But he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same.
Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
All the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.”
And Hazael said, “What is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.”
Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say, and speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you, and we will hear and do it.’ “And the Lord heard your words, when you spoke to me. And the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They are right in all that they have spoken. Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!
As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
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