.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:19 - The rest of you continue chasing the enemy and cut them down from the rear. Don't give them a chance to get back to their towns, for the LORD your God has given you victory over them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - These women came to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite leaders and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us a grant of land along with the men of our tribe.”
So Joshua gave them a grant of land along with their uncles, as the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3 - Then Joshua asked them, “How long are you going to wait before taking possession of the remaining land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given to you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:6 - And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast sacred lots in the presence of the LORD our God to assign land to each tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:2 - They came to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us towns to live in and pasturelands for our livestock.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - And now the LORD your God has given the other tribes rest, as he promised them. So go back home to the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you as your possession on the east side of the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - “If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the LORD's land, where the Tabernacle of the LORD is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar other than the one true altar of the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:23 - If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn away from the LORD or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings or peace offerings, may the LORD himself punish us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:24 - “The truth is, we have built this altar because we fear that in the future your descendants will say to ours, ‘What right do you have to worship the LORD, the God of Israel?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - The LORD has placed the Jordan River as a barrier between our people and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have no claim to the LORD.' So your descendants may prevent our descendants from worshiping the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - but as a memorial. It will remind our descendants and your descendants that we, too, have the right to worship the LORD at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings. Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no claim to the LORD.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - “If they say this, our descendants can reply, ‘Look at this copy of the LORD's altar that our ancestors made. It is not for burnt offerings or sacrifices; it is a reminder of the relationship both of us have with the LORD.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:31 - Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, replied to them, “Today we know the LORD is among us because you have not committed this treachery against the LORD as we thought. Instead, you have rescued Israel from being destroyed by the hand of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:7 - When your ancestors cried out to the LORD, I put darkness between you and the Egyptians. I brought the sea crashing down on the Egyptians, drowning them. With your very own eyes you saw what I did. Then you lived in the wilderness for many years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:17 - For the LORD our God is the one who rescued us and our ancestors from slavery in the land of Egypt. He performed mighty miracles before our very eyes. As we traveled through the wilderness among our enemies, he preserved us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - It was the LORD who drove out the Amorites and the other nations living here in the land. So we, too, will serve the LORD, for he alone is our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - ‘Let the people of Meroz be cursed,' said the angel of the LORD.
‘Let them be utterly cursed,
because they did not come to help the LORD
to help the LORD against the mighty warriors.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn't they say, ‘The LORD brought us up out of Egypt'? But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - So Abimelech's uncles gave his message to all the citizens of Shechem on his behalf. And after listening to this proposal, the people of Shechem decided in favor of Abimelech because he was their relative.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8 - Once upon a time the trees decided to choose a king.
First they said to the olive tree,
‘Be our king!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:10 - “Then they said to the fig tree,
‘You be our king!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:12 - “Then they said to the grapevine,
‘You be our king!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:14 - “Then all the trees finally turned to the thornbush and said,
‘Come, you be our king!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10 - Finally, they cried out to the LORD for help, saying, “We have sinned against you because we have abandoned you as our God and have served the images of Baal.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:2 - Gilead's wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land. “You will not get any of our father's inheritance,” they said, “for you are the son of a prostitute.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:10 - “The LORD is our witness,” the elders replied. “We promise to do whatever you say.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:24 - You keep whatever your god Chemosh gives you, and we will keep whatever the LORD our God gives us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said, “If the LORD were going to kill us, he wouldn't have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn't have appeared to us and told us this wonderful thing and done these miracles.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - So 3,000 men of Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the rock of Etam. They said to Samson, “Don't you realize the Philistines rule over us? What are you doing to us?”
But Samson replied, “I only did to them what they did to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - The Philistine rulers held a great festival, offering sacrifices and praising their god, Dagon. They said, “Our god has given us victory over our enemy Samson!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24 - When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has delivered our enemy to us! The one who killed so many of us is now in our power!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - Half drunk by now, the people demanded, “Bring out Samson so he can amuse us!” So he was brought from the prison to amuse them, and they had him stand between the pillars supporting the roof.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:5 - Then they said, “Ask God whether or not our journey will be successful.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - “Be quiet and come with us,” they said. “Be a father and priest to all of us. Isn't it better to be a priest for an entire tribe and clan of Israel than for the household of just one man?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:25 - The men of Dan said, “Watch what you say! There are some short-tempered men around here who might get angry and kill you and your family.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - even though we have everything we need. We have straw and feed for our donkeys and plenty of bread and wine for ourselves.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:32 - Then the warriors of Benjamin shouted, “We're defeating them as we did before!” But the Israelites had planned in advance to run away so that the men of Benjamin would chase them along the roads and be drawn away from the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:39 - When the Israelites saw the smoke, they turned and attacked Benjamin's warriors.
By that time Benjamin's warriors had killed about thirty Israelites, and they shouted, “We're defeating them as we did in the first battle!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1 - The Israelites had vowed at Mizpah, “We will never give our daughters in marriage to a man from the tribe of Benjamin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:7 - How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under God's curse.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:2 - No one is holy like the LORD!
There is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - Those who fight against the LORD will be shattered.
He thunders against them from heaven;
the LORD judges throughout the earth.
