Judg 7:13-14, 16-20, Lam 4:2, 1Cor 1:28, 4:9-13, 2Cor 5:1, 10:10, Gal 4:13-14 | ESV | STEP | When Gideon came , behold , a man was telling a dream to his comrade . And he said , Behold , I dreamed a dream , and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down , so that the tent lay flat .

13 When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.” 14 And his comrade answered, “This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given into his hand Midian and all the camp.”

Judges 7:16-20

16 And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with ^atorches inside the jars. 17 And he said to them, “Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do. 18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, ^b‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’”

Gideon Defeats Midian

19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands. 20 Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. ^cAnd they cried out, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”

Lamentations 4:2

2 The precious sons of Zion,
worth their weight in ^dfine gold,
how they are regarded as ^eearthen pots,
the work of a potter’s hands!

1 Corinthians 1:28

28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^fthings that are not, to ^gbring to nothing things that are,

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^hlike men sentenced to death, because we ⁱhave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 ^jWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^kyou are wise in Christ. ^lWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^mwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ⁿbuffeted and ^ohomeless, 12 and we ^plabor, working with our own hands. ^qWhen reviled, we bless; ^rwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^sWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^tthe refuse of all things.

2 Corinthians 5:1

Our Heavenly Dwelling

1 For we know that if ^uthe tent that is ^vour earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, ^wa house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 10:10

10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but ^xhis bodily presence is weak, and ^yhis speech of no account.”

Galatians 4:13-14

13 You know it was ^zbecause of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you ^aaat first, 14 and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me ^abas an angel of God, ^acas Christ Jesus.