Lexicon :: Strong's G4229 - pragma

“Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.[fn]

Abimelech replied, “I don’t know who did this thing. You didn’t report anything to me, so I hadn’t heard about it until today.”

“What have you done? ” Joseph said to them. “Didn’t you know that a man like me could uncover the truth by divination? ”

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live? ”

“Or if someone touches anything unclean ​— ​a carcass of an unclean wild animal, or unclean livestock, or an unclean swarming creature ​— ​without being aware of it, he is unclean and incurs guilt.

“or anything else about which he swore falsely. He will make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it. He is to pay it to its owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

“If someone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, abhorrent[fn] creature, and eats meat from the LORD’s fellowship sacrifice, that person is to be cut off from his people.”

“We will go on the main road,” the Israelites replied to them, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay its price. There will be no problem; only let us travel through on foot.”

He said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will give you the answer the LORD tells me.” So the officials of Moab stayed with Balaam.

“everything that can withstand fire ​— ​you are to pass through fire, and it will be clean. It must still be purified with the purification water. Anything that cannot withstand fire, pass through the water.

“You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do exactly as they instruct you.

“Do nothing to the young woman, because she is not guilty of an offense deserving death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

“For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you; so your encampments must be holy. He must not see anything indecent among you or he will turn away from you.

“Do not charge your brother interest on silver, food, or anything that can earn interest.

“If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a divorce certificate, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.

“When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.

The Gibeonites answered him, “It was clearly communicated to your servants that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

They said to each other, “Who did this? ” After they made a thorough investigation, they said, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”

“although there’s straw and feed for the donkeys, and I have bread and wine for me, my concubine, and the servant[fn] with us. There is nothing we lack.”

But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to slavery; they were soldiers, his servants, his commanders, his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.

and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David.

This command was also evil in God’s sight, so he afflicted Israel.

He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD’s temple so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.

“Then the young woman who pleases the king will become queen instead of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he did accordingly.

The couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.

King Ahasuerus spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme? ”[fn]

There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”

who sharpen their tongues like swords

and aim bitter words like arrows,

the plague that stalks in darkness,

or the pestilence that ravages at noon.

I will not let anything worthless guide me.[fn]

I hate the practice of transgression;

it will not cling to me.

A gossip goes around revealing a secret,

but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,

but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

The one who understands a matter finds success,

and the one who trusts in the LORD will be happy.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter

and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.

There is an occasion for everything,

and a time for every activity under heaven:

I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

For every activity there is a right time and procedure, even though a person’s troubles are heavy on him.

LORD, you are my God;

I will exalt you. I will praise your name,

for you have accomplished wonders,

plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

So now, do not scoff,

or your shackles will become stronger.

Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Armies

a decree of destruction for the whole land.

But Gedaliah son of Ahikam responded to Johanan son of Kareah, “Don’t do that! What you’re saying about Ishmael is a lie.”

“So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again,[fn] saying, ‘Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.’

“The LORD can no longer bear your evil deeds and the detestable acts you have committed, so your land has become a waste, a desolation, and an example for cursing, without inhabitant, as you see today.

A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing in regard to Daniel could be changed.

Indeed, the Lord GOD does nothing

without revealing his counsel

to his servants the prophets.