Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode.
for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem,
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!
Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem;
Now therefore, go by night, you and the people who are with you, and set an ambush in the field.
So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night.
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt
Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;
So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal.
The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
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