But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.

Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.'"

Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can indeed practice divination?"

There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer

I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."

and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.

for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,

since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.

But you know Timothy'sproven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.