"Simeon and Levi [are] brothers; Instruments of cruelty [are in] their dwelling place.

Cursed [be] their anger, for [it is] fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob And scatter them in Israel.

And Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? The LORD will trouble you this day." So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.

And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house [have,] in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

The son of Carmi [was] Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.

The merciful man does good for his own soul, But [he who is] cruel troubles his own flesh.

He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, And the fool [will be] servant to the wise of heart.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.

And they said to them, "Let the LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us abhorrent in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."

Now all Israel heard it said [that] Saul had attacked a garrison of the Philistines, and [that] Israel had also become an abomination to the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.

So Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; therefore he will be my servant forever."

When the people of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the people of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Syrian Maachah, and from Zobah.

"the likeness of any animal that [is] on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,

"The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;

Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,

When they were few in number, Indeed very few, and strangers in it.

I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.

"Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, 'This [is] his wife'; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I [am] the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.

"Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

And Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears [it,] he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

And David said in his heart, "Now I shall perish someday by the hand of Saul. [There is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. So I shall escape out of his hand."

who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, "So shall your descendants be."

He did not waver orruptible man -- and birds and belief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,