Key verses
Ecclesiastes 4:9, 12 - Two are better than one, because they have good return for their work: Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.
James 3:9-10 - With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
Jeremiah
Chapter 13 opens with a symbolic story about how useless Israel has become to God because of their unfaithfulness. When a belt is buried and not used for the purpose of holding clothes around the waist, it is useless! Even so, when Israel doesn't obey God and participate in a relationship with Him, they are rather useless in that relationship. Can you imagine what Jeremiah must have been thinking when he had to bury his belt to make a point? Perhaps by this time he knew that such actions would eventually have meaning, but on first glance, I would wonder, what in the world does this have to do with anything?
John
Jesus' mother's persistence is interesting. Here is the Messiah, saying, please, don't ask anything of me just yet, but his mother tells the servants to do whatever he tells them anyway. Don't mothers know best?
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