For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,

It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses.

You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.

“No,” he said to them. “You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!

And He has granted Him the right to pass judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

Why should I fear in times of trouble?
The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.

For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them get out of control, resulting in weakness before their enemies.

So I stationed people behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

“We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies.”

A wise man’s heart goes to the right,
but a fool’s heart to the left.

Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed at the gate,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

But he kept insisting, “If I have to die with You, I will never deny You!” And they all said the same thing.

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

After I made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awe-inspiring Lord, and fight for your countrymen, your sons and daughters, your wives and homes.”

Then she let him fall asleep on her lap and called a man to shave off the seven braids on his head. In this way, she made him helpless, and his strength left him.

Learn to do what is good.
Seek justice.
Correct the oppressor.
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.

But they replied, “We, your servants, were 12 brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer living.”

If you do mistreat them, they will no doubt cry to Me, and I will certainly hear their cry.

When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Feed My lambs,” He told him.

Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy,

When the Jews who lived nearby arrived, they said to us time and again, “Everywhere you turn, they attack us.”

There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”

Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

Each of the builders had his sword strapped around his waist while he was building, and the trumpeter was beside me.

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took 700 swordsmen with him to try to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not do it.

“No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food,” they said.