Then I saw the seven angels (A)who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

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And I saw the seven angels(A) who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.(B)

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Elijah Predicts a Drought

17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of (A)Tishbe[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, (B)“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, (C)before whom I stand, (D)there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

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  1. 1 Kings 17:1 Septuagint; Hebrew of the settlers

Elijah Announces a Great Drought

17 Now Elijah(A) the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead,(B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain(C) in the next few years except at my word.”

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  1. 1 Kings 17:1 Or Tishbite, of the settlers

Satan Allowed to Test Job

Now there was a day when (A)the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and (B)Satan[a] also came among them.

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  1. Job 1:6 Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary; so throughout chapters 1–2

One day the angels[a](A) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b](B) also came with them.(C)

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  1. Job 1:6 Hebrew the sons of God
  2. Job 1:6 Hebrew satan means adversary.

(A)In all their affliction he was afflicted,[a]
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
(B)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    (C)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or he did not afflict

In all their distress he too was distressed,
    and the angel(A) of his presence(B) saved them.[a]
In his love and mercy he redeemed(C) them;
    he lifted them up and carried(D) them
    all the days of old.(E)

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  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or Savior in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

10 “See that you do not despise (A)one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven (B)their angels always (C)see the face of my Father who is in heaven.[a]

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  1. Matthew 18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man came to save the lost

The Parable of the Wandering Sheep(A)

10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels(B) in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

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