He gives power to his king;
he increases the strength[fn] of his anointed one.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - After the battle was over, the troops retreated to their camp, and the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the LORD allow us to be defeated by the Philistines?” Then they said, “Let's bring the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. If we carry it into battle with us, it[fn] will save us from our enemies.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - When the people realized what was happening, they cried out, “We can't keep the Ark of the God of Israel here any longer! He is against us! We will all be destroyed along with Dagon, our god.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the Ark of God to the town of Ekron, but when the people of Ekron saw it coming they cried out, “They are bringing the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us, too!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - The people summoned the Philistine rulers again and begged them, “Please send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its own country, or it[fn] will kill us all.” For the deadly plague from God had already begun, and great fear was sweeping across the town.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:9 - If they cross the border of our land and go to Beth-shemesh, we will know it was the LORD who brought this great disaster upon us. If they don't, we will know it was not his hand that caused the plague. It came simply by chance.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:20 - “Who is able to stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God?” they cried out. “Where can we send the Ark from here?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - “Don't stop pleading with the LORD our God to save us from the Philistines!” they begged Samuel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:20 - “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - Finally, they entered the region of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant, “Let's go home. By now my father will be more worried about us than about the donkeys!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - But the servant said, “I've just thought of something! There is a man of God who lives here in this town. He is held in high honor by all the people because everything he says comes true. Let's go find him. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:7 - “But we don't have anything to offer him,” Saul replied. “Even our food is gone, and we don't have a thing to give him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - “Well,” the servant said, “I have one small silver piece.[fn] We can at least offer it to the man of God and see what happens!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:27 - When they reached the edge of town, Samuel told Saul to send his servant on ahead. After the servant was gone, Samuel said, “Stay here, for I have received a special message for you from God.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But though I have rescued you from your misery and distress, you have rejected your God today and have said, ‘No, we want a king instead!' Now, therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by tribes and clans.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:12 - Then the people exclaimed to Samuel, “Now where are those men who said, ‘Why should Saul rule over us?' Bring them here, and we will kill them!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:6 - “It was the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron,” Samuel continued. “He brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:8 - “When the Israelites were[fn] in Egypt and cried out to the LORD, he sent Moses and Aaron to rescue them from Egypt and to bring them into this land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - “Then they cried to the LORD again and confessed, ‘We have sinned by turning away from the LORD and worshiping the images of Baal and Ashtoreth. But we will worship you and you alone if you will rescue us from our enemies.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:12 - “But when you were afraid of Nahash, the king of Ammon, you came to me and said that you wanted a king to reign over you, even though the LORD your God was already your king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 - “Pray to the LORD your God for us, or we will die!” they all said to Samuel. “For now we have added to our sins by asking for a king.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:10 - But if they say, ‘Come on up and fight,' then we will go up. That will be the LORD's sign that he will help us defeat them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and plunder to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Let us find a good musician to play the harp whenever the tormenting spirit troubles you. He will play soothing music, and you will soon be well again.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - And everyone assembled here will know that the LORD rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the LORD's battle, and he will give you to us!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - I am told that it is sheep-shearing time. While your shepherds stayed among us near Carmel, we never harmed them, and nothing was ever stolen from them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - Meanwhile, one of Nabal's servants went to Abigail and told her, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed insults at them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:17 - You need to know this and figure out what to do, for there is going to be trouble for our master and his whole family. He's so ill-tempered that no one can even talk to him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:1 - Now some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah to tell him, “David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which overlooks Jeshimon.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:11 - No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and again while he was living among the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - But the Philistine commanders demanded, “What are these Hebrews doing here?”
And Achish told them, “This is David, the servant of King Saul of Israel. He's been with me for years, and I've never found a single fault in him from the day he arrived until today.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - But the Philistine commanders were angry. “Send him back to the town you've given him!” they demanded. “He can't go into the battle with us. What if he turns against us in battle and becomes our adversary? Is there any better way for him to reconcile himself with his master than by handing our heads over to him?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - But Achish insisted, “As far as I'm concerned, you're as perfect as an angel of God. But the Philistine commanders are afraid to have you with them in the battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - But some evil troublemakers among David's men said, “They didn't go with us, so they can't have any of the plunder we recovered. Give them their wives and children, and tell them to be gone.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:23 - But David said, “No, my brothers! Don't be selfish with what the LORD has given us. He has kept us safe and helped us defeat the band of raiders that attacked us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Then Abner suggested to Joab, “Let's have a few of our warriors fight hand to hand here in front of us.”
“All right,” Joab agreed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Abner shouted down to Joab, “Must we always be killing each other? Don't you realize that bitterness is the only result? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - “How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:12 - Be courageous! Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. May the LORD's will be done.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:18 - Then on the seventh day the child died. David's advisers were afraid to tell him. “He wouldn't listen to reason while the child was ill,” they said. “What drastic thing will he do when we tell him the child is dead?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:26 - “Well, then,” Absalom said, “if you can't come, how about sending my brother Amnon with us?”
“Why Amnon?” the king asked.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:15 - “We are with you,” his advisers replied. “Do what you think is best.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:19 - Then the king turned and said to Ittai, a leader of the men from Gath, “Why are you coming with us? Go on back to King Absalom, for you are a guest in Israel, a foreigner in exile.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - You arrived only recently, and should I force you today to wander with us? I don't even know where we will go. Go on back and take your kinsmen with you, and may the LORD show you his unfailing love and faithfulness.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - But his men objected strongly. “You must not go,” they urged. “If we have to turn and run—and even if half of us die—it will make no difference to Absalom's troops; they will be looking only for you. You are worth 10,000 of us,[fn] and it is better that you stay here in the town and send help if we need it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - “I would not kill the king's son for even a thousand pieces of silver,[fn]” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And throughout all the tribes of Israel there was much discussion and argument going on. The people were saying, “The king rescued us from our enemies and saved us from the Philistines, but Absalom chased him out of the country.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:10 - Now Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, is dead. Why not ask David to come back and be our king again?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - But all the men of Israel complained to the king, “The men of Judah stole the king and didn't give us the honor of helping take you, your household, and all your men across the Jordan.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - Then David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is going to hurt us more than Absalom did. Quick, take my troops and chase after him before he gets into a fortified town where we can't reach him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David's men declared, “You are not going out to battle with us again! Why risk snuffing out the light of Israel?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32 - For who is God except the LORD?
