When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.”
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn a
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the
saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.
One of the heads of the beast appeared to have been mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole wor