I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a Levite named Pedaiah in charge of the storerooms and made Hanan son of Zakkur, the son of Mattaniah, their assistant, because they were considered trustworthy. They were made responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?

Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?

Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?

I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.

Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.

Although I am right, I am considered a liar; although I am guiltless, his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.’

“Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders.

Psalm 5

For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.

Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.

Consider the blameless, observe the upright; a future awaits those who seek peace.

Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.

“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”

Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.

I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.

I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.

and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.