When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not
said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a c
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done ou
and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.”
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterer
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.