Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because he did this when the Egyptians treated the Israelites with such contempt."

He returned to Elisha with all his men and said, "Now I know that there is no god but the God of Israel; so please, sir, accept a gift from me."

But I know there is someone in heaven who will come at last to my defense.

A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and still live. Oh yes, I know what they say: "If you obey God, everything will be all right,

To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.

It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God's approval.

After Lot had left, the LORD said to Abram, "From where you are, look carefully in all directions.

I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth!

Then and there the LORD made a covenant with Abram. He said, "I promise to give your descendants all this land from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River,

the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." So Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

and so I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites now live.

The Most High assigned nations their lands; he determined where peoples should live. He assigned to each nation a heavenly being,

Heaven belongs to the LORD alone, but he gave the earth to us humans.

"By my great power and strength I created the world, human beings, and all the animals that live on the earth; and I give it to anyone I choose.

Don't I have the right to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?' "

When Jacob and his sons started to leave, great fear fell on the people of the nearby towns, and they did not pursue them.

The leaders of Edom are terrified; Moab's mighty men are trembling; the people of Canaan lose their courage.

Terror and dread fall upon them. They see your strength, O LORD, and stand helpless with fear until your people have marched past--- the people you set free from slavery.

"I will make the people who oppose you afraid of me; I will bring confusion among the people against whom you fight, and I will make all your enemies turn and run from you.

From today on I will make people everywhere afraid of you. Everyone will tremble with fear at the mention of your name.'

Wherever you go in that land, the LORD your God will make the people fear you, as he has promised, and no one will be able to stop you.

Then all the peoples on earth will see that the LORD has chosen you to be his own people, and they will be afraid of you.

His friend replied, "It's the sword of the Israelite, Gideon son of Joash! It can't mean anything else! God has given him victory over Midian and our whole army!"

All the Philistines in the countryside were terrified; the raiders and the soldiers in the camp trembled with fear; the earth shook, and there was great panic.

The Lord had made the Syrians hear what sounded like the advance of a large army with horses and chariots, and the Syrians thought that the king of Israel had hired Hittite and Egyptian kings and their armies to attack them.

We were afraid as soon as we heard about it; we have all lost our courage because of you. The LORD your God is God in heaven above and here on earth.

Saul's men on watch at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin saw the Philistines running in confusion.

Then even the bravest men, as fearless as lions, will be afraid because everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great soldier and that his men are hard fighters.

The wicked see this and are angry; they glare in hate and disappear; their hopes are gone forever.

This is a message about Egypt. The LORD is coming to Egypt, riding swiftly on a cloud. The Egyptian idols tremble before him, and the people of Egypt lose their courage.

Nineveh is destroyed, deserted, desolate! Hearts melt with fear; knees tremble, strength is gone; faces grow pale.