The LORD asked Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He answered, "I don't know. Am I supposed to take care of my brother?"

Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well."

Job answered, "You are talking nonsense! When God sends us something good, we welcome it. How can we complain when he sends us trouble?" Even in all this suffering Job said nothing against God.

You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.

The girl at the gate said to Peter, "Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?" "No, I am not," answered Peter.

Peter was still standing there keeping himself warm. So the others said to him, "Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?" But Peter denied it. "No, I am not," he said.

Again Peter said "No"---and at once a rooster crowed.

Your hearts and minds must be made completely new,

Do not lie to one another, for you have put off the old self with its habits

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

you would surely have discovered it, because you know our secret thoughts.

A lie has a short life, but truth lives on forever.

At once Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said to them, "Why do you think such things?

There was no need for anyone to tell him about them, because he himself knew what was in their hearts.

Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.