“Command the Israelites and say to them: Be sure to present to Me at its appointed time My offering and My food as My fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Me.

But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.

do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:

You may take the young for yourself, but be sure to let the mother go free, so that you may prosper and live long.

Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

When she got up to gather grain, Boaz ordered his young men, “Let her even gather grain among the bundles, and don’t humiliate her.

Now send someone quickly and tell David, ‘Don’t spend the night at the wilderness ford of the Jordan, but be sure to cross over, or the king and all the people with him will be destroyed.’”

Be sure that all who are enraged against you
will be ashamed and disgraced;
those who contend with you
will become as nothing and will perish.

And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus warned them sternly, “Be sure that no one finds out!”

To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of good will.