And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of ¹  the ungodly and sinners? ² 

Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw.

For by speaking high-sounding but empty words ¹  they are able to entice, ²  with fleshly desires and with debauchery, ³  people ⁴  who have just escaped ⁵  from those who reside in error. ⁶ 

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, ¹  how much more ²  the wicked sinner! ³ 

O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline. ¹ 

May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply. ¹ 

Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil ¹  and chasing the wind.

Even by saying ¹  these things, they scarcely persuaded ²  the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? ¹  And what advantage ²  does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive? ³ 

Who is the Lord ¹  trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? ²  Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast! ³ 

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit ¹  immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. ¹  He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

In him ¹  we have redemption through his blood, ²  the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

They had not gone very far from the city ¹  when Joseph said ²  to the servant who was over his household, “Pursue the men at once! ³  When you overtake ⁴  them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah ¹  with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah (Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor). ² 

“Before I finished praying in my heart, ¹  along came Rebekah ²  with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

When I break off your supply of bread, ¹  ten women will bake your bread in one oven; they will ration your bread by weight, ²  and you will eat and not be satisfied.

how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God. ¹ 

The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli ¹  asked, “How did things go, my son?”