And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, so that he will not put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner.
I am sought by those who did not ask for me; I am found by those who did not seek me: I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation that was not called by my name.
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
He cried out also in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause those who have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.