Who but our God is a solid rock?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his advisers told him, “Let us find a young virgin to wait on you and look after you, my lord. She will lie in your arms and keep you warm.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:11 - Then Nathan went to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, and asked her, “Haven't you heard that Haggith's son, Adonijah, has made himself king, and our lord David doesn't even know about it?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - “Not at all!” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has just declared Solomon king!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - And all the royal officials have gone to King David and congratulated him, saying, ‘May your God make Solomon's fame even greater than your own, and may Solomon's reign be even greater than yours!' Then the king bowed his head in worship as he lay in his bed,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:18 - Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:21 - And I have prepared a place there for the Ark, which contains the covenant that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:40 - Then they will fear you as long as they live in the land you gave to our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 - For when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Sovereign LORD, you told your servant Moses that you had set Israel apart from all the nations of the earth to be your own special possession.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57 - May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us or abandon us.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58 - May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands, decrees, and regulations that he gave our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59 - And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the LORD be before him constantly, day and night, so that the LORD our God may give justice to me and to his people Israel, according to each day's needs.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61 - And may you be completely faithful to the LORD our God. May you always obey his decrees and commands, just as you are doing today.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 - Then Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters[fn] in the presence of the LORD our God. A large congregation had gathered from as far away as Lebo-hamath in the north and the Brook of Egypt in the south. The celebration went on for fourteen days in all—seven days for the dedication of the altar and seven days for the Festival of Shelters.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - So they prepared one of the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning until noontime, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced, hobbling around the altar they had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - Ben-hadad's officers said to him, “Sir, we have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful. So let's humble ourselves by wearing burlap around our waists and putting ropes on our heads, and surrender to the king of Israel. Then perhaps he will let you live.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4 - Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will you join me in battle to recover Ramoth-gilead?”
Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the LORD says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 - One day the group of prophets came to Elisha and told him, “As you can see, this place where we meet with you is too small.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:16 - “Don't be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:5 - When he arrived there, he found Jehu sitting around with the other army officers. “I have a message for you, Commander,” he said.
“For which one of us?” Jehu asked.
“For you, Commander,” he replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26 - Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Assyrian chief of staff, “Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don't speak in Hebrew,[fn] for the people on the wall will hear.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:19 - Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O LORD, are God.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah. Inquire about the words written in this scroll that has been found. For the LORD's great anger is burning against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words in this scroll. We have not been doing everything it says we must do.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:21 - King Josiah then issued this order to all the people: “You must celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, as required in this Book of the Covenant.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them and said, “If you have come in peace to help me, we are friends. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when I am innocent, then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - Then he addressed the entire assembly of Israel as follows: “If you approve and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send messages to all the Israelites throughout the land, including the priests and Levites in their towns and pasturelands. Let us invite them to come and join us.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:3 - It is time to bring back the Ark of our God, for we neglected it during the reign of Saul.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:13 - Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the LORD our God burst out against us. We failed to ask God how to move it properly.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:14 - He is the LORD our God.
His justice is seen throughout the land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26 - The gods of other nations are mere idols,
but the LORD made the heavens!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:35 - Cry out, “Save us, O God of our salvation!
Gather and rescue us from among the nations,
so we can thank your holy name
and rejoice and praise you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:20 - “O LORD, there is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:13 - Be courageous! Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. May the LORD's will be done.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:2 - David rose to his feet and said: “My brothers and my people! It was my desire to build a temple where the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, God's footstool, could rest permanently. I made the necessary preparations for building it,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8 - “So now, with God as our witness, and in the sight of all Israel—the LORD's assembly—I give you this charge. Be careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God, so that you may continue to possess this good land and leave it to your children as a permanent inheritance.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:10 - Then David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly: “O LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel,[fn] may you be praised forever and ever!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:16 - “O LORD our God, even this material we have gathered to build a Temple to honor your holy name comes from you! It all belongs to you!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18 - “O LORD, the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make your people always want to obey you. See to it that their love for you never changes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:5 - “This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:31 - Then they will fear you and walk in your ways as long as they live in the land you gave to our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:10 - “But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not abandoned him. Only the descendants of Aaron serve the LORD as priests, and the Levites alone may help them in their work.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD every morning and evening. They place the Bread of the Presence on the holy table, and they light the gold lampstand every evening. We are following the instructions of the LORD our God, but you have abandoned him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - So you see, God is with us. He is our leader. His priests blow their trumpets and lead us into battle against you. O people of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - Asa told the people of Judah, “Let us build towns and fortify them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours because we sought the LORD our God, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they went ahead with these projects and brought them to completion.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “O LORD, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O LORD, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:7 - Fear the LORD and judge with integrity, for the LORD our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:6 - He prayed, “O LORD, God of our ancestors, you alone are the God who is in heaven. You are ruler of all the kingdoms of the earth. You are powerful and mighty; no one can stand against you!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11 - Now see how they reward us! For they have come to throw us out of your land, which you gave us as an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:12 - O our God, won't you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for help.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - “You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared. “We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the LORD's fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - Our ancestors were unfaithful and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned the LORD and his dwelling place; they turned their backs on him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - But now I will make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:9 - “For if you return to the LORD, your relatives and your children will be treated mercifully by their captors, and they will be able to return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful. If you return to him, he will not continue to turn his face from you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:7 - “Be strong and courageous! Don't be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria or his mighty army, for there is a power far greater on our side!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - He may have a great army, but they are merely men. We have the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!” Hezekiah's words greatly encouraged the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - Hezekiah has said, ‘The LORD our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria.' Surely Hezekiah is misleading you, sentencing you to death by famine and thirst!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for all the remnant of Israel and Judah. Inquire about the words written in the scroll that has been found. For the LORD's great anger has been poured out on us because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the LORD. We have not been doing everything this scroll says we must do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other leaders of Israel replied, “You may have no part in this work. We alone will build the Temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, just as King Cyrus of Persia commanded us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - They greeted the king for all their colleagues—the judges and local leaders, the people of Tarpel, the Persians, the Babylonians, and the people of Erech and Susa (that is, Elam).
