but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.

But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”

But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.”

“I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”

But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate.

But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.

But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.”

But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they looked into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them.

So Saul asked God, “Shall I go down and pursue the Philistines? Will you give them into Israel’s hand?” But God did not answer him that day.

David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not give David into his hands.

But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.

But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.

“Job says, ‘I am innocent, but God denies me justice.

But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.

But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.

but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.

God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.

But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”

“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

He gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child.

“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: “‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?

He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.

but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen.

But God raised him from the dead,

But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen—

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows—

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.

A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.

Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.

Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father.”

But God found fault with the people and said: “The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.

They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.