Above all, you do well if you recognize ¹  this: ²  No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet’s own imagination, ³ 

If two men ¹  get into a hand-to-hand fight, and the wife of one of them gets involved to help her husband against his attacker, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, ² 

The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, ¹  my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.

I went there ¹  because of ²  a revelation and presented ³  to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so ⁴  only in a private meeting with the influential people, ⁵  to make sure that I was not running – or had not run ⁶  – in vain.

Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother ¹  and was at the point of tears. ²  So he went to his room and wept there.

So then ¹  whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered ²  in private rooms ³  will be proclaimed from the housetops. ⁴ 

“If ¹  your brother ²  sins, ³  go and show him his fault ⁴  when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

After Jesus ¹  took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man’s ²  ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue. ³ 

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live ¹  by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings.

So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture, ¹  to exhortation, to teaching.

Then Saul instructed his servants, “Tell David secretly, ‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”

Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters. ¹ 

But whenever you pray, go into your room, ¹  close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. ² 

He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family’s inheritance. ¹ 

A man with crushed ¹  or severed genitals ²  may not enter the assembly of the Lord. ³ 

‘Cursed is the one who kills ¹  his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. ¹  The Lord’s right hand conquers, ² 

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