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,[fn] who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:27 - Praise the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem!
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:17 - I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Temple servants to send us ministers for the Temple of God at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:18 - Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they sent us a man named Sherebiah, along with eighteen of his sons and brothers. He was a very astute man and a descendant of Mahli, who was a descendant of Levi son of Israel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen[fn] to accompany us and protect us from enemies along the way. After all, we had told the king, “Our God's hand of protection is on all who worship him, but his fierce anger rages against those who abandon him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23 - So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - to be in charge of transporting the silver, the gold, the gold bowls, and the other items that the king, his council, his officials, and all the people of Israel had presented for the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites accepted the task of transporting these treasures of silver and gold to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19[fn] and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - On the fourth day after our arrival, the silver, gold, and other valuables were weighed at the Temple of our God and entrusted to Meremoth son of Uriah the priest and to Eleazar son of Phinehas, along with Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui—both of whom were Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - I prayed, “O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:7 - From the days of our ancestors until now, we have been steeped in sin. That is why we and our kings and our priests have been at the mercy of the pagan kings of the land. We have been killed, captured, robbed, and disgraced, just as we are today.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - “But now we have been given a brief moment of grace, for the LORD our God has allowed a few of us to survive as a remnant. He has given us security in this holy place. Our God has brightened our eyes and granted us some relief from our slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we were slaves, but in his unfailing love our God did not abandon us in our slavery. Instead, he caused the kings of Persia to treat us favorably. He revived us so we could rebuild the Temple of our God and repair its ruins. He has given us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:10 - “And now, O our God, what can we say after all of this? For once again we have abandoned your commands!
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “Now we are being punished because of our wickedness and our great guilt. But we have actually been punished far less than we deserve, for you, our God, have allowed some of us to survive as a remnant.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15 - O LORD, God of Israel, you are just. We come before you in our guilt as nothing but an escaped remnant, though in such a condition none of us can stand in your presence.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, a descendant of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God, for we have married these pagan women of the land. But in spite of this there is hope for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Let us now make a covenant with our God to divorce our pagan wives and to send them away with their children. We will follow the advice given by you and by the others who respect the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let our leaders act on behalf of us all. Let everyone who has a pagan wife come at a scheduled time, accompanied by the leaders and judges of his city, so that the fierce anger of our God concerning this affair may be turned away from us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:4 - Then I prayed, “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land!
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:9 - But we prayed to our God and guarded the city day and night to protect ourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don't be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - When our enemies heard that we knew of their plans and that God had frustrated them, we all returned to our work on the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:20 - When you hear the blast of the trumpet, rush to wherever it is sounding. Then our God will fight for us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - During this time, none of us—not I, nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor the guards who were with me—ever took off our clothes. We carried our weapons with us at all times, even when we went for water.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:2 - They were saying, “We have such large families. We need more food to survive.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:3 - Others said, “We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:4 - And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:5 - We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9 - Then I pressed further, “What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:17 - I asked for nothing, even though I regularly fed 150 Jewish officials at my table, besides all the visitors from other lands!
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them, “Don't mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the LORD your God.” For the people had all been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - And Nehemiah[fn] continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:9 - “You saw the misery of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cries from beside the Red Sea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - “But our ancestors were proud and stubborn, and they paid no attention to your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 - “And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered seem insignificant to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and leaders and priests and prophets and ancestors—all of your people—from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:34 - Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your Law or listen to the warnings in your commands and laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:36 - “So now today we are slaves in the land of plenty that you gave our ancestors for their enjoyment! We are slaves here in this good land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - The lush produce of this land piles up in the hands of the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They have power over us and our livestock. We serve them at their pleasure, and we are in great misery.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:38 - [fn]The people responded, “In view of all this,[fn] we are making a solemn promise and putting it in writing. On this sealed document are the names of our leaders and Levites and priests.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:30 - “We promise not to let our daughters marry the pagan people of the land, and not to let our sons marry their daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - “In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver[fn] for the care of the Temple of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33 - This will provide for the Bread of the Presence; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, the new moon celebrations, and the annual festivals; for the holy offerings; and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel. It will provide for everything necessary for the work of the Temple of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - “We have cast sacred lots to determine when—at regular times each year—the families of the priests, Levites, and the common people should bring wood to God's Temple to be burned on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:35 - “We promise to bring the first part of every harvest to the LORD's Temple year after year—whether it be a crop from the soil or from our fruit trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:36 - We agree to give God our oldest sons and the firstborn of all our herds and flocks, as prescribed in the Law. We will present them to the priests who minister in the Temple of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will store the produce in the storerooms of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings, the best of our fruit, and the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - “A priest—a descendant of Aaron—will be with the Levites as they receive these tithes. And a tenth of all that is collected as tithes will be delivered by the Levites to the Temple of our God and placed in the storerooms.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - The people and the Levites must bring these offerings of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the storerooms and place them in the sacred containers near the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers. “We promise together not to neglect the Temple of our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - For they had not provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Instead, they hired Balaam to curse them, though our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 - Before this had happened, Eliashib the priest, who had been appointed as supervisor of the storerooms of the Temple of our God and who was also a relative of Tobiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:18 - “Wasn't it just this sort of thing that your ancestors did that caused our God to bring all this trouble upon us and our city? Now you are bringing even more wrath upon Israel by permitting the Sabbath to be desecrated in this way!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27 - How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:31 - I also made sure that the supply of wood for the altar and the first portions of the harvest were brought at the proper times. Remember this in my favor, O my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the decree issued in Susa that called for the death of all Jews. He asked Hathach to show it to Esther and explain the situation to her. He also asked Hathach to direct her to go to the king to beg for mercy and plead for her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - On the third day of the fast, Esther put on her royal robes and entered the inner court of the palace, just across from the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne, facing the entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would be too trivial a matter to warrant disturbing the king.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - If only there were a mediator between us,
someone who could bring us together.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:37 - For you have added rebellion to your sin;
you show no respect,
and you speak many angry words against God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:3 - “Let us break their chains,” they cry,
“and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[fn]

O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 - O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 - They say, “We will lie to our hearts' content.
Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:31 - For who is God except the LORD?
Who but our God is a solid rock?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:5 - May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory
and raise a victory banner in the name of our God.
May the LORD answer all your prayers.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:7 - Some nations boast of their chariots and horses,
but we boast in the name of the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:9 - Give victory to our king, O LORD!
Answer our cry for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:4 - Our ancestors trusted in you,
and you rescued them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20 - We put our hope in the LORD.
He is our help and our shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:21 - In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:21 - They shout, “Aha! Aha!
With our own eyes we saw him do it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - Don't let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted!
Now we will eat him alive!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - He has given me a new song to sing,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see what he has done and be amazed.
They will put their trust in the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of the descendants of Korah.

O God, we have heard it with our own ears—
our ancestors have told us
of all you did in their day,
in days long ago:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:5 - Only by your power can we push back our enemies;
only in your name can we trample our foes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:9 - But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor.
You no longer lead our armies to battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:10 - You make us retreat from our enemies
and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:13 - You let our neighbors mock us.
We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18 - Our hearts have not deserted you.
We have not strayed from your path.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:20 - If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24 - Why do you look the other way?
Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - We collapse in the dust,
lying face down in the dirt.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - For the choir director: A song of the descendants of Korah, to be sung by soprano voices.[fn]

God is our refuge and strength,
always ready to help in times of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:7 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies is here among us;
the God of Israel[fn] is our fortress.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:11 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies is here among us;
the God of Israel is our fortress.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:3 - He subdues the nations before us,
putting our enemies beneath our feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:6 - Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:1 - A song. A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

How great is the LORD,
how deserving of praise,
in the city of our God,
which sits on his holy mountain!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:8 - We had heard of the city's glory,
but now we have seen it ourselves—
the city of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
It is the city of our God;
he will make it safe forever.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14 - For that is what God is like.
He is our God forever and ever,
and he will guide us until we die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3 - Our God approaches,
and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
and a great storm rages around him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:10 - Have you rejected us, O God?
Will you no longer march with our armies?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8 - O my people, trust in him at all times.
Pour out your heart to him,
for God is our refuge.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:3 - Though we are overwhelmed by our sins,
you forgive them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5 - You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds,
O God our savior.
You are the hope of everyone on earth,
even those who sail on distant seas.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:8 - Let the whole world bless our God
and loudly sing his praises.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - You captured us in your net
and laid the burden of slavery on our backs.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:12 - Then you put a leader over us.[fn]
We went through fire and flood,
but you brought us to a place of great abundance.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:6 - Then the earth will yield its harvests,
and God, our God, will richly bless us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:19 - Praise the Lord; praise God our savior!
For each day he carries us in his arms.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:20 - Our God is a God who saves!
The Sovereign LORD rescues us from death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:9 - We no longer see your miraculous signs.
All the prophets are gone,
and no one can tell us when it will end.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:12 - You, O God, are my king from ages past,
bringing salvation to the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:13 - O God, your ways are holy.
Is there any god as mighty as you?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:3 - stories we have heard and known,
stories our ancestors handed down to us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:5 - For he issued his laws to Jacob;
he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to teach them to their children,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:4 - We are mocked by our neighbors,
an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 - Do not hold us guilty for the sins of our ancestors!
Let your compassion quickly meet our needs,
for we are on the brink of despair.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:9 - Help us, O God of our salvation!
Help us for the glory of your name.
Save us and forgive our sins
for the honor of your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff,
asking, “Where is their God?”
Show us your vengeance against the nations,
for they have spilled the blood of your servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
for the scorn they have hurled at you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:6 - You have made us the scorn[fn] of neighboring nations.
Our enemies treat us as a joke.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[fn]

Sing praises to God, our strength.
Sing to the God of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:3 - Blow the ram's horn at new moon,
and again at full moon to call a festival!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:9 - O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!
Show favor to the one you have anointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:4 - Now restore us again, O God of our salvation.
Put aside your anger against us once more.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:9 - Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
so our land will be filled with his glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:12 - Yes, the LORD pours down his blessings.
Our land will yield its bountiful harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:17 - You are their glorious strength.
It pleases you to make us strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18 - Yes, our protection comes from the LORD,
and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8 - You spread out our sins before you—
our secret sins—and you see them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9 - We live our lives beneath your wrath,
ending our years with a groan.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - Seventy years are given to us!
Some even live to eighty.
But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;
soon they disappear, and we fly away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:14 - Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love,
so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:17 - And may the Lord our God show us his approval
and make our efforts successful.
Yes, make our efforts successful!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:13 - For they are transplanted to the LORD's own house.
They flourish in the courts of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - God will turn the sins of evil people back on them.
He will destroy them for their sins.
The LORD our God will destroy them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1 - Come, let us sing to the LORD!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:7 - for he is our God.
We are the people he watches over,
the flock under his care.
If only you would listen to his voice today!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel.
The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:5 - Exalt the LORD our God!
Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:8 - O LORD our God, you answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them,
but you punished them when they went wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:9 - Exalt the LORD our God,
and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem,
for the LORD our God is holy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10 - He does not punish us for all our sins;
he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:12 - He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:14 - For he knows how weak we are;
he remembers we are only dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:7 - He is the LORD our God.
His justice is seen throughout the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:4 - Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people;
come near and rescue me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:6 - Like our ancestors, we have sinned.
We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our ancestors in Egypt
were not impressed by the LORD's miraculous deeds.
They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them.
Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47 - Save us, O LORD our God!
Gather us back from among the nations,
so we can thank your holy name
and rejoice and praise you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:11 - Have you rejected us, O God?
Will you no longer march with our armies?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:13 - With God's help we will do mighty things,
for he will trample down our foes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:5 - Who can be compared with the LORD our God,
who is enthroned on high?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:3 - Our God is in the heavens,
and he does as he wishes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:12 - The LORD remembers us and will bless us.
He will bless the people of Israel
and bless the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:5 - How kind the LORD is! How good he is!
So merciful, this God of ours!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:23 - This is the LORD's doing,
and it is wonderful to see.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:2 - And now here we are,
standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:9 - For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I will seek what is best for you, O Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2 - We keep looking to the LORD our God for his mercy,
just as servants keep their eyes on their master,
as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4 - We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud
and the contempt of the arrogant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:4 - The waters would have engulfed us;
a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:5 - Yes, the raging waters of their fury
would have overwhelmed our very lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - We escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap.
The trap is broken, and we are free!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:8 - Our help is from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:2 - We were filled with laughter,
and we sang for joy.
And the other nations said,
“What amazing things the LORD has done for them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:3 - Yes, the LORD has done amazing things for us!
What joy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:4 - Restore our fortunes, LORD,
as streams renew the desert.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

Oh, praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,
you who serve at night in the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:2 - you who serve in the house of the LORD,
in the courts of the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:5 - I know the greatness of the LORD
that our Lord is greater than any other god.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:23 - He remembered us in our weakness.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:24 - He saved us from our enemies.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:2 - We put away our harps,
hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:7 - Like rocks brought up by a plow,
the bones of the wicked will lie scattered without burial.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:1 - Praise the LORD!
How good to sing praises to our God!
How delightful and how fitting!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5 - How great is our Lord! His power is absolute!
His understanding is beyond comprehension!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7 - Sing out your thanks to the LORD;
sing praises to our God with a harp.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - They may say, “Come and join us.
Let's hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let's ambush the innocent!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!” But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - Young Woman
You are so handsome, my love,
pleasing beyond words!
The soft grass is our bed;
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:17 - fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house,
and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My lover is like a swift gazelle
or a young stag.
Look, there he is behind the wall,
looking through the window,
peering into the room.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:12 - The flowers are springing up,
the season of singing birds[fn] has come,
and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 - Young Women of Jerusalem
Catch all the foxes,
those little foxes,
before they ruin the vineyard of love,
for the grapevines are blossoming!
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:13 - There the mandrakes give off their fragrance,
and the finest fruits are at our door,
new delights as well as old,
which I have saved for you, my lover.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8 - We have a little sister
too young to have breasts.
What will we do for our sister
if someone asks to marry her?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 - In those days a man will say to his brother,
“Since you have a coat, you be our leader!
Take charge of this heap of ruins!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 - In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won't be mocked as old maids.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10 - Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless.
Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.
For God is with us![fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9 - In that day the people will proclaim,
“This is our God!
We trusted in him, and he saved us!
This is the LORD, in whom we trusted.
Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1 - In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song:
Our city is strong!
We are surrounded by the walls of God's salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:9 - All night long I search for you;
in the morning I earnestly seek for God.
For only when you come to judge the earth
will people learn what is right.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:12 - LORD, you will grant us peace;
all we have accomplished is really from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:13 - O LORD our God, others have ruled us,
but you alone are the one we worship.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death
and have made a deal to dodge the grave.[fn]
The coming destruction can never touch us,
for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:11 - Forget all this gloom.
Get off your narrow path.
Stop telling us about your
‘Holy One of Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18 - So the LORD must wait for you to come to him
so he can show you his love and compassion.
For the LORD is a faithful God.
Blessed are those who wait for his help.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - But LORD, be merciful to us,
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:6 - In that day he will be your sure foundation,
providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the LORD will be your treasure.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:22 - For the LORD is our judge,
our lawgiver, and our king.
He will care for us and save us.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:4 - Say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, and do not fear,
for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.
He is coming to save you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:7 - “But perhaps you will say to me, ‘We are trusting in the LORD our God!' But isn't he the one who was insulted by Hezekiah? Didn't Hezekiah tear down his shrines and altars and make everyone in Judah and Jerusalem worship only at the altar here in Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:20 - Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O LORD, are God.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - Listen! It's the voice of someone shouting,
“Clear the way through the wilderness
for the LORD!
Make a straight highway through the wasteland
for our God!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:8 - The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 - But those who trust in idols,
who say, ‘You are our gods,'
will be turned away in shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:1 - Who has believed our message?
To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:4 - Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows[fn] that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:5 - But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:6 - All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God's paths to follow our own.
Yet the LORD laid on him
the sins of us all.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - ‘We have fasted before you!' they say.
‘Why aren't you impressed?
We have been very hard on ourselves,
and you don't even notice it!'
“I will tell you why!” I respond.
“It's because you are fasting to please yourselves.
Even while you fast,
you keep oppressing your workers.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We growl like hungry bears;
we moan like mournful doves.
We look for justice, but it never comes.
We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:12 - For our sins are piled up before God
and testify against us.
