When they took roll call, ¹  they noticed ²  none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.

Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner.

Ish-bosheth ¹  was unable to answer Abner with even a single word because he was afraid of him.

He has neither children nor descendants ¹  among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed. ² 

The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, ¹  like a hut ²  that a watchman has made.

I will not break ¹  my covenant or go back on what I promised. ² 

Praise the Lord, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds! ¹ 

May his descendants ¹  be cut off! ²  May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! ³ 

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

Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!

A rebuke makes a greater impression on ¹  a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool. ² 

For ¹  there is not one truly ²  righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk. ¹ 

For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it. ¹ 

Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. ¹  It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives. ² 

Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, ¹  your whole body will be full of light.

When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, ¹  whomever they wanted.