Genesis 20:2

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.

You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

“If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”

The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”

Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

“ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another.

Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn’t he the son of Jerubbaal? Isn’t Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem, but why should we serve him?

Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?

“Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says: “ ‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.

Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister’? She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”

At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let’s make a covenant with you,

He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

Yahweh’s word came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of your hand.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is included in the book of the kings of Israel.

They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.”

In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.

But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

For I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.

There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.

His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.