Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters good-bye, and left to go back home.

and when he heard the news about his nephew Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him and kissed him, and brought him into the house. When Jacob told Laban everything that had happened,

Meanwhile the LORD had said to Aaron, "Go into the desert to meet Moses." So he went to meet him at the holy mountain; and when he met him, he kissed him.

And may the LORD make it possible for each of you to marry again and have a home." So Naomi kissed them good-bye. But they started crying

Again they started crying. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home, but Ruth held on to her.

Elisha then left his oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you." Elijah answered, "All right, go back. I'm not stopping you!"

They were all crying as they hugged him and kissed him good-bye.

Then the LORD said to him, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you."

I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you dedicated a stone as a memorial by pouring olive oil on it and where you made a vow to me. Now get ready and go back to the land where you were born.' "

In a dream that night God came to Laban and said to him, "Be careful not to threaten Jacob in any way."

"That was a foolish thing to do," Samuel answered. "You have not obeyed the command the LORD your God gave you. If you had obeyed, he would have let you and your descendants rule over Israel forever.

The LORD keeps close watch over the whole world, to give strength to those whose hearts are loyal to him. You have acted foolishly, and so from now on you will always be at war."

Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God's Spirit. Such a person really does not understand them, and they seem to be nonsense, because their value can be judged only on a spiritual basis.