And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.

Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and my soul shall live because of you.

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife.

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he was afraid to say, She is my wife, thinking, Lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, because she was of a pleasant appearance.

And Aaron said, Do not let the anger of my lord be kindled. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

And I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf came out.

And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the mouth of Jehovah and your words, because I feared the people and heeded their voice.

And David thought in his heart, Now I shall perish one day at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should slip away to escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. Thus I shall escape out of his hand.

And David would save alive neither man nor woman, to come to Gath; thinking, Lest they should report on us, saying, Thus has David done. And this was his manner all the days he dwelt in the land of the Philistines.

And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beer-sheba of Judah, and left his servant there.

And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied and have not remembered Me, nor laid it to your heart? Have I not been silent, even for a long time, and you did not fear Me?

And do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who has power to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Then His disciples came and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?

Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, You also were with Jesus of Galilee.

And when he had gone out to the porch, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth.

And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.

This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone should confess that He was Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed into Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, that they might not be put out of the synagogue;

From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone making himself a king speaks against Caesar.

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;

And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

At my first defense no one stood with me, but all deserted me. May it not be reckoned against them.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the preaching of the message might be fulfilled through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

He who handles a matter wisely shall find good, and whoever trusts in Jehovah, happy is he.

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; the righteous one runs into it and is safe.

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were delivered into their hand, for they cried out unto God in the battle; and He was entreated for them, because they had trusted in Him.

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man.

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Those who trust in Jehovah are like Mount Zion, which is not shaken, but remains forever.

It is good that you should grasp this; yea, also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth out from them all.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His Angel and has delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and have changed the king's words, and have given their bodies that they might not serve nor prostrate themselves before any god except their own God.

Then the king was exceedingly glad over him. And he commanded to bring up Daniel from the den. And Daniel was brought out of the den, and no harm was found on him, because he trusted in his God.

who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

But I am lowly and in pain; let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.