“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. ¹  You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. ² 

You must be sure to obey my statutes. ¹  I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

So these things must be a statutory ordinance ¹  for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live.

So you must keep his ¹  commandments, live according to his standards, ²  and revere him.

“Therefore, keep the terms ¹  of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

This is what she wrote: ¹  “Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.

to have them observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of the month of Adar each year

If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

May those who wait to ambush me ¹  be repaid for their evil! ²  As a demonstration of your faithfulness, ³  destroy them!

For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise. ¹ 

Yet they challenged and defied ¹  the sovereign God, ²  and did not obey ³  his commands. ⁴ 

I am a friend to all your loyal followers, ¹  and to those who keep your precepts.

Support me, so that I will be delivered. Then I will focus ¹  on your statutes continually.

You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; ¹  you are aware of everything I do. ² 

My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

When the wicked increase, ¹  transgression increases, but the righteous will see ²  their downfall.

Do you see someone ¹  who is hasty in his words? ²  There is more hope for a fool than for him. ³ 

“‘Observe – everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

So ¹  I will pounce on them like a lion; ²  like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

But he replied, ¹  “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey ²  it!”