And Gideon sent messengers into all of Mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Midian, and take to yourselves the water as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan. And every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water before hand unto Beth Barah and the Jordan.

And they took the princess of Midian, even Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they slew Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. And they pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from beyond the Jordan.

For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You were well pleased with them.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy and Your truth;

The Lord is my strength and my song, and has become my salvation.

The right hand of the Lord has exalted me; the right hand of the Lord has done powerfully.

For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.'

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself too highly, beyond what you should think, but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one a measure of faith.

Having then gifts differing according to the grace having been given to us, [let us use them]: whether prophecy, [let us prophecy] according to the proportion of faith;

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ did not work out through me, in word and deed, for the obedience of [the] Gentiles--

in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves.

Anger slays even wise men, yet a submissive answer turns away wrath; but a grievous word stirs up anger.

A man slow to anger is better than a strong man, and he that governs [his] temper better than he that takes a city.

As a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so [is it] to speak a wise word.

In long suffering is prosperity to kings, and a soft tongue breaks the bones.