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but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
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But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.
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But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”
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But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
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If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.”
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“I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”
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But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
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Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.
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You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
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Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
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However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate.
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But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
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But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.”
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But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
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But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they looked into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them.
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So Saul asked God, “Shall I go down and pursue the Philistines? Will you give them into Israel’s hand?” But God did not answer him that day.
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David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.
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But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’
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The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
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But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
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“Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.
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But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
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But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.
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But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.
