Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.” — Genesis 23:12-13 Sarah died upon hearing that Abraham was...

Scripture: “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalms 139:23-24 Lesson: The following list will help us explore the first half of some of the things...

Then he prayed, “LORD, God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.” — Genesis 24:12 Abraham’s servant set out to find a wife for Abraham’s son, Isaac. The woman had to be a blood relative to Abraham, willing to leave her...

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. — Genesis 24:67 “Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death” once he married Rebekah. However,...

Keep falsehood and lies far from me;     give me neither poverty nor riches,     but give me only my daily bread. — Proverbs 30:8 “Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much...

They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s;     the poison of vipers is on their lips. — Psalm 140:3 Speaking slander is taken very seriously in the Bible. When people gossip, they violate no less than 31 biblical commandments. The most classic commandment...

Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. — Genesis 25:21 Isaac prayed for his childless wife Rebekah, and she then became pregnant. It wasn’t as easy as it might...