(NIV)
Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it – it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.’
Behold, this
city is
near enough to
flee to, and
it is a
little one. Let me
escape there—is it not a
little one?—and my
life will be
saved!”
(NIV)
Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the
Lord delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken the
Lord, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash.
Though the
army of the
Syrians had
come with
few men,
the
Lord delivered into their
hand a
very great army,
because Judah had
forsaken the
Lord, the
God of their
fathers. Thus they
executed judgment on
Joash.
(NIV)
Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous will your future be.
And though your
beginning was
small,
your
latter days will be
very great.
(NIV)
When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but with humility comes wisdom.
When
pride comes, then
comes disgrace,
but with the
humble is
wisdom.
(NIV)
For a little while your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
Your
holy people held
possession for a
little while;
our
adversaries have
trampled down your
sanctuary.
(NIV)
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the
Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
He has
told you, O
man,
what is
good;
and
what does the
Lord require of you
but to
do justice, and to
love kindness and to
walk humbly with your
God?
(NIV)
I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
likewise also that
women should
adorn themselves in respectable apparel,
with modesty and self-control,
not with braided hair
and gold or pearls or costly attire,
(NIV)
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Therefore an
overseer must be above
reproach,
the
husband of
one wife sober-minded,
self-controlled,
respectable,
hospitable,
able to
teach,
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