Acts 7:12

Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’

The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.

He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”

When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”

If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food;

and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble when it was said, “You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!”

All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

Yahweh said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?

When he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”

Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

“Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.

“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke.

but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Good News for the uncircumcised, even as Peter with the Good News for the circumcised—

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.