Judges 5:4   (Read all of Judges 5)

"When you, Lord, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.

Judges 5:10   (Read all of Judges 5)

"You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, consider

Judges 5:12   (Read all of Judges 5)

'Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, Barak! Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.'

Judges 5:14   (Read all of Judges 5)

Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander's staff.

Judges 5:16   (Read all of Judges 5)

Why did you stay among the sheep pensto hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.

Judges 5:31   (Read all of Judges 5)

"So may all your enemies perish, Lord! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength." Then the land had peace forty years.

Judges 6:8   (Read all of Judges 6)

he sent them a prophet, who said, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Judges 6:9   (Read all of Judges 6)

I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors; I drove them out before you and gave you their land.

Judges 6:10   (Read all of Judges 6)

I said to you, 'I am the Lord your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.' But you have not listened to me."

Judges 6:12   (Read all of Judges 6)

When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior."

Judges 6:14   (Read all of Judges 6)

The Lord turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?"

Judges 6:16   (Read all of Judges 6)

The Lord answered, "I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive."

Judges 6:17   (Read all of Judges 6)

Gideon replied, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign that it is really you talking to me.

Judges 6:18   (Read all of Judges 6)

Please do not go away until I come back and bring my offering and set it before you." And the Lord said, "I will wait until you return."

Judges 6:19   (Read all of Judges 6)

Gideon went inside, prepared a young goat, and from an ephah of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat in a basket and its broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.

Judges 6:23   (Read all of Judges 6)

But the Lord said to him, "Peace! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die."

Judges 6:25   (Read all of Judges 6)

That same night the Lord said to him, "Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father's altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

Judges 6:26   (Read all of Judges 6)

Then build a proper kind of altar to the Lord your God on the top of this height. Using the wood of the Asherah pole that you cut down, offer the second bull as a burnt offering."

Judges 6:30   (Read all of Judges 6)

The people of the town demanded of Joash, "Bring out your son. He must die, because he has broken down Baal's altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it."

Judges 6:31   (Read all of Judges 6)

But Joash replied to the hostile crowd around him, "Are you going to plead Baal's cause? Are you trying to save him? Whoever fights for him shall be put to death by morning! If Baal really is a god, he can defend himself when someone breaks down his altar."

Judges 6:36   (Read all of Judges 6)

Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised-

Judges 6:37   (Read all of Judges 6)

look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said."

Judges 7:2   (Read all of Judges 7)

The Lord said to Gideon, "You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, 'My own strength has saved me.'

Judges 7:4   (Read all of Judges 7)

But the Lord said to Gideon, "There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go; but if I say, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go."