Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.

I am like those who do not answer, because they cannot hear.

"He was treated harshly, but endured it humbly; he never said a word. Like a lamb about to be slaughtered, like a sheep about to be sheared, he never said a word.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered, "Your Majesty, we will not try to defend ourselves.

The passage of scripture which he was reading was this: "He was like a sheep that is taken to be slaughtered, like a lamb that makes no sound when its wool is cut off. He did not say a word.

The official asked Philip, "Tell me, of whom is the prophet saying this? Of himself or of someone else?"

When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.

Sin offerings are required in the following cases. If you are officially summoned to give evidence in court and do not give information about something you have seen or heard, you must suffer the consequences.

Then the priest shall make the woman agree to this oath spoken by the priest: "If you have not committed adultery, you will not be harmed by the curse that this water brings.

may the LORD make your name a curse among your people. May he cause your genital organs to shrink and your stomach to swell up.

The Israelites were weak with hunger that day, because Saul, with a solemn oath, had given the order: "A curse be on anyone who eats any food today before I take revenge on my enemies." So nobody had eaten anything all day.

The woods were full of honey, but no one ate any of it because they were all afraid of Saul's curse.

But one of the men told him, "We are all weak from hunger, but your father threatened us and said, 'A curse be on anyone who eats any food today.' "

But Ahab replied, "When you speak to me in the name of the LORD, tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?"

But Ahab replied, "When you speak to me in the name of the LORD, tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?"

A thief 's partner is his own worst enemy. He will be punished if he tells the truth in court, and God will curse him if he doesn't.

But Jesus kept quiet and would not say a word. Again the High Priest questioned him, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed God?"

When day came, the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law met together, and Jesus was brought before the Council.

and if I ask you a question, you will not answer.

They all said, "Are you, then, the Son of God?" He answered them, "You say that I am."

"Who are you?" they asked him. Jesus answered, "What I have told you from the very beginning.

when the people gathered around him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? Tell us the plain truth: are you the Messiah?"

So Pilate asked him, "Are you a king, then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me."

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

"You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days! Save yourself if you are God's Son! Come on down from the cross!"

He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!"

When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, "He really was the Son of God!"

"On Zion, my sacred hill," he says, "I have installed my king."

"I will announce," says the king, "what the LORD has declared. He said to me: 'You are my son; today I have become your father.

A child is born to us! A son is given to us! And he will be our ruler. He will be called, "Wonderful Counselor," "Mighty God," "Eternal Father," "Prince of Peace."

His royal power will continue to grow; his kingdom will always be at peace. He will rule as King David's successor, basing his power on right and justice, from now until the end of time. The LORD Almighty is determined to do all this.

I have seen it," said John, "and I tell you that he is the Son of God."

"Teacher," answered Nathanael, "you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

Those who believe in the Son are not judged; but those who do not believe have already been judged, because they have not believed in God's only Son.

This saying made the Jewish authorities all the more determined to kill him; not only had he broken the Sabbath law, but he had said that God was his own Father and in this way had made himself equal with God.

For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. He will show him even greater things to do than this, and you will all be amazed.

Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,

"I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life.

And now we believe and know that you are the Holy One who has come from God."

The Father and I are one."

As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God?

The crowd answered back, "We have a law that says he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God."

But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life.

The testimony is this: God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son.

I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have eternal life---you that believe in the Son of God.