“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. A
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. An
He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of t
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Mi