Yes, we know what sinners we are.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - We know we have rebelled and have denied the LORD.
We have turned our backs on our God.
We know how unfair and oppressive we have been,
carefully planning our deceitful lies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15 - LORD, look down from heaven;
look from your holy, glorious home, and see us.
Where is the passion and the might
you used to show on our behalf?
Where are your mercy and compassion now?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:16 - Surely you are still our Father!
Even if Abraham and Jacob[fn] would disown us,
LORD, you would still be our Father.
You are our Redeemer from ages past.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17 - LORD, why have you allowed us to turn from your path?
Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you?
Return and help us, for we are your servants,
the tribes that are your special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place,
and now our enemies have destroyed it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:19 - Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you,
as though we had never been known as your people.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:4 - For since the world began,
no ear has heard
and no eye has seen a God like you,
who works for those who wait for him!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:6 - We are all infected and impure with sin.
When we display our righteous deeds,
they are nothing but filthy rags.
Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall,
and our sins sweep us away like the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:7 - Yet no one calls on your name
or pleads with you for mercy.
Therefore, you have turned away from us
and turned us over[fn] to our sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8 - And yet, O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, and you are the potter.
We all are formed by your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:9 - Don't be so angry with us, LORD.
Please don't remember our sins forever.
Look at us, we pray,
and see that we are all your people.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:11 - The holy and beautiful Temple
where our ancestors praised you
has been burned down,
and all the things of beauty are destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear this message from the LORD,
all you who tremble at his words:
“Your own people hate you
and throw you out for being loyal to my name.
‘Let the LORD be honored!' they scoff.
‘Be joyful in him!'
But they will be put to shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:22 - “My wayward children,” says the LORD,
“come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.”
“Yes, we're coming,” the people reply,
“for you are the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23 - Our worship of idols on the hills
and our religious orgies on the mountains
are a delusion.
Only in the LORD our God
will Israel ever find salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:24 - From childhood we have watched
as everything our ancestors worked for—
their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters—
was squandered on a delusion.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:25 - Let us now lie down in shame
and cover ourselves with dishonor,
for we and our ancestors have sinned
against the LORD our God.
From our childhood to this day
we have never obeyed him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:13 - God's prophets are all windbags
who don't really speak for him.
Let their predictions of disaster fall on themselves!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - “And when your people ask, ‘Why did the LORD our God do all this to us?' you must reply, ‘You rejected him and gave yourselves to foreign gods in your own land. Now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 - They do not say from the heart,
‘Let us live in awe of the LORD our God,
for he gives us rain each spring and fall,
assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 - We have heard reports about the enemy,
and we wring our hands in fright.
Pangs of anguish have gripped us,
like those of a woman in labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8 - “‘How can you say, “We are wise because we have the word of the LORD,”
when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - Hear the people of Jerusalem[fn] crying in despair,
‘We are ruined! We are completely humiliated!
We must leave our land,
because our homes have been torn down.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21 - This is what the LORD says about the men of Anathoth who wanted me dead. They had said, “We will kill you if you do not stop prophesying in the LORD's name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long must this land mourn?
Even the grass in the fields has withered.
The wild animals and birds have disappeared
because of the evil in the land.
For the people have said,
“The LORD doesn't see what's ahead for us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:7 - The people say, “Our wickedness has caught up with us, LORD,
but help us for the sake of your own reputation.
We have turned away from you
and sinned against you again and again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9 - Are you also confused?
Is our champion helpless to save us?
You are right here among us, LORD.
We are known as your people.
Please don't abandon us now!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:20 - LORD, we confess our wickedness
and that of our ancestors, too.
We all have sinned against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21 - For the sake of your reputation, LORD, do not abandon us.
Do not disgrace your own glorious throne.
Please remember us,
and do not break your covenant with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:10 - “When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, ‘Why has the LORD decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the LORD our God?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - LORD, you are my strength and fortress,
my refuge in the day of trouble!
Nations from around the world
will come to you and say,
“Our ancestors left us a foolish heritage,
for they worshiped worthless idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:12 - But we worship at your throne—
eternal, high, and glorious!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12 - But the people replied, “Don't waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly following our own evil desires.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - I have heard the many rumors about me.
They call me “The Man Who Lives in Terror.”
They threaten, “If you say anything, we will report it.”
Even my old friends are watching me,
waiting for a fatal slip.
“He will trap himself,” they say,
“and then we will get our revenge on him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Please speak to the LORD for us and ask him to help us. King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon is attacking Judah. Perhaps the LORD will be gracious and do a mighty miracle as he has done in the past. Perhaps he will force Nebuchadnezzar to withdraw his armies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13 - I will personally fight against the people in Jerusalem,
that mighty fortress—
the people who boast, “No one can touch us here.
No one can break in here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:37 - “This is what you should say to the prophets: ‘What is the LORD's answer?' or ‘What is the LORD saying?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:16 - Then the officials and the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man does not deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:19 - But did King Hezekiah and the people kill him for saying this? No, they turned from their sins and worshiped the LORD. They begged him for mercy. Then the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had pronounced against them. So we are about to do ourselves great harm.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:6 - The day will come when watchmen will shout
from the hill country of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Jerusalem[fn]
to worship the LORD our God.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:6 - but they refused. “No,” they said, “we don't drink wine, because our ancestor Jehonadab[fn] son of Recab gave us this command: ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:8 - So we have obeyed him in all these things. We have never had a drink of wine to this day, nor have our wives, our sons, or our daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:10 - We have lived in tents and have fully obeyed all the commands of Jehonadab, our ancestor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:15 - “Sit down and read the scroll to us,” the officials said, and Baruch did as they requested.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:3 - Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to ask Jeremiah, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:9 - “This is what the LORD says: Do not fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians are gone for good. They aren't!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:25 - My officials may hear that I spoke to you, and they may say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you don't tell us, we will kill you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - Jeremiah the prophet. They said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. As you can see, we are only a tiny remnant compared to what we were before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:4 - “All right,” Jeremiah replied. “I will pray to the LORD your God, as you have asked, and I will tell you everything he says. I will hide nothing from you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6 - Whether we like it or not, we will obey the LORD our God to whom we are sending you with our plea. For if we obey him, everything will turn out well for us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:20 - For you were not being honest when you sent me to pray to the LORD your God for you. You said, ‘Just tell us what the LORD our God says, and we will do it!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - “Besides,” the women added, “do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You and your wives have said, “We will keep our promises to burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven,” and you have proved by your actions that you meant it. So go ahead and carry out your promises and vows to her!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
a day of vengeance on his enemies.
