Psa 82, Act 19:34-35, Rom 1:21-28, 3:11, 1Cor 1:24-26, Rev 13:13-16 | ESV | STEP | A Psalm of Asaph . God has taken his place in the divine council ; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment :

Psalms 82

Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of ^aAsaph.

1 ^bGod ^chas taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of ^dthe gods he ^eholds judgment:
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and ^fshow partiality to ^gthe wicked? Selah
3 ^hGive justice to ⁱthe weak and the fatherless;
^jmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 ^kRescue the weak and the needy;
^ldeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
5 ^mThey have neither knowledge nor understanding,
ⁿthey walk about in darkness;
^oall the foundations of the earth are ^pshaken.
6 ^qI said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, like men ^ryou shall die,
and fall like any prince.” ^{▼▼Or fall as one man, O princes}
8 ^tArise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall ^uinherit all the nations!

Acts 19:34-35

34 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all cried out with one voice, ^v“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

35 And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from ^wthe sky? ^{▼▼The meaning of the Greek is uncertain}

Romans 1:21-28

21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they ^ybecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 ^zClaiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and ^aaexchanged the glory of ^abthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore ^acGod gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to ^adthe dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for ^aea lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, ^afwho is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason ^agGod gave them up to ^ahdishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, ^aimen committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^ajGod gave them up to ^aka debased mind to do ^alwhat ought not to be done.

Romans 3:11

11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.

1 Corinthians 1:24-26

24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^amthe power of God and ^anthe wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26 For consider your calling, brothers: ^aonot many of you were wise according to worldly standards, ^{▼▼Greek according to the flesh} not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

Revelation of John 13:13-16

13 ^aqIt performs great signs, even ^armaking fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of ^{▼▼Or on behalf of} the beast ^atit deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast ^authat was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not ^avworship the image of the beast ^awto be slain. 16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, ^{▼▼Greek bondservant} ^ayto be marked on the right hand or the forehead,