The woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord really does speak through you."

But when I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord may carry you off to some place I don’t know. Then when I go report to Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.

It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"

And he came thither to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

"Whatever you want, your majesty," the king of Israel answered. "I belong to you, as does everything I own."

And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so."

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?"

And when the sons of the prophets who were from Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, the city has a good location, as our master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn't produce crops."

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!"

He said, "If Yahweh doesn't help you, from where could I help you? From of the threshing floor, or from the winepress?"

And Hazael said, Why does my lord weep? And he answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

And the rider on horseback went to meet him and said, So says the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What do you have to do with peace? Turn behind me! And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came to them, but he does not come again.

And the watchman reported, saying, He came up to them, but does not come again. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.

Therefore summon all of Baal's prophets to me, including all his worshipers and all his priests. Don't leave even one out, because I've prepared a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever doesn't show up doesn't live!" But Jehu did this deceptively, intending to destroy Baal's worshippers.

Now look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If a man leans for support on it, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him.

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think you that David does honor your father, that he has sent comforters unto you? are not his servants come unto you to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

Joab replied, “May the Lord multiply the number of His people a hundred times over! My lord the king, aren’t they all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

I will establish his kingdom forever if he loyally and continually obeys My commandments and My ordinances, as is done today.’

"God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin—
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them
to a distant or nearby country,

When I close up the sky so that it doesn't rain, or command locusts to devour the land's vegetation, or send a plague among my people,

The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things!"

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?"

"You are to carry out your duties in the fear of the LORD, serving him faithfully with your whole heart. No matter what case comes before you from your fellow citizens who live in their own cities, whether it's a dispute between blood relatives or a dispute regarding the Law and the commands, statutes, or verdicts, you are to warn the parties so that they do not become guilty in the LORD's presence and so that anger does not come upon you and your fellow citizens.

"Pay attention, everyone in Judah, in Jerusalem, and you, too, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says to you: "Stop being afraid, and stop being discouraged because of this vast invasion force, because the battle doesn't belong to you, but to God.

but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. You also killed your brothers, members of your father's family, who were better than you.

And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It does not pertain to thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary. For thou have tre

everyone who prepares his own heart to seek God, the LORD God of his ancestors, even though he does so inconsistent with the laws of consecration."

Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

But he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I do not come against you today, but against the house with which I have war. For God commanded me to make haste. You must cease from opposing God, who is with me, so that He does not destroy you.

In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, we are sending the king this information

And you, Ezra, according to God’s wisdom that you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people in the region west of the Euphrates who know the laws of your God and to teach anyone who does not know them.

Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a fair judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

I also shook the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn’t keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!”

The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.

And testified against them, that you might bring them again unto your law: yet they acted presumptuously, and hearkened not unto your commandments, but sinned against your judgments, (which if a man does, he shall live in them;) and turned the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Yet all of this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

"Why does he give light to one in misery and life to [those] bitter of soul,

who wait for death, but {it does not come}, and search [for] it more than [for] treasures,

[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?

Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error.

how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?

Does not their excellence which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

Who does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:

Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?

Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

How forceful are right words! but what does your arguing prove?

"Does not {a human being have hard service} on earth? And [are not] his days like the days of a laborer?

As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

He does not return again to his house, and his place does not recognize him again.

Thou visitest him early, and every day: and suddenly doest thou try him.

Does God pervert judgment? or does the Almighty pervert justice?

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Do reeds flourish without water?

He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm.
He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

Look, God does not reject a person of integrity,
and He will not support evildoers.

[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.

Who does great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

God does not hold back His anger;
Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!

He doesn’t let me catch my breath
but soaks me with bitter experiences.

“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’

Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?

Hast thou fleshly eyes then, or doest thou look as a man looketh?

For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.

{I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}?

“Now ask the animals, and let them teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character];
And ask the birds of the air, and let them tell you;

Who among all of these does not know that Yahweh's hand has done this?

Does not the ear test words? and the mouth taste its food?

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

Doest thou open thine eyes upon such one, and bringest me in thy judgment?

“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.

{so} a man lies down, and he does not arise. {Until the heavens are no more}, they will not awaken, and they will not be roused out of their sleep.

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
or fill himself with the hot east wind?

Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at,

"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

Look, he does not trust his holy ones, and [the] heavens are not clean in his eyes.

He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

His archers surround me, he slashes my kidneys asunder, and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

Are there not mockers with me? and does not my eye continue in their provocation?

Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
the flame of his fire does not glow.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God."

I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I must {personally} plead with him.

Why do you persecute me as God does?
Will you never get enough of my flesh?

[though] he spares it and does not let it go [and] holds it back in the midst of his palate,

“He does not look at the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it;
he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his trading.