Malachi 3:1-4; 4:5-6 (‘I will send you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes’)

Micah 5:2-5 (‘From you shall come forth one who is to be ruler in Israel’) Hebrews 10:5-10(‘Behold, I have come to do your will.’)

Song of Solomon 2:8-14 (‘Behold, my beloved comes leaping over the mountains’)

Isaiah 7:10-14 (‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive’)

Judges 13:2-7, 24-25 (The birth of Samson is announced by an angel.)

Jeremiah 23:5-8 (‘I will raise up for David a righteous Branch.’)

Genesis 49:2, 8-10 (‘The sceptre shall not depart from Judah’)

Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17 (‘A star shall come out of Jacob’)

Zephaniah 3:14-18 (‘The Lord will exultante over you with loud singing’) Philippians 4:4-7 (‘The Lord is at hand’)

Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11 (Elijah will come again.) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (‘We impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God.’)