But when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger.

And He said to Abram: Consider to know that your seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why has Sarah laughed, saying, Shall I surely give birth, I who have become old?

And Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, Behold, surely she is your wife; so why have you said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I thought, Lest I die on account of her.

And behold, the Angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, Arise quickly! And his chains fell off his hands.

But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are perfect toward Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on there will be wars for you.

The Angel of Jehovah encamps round about those who fear Him, and rescues them.

He answered and said, Behold! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and there is no harm to them. And the form of the fourth is like the son of a god.

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.

My God has sent His Angel, and He has shut the mouths of the lions. And they have not harmed me, because in His sight innocence was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no harm.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who are about to inherit salvation.

And David spoke to Jehovah the words of this song, on the day when Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

He will deliver you in six troubles; yea, in seven no evil shall touch you:

Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy;

Jehovah redeems the soul of His servants; and none of those who trust in Him shall be held guilty.

Jehovah will watch over him and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed on the earth; and You will not deliver him to the soul of his enemies.

You who love Jehovah, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened exceedingly, beyond strength, so that we despaired even of life.

who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us, in whom we hope that He will still deliver us,

then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust for the day of judgment, to be punished,

And when it was day, some of the Jews made a pact and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.

So when Paul's sister's son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.

So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to make more specific inquiries about him.

So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, Tell no one that you have disclosed these things to me.

and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.

And when I wanted to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council.

And when it was disclosed to me that the Jews were about to carry out a plot against the man, I sent him immediately to you, and also commanded his accusers to state before you the charges against him. Farewell.

But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.

asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.

Therefore, he said, let those who have authority among you go down with me and accuse this man, whatever there might be in him.

if the men of my tent have not said, who is there that is not satisfied with his flesh?