Comes

Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’

“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”

He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”

Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.

And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.

If, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.

While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in.

…from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

…from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.

…and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

…and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

…or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.

All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.

…but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”

But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”

So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

…and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”

Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.

Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,

Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,

…the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.

Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

…when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

“Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”

…then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”

As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”

Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”

When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

…for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.

Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”

Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You.

When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.

For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.

‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’

Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.

The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.

Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.

A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.

For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.

Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.

…before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.

My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

…when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”