Don’t be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. You yourself will be king over Israel, and I’ll be your second-in-command....

  The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life--life in all its fullness.       ...

Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: ...