You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set such men o...ver them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. Let them sit as judges for the people at all times; let them bring every important case to you, but decide every minor case themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If prophets or those who divine by dreams appear among you and promise you omens or portents, and the omens or the portents declar...ed by them take place, and they say, "Let us follow other gods" (whom you have not known) "and let us serve them," you must not heed the words of those prophets or those who divine by dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you indeed love the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to y...ou who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, an...d with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, bui...lt upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather you...r children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a mighty sav...ior for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Then turning to the disciples, Jesus said to them privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many... prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »