Certainly ¹  the Lord guards the way of the godly, ²  but the way of the wicked ends in destruction. ³ 

Such ¹  are the ways ²  of all who gain profit unjustly; ³  it ⁴  takes away the life ⁵  of those who obtain it! ⁶ 

The hope ¹  of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled. ² 

The one who neglects ¹  discipline ends up in ²  poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored. ³ 

There is a way that seems right to a person, ¹  but its end is the way that leads to death. ² 

There is a way that seems right to a person, ¹  but its end is the way that leads to death. ² 

One who has isolated himself ¹  seeks his own desires; ²  he rejects ³  all sound judgment.

Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, ¹  contention ceases. ² 

Though the stillborn child ¹  came into the world ²  for no reason ³  and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness, ⁴ 

They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated. ¹ 

the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, ¹  all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples; ² 

But take a few strands of hair ¹  from those and tie them in the ends of your garment. ² 

Did the word of God begin with you, ¹  or did it come to you alone?

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; ¹  its fate is to be burned.

For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant ¹  of Israel? ²  I will make you a light to the nations, ³  so you can bring ⁴  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Then I will reply, ¹  ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.

and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

Then the border will continue down the Jordan River ¹  and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”

the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth ¹  to the other).