But if your eye is diseased, ¹  your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

They replied, ¹  “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there ²  and reported or said anything bad about you.

(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,

When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. ¹ 

But Abraham said, ‘Child, ¹  remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. ² 

When the people heard this troubling word ¹  they mourned; ²  no one put on his ornaments.

He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

For the sake of your reputation, ¹  O Lord, forgive my sin, because it is great. ² 

Whoever corrects ¹  a mocker is asking for ²  insult; ³  whoever reproves a wicked person receives ⁴  abuse.

When the righteous do well, ¹  the city rejoices; ²  when the wicked perish, there is joy.

The wicked person ¹  earns ²  deceitful wages, ³  but the one who sows ⁴  righteousness reaps ⁵  a genuine ⁶  reward. ⁷ 

The righteous person hates anything false, ¹  but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace. ² 

All the days ¹  of the afflicted ²  are bad, ³  but one with ⁴  a cheerful heart has a continual feast. ⁵ 

Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve. ¹ 

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. ¹  Who can understand it?

It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. ¹  Because of these false teachers, ²  the way of truth will be slandered. ³ 

Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”

But he replied, ¹  “You’re talking like one of the godless ²  women would do! Should we receive ³  what is good from God, and not also ⁴  receive ⁵  what is evil?” ⁶  In all this Job did not sin by what he said. ⁷ 

But if they are bound in chains, ¹  and held captive by the cords of affliction,