but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

The Flood Subsides

But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.

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

But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house 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 will bring you again to the land of your fathers.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

But God led the people round by the way of the wilderness towards the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.

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

And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.

But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel.

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

But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah

But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly.

But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.

But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”