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[28] Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
[29] And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you!”
[30] So the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day? Was I ever disposed to do this to you?”
2 Kings 2:23-25 (NKJV)
[23] Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
[24] So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.
[25] Then he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
Luke 2:36-38 (NKJV)
[36] Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;
[37] and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
[38] And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 38:2-5 (NKJV)
[2] Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord,
[3] and said, “Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
[4] And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,
[5] “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.
Malachi 3:8-12 (NKJV)
[8] “Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
In tithes and offerings.
[9] You are cursed with a curse,
For you have robbed Me,
Even this whole nation.
[10] Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.
[11] “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”
Says the Lord of hosts;
[12] “And all nations will call you blessed,
For you will be a delightful land,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Ruth 1:1-5 (NKJV)
[1] Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
[2] The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion—Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to the country of Moab and remained there.
[3] Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
[4] Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years.
[5] Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.
Luke 13:10-13 (NKJV)
[10] Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
[11] And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.
[12] But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.”
[13] And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.