I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He a
So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of
for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Othe
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—fo
Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swa
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even
Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities o
For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that o
But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do wha
And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men.
You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who desp
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is writ