Genesis 16:6
And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
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Genesis 24:10And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
Job 2:6And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.
Proverbs 14:29He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
Proverbs 15:17Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
Proverbs 29:19A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.
Jeremiah 38:5Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:5-7
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. We have here the immediate bad… Read the whole commentary →