Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
By a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
It will happen in the day that the LORD will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,
As birds hovering, so the LORD of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it."
You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.
yes, he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth."
Thus says the LORD, "In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
"'Even those who serve them are ashamed, for if they fall to the ground at any time, they cannot rise up again of themselves; neither, if one sets them upright, can they move of themselves; neither, if they are bowed down, can they make themselves straight; yet they set gifts before them as before dead men.
"For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, 'I will not serve;' for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
It will happen, when you say, 'Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?' Then you shall say to them, 'Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'
Neither do they say in their heart, 'Let us now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'
and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.
Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know the LORD's law.
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
Then you shall tell them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.
You, even of yourself, shall discontinue from your heritage that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don't know: for you have kindled a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.
This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him.
All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant.
It shall happen, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
But as for you, don't you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:
But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that [nation] will I let remain in their own land, says the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Don't listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.
Don't listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?
For thus says the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the animals of the field also.
but they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn't listen to me, neither inclined their ear.
I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, [and] to serve other gods, that they didn't know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.
that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.
If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"
So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.
If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
when you disobey the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you."
Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
"Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve the LORD.
If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
The people answered, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.
the LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he is our God."
Joshua said to the people, "You can't serve the LORD; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good."
The people said to Joshua, "No; but we will serve the LORD."
Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him." They said, "We are witnesses."
The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice."
Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of the LORD, that he had worked for Israel.
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD that he had worked for Israel.
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals;
They forsook the LORD, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?
Then Zebul said to him, "Now where is your mouth, that you said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Isn't this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them."
The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the LORD, and didn't serve him.
The children of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals."
Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods: therefore I will save you no more.
They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe."
"'You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am the LORD.'"
"'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:
to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"
He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.
But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.
But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."
and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?
Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."
But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.
You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of Armies?
They shall be mine," says the LORD of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.
He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth."
For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.
He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.
Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?"
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
You are the LORD, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.
they joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.
These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.
These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD.
and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall serve no more,
"'When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses,
You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
This shall be yours of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
"To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.
"Command the children of Israel, and tell them, 'My offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to me, you shall observe to offer to me in their due season.'
whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you.
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
the LORD is in his holy temple. the LORD is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
You will keep them, the LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.
Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
Oh love the LORD, all you his saints! the LORD preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. the LORD, you preserve man and animal.
For the LORD loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, the LORD. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
the LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
who preserves our life among the living, and doesn't allow our feet to be moved.
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
You who love the LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
the LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me. BET
I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. LAMED
Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.
I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't observe your law. TZADI
I look at the faithless with loathing, because they don't observe your word.
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