HEBREWS 10:38: "Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him."

GENESIS 1:6-8: "And God said, 'Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.' So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault 'sky.' And there was evening, and there was morning--the second day."

ACTS 28:1-5: "Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, 'This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.' But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects."

LUKE 1: 26-28: In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."

EXODUS 13:19: Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, "God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place."

EXODUS 16:31: The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

MARK 12:6-8: "He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, 'They will respect my son.' But the tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard."

GENESIS 31:19: "When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household gods."

Lazarus was the brother of Mary and Martha. When he fell ill, the two sisters sent word to Jesus, but by the time he arrived, Lazarus was already dead. Jesus had them roll the stone away from the tomb and called Lazarus forth. He rose up, still in his grave-clothes. The resurrection of Lazarus is one of Jesus' most famous miracles.

MARK 6:22-25: "When Salome, the daughter of Herodias, came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, 'Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you.' And he promised her with an oath, 'Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.' She went out and said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for?' 'The head of John the Baptist,' she answered. At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: 'I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.'"