At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

When ¹  the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, ²  they remained camped according to the Lord’s commandment, ³  and according to the Lord’s commandment they would journey.

And when ¹  the cloud remained only ²  from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up ³  the following morning, then they traveled on. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up they traveled.

It is not the aged ¹  who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

I feel torn between the two, ¹  because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

With it we bless the Lord ¹  and Father, and with it we curse people ²  made in God’s image.

The wicked become ¹  a ransom ²  for the righteous, and the faithless ³  are taken ⁴  in the place of the upright.

For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over ¹  the fruit of his labor ²  as an inheritance ³  to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice! ⁴ 

During the days of my fleeting life ¹  I have seen both ²  of these things: Sometimes ³  a righteous person dies prematurely ⁴  in spite of ⁵  his righteousness, and sometimes ⁶  a wicked person lives long ⁷  in spite of his evil deeds.

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

Now Thomas (called Didymus), ¹  one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.

For in this earthly house ¹  we groan, because we desire to put on ²  our heavenly dwelling,

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ¹ 

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are ¹  light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –

For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

A huge crowd assembled in Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month. ¹ 

I will pray ¹  to God, my high ridge: ²  “Why do you ignore ³  me? Why must I walk around mourning ⁴  because my enemies oppress me?”

Here is ¹  a misfortune ²  on earth ³  that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.