But when he heard that Archelaus ¹  was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, ²  he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, ¹  I set aside childish ways.

Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these ¹  seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony ¹  for safekeeping. ² 

Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, ¹  it is clean,

The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days. ¹ 

and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

But evil people are like thorns – all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.

When the king passed by, he called out to the king, “Your servant went out into the heat ¹  of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. ²  He told me, ‘Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, ³  you will pay with your life or with a talent ⁴  of silver.’ ⁵ 

Would you indeed annul ¹  my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

But ¹  you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies. ² 

The wicked turn aside from birth; ¹  liars go astray as soon as they are born. ² 

Do not reject me in my old age! ¹  When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

Restore us, O God our deliverer! Do not be displeased with us! ¹ 

So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’” ¹ 

I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; ¹  I am shaken off like a locust.

With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak. ¹ 

Instruction ¹  from the wise ²  is like ³  a life-giving fountain, ⁴  to turn ⁵  a person ⁶  from deadly snares. ⁷ 

It is terrible ¹  to show partiality ²  to the wicked, ³  by depriving ⁴  a righteous man of justice.