Exo 4:17, 1Sa 10:1-7, Mar 14:13-15, 2Cor 2:13, 7:6-7, 1Th 3:6-7 | ESV | STEP | And take in your hand this staff , with which you shall do the signs .

Exodus 4:17

17 And take in your hand ^athis staff, with which you shall do the signs.”

1 Samuel 10:1-7

Saul Anointed King

1 ^bThen Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head ^cand kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over ^ehis people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks over his people Israel? And you shall. . . . to be prince} over his heritage. 2 When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by ^gRachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, ^h‘The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now ⁱyour father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’ 3 Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the ^joak of Tabor. Three men ^kgoing up ^lto God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. 4 And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand. 5 After that you shall come to ^mGibeath-elohim, ^{▼▼ Gibeath-elohim means the hill of God} ^owhere there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down ^pfrom the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying. 6 ^qThen the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, ^rand you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. 7 Now when ^sthese signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, ^tfor God is with you.

Mark 14:13-15

13 And he sent ^utwo of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him, 14 and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ^v‘The Teacher says, Where is ^wmy guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 15 And he will show you ^xa large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.”

2 Corinthians 2:13

13 my spirit ^ywas not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 7:6-7

6 But ^zGod, who comforts the downcast, ^aacomforted us by the coming of Titus, 7 and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

1 Thessalonians 3:6-7

Timothy’s Encouraging Report

6 But ^abnow that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of ^acyour faith and love and reported ^adthat you always remember us kindly and ^aelong to see us, as we long to see you— 7 for this reason, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} in all our distress and affliction ^agwe have been comforted about you through your faith.