I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against …

In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

… a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his …

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.

… not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”

But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, …

Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and …

Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”

After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told …

… called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help …

so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

… become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,

and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and …

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

… ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high …