The Flood Subsides

But God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

But God said, “No, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married.”

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and your slave woman; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.

Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to keep many people alive.

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will assuredly take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

Yet if he did not lie in wait for him, but God caused him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.

But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

The Angel and Balaam

But God was angry that he was going, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the road as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand him over to him.

But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my right;

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah

But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

But God will shoot an arrow at them; Suddenly they will be wounded.

But God has heard; He has given attention to the sound of my prayer.

My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

But God is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts another.

But God designated a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.

But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to the point of death!”

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is demanded of you; and as for all that you have prepared, who will own it now?’

And He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of people, but God knows your hearts; because that which is highly esteemed among people is detestable in the sight of God.