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220) Looking for Job Job 31 If I put my confidence in gold Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my security!’ If I found my joy in my great wealth Because of the many possessions I acquired; If I saw the sun shining Or the moon moving in its splendor; And my heart was secretly enticed, And...

219) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Then David goes to Jonathan! - And Jonathan tells him he will be able to warn him if his father tries to do something against him! - But David thinks that Saul won’t say anything to Jonathan! - So David tells him what to do! - And David waits for...

218) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Saul wants to kill David! - Jonathan warns David! - And Jonathan speaks well of David to Saul so he refuses to kill David for the moment! - Later Saul tries to kill David another time! - But he escapes! - So Saul sends messengers to kill him...

219) Looking for Job Job 31 Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, And let my arm be broken at the elbow. For I dreaded disaster from God, And I could not stand before his dignity. - If he is guilty of anything, he accepts the consequences! - But he knows what he did! - He follows...

218) Looking for Job Job 31 If I denied justice to my male or female servants When they had a complaint against me, What can I do when God confronts me? What can I answer him when he calls for an accounting? Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them? Was it not the same One...

217) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - David and Jonathan, Saul’s son, develop a strong relationship! - They make a covenant between each other! - David stays at Saul’s service! - Saul puts him in charge of his fighting men! - David is more celebrated than Saul! - So Saul becomes...

217) Looking for Job Job 31 If my footsteps deviate from the way Or my heart has followed after my eyes Or my hands have been defiled, Then let me sow seed and someone else eat, And let what I plant be uprooted. If my heart has been enticed by a woman And I have lain in wait at my...

216) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - The philistines and the israelites assemble to fight! - Then a giant named Goliath defies the Israelites! - He proposes a fight between him and an Israelites! - Whoever loses will become the servants of the other side! - But the Israelites are...

216) Looking for Job Job 31 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. So how could I show improper attention to a virgin? What, then, would be my share from God above, What inheritance from the Almighty on high? Does not disaster await the wrongdoer And calamity those doing what is harmful...

215) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Finally, Samuel indicates he has come for the youngest son of Jesse! - And Samuel anoints David as king of Israel! - And God’s spirit leaves Saul! - And God terrorizes him with a bad spirit! - So his servants look for someone who can play the harp...

215) Looking for Job Job 30 Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times? Have I not grieved for the poor? Although I hoped for good, bad came; I expected the light, but darkness came. The churning inside me did not stop; Days of affliction confronted me. I walk about gloomy...

214) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Samuel did what God said. When he came to Bethlehem, the elders of the city were trembling at meeting him, and they said: “Does your coming mean peace?” To this he said: “It means peace. I have come to sacrifice to God. Sanctify yourselves, and come with...

214) Looking for Job Job 30 God has thrown me down into the mud; I am reduced to dust and ashes. I cry to you for help, but you do not answer me; I stand up, but you just look at me. You have cruelly turned against me; With the full might of your hand, you assault me. You pick me up and...

213) God and Samuel / Samuel and God God eventually said to Samuel: “How long will you mourn for Saul now that I have rejected him from ruling as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have selected from among his sons a king for...

213) Looking for Job Job 30 Terror overwhelms me; My dignity is driven away like the wind, And my salvation vanishes like a cloud. Now my life ebbs from me; Days of affliction take hold of me. Aching pierces my bones at night; The gnawing pain never stops. With great force my garment...

212) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - When Samuel anoints Saul as king, he tells him to destroy the Amalekites because they opposed Israel when they were coming from Egypt! - So Saul goes after the Amalekites but he doesn’t kill their king Agag and keeps the best of the flock and all that...

212) Looking for Job Job 30 “Now they laugh at me —Men younger than I am, Whose fathers I would have refused To put with the dogs that guarded my flock. Of what use was the power of their hands to me? Their vigor has perished. They are worn out from want and hunger; They gnaw at the...

211) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Saul wants to go after the Philistines! - So he asks if he has God’s favor! - But God doesn’t answer! - Then Saul wants to kill his son Jonathan because he ate some honey! - But the people refuse because he has started fighting against the...

211) Looking for Job Job 29 I used to say, ‘I will die in my own home, And my days will be as numerous as the grains of sand. My roots will spread out into the waters, And dew will stay all night on my branches. My glory is constantly renewed, And the bow in my hand will keep shooting.’...

210) God and Samuel / Samuel and God - Jonathan attacks the Philistines and later the Philistines kill each other! - God gives the philistines in the hand of Israel! - But Saul had told the Israelites not to eat! - And Jonathan didn’t know it! - So he eats some honey! - Then the...