1 Samuel 25:14

All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,

Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.”

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’ ”

So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which Yahweh has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?”

Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. He came to his father and mother and gave to them, and they ate, but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the lion’s body.

Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.” They answered him, “May Yahweh bless you.”

Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.

It came to pass that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”

Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.

Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”

then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him; for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. Joram brought with him vessels of silver, vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze.

The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Then the king sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’ ”

Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.

Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.

and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build Yahweh’s temple;

and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’ ”

Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, then commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers and stayed with them one day.

Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.

Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.

But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, “Who are you?” They answered, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah. We are going down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen.”

They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”