Genesis 24:2-3
2And Abraham said to his servant, athe oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, b“Put your hand under my thigh, 3that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that cyou will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,Genesis 39:2-5
2 dThe Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. 3His master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord ecaused all that he did to succeed in his hands. 4So Joseph ffound favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house gand put him in charge of all that he had. 5From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house hfor Joseph’s sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field.Genesis 39:22-23
22And the keeper of the prison iput Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. 23The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because jthe Lord was with him. And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.Exodus 24:13
13So Moses rose with his assistant kJoshua, and Moses went up linto the mountain of God.2 Kings 3:11
11 mAnd Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may inquire of the Lord?” Then one of the king of Israel’s servants answered, n“Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, owho poured water on the hands of Elijah.”Proverbs 17:2
2A servant who deals wisely will rule over pa son who acts shamefullyand qwill share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Proverbs 22:29
29Do you see a man skillful in his work?He will rstand before kings;
he will not stand before obscure men.
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