Genesis 42:20

Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”

You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.”

Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’ ”

but if you don’t send him, we won’t go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’ ”

You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’

Again he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, ‘You dry bones, hear Yahweh’s word.

Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’

You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’

When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh shut him in.

“These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters to us for wives, and let’s give them our daughters.

By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon.”

Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.

Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.

He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,

He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” They cast it therefore, and now they weren’t able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.

Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.

Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

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.”

He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”

They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

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

He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?” He said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”

They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians don’t eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

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.

Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’

Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

All the children of Israel did so. As Yahweh commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

and he burned incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.

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.

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;

Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

She said, “Let it be as you have said.” She sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet line in the window.

Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken to him. Because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, he could not do it by day, but he did it by night.

She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. Let her observe all that I commanded her.”

She went down to the threshing floor, and did everything that her mother-in-law told her.

She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.

He said, “Good. I will make a treaty with you, but one thing I require of you. That is, you will not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.”

David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.

in addition to that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.

She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate many days.

Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

David did as God commanded him; and they attacked the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.

David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in Yahweh’s name.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.

Though they say, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”

For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

Now, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t. Behold, all the land is before you. Where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.”

He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.

Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.

Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.

He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.

They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.

He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”

You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

But rise up and enter into the city, then you will be told what you must do.”

And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.