There are many plans ¹  in a person’s mind, ²  but it ³  is the counsel ⁴  of the Lord which will stand.

I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce ¹  than gold from Ophir.

Jesus ¹  looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, ²  but for God all things are possible.”

But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”

What is born of the flesh is flesh, ¹  and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

When ¹  the magicians attempted ²  to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals.

If a man dies, will he live again? ¹  All the days of my hard service ²  I will wait ³  until my release comes. ⁴ 

Your justice is like the highest mountains, ¹  your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve ²  mankind and the animal kingdom. ³ 

“Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals.

She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people. ¹ 

Jesus looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, ¹  but not for God; all things are possible for God.”

But if we say, ‘From people – ’” (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his great glory ¹  and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us ²  that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.

So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in ¹  humankind indefinitely, ²  since ³  they ⁴  are mortal. ⁵  They ⁶  will remain for 120 more years.” ⁷ 

For your lifeblood ¹  I will surely exact punishment, ²  from ³  every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person ⁴  I will exact punishment for the life of the individual ⁵  since the man was his relative. ⁶ 

“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, ¹  “but Israel, ²  because you have fought ³  with God and with men and have prevailed.”

It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester ¹  on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt.”

So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand toward the sky ¹  that there may be ²  hail in all the land of Egypt, on people and on animals, ³  and on everything that grows ⁴  in the field in the land of Egypt.”