The sword will devour until it is satisfied,
yes, until it is drunk with your blood!
The Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, will receive a sacrifice today
in the north country beside the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16 - They stumble and fall over each other
and say among themselves,
‘Come, let's go back to our people,
to the land of our birth.
Let's get away from the sword of the enemy!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28 - Listen to the people who have escaped from Babylon,
as they tell in Jerusalem
how the LORD our God has taken vengeance
against those who destroyed his Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:10 - The LORD has vindicated us.
Come, let us announce in Jerusalem[fn]
everything the LORD our God has done.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 - “We are ashamed,” the people say.
“We are insulted and disgraced
because the LORD's Temple
has been defiled by foreigners.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:40 - Instead, let us test and examine our ways.
Let us turn back to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:41 - Let us lift our hearts and hands
to God in heaven and say,
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:46 - “All our enemies
have spoken out against us.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - We looked in vain for our allies
to come and save us,
but we were looking to nations
that could not help us.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:18 - We couldn't go into the streets
without danger to our lives.
Our end was near; our days were numbered.
We were doomed!
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 - Our king—the LORD's anointed, the very life of our nation—
was caught in their snares.
We had thought that his shadow
would protect us against any nation on earth!
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:1 - LORD, remember what has happened to us.
See how we have been disgraced!
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:2 - Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:3 - We are orphaned and fatherless.
Our mothers are widowed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:4 - We have to pay for water to drink,
and even firewood is expensive.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:5 - Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are exhausted but are given no rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:7 - Our ancestors sinned, but they have died—
and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:8 - Slaves have now become our masters;
there is no one left to rescue us.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:9 - We hunt for food at the risk of our lives,
for violence rules the countryside.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:10 - The famine has blackened our skin
as though baked in an oven.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:16 - The garlands have[fn] fallen from our heads.
Weep for us because we have sinned.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:17 - Our hearts are sick and weary,
and our eyes grow dim with tears.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:20 - Why do you continue to forget us?
Why have you abandoned us for so long?
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:21 - Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again!
Give us back the joys we once had!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10 - “Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: You are saying, ‘Our sins are heavy upon us; we are wasting away! How can we survive?'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21 - On January 8,[fn] during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:1 - On April 28,[fn] during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity—fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem—the LORD took hold of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:13 - “At the end of the ten days, see how we look compared to the other young men who are eating the king's food. Then make your decision in light of what you see.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:6 - We have refused to listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke on your authority to our kings and princes and ancestors and to all the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:8 - O LORD, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:9 - But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:10 - We have not obeyed the LORD our God, for we have not followed the instructions he gave us through his servants the prophets.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:12 - You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:13 - Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the LORD our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:14 - Therefore, the LORD has brought upon us the disaster he prepared. The LORD our God was right to do all of these things, for we did not obey him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:15 - “O Lord our God, you brought lasting honor to your name by rescuing your people from Egypt in a great display of power. But we have sinned and are full of wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:16 - In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:17 - “O our God, hear your servant's prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - “O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city—the city that bears your name—lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:1 - “Come, let us return to the LORD.
He has torn us to pieces;
now he will heal us.
He has injured us;
now he will bandage our wounds.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:2 - Bring your confessions, and return to the LORD.
Say to him,
“Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us,
so that we may offer you our praises.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:3 - Assyria cannot save us,
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have made,
‘You are our gods.'
No, in you alone
do the orphans find mercy.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:14 - Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve,
sending you a blessing instead of this curse.
Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine
to the LORD your God as before.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:13 - And you brag about your conquest of Lo-debar.[fn]
You boast, “Didn't we take Karnaim[fn] by our own strength?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:11 - And since the storm was getting worse all the time, they asked him, “What should we do to you to stop this storm?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day your enemies will make fun of you
by singing this song of despair about you:
“We are finished,
completely ruined!
God has confiscated our land,
taking it from us.
He has given our fields
to those who betrayed us.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:5 - Though the nations around us follow their idols,
we will follow the LORD our God forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:11 - Now many nations have gathered against you.
“Let her be desecrated,” they say.
“Let us see the destruction of Jerusalem.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - Like snakes crawling from their holes,
they will come out to meet the LORD our God.
They will fear him greatly,
trembling in terror at his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:19 - Once again you will have compassion on us.
You will trample our sins under your feet
and throw them into the depths of the ocean!
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:20 - You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love
as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths
and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth.
Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God
and become like a clan in Judah.[fn]
The Philistines of Ekron will join my people,
as the ancient Jebusites once did.
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Occurrences: 1 time in 1 verse
Speech: Personal / Possessive Pronoun
Parsing: Genitive Plural Feminine
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:2 - Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he's been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.
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Occurrences: 1 time in 1 verse
Speech: Personal / Possessive Pronoun
Parsing: Genitive Plural Masculine
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - And Boaz said to the family redeemer, “You know Naomi, who came back from Moab. She is selling the land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.
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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan