2 Thessalonians 2:10 They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.//
Death and destruction occurs when I violate God’s truth. 

Genesis 40:23
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.//
When we help people and they forget about us, I must learn not to hold a grudge.

Genesis 38:7
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.//
God punishes the wicked.

Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave. ” So his father wept for him.//
When we are sad, we can choose to become depressed and bitter.

2 Thessalonians 2:5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?//
Our tendency is to forget what we have learned about the Lord and His Word. 

Genesis 36:43
Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied. This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.//
Out of the many reasons that the Bible is true, why would someone take the time to make up fictitious names that are never mentioned again?

Genesis 32:11-12
Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children. But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”//
Fear will subside when we are confident that the Lord will keep His promises to us and protect us.

Genesis 31:1-2
Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.” And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been.//
Gossip creates bad attitudes and bad attitudes destroy relationships.

Genesis 29:31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.//
The Lord comes to the aid of those who are not loved.

Genesis 27:32-35 His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?” “I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.” Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!” When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me—me too, my father!” But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”//
Jacob was a jerk. If god’s chosen people came from him, then God can work in me also.