Lexicon :: Strong's G1752 - heneka

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

“Please say you’re my sister so it will go well for me because of you, and my life will be spared on your account.”

That is why the well is called Beer-lahai-roi.[fn] It is between Kadesh and Bered.

“What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away instead of sparing the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people who are in it?

“suppose the fifty righteous lack five. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five? ”

He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

Then he said, “Since I have ventured to speak to my lord, suppose twenty are found there? ”

He replied, “I will not destroy it on account of twenty.”

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience.[fn] I have also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.

Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

for the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household on account of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

That is why, still today, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because he struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle.[fn]

But Jacob said, “No, please! If I have found favor with you, take this gift from me. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing God’s face, since you have accepted me.

“Are you really going to reign over us? ” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us? ” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

“by the God of your father who helps you,

and by the Almighty who blesses you

with blessings of the heavens above,

blessings of the deep that lies below,

and blessings of the breasts and the womb.

“However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power and to make my name known on the whole earth.

Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that confronted them on the way, and how the LORD rescued them.

“Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, because he did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.”[fn]

Moses responded to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear him and will not[fn] sin.”

“Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he married (for he had married a Cushite woman).

But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who died because of the Korah incident.

“Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the LORD in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the LORD’s community.

“But the LORD was angry with me because of you[fn] and would not listen to me. The LORD said to me, ‘That’s enough! Do not speak to me again about this matter.

“Everyone who does these acts is detestable to the LORD, and the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable acts.

“For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

“We actually did this from a specific concern that in the future your descendants might say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the LORD, the God of Israel?

“Therefore we said: Let’s take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offering or sacrifice.

“We thought that if they said this to us or to our generations in the future, we would reply: Look at the replica of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offering or sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

It was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed Obed-edom’s family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom’s house to the city of David with rejoicing.

This is why you are great, Lord GOD. There is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, as all we have heard confirms.

David asked, “Is there anyone remaining from the family of Saul I can show kindness to for Jonathan’s sake? ”

His servants asked him, “Why have you done this? While the baby was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate food.”

and he sent a message through the prophet Nathan, who named[fn] him Jedidiah,[fn] because of the LORD.

“Joab your servant has done this to address the issue indirectly,[fn] but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, knowing everything on earth.”

When he was alive, Absalom had taken a pillar and raised it up for himself in the King’s Valley, since he thought, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he named the pillar after himself. It is still called Absalom’s Monument today.

Though this temple is now exalted,[fn] everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff.[fn] They will say, “Why did the LORD do this to this land and this temple?”

LORD, lead me in your righteousness

because of my adversaries;

make your way straight before me.

Turn, LORD! Rescue me;

save me because of your faithful love.

From the mouths of infants and nursing babies,

you have established a stronghold[fn]

on account of your adversaries

in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.

Why has the wicked person despised God?

He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

He renews my life;

he leads me along the right paths[fn]

for his name’s sake.

Do not remember the sins of my youth

or my acts of rebellion;

in keeping with your faithful love, remember me

because of your goodness, LORD.

LORD, for the sake of your name,

forgive my iniquity, for it is immense.

Because of my adversaries,

show me your way, LORD,

and lead me on a level path.

For you are my rock and my fortress;

you lead and guide me

for your name’s sake.

Because of you we are being put to death all day long;

we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

Rise up! Help us!

Redeem us because of your faithful love.

in your splendor ride triumphantly

in the cause of truth, humility, and justice.

May your right hand show your awe-inspiring acts.