17:50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, striking down the Philistine and killing him; there was no sword in David’s hand. 51Then David ran and stood over the Philistine; he grasped his sword, drew it out of its sheath, and killed him; then he cut off his head with it….

1 Save me, O God, by your name,and vindicate me by your might.2 Hear my prayer, O God;give ear to the words of my mouth.3 For the insolent have risen against me,the ruthless seek my life;they do not set God before them.Selah4 But surely, God is my helper;the Lord is the upholder of[a] my life.5…

36While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 37They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. 38He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39Look at my hands and my feet;…

1In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as it was called. 2He as a devout man who feared God with all his household; he gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God. 3One afternoon at about three o’clock he had a vision in which he…

24Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25Now therefore, I pray, pardon my sin, and return with me, so that I may worship the LORD.” 26Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with…

1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;from him comes my salvation.2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,my fortress; I shall never be shaken. 3 How long will you assail a person,will you batter your victim, all of you,as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?4 Their only plan is to…

1Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. 4Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those…

10Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” He answered, “Here I am, Lord.” 11The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. At this moment…

3:19Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “The Hebrews must not make swords or spears for themselves”; 20so all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, or sickles; 21The charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares…

1 Hear my prayer, O LORD;give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness;answer me in your righteousness.2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,for no one living is righteous before you. 3 For the enemy has pursued me,crushing my life to the ground,making me sit in darkness like those long dead.4 Therefore my spirit…