16:15 Moses was very angry, and he said to the Lord, “Have no respect 8 for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!”
21:1 If a homicide victim 13 should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, 14 and no one knows who killed 15 him,
20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, 19 “What have I done? What is my offense? 20 How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”
20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, 21 “What have I done? What is my offense? 22 How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”
2:1 Why 26 do the nations rebel? 27
Why 28 are the countries 29 devising 30 plots that will fail? 31
2:2 The kings of the earth 32 form a united front; 33
the rulers collaborate 34
against the Lord and his anointed king. 35
2:3 They say, 36 “Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! 37
Let’s free ourselves from 38 their ropes!”
2:4 The one enthroned 39 in heaven laughs in disgust; 40
the Lord taunts 41 them.
2:5 Then he angrily speaks to them
and terrifies them in his rage, 42 saying, 43
12:4 They say, 44 “We speak persuasively; 45
we know how to flatter and boast. 46
Who is our master?” 47
2:31 You people of this generation,
listen to what the Lord says.
“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel?
Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? 48
Why then do you 49 say, ‘We are free to wander. 50
We will not come to you any more?’
13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, 55 and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God. 13:2 So the person who resists such authority 56 resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment 13:3 (for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation, 13:4 for it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God’s servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer. 13:5 Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities 57 but also because of your conscience. 58
13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, 59 and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
2:13 I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, 60
just as light is preferable to darkness:
2:14 The wise man can see where he is going, 61 but the fool walks in darkness.
Yet I also realized that the same fate 62 happens to them both. 63